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... interests of mankind . - 2 . We hold war to be morally wrong ; wrong in its origin , in its principles , in its motives , in its means , and all its legitimate results ; as a crying offence against God , and the chief sin of all ages ...
... interests of mankind . - 2 . We hold war to be morally wrong ; wrong in its origin , in its principles , in its motives , in its means , and all its legitimate results ; as a crying offence against God , and the chief sin of all ages ...
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... interest sufficient to sustain them well , we would encourage` a simple organization . - - We insist on the necessity of means . God accomplishes no ends without them ; and the means of his own appoint- ment are just as necessary for ...
... interest sufficient to sustain them well , we would encourage` a simple organization . - - We insist on the necessity of means . God accomplishes no ends without them ; and the means of his own appoint- ment are just as necessary for ...
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... interest upon it would be more than enough to defray the necessary expenses of governing every nation on earth , to furnish every family in the world with a Bible , to provide the means of common education for all its children , and to ...
... interest upon it would be more than enough to defray the necessary expenses of governing every nation on earth , to furnish every family in the world with a Bible , to provide the means of common education for all its children , and to ...
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... interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half , and covered with obloquy and reproach the few that dared to beard the monster in his very den . But humanity and religion could bear it no longer ; and the 41 5 WAR ...
... interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half , and covered with obloquy and reproach the few that dared to beard the monster in his very den . But humanity and religion could bear it no longer ; and the 41 5 WAR ...
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... interests which war must destroy ; -the rapid spread of the gospel in pagan lands , the fuller development of its spirit in Christendom , and the more direct , more efficacious application of its principles to every species of sin and ...
... interests which war must destroy ; -the rapid spread of the gospel in pagan lands , the fuller development of its spirit in Christendom , and the more direct , more efficacious application of its principles to every species of sin and ...
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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