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o and supreno businoss ia obedioncea to ime That Crist da imself . tie spiritual broad whtch nourt sues tho radeened suul. That those who enter inte onen with fim becond wlgo Joined In living untony eno with another, as nenvers of one body, His courche That tre : wordiip and Garistian vellovchip spring out of this Jrnecdlate relatlonndip of believing souls with their conzon Lord and vanters ‘the Friends also believe that the Holy Scriptures were given by insptraiion of God, und that tie divinely autnorizad doctrinos and coral principles therain contained, as unfolded by tha Roly Spirit, are unalterably bindiny upon tha ves and actlons of Christiana. they accept the umiigtababvle maining, as they believe ~ of Jesus in the Semen on the fount es a practical sede of ets cs withoub nolifieation or qualification on greunds of oxaadtlencyes qhoy make affhi:ation in place of taxing lege oaths, whtelt they bolieve to ba contrary to Tew Jestunent tracaing, end to cstublisa a donblo standard of trithtuiness, they believe in tho ioprenacy of the Kingdaa of Beaven, under waich all una rolations of human society avo to be ordered upon the basis of Jastica and rood will. thoy bel.eve that all var is etterly inconsistent wlth the forpal and Spirkt of Christ. They stand for a patriotiea which rosts tha Walnark of a natson's safety and prosperity, not upon the strong th of its artes and navies, bab upon rightaousnars and justice in ito social, {nduatsial, connorcial, politicul und international Ufa. In "sho Amerlean Yrsend,® of September, 1917, an article which ox plains the Cankerd position repardtn, wae, appeased under tha heading "te Ldgur Nieholsen ky ve Friends! Neal Position, in which the autier quotes from tha Frienda® "Declaration of uf thst Tt oe re have aver miuntained that 4t 43 the duty of Ciristians to obey the anactrents af civil goverment, excopt those witch interfere with our allesiance with God. ita eae much to its plessiagse Througy 4% we enjoy erty and protaction im connection ti Or Lun and ordorese ve fool cound explicitly te avow our unshaken persuasion that all war 4a utterly incotpatible mith te plain precepts ef our Livina Lord and Lawgiver, and the whole spirit of Niko Sospel, end that no ples of nesescl ty of policy, however uryent or pecadtary can avatl to rolease elther individuals or nationa fron Ura parancunt alleptonce wich thoy ova te Hin who has suidy 'Love your encaledesaet®