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Page 5
We would take the best measures thus to change the war - sentiments of
mankind ; but we decline , for many reasons , the use of tests and pledges for this
purpose . 1 . The pulpit we would place in the van of our auxiliaries ; for it is in the
...
We would take the best measures thus to change the war - sentiments of
mankind ; but we decline , for many reasons , the use of tests and pledges for this
purpose . 1 . The pulpit we would place in the van of our auxiliaries ; for it is in the
...
Page 15
Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands
into an untimely grave , into a ruined eternity , all for the settlement of difficulties
which can be adjusted only by an appeal to reason ! What should we think of two
...
Burn villages , demolish cities , lay waste empires , send hundreds of thousands
into an untimely grave , into a ruined eternity , all for the settlement of difficulties
which can be adjusted only by an appeal to reason ! What should we think of two
...
Page 10
So in war , the fighting , in every case of civilized warfare , is only preliminary to
steps for settling the dispute on grounds of equity and reason . Nations , like
duellists , fight solely to render it honorable , or themselves willing to negotiate ,
or ...
So in war , the fighting , in every case of civilized warfare , is only preliminary to
steps for settling the dispute on grounds of equity and reason . Nations , like
duellists , fight solely to render it honorable , or themselves willing to negotiate ,
or ...
Page 11
Light niust be poured upon it from reason and history ; its enormous guilt must be
set forth in the full blaze of revelation ; its immeasurable evils for time and eternity
, must be spread as far as possible before every class in the community ; and ...
Light niust be poured upon it from reason and history ; its enormous guilt must be
set forth in the full blaze of revelation ; its immeasurable evils for time and eternity
, must be spread as far as possible before every class in the community ; and ...
Page 9
We have reason to bless God , that the number of those Christians who perceive
and feel their obligations to seek the peace of mankind , is increasing from day to
day . In the first ages of the Church , there were some who understood this to be ...
We have reason to bless God , that the number of those Christians who perceive
and feel their obligations to seek the peace of mankind , is increasing from day to
day . In the first ages of the Church , there were some who understood this to be ...
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