The Friend of Peace, Volume 4Joseph T. Buckingham, 1827 Includes the 1st-12th annual reports of the Massachusetts Peace Society. |
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... gospel of his Son , are to be seen the inventions of men for the murder of one another— trophies gained by the indulgence of the vilest passions , and statues in honor of those who fell in the antichristian conflicts of rations ! This ...
... gospel of his Son , are to be seen the inventions of men for the murder of one another— trophies gained by the indulgence of the vilest passions , and statues in honor of those who fell in the antichristian conflicts of rations ! This ...
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... gospel of peace , ranged by the side of the works of our own poets upon the same interesting and important subject . " It may be hoped that such an account of the Poem from Great Britain , will induce American readers to examine it for ...
... gospel of peace , ranged by the side of the works of our own poets upon the same interesting and important subject . " It may be hoped that such an account of the Poem from Great Britain , will induce American readers to examine it for ...
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... Gospel be denied the road to fame ? And in what respect is it more criminal or more in- consistent for Ministers to fight duels with each other , than to encourage their hearers to fight in the wars of Princes or na- tions ? EIGHTH ...
... Gospel be denied the road to fame ? And in what respect is it more criminal or more in- consistent for Ministers to fight duels with each other , than to encourage their hearers to fight in the wars of Princes or na- tions ? EIGHTH ...
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... Gospel on an occasion like the present ; it be- ing their peculiar province to enforce on men the doctrines and precepts of our holy Religion ; but , alas ! so long and so general have been some of the deviations from the apostolic ...
... Gospel on an occasion like the present ; it be- ing their peculiar province to enforce on men the doctrines and precepts of our holy Religion ; but , alas ! so long and so general have been some of the deviations from the apostolic ...
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... Gospel is produced , by the circulation of the Tracts and Herald of Peace . Among other means which your Committee have adopted , to call the attention of the public to the important Gospel principles which we advocate , may be noticed ...
... Gospel is produced , by the circulation of the Tracts and Herald of Peace . Among other means which your Committee have adopted , to call the attention of the public to the important Gospel principles which we advocate , may be noticed ...
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Page 18 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page viii - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown ; The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone...
Page 4 - ... until the number shall be reduced to thirteen; and from that number not less than seven, nor more than nine names as congress shall direct, shall in the presence of Congress be drawn out by lot, and the persons whose names shall be so drawn or any five of them, shall be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy, so always as a major part of the judges who shall hear the cause shall agree in the determination...
Page 402 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I -will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou sha.lt heap coals of fire on his head.
Page 3 - Whenever the legislative or executive authority, or lawful agent of any State in controversy with another, shall present a petition to Congress, stating the matter in question, and praying for a hearing, notice thereof shall be given by order of Congress to the legislative or executive authority of the other state in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents, who shall then be directed to appoint, by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute...
Page 402 - But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them -who despitefully use you, and persecute you : that ye may be the children of your Father who is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 249 - It may be that, in the lapse of many centuries, no other opportunity so favorable will be presented to the government of the United States, to subserve the benevolent purposes of Divine Providence, to dispense the promised blessings of the Redeemer of mankind...
Page 340 - I cannot exaggerate to myself the unfading glory with which these United States will go forth in the memory of future ages, if, by their friendly counsel, by their moral influence, by the power of argument and persuasion alone, they can prevail upon the American Nations at Panama, to stipulate, by general agreement among themselves, and so far as any of them may be concerned, the perpetual abolition of private war upon the ocean.
Page 180 - Great Britain, the establishment of which had been submitted to them, have made their respective reports, in compliance with that article, that the same might be referred to the decision of a friendly...
Page 409 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...