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Whilst in this way the nations’ own desire
and the needs of the case grow and branch into
great common interests, the friends of peace
unceasingly set before themselves this distinct
goal, “Right before might.”
To paint the historic background of the
activity of the friends of peace would be almost
synonymous with bringing forward all that is
uniting, important and lasting in the history of
the nations. It would be a “saga” on the
welfare of the human race through all time.
Such a task I do not undertake. I give only
a short indication of what, in our own time,
organized peace-work is.
Its activity was almost a result of the wars of
Napoleon, which were terminated by the Peace
of Paris, November, 1815. These wars had
deeply stirred the minds of many, both in the
old and new world, and directed their thoughts
to the apathy of the Christian Churches in
not proclaiming, with unmistakable emphasis,
that war is irreconcilable with the teaching of
Christ.
This view was represented in America by
Dr. W. Ellery Channing, and Dr. Noah
Worcester, who as early as 1814 stirred up
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