Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. bert Hall and the Rev. Charles Simeon. — A pleasing instance of a successful effort to restore peace is related in the life of the Rev. John Owen. The Rev. Charles Simeon and the Rev. Robert Hall were offended with each other, and in their anger declined intercourse. After several friends had tried to restore peace, and failed, Mr. Owen wrote the under-mentioned lines on two cards, and then left one at the house of each person" — "How rare that task a prosperous issue finds, Which seeks to reconcile discordant minds! How many scruples rise to passion's touch! This yields too little, and that asks too much. Each wishes each with other's eyes to see: And many sinners can't make two agree: What mediation, then, the Saviour showed, Who singly reconciled us all to God."The first man who read the lines was so strongly impressed by them that he hastened from his house to call immediately upon his offended friend; the friend had also read the lines, and, being affected by them, had done the same, and the offended persons met each other in the street. A reconciliation instantly took place — a reconciliation which, it is believed, was never interrupted or regretted by either of those useful and highly esteemed men. Parallel Verses KJV: Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.WEB: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. |
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