6. Consequently it is reasonable to cherish the hope of a scene of
universal peace (P. D. 2675).
CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS.--1. The universal cessation of war means much
more than merely the cessation of much mischief. Think what will be
effected when the wealth, time, labour, art, ingenuity, of truly
Christian nations are directed to the noblest purposes of peace!
2. Extirpate the war-spirit from your own breast. The selfish, proud,
arrogant, envious, revengeful, are essentially of the _war tribe,_
however, little they have to do with actual war, however much they
may condemn and profess to deplore it. Such individuals are not fit
for that future terrestrial "kingdom of heaven."--_John Foster:
Lectures, Second Series,_ pp. 142-173.