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Page 9
... Quakers ; and , had all the rulers of Christendom been of that denomination for the last hundred and fifty years , the oceans of blood shed in wars would have had no existence . And how much happier a countenance would Europe have worn ...
... Quakers ; and , had all the rulers of Christendom been of that denomination for the last hundred and fifty years , the oceans of blood shed in wars would have had no existence . And how much happier a countenance would Europe have worn ...
Page 105
... Quakers , Mora- vians , and a very few others ; when the idea of abolishing war was scouted as the wildest of Utopian dreams ; when no press , and hardly a pulpit denounced this trade of blood as inconsistent with Christianity ; when ...
... Quakers , Mora- vians , and a very few others ; when the idea of abolishing war was scouted as the wildest of Utopian dreams ; when no press , and hardly a pulpit denounced this trade of blood as inconsistent with Christianity ; when ...
Page 146
... note , the penalty of death in the laws of his colony , though the Quakers now are pretty generally opposed to the taking of human life in any case.-Ам. EĎ . neutral on the subject , but that our opinion of 10 146 WAR UNLAWFUL .
... note , the penalty of death in the laws of his colony , though the Quakers now are pretty generally opposed to the taking of human life in any case.-Ам. EĎ . neutral on the subject , but that our opinion of 10 146 WAR UNLAWFUL .
Page 215
... Quaker nor the warrior ; it is adapted to the present state of the world , and consis- tent alike with the precepts of Christianity , and the dictates of sound policy ; a measure level to the comprehension of all , and commending itself ...
... Quaker nor the warrior ; it is adapted to the present state of the world , and consis- tent alike with the precepts of Christianity , and the dictates of sound policy ; a measure level to the comprehension of all , and commending itself ...
Page 296
... Quakers and the Shakers . Now , does it appear from expe- rience , that their forbearing spirit brings on them a greater portion of injury and insult than is experienced by people of other sects ? Is not the reverse of this true in fact ...
... Quakers and the Shakers . Now , does it appear from expe- rience , that their forbearing spirit brings on them a greater portion of injury and insult than is experienced by people of other sects ? Is not the reverse of this true in fact ...
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AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY Apostles argument arms army battle bayonet benevolence blessing blood cause of peace century character Chris Christ Christendom Christian church civil common crime custom dead death defence destroy disputes duty earth enemies England Europe evil father favor fight fire forbearance France French friends of peace glory gospel Greece hands heart heathen heaven honor horrors human hundred idolatry individuals influence justice kill land lawfulness of war less lives mankind mass means ment military millions mind misery missionaries Moloch moral murder Napoleon nations nature navy never object officer pacific pagan passions perish precepts Prince of Peace principles profession punishment Quakers reason religion religion of peace Resist not evil rulers Russia savage says sentiment ships slaughter soldiers soul Spain spirit suffering sword Tatian TERTULLIAN thing thou thousand tion truth violence virtue war-system warrior wars whole wounded wrong