Christian Non-Violence, Nonviolence

War Inconsistent With the Religion of Jesus Christ: An inspired apostle has informed us from whence come wars and fighting: They come from the lusts of men that war in their members. Ever since the fall, mankind has had naturally within it a spirit of pride, avarice, and revenge: The gospel is directly opposed to this spirit. It teaches humility,

*/ War is Inhuman 1. Because It Hardens the Heart and Blunts the Tender Feelings of Mankind 2. War Is Inhuman, As in Its Nature and Tendency It Abuses God’s Animal Creation 3. War Is Inhuman, As It Oppresses the Poor 4. War Is Inhuman, As It Spreads Terror and Distress among Mankind 5. War Is Inhuman, As It Involves

1. Because It Hardens the Heart and Blunts the Tender Feelings of Mankind That it is the duty of mankind to be tender-hearted, feeling for the distress of others, and to do all in its power to prevent and alleviate their misery, is evident not only from the example of the Son of God but the precepts of the gospel.

2. War Is Inhuman, As in Its Nature and Tendency It Abuses God’s Animal Creation When God at first created man, he gave him authority over the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the deep; After he had swept away the old ungodly world of mankind for its violence with all the animal

3. War Is Inhuman, As It Oppresses the Poor To oppress the poor is everywhere in the Scriptures considered as a great sin: “ For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the Lord. ” “ Whoso stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself

4. War Is Inhuman, As It Spreads Terror and Distress among Mankind In the benign reign of the Messiah, the earth will be filled with the abundance of peace; there will be nothing to hurt or destroy; everyone will sit quietly under his own vine and fig tree, having nothing to molest him or make him afraid. But in times

5. War Is Inhuman, As It Involves Men in Fatigue, Famine, and All the Pains of Mutilated Bodies To describe the fatigues and hardships of a soldier’s life would require the experience of a soldier, so that only some of their common sufferings can be touched upon by a person who is a stranger to the miseries of a camp.

6. War Is Inhuman, As It Destroys the Youth and Cuts off The Hope of the Aged All of mankind are speedily hastening into eternity, and it might be supposed sufficiently fast without the aid of all the ingenuity and strength of man to hurry them forward; yet it is a melancholy truth that a great proportion of the wealth,

7. War Is Inhuman, As It Multiplies Widows and Orphans, and Clothes the Land in Mourning The widow and fatherless are special objects of divine compassion, and Christianity binds men under the strongest obligation to be kind and merciful towards them, as their situation is peculiarly tender and afflicting. “ A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the

*/ War is Unwise That the principles and practice of war are unwise I argue: 1. Because, Instead Of Preventing, They Provoke Insult and Mischief 2. War Is Unwise, For Instead of Diminishing, It Increases Difficulties 3. War Is Unwise, Because It Destroys Property 4. War is Unwise, As it is Dangerous to the Liberties of Men 5. War Is

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