The message was written by John Pitts Corry:

There were no Christian pacifists for the first three centuries--because all Christians were pacifists. Imagine all Christians in the world today having a similar commitment. Imagine all Christians living peacefully and simply, trying to live out the Sermon on the Mount in the energizing power of the risen Jesus, as the first Franciscans and the early Friends with George Fox did. As small enclaves of peace minded Christians still do. As nonviolent Christians, inspired by Dr. King, who were hosed down and beaten for living out the Sermon on the mount in Montgomery, Alabama, and across the South for ten years, did. Can we imagine such a rebirth of Christianity? Can we even picture what it would be like if the resurrection of Jesus again became the cornerstone of the initiating agent, for the release of the Spirit of Jesus and the welcoming of the coming kingdom of God by the living out of the teachings of Jesus? John Pitts Corry Friends Journal September 1999