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chance of success than last year. The A.
E. Society has become a very powerful
society so much so that although it is acc-
omplishing great good, there has [ ?]
up a jealousy in regard to it that
may some what impeed its operation.
It is said that the money that is paid
to benefactors is to be refunded to
the society & if the management
of its covenants should go into the hand
of other men, it [ ?] becomes
engine of evil. This is the argument of President [?]. Mr.
Stuart has replied, and P. Canahan has
rejoined.

Lost evening I received a letter
from Brother Bull. He is pleasantly
settled and usefully employed in Lebanon.
I shall hope to write to you again
by Mr. Robertson. Who I believemhopes
to return to Greece next Autumn.
We have received for our cabinet a few articles
which you sent to the [?] and I
value them more for your [?]. If you
could conveniently make up a box
lager or smaller it would be very grate-