Produced by Rose Mawhorter and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) [Illustration: DAVID LOW DODGE] 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 55.8 CONTENTS PAGE 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 VIII. War is unwise, as it does not answer the professed end for which it is intended 44 WAR IS CRIMINAL: I. Going to war is not keeping from the appearance of evil, but is running into temptation 47 II. War is criminal, as it naturally inflames the pride of man 49