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of peace in tliis country. As tlie pamplilets will give youinformation of ihe prospects of tlie Peace Society, I shallonly express tlie liopc wliicli is entci laineil, that your namewill be enrolled among tlie avowed friends of peace, andliiere sliinc wilh as great luslre as it lias done among tliePresidents of National Bilde Sociclies.

Noah Worcester, Cor. Sec. M. P. S.

Ilis lixcellency Prince Alexander Gallitzin.

Solgcitbe« i(l iie älutwort bc8 Siirjlen:

Sir! I received your lelter of tlie 9lh of April, wilhtlie Numbers of the Priend of Peace accompanying it, liytlie liands of Mr. Parsons; for wliicli I return you mylicarly thanks. The object wliicli your Society bas in viexvis of great importance to tlie well being and liappiuess oftlie human race. Indeed, it seems to me to be almost thesame as that of Bible Socielies; for it is only in propor-tion as tlie divine and peaceable principles of tlie Gospelof Jesus Christ prevail in tlie liearts of men, that lastingand universal peace can be expecled. A. blessed period ispromised in the Word of God, wdien men shall learn theart of war no more. Tliis period 1 understand to be thesame as tliat in whicli it is propbesied, tliat all men shallknow tlie Lord, even from the least unto the greatest,and tliat the earlh shall be full of the knowledge of theLord. These latter promises seem to be daily fulGlling inevery quarter of the woild, by the exertion of Bible and