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WAR INCONSISTENT WITH THE RELIGION OF JESUS CHRIST

BY DAVID LOW DODGE

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY EDWIN D. MEAD

PUBLISHED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL UNION GINN & COMPANY, BOSTON 1905

COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE INTERNATIONAL UNION

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTION vii

WAR INCONSISTENT WITH THE RELIGION OF JESUS CHRIST 1

WAR IS INHUMAN:

I. Because it hardens the heart and blunts the tender feelings of mankind 2

II. War is inhuman, as in its nature and tendency it abuses God's animal creation 6

III. War is inhuman, as it oppresses the poor 8

IV. War is inhuman, as it spreads terror and distress among mankind 12

V. War is inhuman, as it involves men in fatigue, famine, and all the pains of mutilated bodies 14

VI. War is inhuman, as it destroys the youth and cuts off the hope of gray hairs 16

VII. War is inhuman, as it multiplies widows and orphans, and clothes the land in mourning 18

WAR IS UNWISE:

I. Because, instead of preventing, it provokes insult and mischief 23

II. War is unwise, for instead of diminishing, it increases difficulties 26

III. War is unwise, because it destroys property 28

IV. War is unwise, as it is dangerous to the liberties of men 30

V. War is unwise, as it diminishes the happiness of mankind 34

VI. War is unwise, as it does not mend, but injures, the morals of society 36

VII. War is unwise, as it is hazarding eternal things for only the chance of defending temporal things 42