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Christian ! disci] lc of the meek and lowly Jesus, look 

 at that blood-dripping planet ! It is the flesh of the 

 tenth part of your race. Shall its purple surface 

 swell with move butcheries of God's human children? 

 Look into that dead sea of blood ; shall it be deepened 

 and widened from the veins of more victims to the 

 destroyer of mankind ? If not, say so. Say it in the 

 majesty of your Master's spirit. Let the Christians 

 of Christendom say to the world, that all war is a vast 

 and unmitigated violation of the spirit and pre- 

 cepts of the gospel, and the principalities and the 

 powers of the earth would soon bow to the name of 

 Jesus, and nations learn war no more. 



" During the last century or two, there have been 

 twenty-four wars between England and France, twelve 

 between England and Scotland, eight between Eng- 

 land and Spain, seven between England and other 

 nations — in all 51. The ascertained amount, though 

 doubtless far below the actual amount of British 

 money expended during the last six great wars, was 

 as follows : — 



1. War ending 1G97, £21,500,000 



2. War ending 1712, 48,000,000 



3. War ending 1737, 46,000,000 



4. War ending 1756, 111,000,000 



5. American war of 1775, 139,000,000 



6. War from 1793 to 1815, 850,000,000 



