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ADJUTANT [reading] "These are my answers to the questions put to me,
namely: (1) Why I do not take my oath. (2) Why I refuse to fulfil the
demands of the Government. (3) What induced me to use words offensive
not only to the army but also to the Highest Authorities. In reply to
the first question: I cannot take the oath because I accept Christ's
teaching, which directly and clearly forbids taking oaths, as in St.
Matthew's Gospel, ch. 5 vv. 33-37, and in the Epistle of St. James,
ch. 5 v. 12."
GENERAL. Of course he must be arguing! Putting his own interpretations!
ADJUTANT [goes on reading] "The Gospel says: 'Swear not at all, but let
your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; and what is more than these is of
the evil one!' St. James's Epistle says: 'Before all things, brethren,
swear not by the heavens nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but
let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye fall not into
temptation!' But apart from the fact that the Bible gives us such clear
injunctions not to swear--or even if it contained no such injunctions--I
should still be unable to swear to obey the will of men, because as a
Christian I must always obey the will of God, which does not always
coincide with the will of men."
GENERAL. He must be arguing! If I had my way, there would be none of
this.
ADJUTANT [reading] "I refuse to fulfil the demands of men calling
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