“WHAT is a peacemaker, mother?” said Hilda Blake, a little maiden about seven years old, as she looked up with inquiring gaze. Hilda had been reading aloud a short portion of the word of God.
The passages Mrs. Blake had selected were the earlier verses of Matt. 5. And it was at the close of the reading that little Hilda asked for an explanation of Matt. 5:99Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. (Matthew 5:9).
"A peacemaker is one who in little as well as in big things strives to reconcile differences, and bring both, parties to a feeling of mutual love and forbearance," replied her mother.
"This verse refers especially to all the little things in our daily lives, and of the blessing that you and I may have, if we really desire to do so." Mrs. Blake gazed tenderly on Hilda's bright face, and inwardly thanked God for the many little proofs of self-sacrificing love that her child had already manifested in His service.
"You can be a peacemaker amongst your own brothers and sisters, Hilda. And perhaps when you are a little older, you may be the same in a larger circle."