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... respects ; and , ever since that fatal era , she has lent her sanction to the custom of war , with little thought of its being incom- patible with her religion of peace . Erasmus , the morning- star of the Reformation , wrote in behalf ...
... respects ; and , ever since that fatal era , she has lent her sanction to the custom of war , with little thought of its being incom- patible with her religion of peace . Erasmus , the morning- star of the Reformation , wrote in behalf ...
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... respecting the right of the magistrate to use the sword in suppressing mobs and insurrections ; but these points form no part of our cause , and it is no more responsible for the views of its friends concerning them , than the cause of ...
... respecting the right of the magistrate to use the sword in suppressing mobs and insurrections ; but these points form no part of our cause , and it is no more responsible for the views of its friends concerning them , than the cause of ...
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... respects . Let us then hope , that the law of nature will in time influence the proceedings of nations as well as of individuals , and that we shall at length be sensible , that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards ...
... respects . Let us then hope , that the law of nature will in time influence the proceedings of nations as well as of individuals , and that we shall at length be sensible , that war is an instrument entirely inefficient towards ...
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... respect to its objects , all the rules of morality It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . It is a system out of which almost all the vir- tues are excluded , and in which nearly all the vices are in ...
... respect to its objects , all the rules of morality It is nothing less than a TEMPORARY REPEAL OF THE PRINCIPLES OF VIRTUE . It is a system out of which almost all the vir- tues are excluded , and in which nearly all the vices are in ...
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... respect , hire themselves out to the work of robbery and murder ? How long will professed Christians , or any Christian community , respect or even tolerate the military profession , the trade of human butchery ? JESUS CHRIST . My ...
... respect , hire themselves out to the work of robbery and murder ? How long will professed Christians , or any Christian community , respect or even tolerate the military profession , the trade of human butchery ? JESUS CHRIST . My ...
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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