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Page 12
... become the determined foes of war , and the most ardent friends of peace . I long to hear you plead with all your souls ( and who can plead like you ? ) for the harmony of the world , and peace among the nations . If every intelligent ...
... become the determined foes of war , and the most ardent friends of peace . I long to hear you plead with all your souls ( and who can plead like you ? ) for the harmony of the world , and peace among the nations . If every intelligent ...
Page 84
... become equally brutish ; the former by excess of fortune , the latter by excess of misery . " The hospitals , containing more than TWELVE THOUSAND WOUNDED , began at length to burn . The heart recoils at the disaster which ensued ...
... become equally brutish ; the former by excess of fortune , the latter by excess of misery . " The hospitals , containing more than TWELVE THOUSAND WOUNDED , began at length to burn . The heart recoils at the disaster which ensued ...
Page 103
... become truly Christian , or fully civilized ; practical infidelity and proud bar- barism are its essential characters . With those who concur in this view , the question of the expediency of martial preparations is at once decided ; for ...
... become truly Christian , or fully civilized ; practical infidelity and proud bar- barism are its essential characters . With those who concur in this view , the question of the expediency of martial preparations is at once decided ; for ...
Page 106
... become the popular demand of the age . There is a diminished respect for men of blood , and national competition is passing from the field of battle to those departments of science , art , and industry which procure wealth , and promote ...
... become the popular demand of the age . There is a diminished respect for men of blood , and national competition is passing from the field of battle to those departments of science , art , and industry which procure wealth , and promote ...
Page 108
... become so successful ever since , and only since the time when the friends of peace began their united efforts ? Before the battle of Water- loo , was there in Christendom no civilization , no commerce , no Christianity , no pulpit or ...
... become so successful ever since , and only since the time when the friends of peace began their united efforts ? Before the battle of Water- loo , was there in Christendom no civilization , no commerce , no Christianity , no pulpit or ...
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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