The Essays of Philanthropos [i.e. W. Ladd] on Peace and War: Which First Appeared in the Christian Mirror, Printed at Portland, Maine |
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Page 109 - professing to be Christians.) ' Come they not hence, even of your lusts, that war in your members : ye lust, and have not; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war-, yet ye have not, because ye
Page 115 - neither shall they learn war any more.' Well may we then, in the meantime, address our Christian brethren and sisters in the concluding words of the prophet : (Isaiah ii. 5.) ' O house of Jacob, come YE, and let us walk in the light of
Page 109 - As to the spirit of war, when proceeding from vengeance. ' Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord.' ' He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death.' ' Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer ' ' He that hateth his brother is in darkness.'
Page 110 - Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven.' Accordingly, we find that, even under the old covenant, which was less spiritual, and in which many things were allowed for the hardness
Page 109 - And that, although the armies mutually engaged in slaughtering each other, both, perhaps, profess that religion which bids them love as brethren, and which has declared, that ' no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him ;' and that,' he that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now ;' a religion which has prohibited the practice not only of individual murder, but
Page 124 - If not,—seriously ask yourself this question: "What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul ?" The shortness of my remaining paper
Page 78 - and that neither the commerce of Spain herself, nor of neutral nations, should be molested by the naval force of France, except in the breach of a lawful blockade. This declaration, which appears to have been faithfully carried into effect, concurring with the principles
Page 79 - amelioration to the condition of the human race which would result from the abolition of the" custom of war, "and the great facility by which it might be accomplished, requiring only the consent" of the people, " an earnest hope is indulged
Page 78 - earnest hope is indulged that these overtures will meet with an attention, animated by the spirit in which they were made, and that they will ultimately be suc.cessful" Yes Sir, I think that the United States,
Page 27 - supperless to bed. The British nation now groans under the weight of taxes occasioned by the warlike character of former rulers ; and the sins of the fathers are visited on '•' the children to the third and fourth generation." Let my country take warning, if she would preserve her liberty, and her happiness. War is an enemy to both. I cannot dismiss this subject, without