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<p>"<strong>If a fire gets out of control</strong> and goes into another person's field, destroying the sheaves or the standing grain—then the one who started the fire must surely make <em>restitution</em> for the lost crops." Exodus 22:6<br><br>
  The <em>fire of strife </em>is a terrible evil—when it breaks out in a Christian church. Where converts were multiplied, and God was glorified, <em>jealousy </em>and <em>envy </em>do the devil's work most effectually! Where the<em> golden grain </em>was being housed, the fire of <em>enmity</em>comes in and leaves little else but smoke and a heap of blackness—a poor reward for the toil of <em>the great Boaz!</em><br><br>
  Woe unto those by whom offences come. May they never come through us. Those who <em>feed </em>the fire, deserve just censure. But he who first <em>kindles </em>it—is most to blame. <span lang="en-us">We</span> shall certainly be the chief sufferers, if we are the chief offenders.<br><br>
  <em>Discord </em>usually takes first hold upon the <em>thorns</em>. It is nurtured among the <em>hypocrites </em>and false professors in the church, and away it goes among the righteous, blown by the winds of hell, and no one knows where it may end!<br><br>
  O Lord and giver of peace—make us peacemakers, and never let us aid and abet the men of strife, or even unintentionally cause the least division among Your people!
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