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... punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strife continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea , and coffee , and tobacco , and theatres , and gaming - houses , are all so many ...
... punishments disgrace the statute - books of Christendom , and strife continues among individuals , families , and churches , we reply , that tea , and coffee , and tobacco , and theatres , and gaming - houses , are all so many ...
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... punishments , respecting the right of the magistrate to use the sword in suppressing mobs and insurrections ; but these points form no part of our cause , and it is no more responsible for the views of its friends concerning them , than ...
... punishments , respecting the right of the magistrate to use the sword in suppressing mobs and insurrections ; but these points form no part of our cause , and it is no more responsible for the views of its friends concerning them , than ...
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... punishment is still more barbarous . ' Sail- ors are subject , ' says a well - known writer , ' not only to a torrent of imprecations and curses , but to the boatswain's * 2 Chron . xiii . 3—17 . cat - o ' - nine - tails . The WHAT IT ...
... punishment is still more barbarous . ' Sail- ors are subject , ' says a well - known writer , ' not only to a torrent of imprecations and curses , but to the boatswain's * 2 Chron . xiii . 3—17 . cat - o ' - nine - tails . The WHAT IT ...
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... punishments in- flicted on sailors who have been trepanned or forced into a service from which death is the only release . ' The pun- ishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe ...
... punishments in- flicted on sailors who have been trepanned or forced into a service from which death is the only release . ' The pun- ishment of soldiers is equally cruel and shocking with that of seamen ; but we will not describe ...
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... punishments and judgments which the provoked anger of the divine providence can pour out upon a nation full of transgressions , there is none so terrible and destroy- ing as war . A whole city on fire is a spectacle replete with horror ...
... punishments and judgments which the provoked anger of the divine providence can pour out upon a nation full of transgressions , there is none so terrible and destroy- ing as war . A whole city on fire is a spectacle replete with horror ...
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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