Away in the far West, many years ago, a white settler took up his abode near to the hunting grounds of the dreaded Indians. But unlike many other white men, he proclaimed himself to be a “man of peace,” No warlike preparations surrounded his dwellings.
No aggression was made by him on the rights of any of his neighbors, and no reprisals or revenge did he take for any wrong done to him. On the contrary, he treated the dusky warriors whenever he met them, with open-hearted confidence and kindness, so that in the end he completely disarmed them of any evil intention they may have had towards him.
Sometime after he came to the district a terrible war of extermination was two proclaimed against the red man’s enemy, and the savages assembled to carry out their dreadful purposes. Directly in their way lay the log cabin of the “man of peace,” but no preparation for defense had been made—no precaution taken. There at the open door stood the old man defenseless and alone. Even the savage braves in their war-paint could not fight with man like this, so before passing one of them climbed on the roof and fastened, a white feather above the doorway as sign of peace. No Indian was to molest that house, nor did any do so. The war raged all around. Many white men were slain, and many red men too; but the inmates of the house with the white feather slept in peace, trusting to the word of Indian chief.
How much more secure are those who are trusting in the precious blood of Christ which made peace, and who have the pledged word of God that peace is made! If the settler could trust the word of an Indian, surely my reader can trust the word of God. The apostle could say: “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord, Jesus Christ.” Rom. 5:11Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: (Romans 5:1). Can you say the same?
ML 06/30/1940