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Agents , and tracts , and periodicals , and other instrumentalities , must be
employed on a large scale ; and these will require , not so much money as the
leading enterprises of Christian benevolence , but far more than most persons
suppose .
Agents , and tracts , and periodicals , and other instrumentalities , must be
employed on a large scale ; and these will require , not so much money as the
leading enterprises of Christian benevolence , but far more than most persons
suppose .
Page 7
Nations could , if they would , settle all their differences by amicable agreement
among themselves ; and , should public opinion require them to do so , war
would seldom , if ever , occur . - 2 . Arbitration . When the parties become too
much ...
Nations could , if they would , settle all their differences by amicable agreement
among themselves ; and , should public opinion require them to do so , war
would seldom , if ever , occur . - 2 . Arbitration . When the parties become too
much ...
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His grave was dug , the coffin placed by its side , and the deserter , with a cap
drawn over his eyes , required to kneel upon the lid . At this signal , the eight
soldiers , drawn by lot for the bloody deed , stepped forward within two rods of
their ...
His grave was dug , the coffin placed by its side , and the deserter , with a cap
drawn over his eyes , required to kneel upon the lid . At this signal , the eight
soldiers , drawn by lot for the bloody deed , stepped forward within two rods of
their ...
Page 7
... commit every species of offence - to pillage , to murder , to destroy human
felicity ; and , for so doing , he shall be rewarded . The period will assuredly arrive
, when better instructed generations will require all the evidence of history to
credit ...
... commit every species of offence - to pillage , to murder , to destroy human
felicity ; and , for so doing , he shall be rewarded . The period will assuredly arrive
, when better instructed generations will require all the evidence of history to
credit ...
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It sprang from paganism ; its spirit is essentially pagan still ; and its laws every
where require soldiers to obey their officers rather than God himself . Does it not
thus dethrone Jehovah from the hearts of an army ? Are not soldiers notorious for
...
It sprang from paganism ; its spirit is essentially pagan still ; and its laws every
where require soldiers to obey their officers rather than God himself . Does it not
thus dethrone Jehovah from the hearts of an army ? Are not soldiers notorious for
...
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