GREAT has been the effect of Christ’s promise, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you” (Joh_14:27). It has established the word “Peace” in the heart of the Church as expressing the ideal character of Christian happiness and the rightful condition of believers. “Grace and peace” become keynotes of the Apostolic teaching, and are for ever united in all prayer and benediction. Peace represents a restful, satisfying state, an essential condition for more exalted experiences, being itself of more solid value than them all.
