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We believe , too , that war can be banished entirely from Christian nations ; but
we think specific means indispensable for the purpose , and the use of them
incumbent on all the inhabitants of Christendom , especially on the prosessed ...
We believe , too , that war can be banished entirely from Christian nations ; but
we think specific means indispensable for the purpose , and the use of them
incumbent on all the inhabitants of Christendom , especially on the prosessed ...
Page 8
If familiarity with the sight had not destroyed all surprise at it , and custom blunted
the sense of its evils , who could believe that those wretched beings are
possessed of rational souls , who contend with all the rage of furies ? Robbery ,
blood ...
If familiarity with the sight had not destroyed all surprise at it , and custom blunted
the sense of its evils , who could believe that those wretched beings are
possessed of rational souls , who contend with all the rage of furies ? Robbery ,
blood ...
Page 3
The advocates of war tell us they never can be ; but we , relying on the
corrigibility of human nature , fully believe they can be thus persuaded , and will
be , under the influences of the gospel rightly applied . But do you still plead for
the ...
The advocates of war tell us they never can be ; but we , relying on the
corrigibility of human nature , fully believe they can be thus persuaded , and will
be , under the influences of the gospel rightly applied . But do you still plead for
the ...
Page 9
... pacification as explicitly as he has the world ' s conversion , or even the
salvation of any believer in Jesus ; and we must either discard the whole Bible ,
or believe in the possibility , the absolute certainty of universal and permanent
peace .
... pacification as explicitly as he has the world ' s conversion , or even the
salvation of any believer in Jesus ; and we must either discard the whole Bible ,
or believe in the possibility , the absolute certainty of universal and permanent
peace .
Page 2
He whom the word of the faithful God will not satisfy , has no higher evidence to
receive , and must be left to the curse of his unbelief ; but surely every Christian
must say , “ the Lord hath spoken , and I believe his word . ” Let your heart ...
He whom the word of the faithful God will not satisfy , has no higher evidence to
receive , and must be left to the curse of his unbelief ; but surely every Christian
must say , “ the Lord hath spoken , and I believe his word . ” Let your heart ...
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