Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-02-11

The great lesson Of bis life was, in the langu.
age Of bic liph, "Put up thy sword. How
can you gentlemen, without blush, profsSs
20 BE- The disciplesof that "Phnce Of Peace
Yoa teaohefa Of a gospel which was sent 10
spread 'psace on earth and good will smong
0ns. Of 700, IN Thanksgiving sermon,
thanked God for the rebellion and the war. ="
You, whose preaching embowels humanity,
and fills the altars Of religion with blood, fol.
lowers Of the Divine One who said, "Resist
mot evil r--are you not rather followers Of
the "Prince Of DArknessY Do You not enter
your palpits every Sunday morning as Mafiua
entered Rome, burning with reyengeful / memo
ries of the marches Of Minturna7 Instead
Of Openipg the gates Of the kingdom Of Heav.
on, 10 make men Of zone heart and one mind"
one would think your mission was to open the
temple Of Janus Instead Of pointing out 70
mortals "the paths Of peace, you are striving
to drive them down ''the broad road Of destruc
ton. Instead Of preaching and praying 10
make our country, what Christ meant all ma
tons should be, "a kingdom Of peace" you
seem 10 make II a province Of hell. Your
prayers go nut like poisoned arrows only 10
wound and kill. Like the heather law-River
you have never seen God only Ia the midst Of
iames and swords You are living back these
thousands OF years in the brute ages Of the
world, not followers of the Lamb, but the
savage and bloody disciples Of Thor aud
0din. The meek voice that once breathed
peace among the hills Of Gallilee you have
never heard. Not in Gallilee, but in Golgotha
we're your altars built asa ND
The great Erasmus said "All the conditions
OF war are absolutely forbidden by the Cos
pei" You, gentlemen, know that the pre-
cepts Of Christ forbid them You know that
the early christians, those who lived immedi-
ately after Christ, who were instructed by his
Apostles, believed that a christian could not
fight Maximilan, Roman convert to Chris
tianity, on being brought before the tribunal,
to be enrolled as soldier, declared TO the
Proconsul, ~ am a christian, and cannot
fight When told that be must bear arms or
suffer death. he replied, VI cannot tght, If /
die, and bravely suffered death rather than
violate the principles of his religion A Ro.
man Centurion, by the name of Mnresllus, on
being converted to Christianity resigned his
commission declaring, at is not lawful for a
christian to bear arms for any consideration =
He, too, suffered death for refusing TO fight
So Csssia, Roman Notary, was put to death
for the same cause. IL am" said he, "a
christian, and therefore cannot fight" Great
numbers of the early converts to the religion
of Christ suffered death for the same reason
Sf''iiN Ls " n'e1auur,a 3, uenned the Chrisuans,
t,i".; oMs =. peace naetantius, nm early
III SUM- sum =. uoVe, sAu ~ can never De law
iua III r'gu.eous men 70 go 70 war, ieriull
M I'olns us .na' even Vhrisuahity had
sPreAu oyer lhe roman empire, mot a chris
an Sna soI.u ~ pG iodhu "a lne hpman armies
SIoA 'ne wrIunss o. susl'n martyr ane Ere
nsas ny Te nH'e Posluye PROOF that the christians
- .uer osy 1eneVeu tnat tney were forbidden
W .ne gosPei 70 pear arms ,,l
~ was Uhe o, Ine opJeeuons when the enc
~ tI'o' " SuIYs ylSNBh' "Rh,nst hls uospei,
,n4' ,., uls ,1nowe,s woulu not hgnI Celus who
" nysu :. .ne ene o. the second century abused
,ne cnr'stIshs Ior refusing 10 bear arms, even
~ ~ cases 20 OF necessity Origin, 10 his defence
% o. Onrisuahity' adni"'ed the iact, and justified
,he cnr'sL,ahs on tne ground that war was un-
'h"Iui re'er 10 these matters, gentlemen,
70 reminG you OF the principles and prac-
,, wees "s ~ Unrlst ana nus early followers How
l'0l. wouiu ~. 1onh OF S' raul nave hgured at q
wIr Ss,,,ta meeeIng Imagine Jesus stirring up the
iNeI'l',l neilsn nres o' oVii war no no man can
tInag,he Iii' such th'hg man own heart
~oulu colne up anu s srnite MN IN the lace were
ue 20 SSteuPt lneh imagine q preacher
VI ,,u ,ne uoAPei OF Snrist thanking Uod for re-
peiitoh anu war NO he need not imagine IT
iet MN open MS eyes ana behold the nbhorrent
"sns i,s' .I MN open ms ears anu near tue
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