War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ, as It Is Inhuman, Unwise, and Criminal
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Biblical studies are a set of diverse di...)
About the Book
Biblical studies are a set of diverse disciplines that are concerned with a study of the Bible, i.e. the Tanach and the New Testament. There were four gospels comprising the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), and these are the main sources of information about the life of Jesus. Bible studies itself draws on many disciplines ranging from archaeology, ancient history, cultural backgrounds, textual criticism, literary criticism, historical backgrounds, philology, and social science. As to philology for example, most of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh, which formed the basis of the Christian Old Testament, was written in Biblical Hebrew, with a few chapters rendered in Biblical Aramaic. On the other hand, the New Testament was written in Koine Greek.
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The mediator's kingdom not of this world, but spiritual, heavenly, and .
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This book, "The mediator's kingdom not of this world, but spiritual, heavenly, and .", by Inquirer, David Low Dodge, is a replication of a book originally published before 1809. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.
David Low Dodge was an American merchant who promoted pacifist principles, founder the New York Peace Society.
Background
David was born on June 14, 1774 on a farm in Brooklyn, New York, United States. His parents were David and Mary (Stuart) Earl Dodge. His father, David Dodge, was of English and Welsh colonial stock, a descendant of Richard Dodge who came to Salem, Massachusetts, from England about 1638; his mother, Mary Stuart, was said to be the daughter of a Scotch nobleman and at the time of her marriage to David Dodge she was the widow of William Earl.
The boyhood of David Low Dodge was not without its privations. He was early inclined to reading, but advantages were meager. From seven to fourteen, except for two months of district school each winter, he was employed on the farm in Hampton, Connecticut, to which his father had removed. The only books available were the Bible and the school primer, spelling-book, and arithmetic.
Education
At the age of six Dodge attended a school kept by a spiritually minded Irish woman, Mary Moxley.
After his fifteenth year there was little opportunity for schooling; but at nineteen he was a full- fledged schoolmaster, and in that calling he continued successfully for several years, at first in community schools and later in private ventures.
Career
In 1802 Dodge began buying stocks of imported wares at Boston, transporting them by wagon to Connecticut, and selling at a good profit.
The New York house of Higginson, Dodge & Company was not involved in these losses, but a dissolution of the firm became necessary.
In 1813 Dodge became manager of a cotton-mill near Norwich, Connecticut.
After his removal to New York, he had taken a more and more active part in religious and philanthropic efforts.
In 1809 he wrote a pamphlet entitled, The Mediator’s Kingdom not of This World, containing an argument against the lawfulness of war waged by Christians.
He began a vigorous campaign to enlist the so-called evangelical churches of America in his war against war, entering into an extensive correspondence with such contemporary leaders as Lyman Beecher, John B. Romeyn, Walter King, and Aaron Cleveland.
In 1812 appeared his second pamphlet, War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ, and in the same year a group of men in New York, under his leadership, were ready to form a society to promote pacifist principles.
They decided on postponement, however, because it was felt that during the war with England the motives of such propaganda might be misunderstood.
On August 16, 1815, after the close of the war, the New York Peace Society was launched, with thirty or forty members, representing various religious denominations.
It is said to have been the first organization of its kind in the world. Dodge was the first president of the society and took the leading part in shaping its policies.
His arguments were based on the Scriptures, in the main, and addressed to Christians.
In 1827 he retired from business.
In the following year the New York Peace Society united with other similar bodies that had been formed since 1815 in creating the American Peace Society.
Dodge presided at the organization meeting of the new society, May 8, and at its first annual meeting, May 13, was a member of its board of directors, and later became a life director.
Achievements
Dodge established the New York Peace Society and was active in the founding of the New York Bible Society and the New York Tract Society.
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Religion
Dodge was a thoroughgoing Calvinist and all his pleas were couched in terms familiar to those versed in the precepts of that faith.
Personality
Dodge was a man of discretion, judgment, unaffected modesty, well regulated temper, and courteous manners, he combined in a rare degree high intellectual gifts with a practical turn of mind, orderly, methodical, business-like habits, and remarkable minuteness and accuracy in all matters of detail.
Connections
On June 7, 1798 Dodge married Sarah, daughter of the Reverend Aaron Cleveland.
