MILMAN ON WAR AS UNCHRISTIAN.-Referring to the story of the vision by which the cross with the words, In hoc vince, came to be adopted as the symbol on the war banner of the Emperor Constantine, says, "It was now for the first time (300 years after the Christian era) that the meek and peaceful Jesus became a god of battle, and the cross, the holy sign of Christian redemption, a banner of bloody strife. This irreconcilable incongruity between the symbol of universal peace, and the horrors of war, in my judgment, is conclusive against the miraculous or supernatural character of the transaction, viz., the vision which resulted in the adoption of the cross as the symbol of war. I was surprised," he adds, "to find that Mosheim concurred in these sentiments, for which I will readily encounter the charge of Quakerism."-Hist. of Christianity, b. ii., p. 354. TO THE FRIENDS OF PEACE.-You well know through how severe a trial our cause is now passing; but after much reflection we are confirmed more and more in the opinion, that it ought by all means to be kept alive even in this its darkest hour. We are doing all we can, for this purpose, but need more than ever the aid of its most intelligent, most reliable friends. Its expenses, though less than before the rebellion, are still much more than its present income. If kept alive at all, it must be by a select few; and we hope you will cheerfully be one of that number. It has never been so much needed as it will be after this rebellion; and even now our Society has far more opportunities than means, and is anxious to continue at least its regular ordinary publications. We must do this, if no more, but cannot without such friends as yourself. December is the usual time for annual contributions, and whatever aid you can render, please forward by mail to the "American Peace Society, Boston." food for, 20, 61. Armaments, Cobden on, 148. 66 feeling in, 217. Battle-field, Manassas, 21. 66 kindness on, 155. Battle Scenes, 62, 329, 342. 66 thirst in, 339. 180. Belligerent rights, 206. Bible on peace and government, 273. Bowie-knife conflict, 152, 153. 66 Burke, Edmund, on civil war, 153. Circulation of specie and bills, 167. Complainst against England, 197. after-scenes of, 21, 62, 63, 154, Congress, European, 362. Corruption incident to war, 33. Habeas Corpus, suspended in war, 216. Policy and principle, 278, 301. Harvest of death, 21. Health of troops, 29. Honor, national, Hospital-scenes, 64, 115, 321. Hospitals, 195, 320. 66 Hygeia, 338. Imprecations, scriptural, 49. 66 Labor, division of, 233. Law, civil, superseded in war, 216. 66 Leaders, 210. Life, sacrifice of, 21, 122, 149. "recklessness of, 153. "sacrifice of in rebellion, 223. 66 Population, increase of in U. S., 214. affected by war, 38. 66 in Europe, 369, 371. Praying regiment, 189. Privateering, Charles Sumner on, 258. waste of in war, 249, 296. Lincoln, messages of, 213, 215. 66 Logic, war, 299. force raised to suppress, 57. its desperation, 229. |