Such examples might be multiplied indefinitely; but
enough has been said to confirm the assertion, that discord
is the offspring of sin. The truth is clearly expressed by
the apostle James, when he says, " From whence come
wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even
of your lusts that war in your members?"

If this, however, be the case, — if wars and fightings arise
from our lusts, — the reign of peace can be effectually esta-
blished upon the earth only in proportion as these lusts are
extinguished In so far as men are enabled to put away
pride, and to be clothed with humility, — in so far as worldly-
mindedness and grasping avarice are disenchanted from the
breast, — in so far as intemperance gives place to sobriety,
and licentiousness to purity, — in so far as the envious are
brought to rejoice in the good of their neighbours, and the
selfish to look not every man on his own things, but every
man also on the things of others, — in so far as restless am-
bition, and an insatiable desire for earthly honour as an
ultimate object, die out of the world, — thus far, and no
farther, will human society cease to be distracted with con-
tention.
II. This leads us to our second position, that the Gospel
of tfye grace of God is alone adequate to subdue mens sin*
ful propensities.
