Advocate of Peace, Volumes 1-2W. Watson, for the Connecticut Peace Society, 1834 - Peace |
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... believe , from a vague feeling of the hopelessness of attempting to put an end to so vast and deep- rooted an evil . Yet this apathy , if we view it in a right light , is as surprising as it is melancholy . For it cannot be doubted that ...
... believe , from a vague feeling of the hopelessness of attempting to put an end to so vast and deep- rooted an evil . Yet this apathy , if we view it in a right light , is as surprising as it is melancholy . For it cannot be doubted that ...
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... believe that they were more : we believe there was a deeper feeling of its wickedness , its sin and shame , than before , ―a moral re - action against the spirit of conquest and of war . At all events , it was the first public , solemn ...
... believe that they were more : we believe there was a deeper feeling of its wickedness , its sin and shame , than before , ―a moral re - action against the spirit of conquest and of war . At all events , it was the first public , solemn ...
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... believe , too , that by this counteraction , God works good , the advancement of truth and his designs . But surely we may be permitted to say that no infusion of evil temper is necessary to the most zealous discharge of the duty of ...
... believe , too , that by this counteraction , God works good , the advancement of truth and his designs . But surely we may be permitted to say that no infusion of evil temper is necessary to the most zealous discharge of the duty of ...
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... believe that the time is ap- proaching , when the implements of war shall be converted to the uses of peace , are inclined to regard Peace Societies as the result of an excessive refinement of the principle of association for benevolent ...
... believe that the time is ap- proaching , when the implements of war shall be converted to the uses of peace , are inclined to regard Peace Societies as the result of an excessive refinement of the principle of association for benevolent ...
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... believe , however , that the Romans of the latter days , of the Republic and of the Empire , should have entertained the same harsh , rigid , and inflexible sentiments , as the Romans of earlier times . And though we find the above ...
... believe , however , that the Romans of the latter days , of the Republic and of the Empire , should have entertained the same harsh , rigid , and inflexible sentiments , as the Romans of earlier times . And though we find the above ...
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Popular passages
Page 372 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Page 269 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
Page 20 - Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold if the Lord would make windows in heaven, might this thing be ? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.
Page 131 - And now, to that same spot in the south of Spain, are thirty similar French artisans, from a French Dumdrudge, in like manner wending ; till at length, after infinite effort, the two parties cotne into actual juxta-position ; and thirty stands fronting thirty, each with a gun in his hand. Straightway the word
Page 325 - Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace ; above all taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one ; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of...
Page 60 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 311 - We send our mandates for the certain death Of thousands and ten thousands! Boys and girls, And women, that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect's leg, all read of war, The best amusement for our morning meal!
Page 130 - What, speaking in quite unofficial language, is the net purport and upshot of war ? To my own knowledge, for example, there dwell and toil, in the British village of Dumdrudge, usually some five hundred souls. From these, by certain 'Natural Enemies' of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men; Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty and sorrow, fed them up to manhood, and even trained...
Page 21 - Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles ; how much more their fulness?