The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace |
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Page 12
... 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 maladies of our world ...
... 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 maladies of our world ...
Page 9
... Christ on this side firing bullets at Christ on the other ! Cross against cross , and Christ against Christ , and prayers at the same time from both armies to the same God of Peace !! " Well does BURTON , Johnson's favorite author , ask ...
... Christ on this side firing bullets at Christ on the other ! Cross against cross , and Christ against Christ , and prayers at the same time from both armies to the same God of Peace !! " Well does BURTON , Johnson's favorite author , ask ...
Page 10
... Christ's law , they can never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , tyranny to charity , so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of the Christian religion ; and such is the excellency of Christ's ...
... Christ's law , they can never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy , tyranny to charity , so is war and bloodshed to the meekness and gentleness of the Christian religion ; and such is the excellency of Christ's ...
Page 4
... Christ would have done them !! Now , tell us the difference between what are called offensive and defensive wars . Do they not both cherish the same spirit , employ the same means , perpetrate the same atrocities , and inflict the same ...
... Christ would have done them !! Now , tell us the difference between what are called offensive and defensive wars . Do they not both cherish the same spirit , employ the same means , perpetrate the same atrocities , and inflict the same ...
Page 9
... Christ ; ' and then shall they beat their swords into plough - shares , and their spears into pruning - hooks ; nation shall no longer lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . ' Thus has God promised the ...
... Christ ; ' and then shall they beat their swords into plough - shares , and their spears into pruning - hooks ; nation shall no longer lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . ' Thus has God promised 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