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Bible Societies throughout the Christian world, havebeen, in the hands of Providence, the means of effect-ing a union of Christians, who, once widely sepa-rated from each other, by countries, forms, and names,have daily approximated, and coalesced, as it were,into one spiritual body, proclaiming to the world,that the true and invisible church, is not to be re-stricted by the narrow limits of any particular sect,or outward form, but comprehends all the genuineworshippers of our God, and his Christ, in every partof the habitable globe. How cheering, how anima-ting are the happy effects, prospectively, that mustresult from supplying the poor and destitute withthat book, which contains the words, the sayings,and testimonies of God, pointing out a direct, plain,and luminous path to immortality, promising theassistance, and requiring submission to the samespirit that inspired the holy penmen. In the present enlightened period, when peace per-vades the whole world, is it too much to indulge thehope, that the time is not very remote, when the pro-phecy shall be fulfilled—Nation shall not lift upsword against nation, neither shall they learn warany more.—Though the Prince of this world maystill have rule among the people, we may in thespirit of meekness pray—thy kingdom come.—Wemay hope, that predisposing causes, in the hand ofdivine Providence, may effect such a universalchange in the minds of men, as will finally extir-pate the root of bitterness, and every evil passion thatserves to engender wars and fightings; and in roomthereof, men may learn to love each other, which isthe essential and true mark of a disciple and followerof the Prince of Peace. From observations made upon the state of societyin the city of New-York, Mr. Eddy came to the con-clusion, that one great cause of crime was pauperism,which, in most instances in this country, arose fromignorance in the poorer classes of the people; and, that