The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and PeaceSixty four tracts, compiled and edited by George C. Beckwith, corresponding secretaty of the American Peace Society. Each tract is separately as well as consecutively paged. |
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Bishop Watson exclaims , “ Would to God that the spirit of the Christian religion would exert its influence over the hearts of individuals in their public capacity , as much as , we trust , it does over their conduct in private life !
Bishop Watson exclaims , “ Would to God that the spirit of the Christian religion would exert its influence over the hearts of individuals in their public capacity , as much as , we trust , it does over their conduct in private life !
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Breathe the spirit and sentiments of these extracts into the people of Christendom ; and you work such a change in public opinion as would eré - long banish this custom from every land blest with the light of the gospel .
Breathe the spirit and sentiments of these extracts into the people of Christendom ; and you work such a change in public opinion as would eré - long banish this custom from every land blest with the light of the gospel .
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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 ?
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 ?
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Do you deem it possible for the deeds of war to be done from good motives , in a Christian spirit ? What ! burn villages , plunder cities , butcher men , women and children , send thousands at once into eternity in unforgiven guilt ...
Do you deem it possible for the deeds of war to be done from good motives , in a Christian spirit ? What ! burn villages , plunder cities , butcher men , women and children , send thousands at once into eternity in unforgiven guilt ...
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... —the vastly augmented power of public opinion fast becoming more and more pacific ; —the spirit of free inquiry , and the wide diffusion of knowledge through presses , and pulpits , and schools ; —the disposition to force old usages ...
... —the vastly augmented power of public opinion fast becoming more and more pacific ; —the spirit of free inquiry , and the wide diffusion of knowledge through presses , and pulpits , and schools ; —the disposition to force old usages ...
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| Title | The Book of Peace: A Collection of Essays on War and Peace History of international law |
| Author | American Peace Society |
| Editor | George Cone Beckwith |
| Publisher | G.C.Beckwith, 1845 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 609 pages |
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