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... once to every position here taken on a subject so vast , and of such various aspects and bearings ; but we feel quite sure , that every intelligent , fair- minded Christian will readily respond to nine in ten , if not to ninety - nine ...
... once to every position here taken on a subject so vast , and of such various aspects and bearings ; but we feel quite sure , that every intelligent , fair- minded Christian will readily respond to nine in ten , if not to ninety - nine ...
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... once without immediate danger to life ! Often does the flagellation proceed till the victim faints ; and then he is respited , to renew his sufferings an- other day . I have often shuddered at the recital of whip- pings through the ...
... once without immediate danger to life ! Often does the flagellation proceed till the victim faints ; and then he is respited , to renew his sufferings an- other day . I have often shuddered at the recital of whip- pings through the ...
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... once more , where Christ and his apostles left them , in the faith and character of his disciples as a body , before the spread of Christianity will insure the abolition of war . The gospel is a sovereign remedy for all the moral ...
... once more , where Christ and his apostles left them , in the faith and character of his disciples as a body , before the spread of Christianity will insure the abolition of war . The gospel is a sovereign remedy for all the moral ...
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... by the sword ; women far advanced in age , left destitute , and put to death in a worse form than if they had died at once by the point war - of the bayonet ; widowed mothers , orphan children , TESTIMONIES AGAINST WAR .
... by the sword ; women far advanced in age , left destitute , and put to death in a worse form than if they had died at once by the point war - of the bayonet ; widowed mothers , orphan children , TESTIMONIES AGAINST WAR .
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... once affluent families reduced to extreme penury . " " Do you detest robbery and pillage ? These are among the duties of war . Do you shudder at the idea of murder ? To commit it with despatch , and by wholesale , constitutes the ...
... once affluent families reduced to extreme penury . " " Do you detest robbery and pillage ? These are among the duties of war . Do you shudder at the idea of murder ? To commit it with despatch , and by wholesale , constitutes the ...
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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