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American Friends Service Committee — Part 15
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We recognize that ~; jhe atomic age it is not enough jr the individual to live ©
im peace and virtue, bus that our Christfan faith demands <x every individual his
active opposition to war arid his active support of national and international peace
‘ efforts, now and continously until the threat of war is no more.
oer Let us begin to follow our testimonies, wherever they may lead. We recognize
..the privileges and obligations of citizenship, but we reject as fals that philosophy
- which sets the state above moral law. . -
Therefore, as Friends and Christians, we, the members of Philadelphia Yearly
Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, assembled in our annual session, declare:
ee We have supported and are supporting the medical rehabilitation project of the
American Friends Service Committee in South Vietnam and its efforts to do
similar work in the North, as well as its-efforts in this country to bring about
‘the end of the Vietnam war; ¢
ae We have followed with compassionate concern the voyage of mercy of the Phoenix
to North Vietnam and we are ourselves contributing funds for the purchase of
medical supplies which we are determined shall reach the victims of war in all
parts of Vietnam, regardless of any otstacles which may present themselves;
eo We resolve to express actively our concern for every victim or potential victim
of war throughout the world;
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ee We resolve to give both spiritual and material aid to those who are suffering
as a result of having taxen the Conscientious Objector position;
se We resolve to
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We prey for Divine
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