III. War necessarily infringes on the consciences of men, and therefore is criminal 52 IV. War is criminal, as it is opposed to patient suffering under unjust and cruel treatment 56 V. War is criminal, as it is not doing to others as we should wish them to do to us 60 VI. War is inconsistent with mercy, and is therefore criminal 61 VII. War is criminal, as the practice of it is inconsistent with forgiving trespasses as we wish to be forgiven by the final judge 63 VIII. Engaging in war is not manifesting love to enemies or returning good for evil 64 IX. War is criminal, because it is actually rendering evil for evil 67 X. War is criminal, as it is actually doing evil that good may come; and this is the best apology that can be made for it 71 XI. War is opposed to the example of the Son of God, and is therefore criminal 72 OBJECTIONS ANSWERED 77 HYMN 121 THE MEDIATOR'S KINGDOM NOT OF THIS WORLD: BUT SPIRITUAL 123 INTRODUCTION To David Low Dodge of New York belongs the high honor of having written the first pamphlets published in America directed expressly against the war system of nations, and of having founded the first peace society ever organized in America or in the world. His first pamphlet, _The Mediator's Kingdom not of this World_, was published in 1809. His second and more important pamphlet, _War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ_, was prepared for the press in 1812. This was two years before the publication of Noah Worcester's _Solemn Review of the Custom of War_, which was issued in Boston on Christmas Day, 1814. Early in 1812 Mr. Dodge and his friends in New York deliberated on the expediency of forming a peace society; but on account of the excitement attending the war with Great Britain this was postponed until 1815. In August of that year the New York Peace Society, the first in the world, was organized, with Mr. Dodge as its president. This was four months before the organization of the Massachusetts Peace Society (December 26, 1815) under the leadership of Noah Worcester, and nearly a year before the English Peace Society, the first in Europe, was formed (June 14, 1816) in London.