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 makes an unjust war, is a great gang.' Franklin's Phil. Papers, p 182.

Dr. Prideaux, in his Connections, vol i, p. 489, has forcibly depicted the inexpressible mischief done to mankind, by mercenary poets and historians, who praise heroes or princes for conquering countries, thereby inciting others to imitate them.

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for their's is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are the peace-makers; for they shall be called the children of God.—

The son of Man came not to destroy men's lives, but to save them.—Luke ix, 56. Why then do not preachers, who pretend to promulgate the doctrine of Christ, inveigh vigourously, in the name of God, against the ambition of potentates; against the sacrilegious laws of war; against the decoration of our churches, dedicated to mercy and charity, with banners won, by shedding the blood of nations? With what face of consistency can they give their benedictions to the standards around which our sanguinary soldiers assemble? Let them refuse their ministrations to every one who contributes toward the increase of human wretchedness. Let them make to the powers who would engage them to consecrate the the instruments of their politics, the reply which the priestess Thæno made, to the people of Athens, when they endeavoured to persuade her to pronounce a malediction on the profane Alcibiades: "lama priestess for the purpose of offering up prayers and imploring blessings; not for execrating and devoting to destruction."—St. Pierre's Works, vol iv, p. 264.

I record, with great pleasure, that the Rev. R. Warner, avery accomplished clergyman of the established