written by himself, has given a history of t which he was personally concerned. At the 3d volume, he gave the result of a seven yea abridgment of which is as follows:

"Prussia enumerated a hundred and eighty th whom she had been deprived of by the war." "Her armies had fought 16 pitched battles," "The Russian troops had fought four grand battles, it was computed that the war cost them 120 men,"

"Austria had fought ten regular battles: they estim

their loss at 140,000 men."

"The French made their losses amount to 200,000," "The English with their allies to 160,000,"

"The Swedes, to 25,000,"

The troops of the circles to 28,000,"

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"At the close of the war, the house of A itself a hundred millions of crowns in debt." "In France, the credit of government had by the robberies of financiers, and the ma those to whom the administration of money committed."

"The English, victorious by sea, may be purchased their conquests by immense sums had borrowed to carry on the war."

"Russia had expended considerable sun had rather made war at the expense of the Pr the Poles, than at her own."

"Sweden was on the verge of bankruptcy "Prussia had suffered the most."

"Time," the king adds, "which cures an ills, will no doubt soon restore the Prussian s former abundance, prosperity and splendo powers will in like manner recover and oth

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nd who can attach glory to such insane, bloody, and structive enterprises? In addition to the immense aste of property, and the incalculable amount of pain id wretchedness suffered by the millions of human beings ho were wounded or bereaved, more than 850 thousand ves were sacrificed, to gratify the pride or revenge of few mad princes and generals.

Within the last forty years, a thorough experiment has een made of the war policy, as a means of national seurity and prosperity. In the course of the experiment, very government in Christendom has been made to remble to its very foundation—several governments have een demolished-new ones have been formed in their tead-and these again have been annihilated, and the ›ld re-established. Five millions of human beings have probably been sacrificed-a thousand millions of property expended or destroyed-an indescribable amount of suffering and wretchedness endured, and each nation left under the pressure of an enormous debt.

It has been recently stated in the American Congress, that in the late war 17,000 of our fellow men were killed in battle, or died in military service. What number perished on the part of Great Britain, we are not informed. Nor the amount of debt government has been loaded with, in consequence of the war.

With how little apparent concern such accounts are stated, read and heard, is truly astonishing. The casual oversetting of a stage or ferry-boat, and consequent death of two or three members of congress, would probably be stated, read and heard, with greater emotion and sympathy, except by the near relations of the victims of war.

What did America gain by the war, to place in the balance against the loss of so many brethren? Or, that will weigh in the opposite scale to a single life? Let the reader imagine his own life to be the one, and then answer the question.

How will professed Christian rulers be able to answer for such conduct at the tribunal of a righteous God?

There is such a perfect contrast between the maxims

of the gospel and the maxims of war, that zed and confounded when we reflect, that great body of the clergy have justified the nary custom that ever existed among men. the compassionate Saviour have appeared at an army, pronouncing violent declamations, t to revenge and havoc? Or, how would Peter and Paul have appeared as chaplains i site armies, about to engage in the work and murder? How opposite this, to the spirit mand of our Saviour, "love your enemies his prayer on the cross. "Father forgive the Paul's injunction, "Be not overcome of ev come evil with good."

We turn away with horror from such a And yet, wonderful to relate, some of the p bassadors of Christ, teach, that the follow may, in obedience to his gospel, meet each field of battle for mutual violence and slaug that they, as his gospel ministers, may p side to the Father of mercies, to grant them their attempts to butcher one another. How that this monstrous error, like the "camel" sees, has been swallowed by almost every se tians; and that too, while each has been care at some apprehended "gnat" of error in the belief of the other!

We have many melancholy proofs of the m ness and depravity of mankind; but the p war among Christians, who have the New T their hands, crowns the whole; and leaves n doubt. "Their feet are swift to shed blood; and misery are in their ways; and the way of they not known."

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hich is expressly commanded by God. But I may dey, that a special command or permission of God, in a articular case, will authorize another people, under difrent circumstances, to make war without such command r permission. Some of the wars of the Israelites, which ere authorized by God, were strictly offensive. And et, Christians in general of this age are ready to admit, hat offensive war is unlawful and murderous. But if we lead for war among Christians, on the ground that God uthorized the Israelites to make war, we may as safely lead for offensive as defensive wars. Therefore this argument proves too much, or it proves nothing.

But in some of the wars of the Israelites against the neighbouring nations, God's command to them was, 'Thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth? Will any Christian of this age, justify rulers in making and conducting a war on this principle? If not, let him beware of the danger of pleading the example of Jewish wars to justify Christians in war.

The Mosaic code, besides sanctioning war, embraced many laws in which the penalty of transgression was death. Some of which no Christian nation feels authorized to adopt. A few of these laws will be exhibited.

1. "He that smiteth his Father or his Mother, shall surely be put to death.-Ex. xxi, 15.

2. "He that stealeth a man and selleth him, shall surely be put to death.-Ex. xxi, 16.

3. "He that curseth his Father or his Mother, shall surely be put to death.-Ex. xxi, 17.

4. "Whosoever doeth any work on the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death-Ex. xxxi, 15.

5. "The adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.--Lev. xx, 10.

6. "Of any guilty of idolatry, it is written, "Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that wonian--and shalt stone them with stones till they die."- Deut. xvii, 2, 5.

Can the mild, forbearing, forgiving spirit of the gospel adopt these Jewish laws? Surely not, without a special command from the Author of life, must every Christian

Hence the argument founded on Jewi to justify war under the gospel without a si mand, is not to the point, and is inconclusive

That the gospel covenant is more perfe designed to make men more perfect, than no intelligent Christian will deny; "For covenant had been faultless, then should no been sought for the second." "But Christi ator of a better covenant, which was estab better promises."-Heb. viii, 6 and 7, He tically the light of the world; and the light far surpasses the light by Moses, as the ligh exceeds that of the moon. Yet all the light and by the Messiah, proceeded from the sa "the Father of Lights, with whom is no v neither shadow of turning."

It was the duty of the Israelites to walk according to the light and precepts by I Christians are under as great obligation according to the light and precepts by Je And we may as rationally ask, why God d the Messiah as early as he sent Moses, as wh of injuries was permitted to the Israelites, an to Christians. Let it then be granted, that' sentially the same through all generations" "God is the same yesterday, to-day, and Still it is a fact, that the state of society has ed; the Mosaic covenant has been supercede the gospel, by which we are required to b and in deed, in temper and in practice, the the Prince of Peace.

Many things were, by the Mosaic law, the Jews, that were not on the Gentile natio are enjoined on Christians that were not or