Essays on Peace & War: Which First Appeared in the Christian Mirror, Printed at Portland, Me. New Series |
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... generally acknowledged truths ; and no truth has been more generally ac- knowledged , than that a spirit of war is in direct opposition to the spirit of the gospel For this reason the greater part of the Chris- tian 1 *
... generally acknowledged truths ; and no truth has been more generally ac- knowledged , than that a spirit of war is in direct opposition to the spirit of the gospel For this reason the greater part of the Chris- tian 1 *
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... Gospel produces extensively its desired effect , Nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . Isaiah 2. 4. and a- gain in Micah 4. 3. They shall beat their swords into plough - shares and their ...
... Gospel produces extensively its desired effect , Nation shall not lift up sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more . Isaiah 2. 4. and a- gain in Micah 4. 3. They shall beat their swords into plough - shares and their ...
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... gospel . It may perhaps be objected to the first text , " Thou shalt not kill , " that it only means to forbid murder . Granted - but what is mur- der , if wantonly and knowingly taking the life of an innocent person , is not ? Now war ...
... gospel . It may perhaps be objected to the first text , " Thou shalt not kill , " that it only means to forbid murder . Granted - but what is mur- der , if wantonly and knowingly taking the life of an innocent person , is not ? Now war ...
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... gospel , thus reflected , had an effect on his mind . Yet he appears to be the only hea- then author who has condemned the moral evils attendant on war ; -so true it is , that war is a pagan custom , and can only be up- held on ...
... gospel , thus reflected , had an effect on his mind . Yet he appears to be the only hea- then author who has condemned the moral evils attendant on war ; -so true it is , that war is a pagan custom , and can only be up- held on ...
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... Gospel times ; that in the law there might be a leaning of equity , but in the Gospel a perfection of goodness . ' 99 Isidore , A. D. 430 , says , " The great King of Heaven came down from above , to deliver to the world the laws of a ...
... Gospel times ; that in the law there might be a leaning of equity , but in the Gospel a perfection of goodness . ' 99 Isidore , A. D. 430 , says , " The great King of Heaven came down from above , to deliver to the world the laws of a ...
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