Bishop Watson against War

Bishop Watson

The Unionist 1833-09-05

Unionist content

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When the spirit of Christianity shall exert its proper influence over the minds of individuals, and especially over the minds of public men in their public capacities, War will cease throughout the Christian World.— Bishop Watson.

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This quote was well-known in the Peace Movement of the early nineteenth century

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Title: Bishop Watson against War
Description: Famous quote about war and Christianity being incompatible
Bibliographic Citation: The Unionist 1833-09-05
Creator: Bishop Watson
Bibliographic Citation Republished: Anecdotes of the Life of Richard Watson, Bishop of Landaff; written by himself at different intervals, and revised in 1814 , edited by Richard Watson, His Son, LL.B., Prebendary of Landaff and Wells. (London: Black-Horse Court, 1817). p. 168.
Full Issue Sequence Number: 1833-09-05 p01.14
Type: Text
Language: English
Publisher: The Unionist
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Subject: Allied Reform Movements - Peace
Source: The Unionist
Original Item: sjsu-library.github.io
Identifier: unionist--text-0088
Category: Unionist content
Issue: 6
Related People: Bishop Richard Watson
Related image: unionist--image-0160