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Page 197
... such a result . Certainly the war principle has not . It has been tried all over the earth for nearly six thousand years ; but has it kept man from preying upon his brother , or nation from rising 1859. ] 197 Safety of Peace Principles .
... such a result . Certainly the war principle has not . It has been tried all over the earth for nearly six thousand years ; but has it kept man from preying upon his brother , or nation from rising 1859. ] 197 Safety of Peace Principles .
Page 198
... nearly the sum total of history ? Surely , then , war is no security against the bad passions of men ; it would seem hardly possible for any system to produce worse results ; and hence we are forced to inquire , as the only point at ...
... nearly the sum total of history ? Surely , then , war is no security against the bad passions of men ; it would seem hardly possible for any system to produce worse results ; and hence we are forced to inquire , as the only point at ...
Page 199
... nearly destitute of military resources , still what nation has suffered fewer invasions of its soil or its rights ? Look at Switzerland . For more than five centuries has she , with very few and brief exceptions , been at peace with her ...
... nearly destitute of military resources , still what nation has suffered fewer invasions of its soil or its rights ? Look at Switzerland . For more than five centuries has she , with very few and brief exceptions , been at peace with her ...
Page 200
... nearly all the time without harm or assault . It claims the right of violent defence , but provides few means for the purpose , and none sufficient to deter or provoke its neighbors . How shall we ac- count for its long and perfect ...
... nearly all the time without harm or assault . It claims the right of violent defence , but provides few means for the purpose , and none sufficient to deter or provoke its neighbors . How shall we ac- count for its long and perfect ...
Page 205
... nearly equal to that collected , with vast labor , as the fruit of Christian be- nevolence among the forty millions of Great Britain and the United States . But the expenses of war are not confined to the period during which it lasts ...
... nearly equal to that collected , with vast labor , as the fruit of Christian be- nevolence among the forty millions of Great Britain and the United States . But the expenses of war are not confined to the period during which it lasts ...
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Page 348 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 233 - Christ. 2 Cor. iii. 18. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Page 340 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Page 345 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 366 - And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight.
Page 279 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good. and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is a minister of God to thee for good.
Page 348 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Page 348 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 368 - His paths : for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Page 348 - Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee, leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.