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Page 8
... passion it cannot subdue , no vice it cannot re- form , no evil custom it cannot abolish , no moral malady it cannot cure , no inveteracy of error or sin from which it cannot reclaim . Its history , as well as its nature , proves its ...
... passion it cannot subdue , no vice it cannot re- form , no evil custom it cannot abolish , no moral malady it cannot cure , no inveteracy of error or sin from which it cannot reclaim . Its history , as well as its nature , proves its ...
Page 9
... passion at the South vent itself in duels ? Custom there has hewn out this channel of blood into which excited pas ... passions , or settling their disputes by war , than Christians do theirs by duels . Mark the result in both customs ...
... passion at the South vent itself in duels ? Custom there has hewn out this channel of blood into which excited pas ... passions , or settling their disputes by war , than Christians do theirs by duels . Mark the result in both customs ...
Page 4
... passions be subdued , and " wars will cease unto the ends of the earth , the bow will be broken , the spear cut asunder , and the chariot burned in the fire . " That such will be the case , we may naturally conclude , when it is ...
... passions be subdued , and " wars will cease unto the ends of the earth , the bow will be broken , the spear cut asunder , and the chariot burned in the fire . " That such will be the case , we may naturally conclude , when it is ...
Page 10
... passions of the soul , who shall be found to cool them ? The people of the world talk of glory from victory and conquest ; but we know that honor and happiness can arise only from doing the will of God , and living in subjection to him ...
... passions of the soul , who shall be found to cool them ? The people of the world talk of glory from victory and conquest ; but we know that honor and happiness can arise only from doing the will of God , and living in subjection to him ...
Page 76
... passions ; the utter want in most cases of a fair trial , or any trial at all ; and the impossibility of obtaining any redress even for the most outrageous cruelties practised upon them by superiors . Nor can it be said that these ...
... passions ; the utter want in most cases of a fair trial , or any trial at all ; and the impossibility of obtaining any redress even for the most outrageous cruelties practised upon them by superiors . Nor can it be said that these ...
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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