The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-10-28 00:00:00

iiiiii s z T rOß THE PROPAGATIN OF IANITY AMONG THE JE O WS. •E MEETING LAST NIGHT, L'llli annualjetieety Meeting of the i - h - e - Liverpool branch of the il lyi asslier,e Propagation of Christianity . among the it,ilterZloecelt .1 1 , ae l t ° the Collegiate Institution, at half-pact eight. There was a very numerous el ' b it 1 ' the chair was taken, amid loud applause, tr °rdshi ItiPasd,,,, e... P the Bishop of Chester. Among the Lirile, 1 1 -: , ry upon the pla•form the Rev. Dr. Iteritooroit• Dr. Aspinall, Ven. th w e er . e Arc , h_deac . on rs oy , Tl . ,r e afoe a I lev4. W. Rawson, T. R. Birks, WW. Ayerst, li,"°r, a "4 1 IC Tucker, W. Bullock, J. 13. 1-2:3ws„lee-ur,: tt_rite, Haines ,J. Ireland, C. Britton, bi .1 W. 1/,rene:., Gent, Simpson, W. Leveson, , A_. v . !: I,4mh,ift;__Giltnore, Gyle, D. Barry, G Reath, D. Wee, %wet? Butler, Keneley, J. R. Conor, W. Matthias, j N er. t ta ' 13r. Aspinall, W. H Denny, and H. I. i i I 'V.. e l l' P• Tramilton, Esq., J. K. Rounthwaite, 1 rah,. roPper, Rig., W. Statham, Esq., &c. &c._ B. 'ts Was read by the Secretary, the Rev J. b‘ fi„ 4 , 13. ' iz m i i _ th,i,Pllesuip then said : My friends, I wish, in the re i,, d itii ir,° e Xpress to you the very great . pleasu far e' t° tee - ,, i , li e te meet you here again on this occasion,ilve, N " ge an assemblage of our friends.. Pilo t , ng to 1 1 !Op t , tOf th e ear from the secretary of the society a hi ether pe r Year's proceedings, and ynu taill also hear h; 1413 aiontl.,!rs of information from many of our kind i ttl ' 4tlt l 'Wh o (1 , 4 Who have come here prepared to address ~balie th °VI am sure you will all welcome . kindls', V'' is r. e nt feel how sensible we are of their kind li °H ung a this occasion. (Hear, hear.) is„,„tpreseh,„ M eng us on ecca • ftvts not ; ; t hat they will be able to tell . you of_a e ti l : l lznoys, t} 3 ,; (1 1 ,' b et, nevertheless, encouraging. lto t ile% s e are no manifest signs of any genera o le toltlttls the °` th e great body of the Jewish Pe p re thevety ki,_,reeePtion of the faith of Christ. movement t a of ih, r .le t ,„ s 1121_1!st indications of any greatt ilti.t are u teat direction. But, on the m other hand. AIe N T , 4 4I I , a tti ,,lty instances of the c v o e n ry ver e s o i n o s n ide o ni f 4ha male, "", by their conversion , 4, 41 4 and el. °f Jews are gradually and continually Ms b e til in corporated into the church of Christ. itt ll estd,,' an krni, my brethren, to Almighty God for W1,141%11°4 our work,' Let us be thankful for it ; and ts',llll-iLttrriVard with hope to that brighter day, to th e tie w i lilt, we all look forward, when all God's . ancient (I,,:eatiaitue b rought to join in acknowledging Jesus as Jesus Zr pi„ Pro mised to their own nation, and as the (A 0k 1. ,‘) I t .iii iseel to all the nations of the earth. p • : 1 1 ' , ar 4 . l ° wit means of observation, as respects . this li44lki' t,",e,cessarily very few, and may be said to . be tt•in-e4lental--but s' ill, I have some opportunities. its; 11thev,happens, that people of the Jewish profes -1140 eh,' elr way, in trivelling from place to place. to l titt t ki k] titer. „„ ~ I am always happy to show them what 1 1 itseolll.4l:-'8 I Can when they do so. The result of my 1411Y,'"ihe h - Wit can them is, to make me belive that there . teti,,vellent moment, a very great degree of enquiry litiothas;„t.