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cultivate wheat and flax. They weave and spin. They have houses, barns,
and saw-mills among them. They have schools also, and civilization is
taking place of the grossest barbarism.

These facts, when contrasted, speak for themselves. A cabinet of Quaker
ministers, acting upon the policy of the Gospel, has been seated in the
heart of a savage and warlike nation, and peace has been kept with them
for ever. A cabinet of other settlers, acting on the policy of the
world, has been seated in the heart of nations of a similar description,
and they have almost constantly, been embroiled in wars. If Christian
policy has had its influence on Barbarians, it would be libellous to
say, that it would not have its influence upon those who profess to be
Christians. Let us then again, from the instances which have been now
recited, deprecate the necessity of wars. Let us not think so meanly of
the Christian religion, as that it does not forbid, nor so meanly of its
power, as that it is not ante to prevent, their continuance. Let us not
think, to the disgrace of our religion, that the human heart, under its
influence, should be so retrogade, that the expected blessing of
universal peace should be thought no improvement in our moral condition,
or that our feelings under its influence should continue so impure,
that, when it arrives, we should regard it not so much a blessing, as a
cures. But let us, on the other hand, hope and believe, that, as an
opposite and purer policy is acted upon, it will do good to our own
natures, good to the peace and happiness of the world, and honour to the
religion of the Gospel.

SECT. VIII

_Subject finally considered--Authors of wars generally justify their own
as defensive--and state that, if any nation were to give up the practice
of war, or to act on the policy of the Gospel, it would be overrun by
others, which acted upon the policy of the world--Reason to believe,
that such a nation would be held in veneration by others, and applied to
by them for the settlement of their disputes--Sentiments of Bishop
Butler in a supposed case--Case of Antoninus Pius--Conclusion._

Having now said all that I intended to say on the supposed necessity of
wars, I shall for a short time direct the attention of the reader to two
points, the only two, that I purpose to notice on this subject.

It is usually said, first, that the different powers, who go to war,
give it out that their wars are defensive, or that