Chapter I: Preface

There is a joy in battle; but the greatest of all joys is to take some part, however humble, in the fight for the triumph of righteousness. There is a thrill such as can be found nowhere else in facing a mass of people whose prejudices and social customs are as an unscalable wall, in compelling their attention and, at last, in winning them to espouse your cause. To fight your opponent, loving him all the time, is the essence of Christianity. The excitement of betting on races or watching football matches is nothing compared to the excitement of facing an audience not knowing whether you are to be trampled on or to be applauded. Those who have fought under the banner of the King of Kings know the indefinable joy there is in it. That is why the young and the chivalrous give a swift response when the call is to a forlorn hope in the service of Christ.

And the joy of it is this, that, whatever may happen, you are bound to win. The Infinite has infinite resources. Those who array themselves against Him are up against all the forces in the universe. The fight for the Kingdom of God is the greatest in which man ever fought; it goes on ceaselessly without any discharge; the big battalions seem always on the other side; but God always wins. There never has been a fight for deliverance, a struggle for progress, but the forces of righteousness conquered at last.

This book is the third of a series. The Great Discovery portrayed the spiritual emotions of the Great War; Stand up, Ye Dead dealt with the soul of the nation in the midst of its travail; and this third book seeks to point out the way of deliverance and renewal. The malady of the world is spiritual. The fountain of healing is with God.

N. M.

EDINBURGH, _September_ 1922

NOTE

Chapters I, II, III, IV, VIII, IX, XI, XII, and XIII appeared in _The Glasgow Herald_, and Chapters VI, VII, and X in _The Scotsman_. Chapter V is based on an article in _The Glasgow Herald_, but it has been rewritten.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

THE ONLY HOPE

CHAPTER II

THE SUPREME NEED

CHAPTER III

IN THE SACRED NAME OF LIBERTY!

CHAPTER IV

THE GREATEST OF TYRANNIES

CHAPTER V

THE LAST DELIVERANCE

CHAPTER VI

THE PERIL OF THE CROWD

CHAPTER VII

LET US HAVE PEACE

CHAPTER VIII

THE WAY OF PEACE

CHAPTER IX

NO ROOM

CHAPTER X

DOMINION FROM SEA TO SEA

CHAPTER XI

THERE WERE IN THE SAME COUNTRY SHEPHERDS

CHAPTER XII

THE FULNESS OF THE TIME

CHAPTER XIII

VICTORY OUT OF RUIN