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Preach it, minister of the Prince of Peace! let it never be forgotten in conversation, sermon, or prayer; nor any longer seek, by specious theory, to reconcile the monstrous War System with the precepts of Christ!
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Sumner urges ministers to preach against the war system in alignment with Christian teachings.
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