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Page 5
... nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half ...
... nearly all the apologies now pleaded for war , were then reiterated to justify that atrocious traffic in the bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half ...
Page 12
... 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 nations in blood , are now adjusted with scarce a ...
... 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 nations in blood , are now adjusted with scarce a ...
Page 66
... nearly black before a scorching fire ; yet still the lashes fall ; the captain continues merciless . Vain are the cries and prayers of the wretched man . ' I would not forgive the Savior , ' was the blasphemous reply of one of these ...
... nearly black before a scorching fire ; yet still the lashes fall ; the captain continues merciless . Vain are the cries and prayers of the wretched man . ' I would not forgive the Savior , ' was the blasphemous reply of one of these ...
Page 81
... nearly all concerned , to the victors as well as the vanquished . The events of that campaign were recorded on the spot by many eye - witnesses ; and Labaume , from whose narrative most of the following statements are taken , himself ...
... nearly all concerned , to the victors as well as the vanquished . The events of that campaign were recorded on the spot by many eye - witnesses ; and Labaume , from whose narrative most of the following statements are taken , himself ...
Page 85
... nearly naked , and whose countenances were imprinted with a sorrow uncongenial to their age . If the soldiers approached them , they ran crying to throw themselves into their mothers ' arms . Without assistance or shelter , they ...
... nearly naked , and whose countenances were imprinted with a sorrow uncongenial to their age . If the soldiers approached them , they ran crying to throw themselves into their mothers ' arms . Without assistance or shelter , they ...
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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