- By reconciling man with man. "Three things," says Holy Writ, "are approved before God and men: the concord of brethren, and the love of neighbors, and man and wife that agree well together." (Ecclesiasticus [Sirach] 25:1, 2.) In promoting harmony, therefore, among those about us we do God's work in the world: for it is His desire that His people should "sit in the beauty of peace". (Isaiah 22:18.)
- By reconciling man with God. "As I live," saith the Lord God, I desire not the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live." (Ezekiel 33: 2.) "There shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance." (Luke 15:10.) "He who causeth a sinner to be converted from the error of his way shall save his soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins." (James 5:20.)
-- Barraud, Meditations
