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Page 7
... Europe , and frequently oc- casioning even more mischief than flows now from the col- lision of empires , continued for centuries to make the very heart of Christendom a scene of confusion and terror . There was no safety , no repose ...
... Europe , and frequently oc- casioning even more mischief than flows now from the col- lision of empires , continued for centuries to make the very heart of Christendom a scene of confusion and terror . There was no safety , no repose ...
Page 12
... Europe has , for a wonder , been preserved for nearly thirty years ; public sentiment on this subject is widely dif ferent from what it was even at the beginning of the present century ; difficulties which would once have plunged ...
... Europe has , for a wonder , been preserved for nearly thirty years ; public sentiment on this subject is widely dif ferent from what it was even at the beginning of the present century ; difficulties which would once have plunged ...
Page 5
... Europe to settle national disputes ? Surely the benign spirit of the Gospel should long ere now have taught Christendom to adopt an institution of which the pagan wisdom of ancient Greece set them so charming and instructive an example ...
... Europe to settle national disputes ? Surely the benign spirit of the Gospel should long ere now have taught Christendom to adopt an institution of which the pagan wisdom of ancient Greece set them so charming and instructive an example ...
Page 8
... Europe . To the generous youth in the middle and superior classes of society , they are the books of education in our public schools . And in what veneration are they held ! From them , among other evils , the youth imbibe a pagan ...
... Europe . To the generous youth in the middle and superior classes of society , they are the books of education in our public schools . And in what veneration are they held ! From them , among other evils , the youth imbibe a pagan ...
Page 82
... Europe , and highly venerated by the Rus- sians , became the refuge of those who had escaped the conflagra- tion . In this church , and around its altars , lay whole families stretched upon rags . Here we saw an old man in the agonies ...
... Europe , and highly venerated by the Rus- sians , became the refuge of those who had escaped the conflagra- tion . In this church , and around its altars , lay whole families stretched upon rags . Here we saw an old man in the agonies ...
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AMERICAN PEACE SOCIETY Apostles argument arms army battle bayonet benevolence blessing blood cause of peace century character Chris Christ Christendom Christian church civil common crime custom dead death defence destroy disputes duty earth enemies England Europe evil father favor fight fire forbearance France French friends of peace glory gospel Greece hands heart heathen heaven honor horrors human hundred idolatry individuals influence justice kill land lawfulness of war less lives mankind mass means ment military millions mind misery missionaries Moloch moral murder Napoleon nations nature navy never object officer pacific pagan passions perish precepts Prince of Peace principles profession punishment Quakers reason religion religion of peace Resist not evil rulers Russia savage says sentiment ships slaughter soldiers soul Spain spirit suffering sword Tatian TERTULLIAN thing thou thousand tion truth violence virtue war-system warrior wars whole wounded wrong