Friendly Persuasion Page #2
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Last week...
...I had my 80th birthday.
And I'd like to bear witness
to Proverbs.
First chapter...
...33rd verse.
"Who so harkeneth unto Me...
...shall dwell safely...
...and shall be quiet
from fear of evil."
Amen, Emma. Amen.
I ask the prayers of everyone here
to help me be less worldly...
...less concerned about my appearance...
...to mind my tongue...
...and especially have the strength
not to wear earrings.
I've never spoken in Meeting before...
...but I feel so happy this morning
I'd like to share my happiness...
...with everyone in the whole world.
And to thank our Heavenly Father.
God is love!
- Is this it?
- Yes, sir.
Won't thee come in, friend?
Thank you.
You're the minister of this meeting?
I am. One of them.
My name is Major Harvey.
- Won't thee sit down, friend?
- Thank you, no.
I've had the duty placed upon me of
speaking to you Quakers about the war.
It is a matter much on our minds...
...and in our prayers.
But your men don't fight in it.
Some have.
But you do not encourage them.
We do not encourage them.
Ma'am, the Union has endured
two years of bloody civil war.
Thousands have given their lives in
battle to free our country from slavery.
We are opposed to slavery.
But we do not believe it right
to kill one man to free another.
Ma'am, it's not going to be a question
of fighting for freedom or a principle...
...but of protecting our own towns,
our own homes, from attack.
Would you men stand by while others
die to protect you?
You look like a boy who could give a
good account of himself.
I've been tempted to fight.
I guess the Good Lord knows why.
I mean, sometimes I get the
sinful wish to get into a scrap.
So I got to watch myself
closer than most people.
So I'll just stay away from the war.
Because if I ever got into it,
I'd be a goner.
And you, son?
Are you ready to put up with looting
and killing without lifting a finger?
Are you afraid to fight?
I don't know.
Here, at last, is an honest answer.
I don't wish to offend...
...but how many of you are hiding
behind your church to save your skins?
Is it right to let others fight for you?
To protect your lives and your property?
Why don't you speak up?
I'll speak up.
to bear arms against my fellow man.
Burn my house!
Destroy my crops! Attack my family!
And I declare to all...
...especially to thee, Josh Birdwell,
wavering in thy convictions...
...nothing can move me to violence!
Nothing!
It seems Friend Purdy has already
been moved to considerable violence.
I misdoubt any of us here
could say with surety...
...what we would do in case of attack.
I have my doubts as to the strength
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