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there any loss in doing
right? Suppose that one of you three kings believed that the Master's
way was the right way, believed that war was a crime, believed that even
preparation for war was a crime, and condemned it to such an extent that you
lost your crown, --would it be a loss?
Is any material possession worth having, if you have to give up your idea of
right to gain it?
No person ever lived who made such an impression on the world as Christ and
He had no material possessions. He never allowed force and when one of
his followers smote off the ear of one that came to take him, He rebuked him
and healed the wounded man.
And if He did so much for the world without force, so can you three kings
give up war implements of all kinds, as you can see the power of right by
his life and that there is no way to suffer loss by doing right.
Had Christ allowed His followers to resort to force, which they often wished
to do, He would have been a mere rebel against a material government and
would never have founded the spiritual empire that He did.
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