THE

PEACE READING-BOOK;

BEING A

SERIES OF SELECTIONS

FROM

THE SACRED SCRIPTURES, THE EARLY CHRISTIAN FATHERS,
AND HISTORIANS, PHILOSOPHERS, AND POETS, -THE
WISE AND THOUGHTFUL OF ALL AGES;

CONDEMNATORY OF THE

PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF WAR

AND INCULCATING THOSE OF

TRUE CHRISTIANITY;

DESIGNED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS, AND FOR PRIVATE TUITION.

"My kingdom is not of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, then
would my servants fight.

"Forgive your enemies; do good to them that hate you."-OUR SAVIOUR.

"Follow peace with all men."-ST. PAUL.

"We know but of one anthem composed and sung by angels, and this most
harmoniously combines the GLORY OF GOD IN THE HIGHEST, with PEACE ON
EARTH, and GOOD-WILL TO MAN."-HANNAH MORE.

LONDON:

CHARLES GILPIN, 5, BISHOPSGATE WITHOUT;

AND TO BE HAD OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1844.

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