Eighth Day
SEVENTH BEATITUDE
To be Peace-makers. — Matt. v. 9.
BLESSED are the peace-makers, for they shall be called the children of God.’ God is called ‘the God of Peace.’ [1] He ‘ maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house,’ [2] says the Psalmist. His goodness brings all things together. He has built up this world of materials most discordant with each other in kind and quality; He makes night and day, summer and winter, heat and cold- — and so with all the rest — co-operate for the right maintenance of the universe and the preservation of the human race. He admits His enemies to His Peace; and Jesus Christ says that, after His own example, you ‘ must love your enemies and do good to them that hate you.’ Further, you ‘must pray for them that persecute you, that