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fatigable friend, Mr. Ladd, to the King, and his Majesty's answer, both of which were publicly read. This is one of the most auspicious events in the history of our society. Mr. Thompson, I think of Boston, once sent a communication to king George IV; but it miscarried, and before another copy arrived, his Majesty was dead. Mr. Ladd's communication was forwarded just in time. His Majesty expressed the greatest satisfaction and pleasure, and pledged himself, so far as his influence extended, to promote and perpetuate peace through the whole world. But alas! his race is ended, and while I write this, his breathless corpse is lying in what they call state.

Dr. Worcester, I judge, is an old man. May I trust that he is ripe for glory, that his hope is founded on the Rock of Ages, that he finds Christ to be precious to his soul, the chief among ten thousand, and altogether lovely! I feel myself declining, and under these considerations, I feel glad that you, who, I judge, are in the very prime of your days, are in the field, ready to catch the falling mantle of your coadjutors. Man may die, but the cause must live. There shall be "abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth."

It will always give me pleasure to hear from you, and especially of the success of your labors as the advocate of peace. May the Lord afford health, and strength, and energy, mental and physical, with opportunities for labor; and also great enjoyment of spiritual and temporal mercies, with a good hope through Christ of everlasting rest, and peace, and joy, when your work on earth, at some very distant period, shall be ended. So prays, my dear Sir,

Yours, very affectionately in gospel bonds,

II.

JAMES HARGREAVES.

RESOLUTIONS ON PEACE.

We now publish the remainder of the resolutions adopted by the convention which formed the Vermont Peace Society; and we hope they will be pondered well by Christians and Christian ministers.

1. That the custom of war has misrepresented the principles of the Christion religion to all the unevangelized portions of the earth, crippled its power in Christendom, and obstructed its spread and triumph through the world.

3. That the slumbers of the Christian world for so many ages over the abominations of war, must be highly offensive to God, and cannot be continued without glaring inconsistency and deep guilt.

4. That it is high time for every professed follower of the Prince of peace to investigate the subject of war in the light of the gospel, and bring his own views, feelings and practice into strict accordance with its principles, as a test of his Christian character.

5. That we ought, as a matter of religious duty, to suppress the causes of war, as far as possible, by applying the gospel to those guilty passions, those false notions of honor, and those mistakes so prevalent in the education of the young, which chiefly sustain and perpetuate the war-system in Christendom.

6. That ministers are as truly bound to preach, and Christians to practise the pacific principles of the gospel, as they are any of its other doctrines or precepts; that the general neglect of this for fifteen centuries has opened the floodgates of war upon nations nominally Christian; and that this crying sin, and shame, and curse can never be banished from Christendom, so long as this duty continues to be neglected.

7. That parents ought, with special care, to guard the minds of their children against the manifold, insidious, and wide-spread delusions of war, especially by withholding from them its toys, and songs, and pictures, and

books, and other fascinations peculiarly calculated to beguile and taint their minds.

8. That teachers in all our seminaries of learning from the highest to the lowest, ought to inculcate the principles of peace upon the minds under their care, as an important part of their qualifications for usefulness.

9. That we earnestly invite all ministers and Christians, all teachers and parents in this State, to aid the cause of peace by urging its principles and claims upon those whom Providence has placed under their influence, or within the reach of their efforts.

The General Convention of Congregational and Presbyterian ministers in Vermont, at their late meeting in Springfield, Sept. 13, passed the following resolutions, all of which, but especially the second, we commend to general attention.

Resolved, 1. That the cause of peace, as a part of the gospel, and an important auxiliary to its spread and triumph through the world, demands at the present day special attention from the ministers and other followers of the Prince of peace in this country.

2. That persons, desirous to promote this cause by the use of specific means, yet differing in their views on some points of a subject so great and complicated, should be willing to coöperate on such grounds as are common to them all, and leave the points in dispute or doubt to be settled by amicable discussion in the light of the Bible.

2. That we deem it important for ministers of the gospel, in view of prevailing apathy on this subject, to preach upon it at least once a year.

