Robert Hugh Benson (1871 - 1914) was the youngest son of the Archbishop of Canterbury. After college Benson was ordained as a priest in the Church of England. While on a trip to the Middle East Benson began doubting the Church of England and eventually joined the Community of the Resurrection. In 1903 he became a Roman Catholic. In 1904 he was ordained as a priest. The sermons in this book were delivered in London, New York and in a course at the church of S. Silvestro-in-Capite in Rome. Included in this collection are Peace and War, Wealth and Poverty, Sanctity and Sin, Joy and Sorrow, Love of God and Love of Man, faith and Reason, Authority and Liberty, Corporateness and Individualism, Meekness and Violence, The Seven Words and Life and Death.