°s Minds of the educated!Jews of this coon s _ th 4 - ell great many of them are uneasy, di - h ere ' With , • tom?' present religious state —_th a a . t (Iletesi'4lllany or them. looking, or beginning to look,t 1414!) beare,iledeetner promised in their own scriptures: t 'its le lY te b And though they do not come . forward we k b ilts t a b eti ianv°w.tbe change in their religious faith, 4 th a hail, tr eed that some allowance must, from fi t , It 9, .LY, be inAde for them in this respect. It may 16?1,,l'e,_,:.ilitractnivietions are not yet fully matured. It It fte r ,7 4 ae doubt it is —that, in some cases, they i c ed, from the e , e t r i . ifti Dia,. ous eqUences. If they were . to come for las N I , "'Judy declare and avow their faith in Jesus, flrts4liats Would be that, in many cases, they would have I t tel l il t tbi iplieleselves from their own kindred, their own 1 0k 1 11 ti:'' °WII home,and they would become out ed_. e ~,,,.„„,, hi e tt) e u lke t u ".7,a , rejected by their own people, perhaps t . ° w - l it e some suspicion by ourselves. (Hey, l l ti; r t ' at I ° N.lt let Me beseech you, my friends, that t le i it t l ise t t i Clod ,' may not needlessly be the case. Let us 'tsUti th,i,° give the Jews, who are now thus strut', • conception of t thritti a „ ;It'll minds with a beginning them t eas l4° 4 .- ' ai th---let us pray that God may give t.ht,,rh th4i;nfirmed faith —may give them Itiee Oilt a 'th ; and if, by thethey courage to profession of it, . (11'114b e ellts "cl l' from their own people, for L et, i v t , a lens ;I'4'l'i ' D ' ', hea r ` nem. find friends and brothers in ourselves. 41 , ttp - 'frltileld applause). We are favoured here ii°llitsiads of rids, by the presence of many old and 440 lt, -0 1 h. the society. We have here, as a deputa la 170 °th ers, the Rev. Mr. Ayerst, a nam . e .a w o e . lk itehridfrineetion with the society as one of 1 whom ls c et e 114,1na5..-(bear, hear, and applause)—and L w .ver_ ° , ll fo the Pleasure of welcoming here, in i - t i l l : to vt,nier oecasions, 1 all and whom, I am sure, ;s 1/4 Neapeope here most heartily and most cordially we i ll' h t -' Sel7' 4ea r.) We have also the presence of the ,41k,*,,egi.°2114-alsoe, of the deputation sent by the society, k ge t 0 0 01 h e t_ ° non this circuit before—whether ti t ells il tip- lut e, my memory does not serve me—but l tirg hi t , 1 7 r Pool or Chester I had the pleasure of I; q : l tts litil e 4 9 - le u t e h t. !_re as the representative of the society 'O tt kisdi,,._at you will be prepared to give him here ) 4 44 1 4 Il ly fr•Yi welcome which I already bespoke at your i i f ° Ms° 7 (1 Mr. Ayerst. (Hear, hear,. and cheers). 'lld a eke a e'ergYrnan of my own diocese, the Rev. pi hie i r a: f,11"? enlisted in the service of this society, i lt 4 IT b ad t "h a ' ItY other side, the Rev. Mr. Birks, whom k litt rt e ~-~e Bea tification of seeing here before to i 0 tare this society- (hear , hear) —and whose_ - 14,..5i 0 --." to find welcomed y you already, a a s vo t II) 411 ed t Will Welcome every one of the names I h the,,Ati h L'l thebi_re'nurn. (Hear, hear.) I am glad, I h t ith / h e haa ' I recollect him, d e welcomed thus. l'tl it tee , 4 - not t t. . 04tl 0, 4 °fleet ne pleasure of knowing him pet sonally, ,4 one f i n s in formeiyears when he was a young i i ' t eCtl k ty -4f.e C the most distinguished -' students of the ho had gained s‘ v t,` ls tt 1, altbri dge—(applause)—w must LglitPelie,rnotirs of the university, and who l'11:44„tal flotisileelt.hisher, if his . mind had been fixed 'pkte,Oeyo,. scientific and literary pursuits which t"tr 14 It. yours Men students in that place. But even 1 4 4 4% 14 4 /b ill : Was turned to holier and d h t ighe . r . ais. 1 11 )/ 0 41 '4; 11 3' Paths of ambition opene 0 . him, • so, 4 0 l e h. 