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"WAR appears to us to condense more miseries in a given space than any one of the other evils by which man is visited. Let us not judge of it by the splendor of its caparison, by its pomp, its music, its parade; by secure contests, the empty reports, the bloodless charges of an annual review, Oh no! its real music is groans, and its real vestments are died and Saturated in the blood of friends and enemies."

Christian Observer. WAR in every case must be deemed the triumph or the. harvest of the first great murderer-the devil."

Thomas Scott.

"IT would have proved a striking part of a visión presented to Adam the day after the death of Abel, to have brought beforie iris eyes half a million of men crowded together in the space of a square mile. When the first father had exhausted his wonder on the multitude of his offspring, he, would then naturally inquire of his angelic instructer, for what purpose so vast a multitude had been assembled? What is the common end? Alasito murder each otherall Cains, and yet no A bels ob lea

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SUPPLEMENTARY LINES TO THE " BATTLE OF BLENHEIM." "TELL me, ye troublers of mankind,

Lab Who glory in your trade, it do 196And through the carnage-cover'd field, In fancied greatness wade :

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Attendant on your ruthless course?
Before the bloody strife began,
A's host to host ye stood,

Prepar'd, in spite of God's command,
To shed each other's blood:

Say did one créature meet your view
Who ever yet had injur'd you ?
But if among the opposing host,
You could not single one,..
Whom if you were not thus array'd
You would have cause to shun;
What senseless madness thus to be
The tools of others' policy.

Live and grow wiser; learn in time
That war indeed is guilt;

That God approves not him by whom
A brother's blood is spilt ;—
But inquisition strait will make

On those who thus his office take."

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THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MASS. PEACE SOCIETY.

On this joyful anniversary, it will be expected of the officers of the Massachusetts Peace Society, that they should render some account of their exertions and their prospects. This duty they perform with pleasure, and with grateful acknowledgments to the Father of lights, who is the source of every good, and whose agency gives success to the benevolent efforts of his children..

It being already known that the funds of the Society are small when compared with their object, nothing more can reasonably be expected than evidence of fidelity in the use of such means as have been at the disposal of the Executive Committee, and such an exhibition of facts as may be adapted to excite more liberal patronage and more powerful exertions.

Since the tenth of December 1817, eight thousand two hundred and ninety-eight Tracts have been distributed in behalf of the Society; of which 4785 were copies of the various numbers of the Friend of Peace. The remaining 3513 were copies of the smaller Tracts-the Solemn Review, the Sermon on War, the last Annual Address and Reports, and copies of several Tracts from a Peace Society in London.

Besides the distributions which have been made in the United States, a considerable number of Tracts have been sent to four of the British Provinces in America-to London, Liverpool, and Manchester in England-to Glasgow and Dundee in Scotland, and to St. Petersburg in Russia.

In addition to the distributions which have been made at the expense of this Society, many thousands of Peace Tracts have been sold or gratuitously distributed in different sections of the United States; and much evidence has occurred that these Tracts have been favorably received, and have produced considerable effects. They have not only excited attention to the

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objects of the Society, but have increased the number of its friends and its members. At the last anniversary this Society consisted of 304 members. It has since been increased to upwards of 550, including six auxiliary or branch societies, which have been formed in the course of the year.* The Society now extends by its members to nine of the United States, and two of the British provinces. Several new Peace Societies have been recently organized in different states. From information received, it appears that there are now in this country at least seventeen organized Peace Societies, including Auxiliaries; and that several others are about forming, if not already formed. To these may be added a conference of the Methodist Reformed Church in the state of New York, which has assumed the character of a Peace Society, and a society of Young Friends in Bucks county, in Pennsylvania, which has been formed for the purpose of distributing Peace Tracts. Respectful notice should also be taken of an individual mechanic in the state of New York, who has published, at his own expense, fourteen thousand copies of the Friend of Peace, and two thousand five hundred copies of the Solemn Review of the Custom of War. A man of such energy and benevolence may justly have his name enrolled with Peace Societies. What may not be done in this good cause when men of wealth and enterprise shall truly feel its importance!

In London there are two independent Peace Societies. The Society for Promoting Permanent and Universal Peace, has a considerable number of Auxiliaries in different parts of the kingdom; it has published many thousands of Tracts—some of which have been translated into the German language. This will doubtless be followed by an extensive circulation on the continent of Europe. Several of the English periodical works favor the cause of peace-the Philanthropist, the Eclectic Review, the Edinburgh Review, the Evangelical Magazine, and the Christian Observer. In each of these, articles have appeared which must have excited much reflection, and multiplied the advocates for peace.

The Society has been enlarged since the Report was communicated. See the sequel of this No. or list of members.

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