CHRISTIAN
NON-RESISTANCE
by Adin Ballou
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I – Explanatory Definitions
Different Kinds of Non-Resistance
The Term Christian Non-Resistance
The Key Text of Non-Resistance
Necessary Applications of Non-Resistance
What a Christian Non-Resistant Cannot Consistently Do
The Principle and Sub-Principle of Non-Resistance
CHAPTER II – Scriptural Proofs
Evasive Constructions of the Text
Reason for Noticing All These Evasions
Testimony of Celsus and Gibbon
CHAPTER III – Scriptural Objections Answered
Objection 1 – You Throw Away the Old Testament
Objection 2 – The Scourge of Small Cords
Objection 4 – Death of Ananias and Sapphira
Objection 5 – Human Government – Romans Chapter 13
How the Apostles Viewed the Then Existing Governments
Submission to, Not Participation in, Government Enjoined on Christians
In What Sense “The Powers That Be Are Ordained of God”
The Monarch of Assyria God’s Minister
Respects Wherein Government Is Ordained of God
Paul’s Conduct in Relation to Government
CHAPTER IV – Non-Resistance Not Contrary To Nature
Nature and the Laws of Nature Defined
Self-Preservation the First Law of Nature
What Is the True Method of Self-Preservation
The Objector Still Persists with the Analogy of the Animals
Common Method of Self-Preservation Certainly False
Five Great Laws of Human Nature Considered
These Laws Radically Harmonious
Non-Resistance in Perfect Unison with These Laws
A Law of Universal Nature – Like Begets Its Like
General Illustrations in Common Life
Special Illustrations – Facts From Real Life
The Man Whose Temper Was Broken
Ex-President Jefferson and the Cooper’s Shop
William Ladd and Neighbor Pulsifer
CHAPTER V – The Safety Of Non-Resistance
Agent of the Bible Society in Texas
The Young Man Near Philadelphia
Robert Barclay and Leonard Fell
The Indians and the Quaker Family
The Inhabitants of the Loochoo Islands
The Indians and the Quaker Meeting
The Christian Town in the Tyrol
Captain Back – The Quakers – The Malays
Jonathan Dymond – Colony of Pennsylvania
CHAPTER VI – General Objections Answered
Objection 1 – Impracticable Until the Millennium
Objection 2 – Extremely Difficult If Not Impossible
Objection 3 – More Difficult in Small Than Large Matters
The Profane Swearer Reproved and Subdued
The Christian Slave and His Enemy
Henry C. Wright and His Assailant
Colony of Practical Christians
CHAPTER VII – Non-Resistance In Relation To Government
Is Non-Resistance For or Against Human Government?
Extract from the Constitution of Massachusetts
Extracts from the U.S. Constitution
Why Not Participate in Order to Reform?
Delegated Power to Declare War
Letters of Marque and Reprisal, Piracy
Injurious Force Not Essential to Government
Under What Circumstances the Country Might Have A Non-Resistant Government
View of the Present Order of Things, and Remedies
Extract from M. Guizot’s Lectures
APPENDIX I – Biographical Sketch of the Author
APPENDIX II – The Higher Patriotism and Its Relation to the Cause of Universal Peace