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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... society of peacemakers , at the application of them only to the conduct of one nation towards another , and shall accomplish our whole object by persuading them to regulate their intercourse on the pacific principles of the gospel .
... society of peacemakers , at the application of them only to the conduct of one nation towards another , and shall accomplish our whole object by persuading them to regulate their intercourse on the pacific principles of the gospel .
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Even wars called defensive , not a few of us regard as in all cases contrary to the gospel , and none of us allow them except as a last resort for the preservation of life ; for , if any other expedient , any amount of injury short of ...
Even wars called defensive , not a few of us regard as in all cases contrary to the gospel , and none of us allow them except as a last resort for the preservation of life ; for , if any other expedient , any amount of injury short of ...
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All our means for the accomplishment of this object are included in a right application of the gospel to the intercourse of nations . But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought ...
All our means for the accomplishment of this object are included in a right application of the gospel to the intercourse of nations . But communities are composed of individuals ; and the pacific influences of the gospel must be brought ...
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They deem it “ the duty of ministers to preach in favor of the cause of peace , as a prominent part of the gospel , and of Christians to pray for the spread of peace through the world . ” They think , also , that the subject of peace ...
They deem it “ the duty of ministers to preach in favor of the cause of peace , as a prominent part of the gospel , and of Christians to pray for the spread of peace through the world . ” They think , also , that the subject of peace ...
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... 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 support one minister of the gospel for every thousand souls .
... 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 support one minister of the gospel for every thousand souls .
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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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