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American Friends Service Committee — Part 1
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a aD the bouy of Christ.” We know that they must iow
coe poet conscience as we must follow ours. .
: : po Though we would that all men might come to a con
oe uy tious renunciation of war and might enter into that spicit “
. oe taketh away the occasion of all war,” we'disclaim any pu
ae : to sabotage or obstruct the war measures of our goverr
or-any officials, soldicrs, or citizens; in the performance of
they regard as their patriotic duty,
ee ene we ee ~ Qur Tasks
Gratcful as we are today for the establishment of the Fe
ship of Reconciliation during the Jast war, and for its w'
and its work through all the years, we must in this solemn
confess that we have oftcn not been wiiling to pay the
. . - price of being effective “peace-makegs.” Therefore we
Joos 7 now:
1. Deepen our own spiritual life and improve our i
lectual equipment by a more severe discipline in prayer
~ . work, in personal rclationships, in the cultivation of hum
z a In the great words of Jacques Maritain, we must “putif,
- : springs of history which are within ourselves” and en
in “that secret labor’ of penitence, meditation, and pr
“by which those of a little faith raise, first of all in ti
selves, the level of mankind's spiritual energy.”
2. Build and hold together our local groups and pa
teams. In them the Fellowship can and will live on what
, - betide. Deliberate efforts must be made to keep up thre
personal contact or correspondence the fellowship with
dated pacifists.
3. Make it possible by gifts and work and prayer to
tinue the work of our national and regional offices and
' field workers. ~
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