Ben Salmon Quotes:

Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable. ... The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. ... When human law conflicts with Divine law, my duty is clear. Conscience, my infallible guide, impels me to tell you that prison, death, or both, are infinitely preferable to joining any branch of the Army.

- Ben Salmon

source: "Letter To President Wilson" by Ben Salmon, June 5, 1917.

topic: Brother, Art, Father, Soundness, Divine Law, Nazarene

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