When over the fair fame of friend or foe
The shadow of disgrace shall fall; instead
Of words of blame, or proof of thus and so,
Let something good be said.
Forget not that no fellow being yet
May fall so low but love may lift his head;
Even the cheek of shame with tears is wet
If something good be said.
And so I charge ye, by the thorny crown,
And by the cross on which the Saviour bled,
And by your own souls hope of fair renown,
Let something good be said.
No one of the Beatitudes has a greater promise than that for the peacemakers. “They shall be called the children of God,” said the Master. This must be because they are like God. God is a peacemaker, and we become His children just in the measure in which we are peacemakers.
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