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Page 11
... soldiers . Where the war - spirit is pre- dominant , they are forced into the army and navy at the pleasure of their rulers , and doomed to all the hardships , perils , and sufferings of war , with little or no hope of re- lease till ...
... soldiers . Where the war - spirit is pre- dominant , they are forced into the army and navy at the pleasure of their rulers , and doomed to all the hardships , perils , and sufferings of war , with little or no hope of re- lease till ...
Page 11
... soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe flogging , the gaunt- lope , the picket , the wooden - horse , and other forms of pun- ishment , the very thought of which is enough to make one's ...
... soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe flogging , the gaunt- lope , the picket , the wooden - horse , and other forms of pun- ishment , the very thought of which is enough to make one's ...
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... soldiers threw themselves down on the first dirty straw they could find , and there perished in large numbers with hunger and fatigue . From such sufferings , and from the infection of the air by putrefied carcasses of men and horses ...
... soldiers threw themselves down on the first dirty straw they could find , and there perished in large numbers with hunger and fatigue . From such sufferings , and from the infection of the air by putrefied carcasses of men and horses ...
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... soldiers . From two of these they could not escape without passing through the one in front , which was on fire ... soldier stretched on the ground , with both his legs broken . " I 6 A SKETCH OF WAR :
... soldiers . From two of these they could not escape without passing through the one in front , which was on fire ... soldier stretched on the ground , with both his legs broken . " I 6 A SKETCH OF WAR :
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... soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines of the gospel , be a soldier ? " Such views prevailed among all the ...
... soldier's life be lawful , when Christ has pronounced that he who lives by the sword , shall perish by the sword ? Can any one who professes the peaceable doctrines of the gospel , be a soldier ? " Such views prevailed among all 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