4. That we commend the cause of peace to the support of the Christian community, and recommend that the churches in our connexion observe the Annual Concert of Prayer for the universal prevalence of peace, and contribute in aid of the cause.

III. REPORTS.

Our limits exclude not only the notices we had prepared of several works, and the conclusion of an article commenced in our last number, but our usual reports concerning the progress of our cause in this country.-The New York Peace Society, whose constitution we designed to insert in the present number, is proceeding with a good degree of energy and success. Its members were, at our latest date, about five hundred, with the prospect of soon increasing the number to a thousand. They have employed an enterprising agent; peace-meetings have been held in about twenty churches in the city; Mr. Wolff, the missionary, and Mr. Buckingham, late member of the British parliament, have delivered addresses before the society; and an able petition to Congress on the subject of our existing difficulties with Mexico, has been circulated by them, and received in a short time hundreds of signatures, with the expectation of swelling the list to thousands. A good movement; but such petitions, we think, should be signed by the friends of peace as citizens, rather than as members of a peace society. We wish it were in our power to copy this petition. We have received a circular of the Vermont Peace Society, from their executive committee, dated Nov. 4, 1837, and addressed" to the clergy, members of Christian churches, and all friends of peace in Vermont." We hope this excellent appeal will meet a prompt and hearty response from all parts of the State. The Rhode Island Peace Society, one of the oldest in the country, has recently been revived. It is, we believe, the only incorporated peace society in the land, and has a fund of about one thousand dollars. Some of the strongest and best men in that State have heretofore been enrolled among its members.

Our General Agent, and Corresponding Secretary have been devoting themselves as usual to our service; but we have no room for any detail of their ef

forts and successes. Rev. John Lord has recently entered the service of the Society; and we have reason to hope much from his labors. We commend him to the friends of peace, and would remind them, that the pleasure, if not the success of his difficult and important work, must depend under God very much on their ready coöperation with him. We now have, besides local agents, only three men exclusively devoted to our service; more than three times as many as we had three years ago, but not a tenth part of the laborers we need, and must have, unless ministers and churches will spontaneously take hold of this great work.

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The following ministers have been made Life-members of the American Peace Society, by the contribution of twenty dollars, or more.

Rev. DUDLEY PHELPS, Groton, Mass., by his congregation.

MILTON P. BRAMAN, North Danvers, Mass., do.

CALVIN CUTLER, Windham, N. H., do.
LEONARD LUCE, Westford, Mass., do.
JAMES BRADFORD, Sheffield, Mass., do.

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JOSIAH W. TURNER, Great Barrington, Mass., do.
THOMAS A. MERRILL, D. D., Middlebury, Vt.,
JOHN KEEP, Pelham, N. H., do.
SAMUEL W. CozzENS, Milton, Mass.,
GEORGE PUNCHARD, Plymouth, N. H.,
JAMES HOWE, Pepperell, Mass., do.
CARLTON HURD, Fryeburg, Me., do.

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Payments. Subscribers of two dollars or more, as members of our Society, will bear in mind, that their subscriptions are considered as due in the month of December. We trust no subscriber will, in the present exigences of the cause, withdraw his name, or delay sending his subscription to our Treasurer; and we would inquire of our wealthier friends, if they cannot increase their usual contributions. We need a large increase.

Remittances of money. We request our friends to transmit as soon as possible, any funds they may have for the Society. Money collected for us, and much needed for immediate use, has in some cases not been sent in for a whole year. Such delays are very undesirable for many reasons.

Miscarriage of the Advocate. The circumstances under which our periodical was commenced in Boston this season, would be a sufficient apology for many failures in its transmission; but we can assure our patrons, that each number has been sent to all the names on our list; and if it has in any casewe fear it has in many-failed of reaching its destination, it has not been our fault. Whenever a subscriber fails to receive the numbers regularly, we request to be immediately informed, without expense to the Society.

Auxiliaries. We hope these will see that every one of their members is furnished with the Advocate. There is no other peace periodical in the land; and a member without some such publication, will rarely do or get much good by his connexion with a peace society.