'versities can open them, but he wished only bib% Ols.itesele tied col t to the service and work of our Lord ti k e 4 4 V s a " I rejoice to say that he has been , i f t„‘o 1 ,, t work, (Ilear, bear.) wish in your I all of ho geed. e•eonte hi ' and to welcome 41111,1111gZket"(4411(ith_esPecinially our old friend Mr. Ayerst, t t Oto^ llll ' L e aged representative of the society i h th e r oe hi beg to bespeak from you all the kindest ljNe at hes at' (Rear, hear.) I will not bespeak in it , k , then ,Rentlema • will have to address you 1111111tiltkr:4tilie evenriwhot is cur old friend Dr. h as,. ' havkaase)—vvhose name for i self. llititre4(ll,34:aid this to you, le s t punctually pe m a e ks stand out of l ith, At t ,tbt L,: hav e tr We have not begun asknow that i tct i tit l on se t done, though Ido begun a little 4 4'41 1 ' tir oe Y a ny fault of mine. kis th e Will i but let me not make We it worse. Our , titi l li httllthe tptteowi, in the first place, read the report,. ts k illi pp, - ntlemen whose names I have mentioned '° " 8 ' 4t4nd up to address you on this subject, , / °tt, 14 sUr e % ' O6 , ' will meet a cordial and kind welcome 0 eer 'l l use ) Oalliedetat.Y read* the following report, which was tt With 44,, tie, a financial statement : Ilvdis p ; set be REPORT, km kei t , t 4 N s I°ll g to the committee of the Li t v io e u rp s o o o f l tohithsy. T i e .at any detail of the general 1 0;, '4 t o i ler 141 , 1 !" .duty rather devolves uponthe eP d e e ra putation, 'tp4Ptta4l)4 calls'atia-n brethren who have kindly consented t i l t ' 'l' pa st a - 4114 toe' and by whom it will be dischar e g s ed of m o o u re r ti, At t ome tre art e usefully, than in the p u a r g committee t ik % th i,,,. two subjects on which l' '' 'l4 P#l . 4 4 pro()llltation will be expected from yo them—viz : lase ? l ' tle .! ' I ,, e s " of our local mission to the Jews, and_ 60 tl l iei s e . ° Perity of the Liverpool Auxiliary. in thr:t et 4 ` l to 1 .,, "o to the Jews in Liverpool, your corn ,4j'thoe,es th;l44t, that it presents the same chequered l N t l ll i 'Ns - '''' ) ° , k of God amongst Jews and Gent' 'ih i'' °6 iNt vi t ° ". The ' reat majority either despise or h oti °- th - • ; but some great majority either despise or Of l Qfl(. repent and believe. In the ! °1 4; 81;e l f hile V , al4 ed brother who devotes a considerable N'fp 14 4 8 : nif t h i 'le and faithful labour to the work .. I- Ile - No l '''' °no hand in honest and sincere enquiry t 'lt, 4 4 it et)::7 1-.KRO',In nee few, ,, ___' ‘ ', hilo II many more arc entirely bitth.lhe on h„,,". acot be astonished, and we ought not to 1 11,'Ilifi t, " of. thiscount. It is upwards of 2,000 years lit, 4i), ,`Lorrioz uttered the plaintive note of prophetic „t 1 ; 4 'Ltite Lo r a h o Lath read our report, and to whom 1 ,, *, .. 8 tduta li t 41 revealed " Yet, from that day unto the Oorli ti ti,'' b ' ti, -- of God has been carried on among the 11, 1 -se i "e bl e • the preached , k 44,. t h . iall "ing alway s sure to rest upon 'it e t it 7 Dee', "Sr ' "as not been '4 in vain in the Lord "—the k Ptopi'iti,ok to , still is, and ever must be " the power of Go 5 ! , I , ts° it e ieg I,l l t i l ' e t Jew first and then to the Genti'e." In 1 ' t ttl Wks '" ,Peak beforehand of " the sufferings of t}Bit:it:4l,444 Naptredieted that he should be the object at once 'l'4 tlt•kingimetnPt--abhorred and despised. These senti tlk tlip'oll e i f -‘ enritity and scorn in the first place : towards thEttol;a„eist,t' ands übsequ'entiv towards Christianity, have 01141411'14144' the heart of tile t 4 tfi te 'ets* ell'ent which has taken Jew ; and notwithstanding hal e e • tens , place of late years in t 1 1 / 4 _ 4 4 p, v °kerning the religion of Jesus, consequ a l fi,rtii I , t tiv a i i c . ' ettient of Christians towards them, these s to l 4 No. O f t ,° a Christians extent in this place . at the qu i % fa , ra 4 ~ th °se with whom missionary comes in con -01 't 4 ' 4 e' -"le ‘vho Pav e a horror of Christianity, t,s 4110 , will 1. I 'M 'lt t'ten to nothing upon the subject. and who Moat M 411 of ill ' e ° our • • -g .unworthy hi_ he t ,.. tiothinr, hilt missionaries "as apostates, Vetl 'nor, ,nct contenmt here, and eternal punish hOlto, i. th e . yr. in accessible to the Gospel.' Another i,` the „ 6 7 e et3' in this town which demands a - to n 'tt oh : the . eto of opposition which has been organised tl, e 'S, i leet th:! 