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Page 7
... entire abolition ; a vast variety of causes are at work through the world , sufficient under God for its ultimate extinction ; and God has settled the question by promising an era when " nation shall not lift up sword against nation ...
... entire abolition ; a vast variety of causes are at work through the world , sufficient under God for its ultimate extinction ; and God has settled the question by promising an era when " nation shall not lift up sword against nation ...
Page 9
... entire energies a nation are turned into the channel of war , and its resources whelmed in this mighty vortex of ruin . Look at the loss occasioned in the single department of commerce . This main source of wealth war dries up , and ...
... entire energies a nation are turned into the channel of war , and its resources whelmed in this mighty vortex of ruin . Look at the loss occasioned in the single department of commerce . This main source of wealth war dries up , and ...
Page 87
... entire in the evening , formed the next day one vast conflagration . " Nov. 15.- " Whole teams , sinking under their fatigues , fell together , and obstructed the way . More than thirty thousand horses perished in a few days . All the ...
... entire in the evening , formed the next day one vast conflagration . " Nov. 15.- " Whole teams , sinking under their fatigues , fell together , and obstructed the way . More than thirty thousand horses perished in a few days . All the ...
Page 91
... entire battalions did not retain fifty men , and many companies were left without a single one ! A mere fraction of the victims perished by the sword ; and , as the final result to the Russians , their army , amounting at the ...
... entire battalions did not retain fifty men , and many companies were left without a single one ! A mere fraction of the victims perished by the sword ; and , as the final result to the Russians , their army , amounting at the ...
Page 93
... entire abolition of war , a custom wrought from time immemorial into the texture of every society and government on earth , it obviously requires the co - ope- ration of all that desire , for any reason , to see an end put to a scourge ...
... entire abolition of war , a custom wrought from time immemorial into the texture of every society and government on earth , it obviously requires the co - ope- ration of all that desire , for any reason , to see an end put to a scourge ...
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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