The Gift of Jesus' peace
Where is the peace?
On January 30, 1973, Patrice Tamao of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, allowed himself to be nailed to a cross “as a sacrifice for world peace and understanding among men.” As thousands watched on television, six-inch stainless-steel nails were driven through his hands and feet. Tamao had planned to remain on the cross for 48 hours, but after only 20 hours he had to cut short his voluntary crucifixion because of an infection in his right foot. The newspaper article had as its heading, “Crucifixion-for-peace falls short.”
Washington attorney Charles S. Rhyme launched the World Peace Through Law organization in 1963. Its membership included highly-placed attorneys and judges from over 100 nations, for the purpose of pooling ideas on how to bring all peoples of the world under the umbrella of one law. It intends to marshall the influence of the legal community in each country behind international treaties, especially those on human rights.
Georges Simenon is the creator of the legendary Inspector Maigret. At 67, Simenon is probably the most prolific novelist alive. He is the most translated author in the world, except for Lenin.
In April 1970, Simenon finished his 408th novel, according to his customary and astonishing schedule of finishing a book in a mere nine days.
Simenon wrote: “I have only one ambition left, to be completely at peace with myself. I doubt if I shall ever manage it. I do not think it is possible for anyone. It is not a question of money, for that kind of happiness must come from within yourself. I do not know any man, however successful, who is completely happy. I write because if I did not, I should die.”
A Silver Star hanging over the birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem was the cause of a war which involved five world powers, lasted three long years, and caused a million casualties as well as a billion and a half dollars. This was known as the Crimean War (1853–56).
For many years, the Silver Star decorating the site of Christ’s birth had been an object of controversy. The Eastern Orthodox clergy wanted to replace it with a star of its own; the Latin clergy objected. The former were backed by Russia and the latter by France. When Turkey—which then ruled over the Holy Land—sided with the Latins, Russia declared war on Turkey. Great Britain, France and Italy then rallied to Turkey’s side.
The Allies finally won. But the Russians topped off the affair with an act of extreme sacrilege. They sold at auction for fertilizer the bleached bones of 38,000 Russian soldiers who fell in the battle of Sevastopol. Two years later in 1858, the Silver Star was permanently taken off.
Nov. 27, 1975, marks the 80th anniversary of Alfred Bernard Nobel’s will. Why is the date of a will commemorated. That will left the bulk of a vast fortune amassed from the invention of dynamite and other explosives to the establishment of the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1867, at age 34, Nobel was granted a patent for dynamite and over the next 29 years of his life he became fabulously wealthy from the manufacture of explosives.
His will, dated November 27, 1895, provided for a trust to establish 5 prizes in the fields of peace, physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature. Recipients of the prizes were to receive a gold medal, a citation diploma, and cash awards of from $30,000 to $40,000. A sixth award in economic science was added in 1969.
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Washington attorney Charles S. Rhyme launched the World Peace Through Law organization in 1963. Its membership included highly-placed attorneys and judges from over 100 nations, for the purpose of pooling ideas on how to bring all peoples of the world under the umbrella of one law. It intends to marshall the influence of the legal community in each country behind international treaties, especially those on human rights.
Washington attorney Charles S. Rhyme launched the World Peace Through Law organization in 1963. Its membership included highly-placed attorneys and judges from over 100 nations, for the purpose of pooling ideas on how to bring all peoples of the world under the umbrella of one law. It intends to marshall the influence of the legal community in each country behind international treaties, especially those on human rights.
“Since 1919, the nations of Europe have signed more than 200 treaties of peace. Each treaty, simply another scrap of paper, was broken more easily than consummated.
“From the year 1500 B.C. to A.D. 1860 more than 8,000 treaties of peace, meant to remain in force forever, were concluded. The average time they remained in force was two years.”
—Ministers’ Research Service
In an address to the United States Senate in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson said, “The League of Nations is the only hope of mankind.” How futile and tragic such hope proved to be!
—Bell Syndicate
On January 30, 1973, Patrice Tamao of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, allowed himself to be nailed to a cross “as a sacrifice for world peace and understanding among men.” As thousands watched on television, six-inch stainless-steel nails were driven through his hands and feet. Tamao had planned to remain on the cross for 48 hours, but after only 20 hours he had to cut short his voluntary crucifixion because of an infection in his right foot. The newspaper article had as its heading, “Crucifixion-for-peace falls short.”
On January 30, 1973, Patrice Tamao of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, allowed himself to be nailed to a cross “as a sacrifice for world peace and understanding among men.” As thousands watched on television, six-inch stainless-steel nails were driven through his hands and feet. Tamao had planned to remain on the cross for 48 hours, but after only 20 hours he had to cut short his voluntary crucifixion because of an infection in his right foot. The newspaper article had as its heading, “Crucifixion-for-peace falls short.”
