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84 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Shortly before His crucifixion, Clirist had bequeathed to His disciples a legacy of peace. "Peace I leave with you," He said, "My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ' ' ' This peace is not the peace that comes through conformity to the world. Christ never purchased peace by compromise with evil. The peace that Christ left His disciples is internal rather than external, and was ever to remain with His witnesses through strife and contention. Christ said of Himself, "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. ' ' ' The Prince of Peace, He was yet the cause of division. He who came to proclaim glad tidings and to create hope and joy in the hearts of the children of men, oj)ened a controversy that burns deep and arouses intense passion in the human heart. And He warns His followers, "In the world ye shall have tribulation." "They shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake." "Ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends ; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. ' ' This prophecy has been fulfilled in a marked manner. Every indignity, reproach, and cruelty that Satan could instigate 'human hearts to devise, has been visited upon the followers of Jesus. And it will be again fulfilled in a marked manner; for the carnal heart is still at enmity with the law of ^John 14:27. *Matt.lO:34. ^ John 16 : 33 ; Luke 21 : 12, 16.