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Page 8
... bodies , fields flowing with blood , rivers reddened with human gore ! " " I pass over , as comparatively trifling , the fields of grain trodden down ; peaceful cottages and rural mansions burnt to the ground ; villages and towns ...
... bodies , fields flowing with blood , rivers reddened with human gore ! " " I pass over , as comparatively trifling , the fields of grain trodden down ; peaceful cottages and rural mansions burnt to the ground ; villages and towns ...
Page 3
... bodies of peasants , put to death like dogs , were lying there horribly mangled ; little naked infants of a year old or less , were found besmeared in the mud of the road , transfixed with bayonet - wounds ; matrons and young women dead ...
... bodies of peasants , put to death like dogs , were lying there horribly mangled ; little naked infants of a year old or less , were found besmeared in the mud of the road , transfixed with bayonet - wounds ; matrons and young women dead ...
Page 5
... bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half , and covered with obloquy and reproach the few that dared to beard the monster in his very den . But humanity ...
... bodies and souls of men . Prejudice , and passion , and interest , and inveterate custom , all clamored loud in its be- half , and covered with obloquy and reproach the few that dared to beard the monster in his very den . But humanity ...
Page 9
... bodies , and especially on the souls of men ; and these not pre- vented , but encouraged , by persons who profess to love God with all their heart , and their neighbor as themselves . We have reason to bless God , that the number of ...
... bodies , and especially on the souls of men ; and these not pre- vented , but encouraged , by persons who profess to love God with all their heart , and their neighbor as themselves . We have reason to bless God , that the number of ...
Page 78
... bodies , fields flowing with blood , rivers reddened with human gore ! Meanwhile I pass over the corn - fields trodden down , peaceful cottages and rural mansions burnt to the ground , villages and towns reduced to ashes , the cattle ...
... bodies , fields flowing with blood , rivers reddened with human gore ! Meanwhile I pass over the corn - fields trodden down , peaceful cottages and rural mansions burnt to the ground , villages and towns reduced to ashes , the cattle ...
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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