This is the speech delivered by Dr Beyers Naude on the occassion of the graduation ceremony of the Federal Theological Seminary in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg in 1977.

Closing remarks from a meeting between a South African delegation and a United States delegation, led by Deputy Secretary Eagleburger, emphasising the importance of talks between the two countries as the beginning of a process to support the peace process in southern Africa and their relationship