Therefore that man is at peace with himself, for his conscience tells him
that he is, if not doing his best, yet trying to do his best, better and
better day by day. He is at peace with all the world; for most men are
longing and quarrelling for pleasant things outside them, for which he
does not greatly care, while he is longing and striving for good things
inside him in his own heart and soul; and so the world goes one way, and
he another, and their desires do not interfere with each other.
But, more, that man is at peace with God. He is at peace with God the
Father; for he is behaving as the Father wishes His children to behave.
He is at peace with God the Son; for he is trying to do that which God
the Son did when He came not to do His own will, but His Father's; not to
grasp at anything for himself, but simply to sacrifice himself for duty,
for the good of man. And he is at peace with God the Holy Spirit; for he
is obeying the gracious inspirations of that Spirit, and growing a better
man day by day. And so the peace of God keeps that man's heart free from
vain desires and angry passions, and his mind from those false and
foolish judgments which make the world think things important which are
quite unimportant; and, again, fancy things unimportant which are more
important to them than the riches of the whole world.
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