Rev. NOAH WORCESTER, D. D., the patriarch of peace in this country, died at his residence in Brighton, a few miles from this city, Oct. 31, at the age of 79. We regret the necessity of deferring to our next number a notice of his eminent services in the cause of peace.

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Printers, Booksellers and Stationers, No. 9 CORNHILL, BOSTON,

-Publish the following Works

KEY TO REVELATION, in Thirty-eight Lectures, taking the whole Book in course. By ETHAN SMITH, author of a "Dissertation on the Prophecies," &c., &c. Second edition. Iù one vol. 12mo. 396 pages.

[Extracts from Notices of the first edition.]

"The plan is a good one,-admirably adapted to the purposes of entertainment, instruction and admonition. The style is easy, dignified, and sometimes forcible. *** We know of no work, which, as a whole, is better fitted to lead men of sound minds and plain common sense, who have all their lives doubted the possibility of understanding the book, to give up their unfounded prejudices against the study, and cause them to believe that the Apocalypse, as well as the other parts of the Bible, may, to some extent, be understood and explained. Still, it is a human production. In relation to several important points, it fails, as we think, to give the true interpretation.

"We regard Mr. Smith as having rendered a valuable service to the church, by writing a book eminently fitted to awaken an interest in this long-neglected study, and by giving a clear development of some important principles in prophctic interpretation."--Christian Spectator, Sept., 1837.

From Rev. Dr. EMMONS.- When I, many years ago, heard you read to me some of your Lectures on the Revelation, I thought you treated that deep, difficult and important subject in a very ingenious and lucid manner. I wish to see this work published; and I have no doubt but it will meet the approbation of good judges, and will subserve the great cause which now agitates the minds and awakens the hopes and zeal of the Christian world. The friends of Zion were never more anxious than at present to learn the signs of the times, and what they may anticipate will be the state of the church and of the world, before the Millennium, during the Millennium, and thence to the end of the world. I know all Christians ought, and I trust they will be disposed to promote the circulation of a volume which may serve to enlighten and animate them to pursue the best means to bring on the universal spread of the gospel, and the latter-day glory of the church." NATHANIEL EMMONS.

Franklin, April 15, 1833.

From Rev. Dr. SPRAGUE." From the attention I have been able to render to this work, as well as from the opinions I have heard expressed by intelligent readers, I have no doubt but it is a judicious, able work, and is entitled to the public patronage." W. B. SPRAGUE.

Albany, July 16, 1835.

From Rev. Dr. TUCKER.-"Having examined Rev. Mr. Smith's Key to the Revelation, I am prepared to express my approbation of the work. The author, well known by other works, has evinced in this his usual knowledge of the Scriptures, his soundness of judgment, and correctness of sentiment. As a commentary, it is critical and judicious; and as an exposition of this difficult part of the Holy Scriptures, it is lucid and convincing." MARK TUCKER.

It is also highly recommended by Rev. Drs. Brownlee and De Witt, Rev. Absalom Peters, Rev. Elihu W. Baldwin, and others.

THE CHURCH; a small Treatise in explanation and vindication of the popular Form of Church Government, adopted (with some modifications) by the Congregational and Baptist Churches of the United States and of England. By ENOCH POND, D. D., Professor in the Theological Seminary, Bangor. One vol. 18mo. 126 pages.

Extract from the Author's Advertisement.-"In common with many of his brethren, with whom he has had opportunity of correspondence, the writer has felt that a small treatise on the general subject of the Church, designed not exclusively for the learned, but rather for the instruction of the common mind, was much needed at the present time. This need it has been his object in some measure to supply. How far he has succeeded in this attempt, the public wil! decide."

