Excerpt from The Menace of Peace Promise the pacifist plotters propose would not be peace, but perpetual war. There is no peace without justice, no justice without truth, and no truth that is not the achievement of the love that takes sides and conquers - takes sides passionately and conquers definitely. Peace and justice are the same, and so are love and fraternity and truth, and also freedom and faith. They are but different names for the Power that holds the balance of the world. These are the times in which to read, regard less of one's beliefs, the Apocalypse of the apostle who saw the wrath of the Lamb con suming the kingdom and systems that were completing their cycle under the exhausting rule of Rome. There is no better tonic for a wearied and baffled goodwill; no stronger solace for the hearts that have hoped for social liberation and international fraternity, and that now beat low amid the shadows of divine dis appointment. Here, in this Book of the Wars of the Christ, the symbol of the ultimate peace is the lake of glass mingled with fire. It is the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.