The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceSixty four tracts, compiled and edited by George C. Beckwith, corresponding secretaty of the American Peace Society. Each tract is separately as well as consecutively paged. |
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Page 8
Dr. Reed , the well - known messenger from the churches of England , describes the cause of peace as field of service worthy of the church , worthy of angels , ” and calls upon Christians to “ glorify their religion by banding together ...
Dr. Reed , the well - known messenger from the churches of England , describes the cause of peace as field of service worthy of the church , worthy of angels , ” and calls upon Christians to “ glorify their religion by banding together ...
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We must restore the pacific principles of the gospel , and incorporate them 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 ...
We must restore the pacific principles of the gospel , and incorporate them 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 ...
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Christian nations the cross glittering and waving on high in both the contending armies at once . What a shocking sight ! Crosses dashing against crosses , and Christ on this side firing bullets at Christ on the other !
Christian nations the cross glittering and waving on high in both the contending armies at once . What a shocking sight ! Crosses dashing against crosses , and Christ on this side firing bullets at Christ on the other !
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“ The Christian religion hath made no particular provision for the conduct of war , under a proper title ; and , if men be subjects of Christ's law , they can never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy ...
“ The Christian religion hath made no particular provision for the conduct of war , under a proper title ; and , if men be subjects of Christ's law , they can never go to war with each other . As contrary as cruelty is to mercy ...
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A hatred of war is an ESSENTIAL feature of practical Christianity ; and it is a shame upon what is called the Christian world , that it has not long since borne universal and indignant testimony against that enormous evil which still ...
A hatred of war is an ESSENTIAL feature of practical Christianity ; and it is a shame upon what is called the Christian world , that it has not long since borne universal and indignant testimony against that enormous evil which still ...
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| Title | The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace History of international law |
| Author | American Peace Society |
| Editor | George Cone Beckwith |
| Publisher | G.C.Beckwith, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 609 pages |
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