"We do not hesitate to say, that this treatise supplies a desideratum which has long been felt. It is not so much designed for the learned, as for the instruction of the common mind; and is fitted to render the principles of Congregationalism familiar to every member of the church who is disposed, as he ought to be, to understand them. It is not a mere book of rules, a law book, dry and uninteresting to every man except the student, but a free and clear running exposition of the fundamental principles of Congregationalism, as our fathers adopted them, as the Scriptures unfold them, and as intelligent churches practise them.** Ministers who wish to enlighten their churches, may easily do it, by recommending to their members the purchase of this little volume, or by purchasing and distributing it themselves. And we are persuaded, that in so doing, they will perform a valuable service for Zion, promoting her enlargement, and strengthening her foundations."-Boston Recorder.

"It states the principal points in the discussion with clearness, and argues them with much learning and force. We recommend it to all who wish to understand the system of which it treats,New York Observer.

"The book is a useful one. It is written in a kind spirit, and we approve most of its positions."-Christian Review.

THE BIBLICAL ANALYSIS; or a Topical Arrangement of the Instructions of the Holy Scriptures. Adapted to the use of Ministers, Sabbath School and Bible Class Teachers, &c. Compiled by J. U. PARSONS.

THE ADVOCATE OF PEACE, a quarterly of 200 pages a year, devoted, 1. To discussions of subjects connected with the cause of peace; 2. To notices of current publications involving its principles or interests; 3. To intelligence concerning its progress, and the general state of the world as affecting this cause.

TERMS. One dollar payable on delivery of the first number. Seven copies for $5, and fifteen for $10, sent to one address. A liberal discount to auxiliary societies. Friends of the cause are earnestly desired to take it themselves, and procure other subscribers.

To Ministers of the Gospel.-As their residence is frequently changed, as some are occasionally removed by death, and others may possibly grow weary in this department of well-doing, it becomes necessary to request, that all ministers, desirous of having the Advocate continued after the current year, on condition of their preaching annually to their people on the subject of peace, should inform us within a year from this date; such information being indispensable to prevent any waste or misapplication of the funds devoted to this cause. June 1, 1837.

Communications relative to the concerns of the Advocate or the Society, may be addressed to Rev. GEO. C. BECKWITH, Corresponding Secretary, or to JAMES K. WHIPPLE, Treasurer; in either case, directed to the care of Whipple & Damrell, No. 9 Cornhill, Boston, Mass.

AGENTS.

WHIPPLE & DAMRELL, Boston.
WILLIAM HYDE, Portland, Me.
E. J. LANE, Dover, N. H.
A. BERRY, Hanover, Dart. Col.
E. P. WALTON, Montpelier, Vt.
WILLIAM STEBBINS, N. Haven, Ct.
ALPHEUS KINGSLEY, Norwich, "
Rev. T.S. CLARKE, Stockbridge, Ms.
Rev. JOHN WOOD, Newport, N. H.

I. WILCOX, Providence, R. I.
SIDNEY UNDERWOOD, New Bed-
WILLIAM C. TABOR, ford, Mass.
EZRA COLLIER, New York, 144 Nas-
sau Street.

NATHAN KITE, Philadelphia, 50 N.
4th Street.

Rev. SAM'L LEE, New Ipswich, N. H.

PEACE PUBLICATIONS,

FOR SALE AT THE SOCIETY'S GENERAL DEPOSITORY,
NO. 9 CORNHILL.

DYMOND'S ESSAYS ON WAR, with or without Grimké's Notes, and other writings on Peace,-the ablest work in the English language on the question, whether the gospel condemns all war.

DISSERTATION ON A CONGRESS OF NATIONS. By a Friend of

Peace.

AMERICAN ADVOCATE OF PEACE, back nos. bound or otherwise. HARBINGER OF PEACE, 3 vols. bound.

UPHAM'S MANUAL OF PEACE; a very able and interesting work. SERMONS ON WAR. BY THOMAS T. STONE.

Mr. LADD'S four vols. for Sabbath Schools.

ADDRESS TO LADIES ON PEACE-what they can and should do in its behalf.

OBSTACLES AND OBJECTIONS TO THE CAUSE OF PEACE. By a Layman.

PEACE STORIES FOR CHILDREN.

TRACTS of the Am. Peace Society, first and second series.

TRACTS of the London Peace Society, thirteen numbers.

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