October 31: …they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. Isa. 2:4

"God's ways are equal: storm or calm, Seasons of peril and of rest, The hurting dart, the healing balm, Are all apportioned as is best… While Justice takes its course with strength, Love bids our faith and hope increase: He'll give the chastened world at length His afterward of peace. A148, Pt 1