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... practice by the early Christians , that not a few of them went to the stake rather than bear arms , on the supposition of its being inconsistent with their profession as disciples of the Prince of Peace . But the church , even before ...
... practice by the early Christians , that not a few of them went to the stake rather than bear arms , on the supposition of its being inconsistent with their profession as disciples of the Prince of Peace . But the church , even before ...
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... practice of duelling , rulers would soon find means enough to settle their differences without the sword . We would take the best measures thus to change the war - sentiments of mankind ; but we decline , for many reasons , the use of ...
... practice of duelling , rulers would soon find means enough to settle their differences without the sword . We would take the best measures thus to change the war - sentiments of mankind ; but we decline , for many reasons , the use of ...
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... practice , entirely demol- ish this enormous engine of guilt , bloodshed and misery . Breathe the spirit and sentiments of these extracts into the people of Christendom ; and you work such a change in public opinion as would ere - long ...
... practice , entirely demol- ish this enormous engine of guilt , bloodshed and misery . Breathe the spirit and sentiments of these extracts into the people of Christendom ; and you work such a change in public opinion as would ere - long ...
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... practice of war ? Are you a teacher ? Can you instruct your pupils in the science of human butchery , or fill them with a thirst for the glory of plunder and blood- shed ? Are you an ambassador of the Prince of Peace ? Is it consistent ...
... practice of war ? Are you a teacher ? Can you instruct your pupils in the science of human butchery , or fill them with a thirst for the glory of plunder and blood- shed ? Are you an ambassador of the Prince of Peace ? Is it consistent ...
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... practices . But do you deem it impossible thus to revolutionize the war - sentiments even of Christendom ? The history of man , the promises of God , and the acknowledged power of his gospel , all forbid such a supposition . True , the ...
... practices . But do you deem it impossible thus to revolutionize the war - sentiments even of Christendom ? The history of man , the promises of God , and the acknowledged power of his gospel , all forbid such a supposition . True , the ...
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