An Inquiry Into the Accordancy of War with the Principles of Christianity: And an Examination of the Philosophical Reasoning by which it is Defended, with Observations on Some of the Causes of War and on Some of Its EffectsW. Wood, 1861 - 124 páginas |
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... enemy were killed . By war , the natural impulses of the heart seem to be suspended , as if a fiend of blood were privileged to exercise a spell upon our sensibilities , whenever we contem- plated his ravages . Amongst all the shocking ...
... enemy were killed . By war , the natural impulses of the heart seem to be suspended , as if a fiend of blood were privileged to exercise a spell upon our sensibilities , whenever we contem- plated his ravages . Amongst all the shocking ...
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... of the insults , or the encroachments , or the contempts of the destined enemy , with every artifice of 12 Original causes-Present multiplicity Want of inquiry―This want not manifested on parallel subjects National irritability.
... of the insults , or the encroachments , or the contempts of the destined enemy , with every artifice of 12 Original causes-Present multiplicity Want of inquiry―This want not manifested on parallel subjects National irritability.
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... enemy , with every artifice of aggrava- tion ; they tell us of foreigners who want to trample upon our rights , of rivals who ridicule our power , of foes who will crush , and of tyrants who will enslave us . These men pursue their ...
... enemy , with every artifice of aggrava- tion ; they tell us of foreigners who want to trample upon our rights , of rivals who ridicule our power , of foes who will crush , and of tyrants who will enslave us . These men pursue their ...
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... enemy is more likely to avert mischief from ourselves , than an address to their reason and their virtue . Nations are composed of men , and of men with human feelings . Whether with individuals or with communities , “ a soft answer ...
... enemy is more likely to avert mischief from ourselves , than an address to their reason and their virtue . Nations are composed of men , and of men with human feelings . Whether with individuals or with communities , “ a soft answer ...
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... enemies . Such wickedness has existed , and may exist again . Surely it is nearly the climax of possible iniquity . I know not whether the records of human infamy present another crime of such enormous or such abandoned wickedness . A ...
... enemies . Such wickedness has existed , and may exist again . Surely it is nearly the climax of possible iniquity . I know not whether the records of human infamy present another crime of such enormous or such abandoned wickedness . A ...
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Página 40 - 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...
Página 91 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Página 28 - Then shall the strong man be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark ; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
Página 46 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Página 52 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Página 54 - All sacrifices do but speed forward that great day, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
Página 39 - I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Página 39 - Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
Página 64 - They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Página 23 - And now behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.