8 !yen a of machinery at work, having f ,, I/ (4 te into „nitutidation of those who manifest any anxiety ,'ll th'''' is "e truth, or who may be discovered in reading lt 4 • Lat eent tf )4 tt ed Isaio_ ,or any books they may have received kAi e , at, 04 1• . This oppositio n is, of course, only to he 4 4 1 4. tb,, 4' nlissiona. y observes, from those who, "as NUN 0 " ) e l! are enetnies for our sake." a very It is thi s, that infidel Christians Bre t banded THE Iwith them in the opp os iti on . In this conflict betw een li g ht an d darknesq, misrepresenta , ion— that familiar weapon of " the God of this world''—has not been spared. A report has been spread, w. nd Genii;es, that our missionary gets a '5O for ere, r Jewish baptism. This report is exten— the moi s veld ebev ', and, of ereirse, operates most injuriously upon the mind of the too credulous Jew. Your committee notice these things whir mingled feelings of regret and satisfaction— regret that those whom we sincerely love, and whose best interests we are, for the Redemer's sake, so anxious to promote, should be induced to make use of such unworthy weapons in opposition to the truth ; and of swisfaction, because we cannot but see in these efforts of the adversary, an indication that he trembles for his kingdom. We feel thankful, too, for the grace • vouchsafed to our beloved missionary ; for the exalted standard of Christian character which he is enabled to maintain ; and for the persevering—though in a secular point of view, ill-requited " work and labour of love ;" in which, " through evil report, and good report," lie has been so graciously sustained. During the past year our missionary, aided by his intelligent and willing Scripture Reader, has come into contact with upwards of 401) individuals. The Hebrew and German services have been attended by 141 different parties, and the aggregate attendance has amounted to upwards of 620. Among these, there have been 38 enquirers, and including one which took place as late as last Friday evening. there have been five baptisms ; a number small in itself, and no doubt .in the eyes of the "men of this world" very insignificant; but which, in the estimation of those who are acquainted with the difficulties which are opposed to really honest and spiritual labours among modern Jews, is by no means discouraging; while, to those who know the value of our immortal soul, it supplies an abundant cause at once for lively gratitude and earnest prayer. " May God bless this little flock," may he deepen in them whatever convictions they have received, strengthen and confirm in them the faith which he has bestowed, give them grace to endure with patience whatever afflictions they may have to undergo for the Gospel's sake, and make them to abound in the comfort of that blessed hope, even to the glorious appearing of Him who is the great God and our Saviour—Jesus Christ. in regard to the condition of our local auxiliary, the committee are thankful to have a comparatively favourable report to give. There has been a small increase•in the income of the society, as well in that derived from the congrational associations as in that arising from subscriptions paid directly to the treasurer— a mode of aiding this great cause which your committee most earnestly commend to those friends of Israel who may not have the advantage of a congregational association connected with the church at which they attend. The whole amount collected last year is £783 2s. 94d., being rather more than an average income, and exceeding that of the previous year by £42 6s 2d. A small sum this to be contributed by the church in such a town as Liverpool,'for the conversion of a people who are brought so much into commercial intercourse with ourselves as are the Jews; an amount which, as your committee cannot but think, indicates a sad want of zeal in the cause of the Gospel, or else of an enlightened judg ment regarding the claims of this particular department of the work of God. But, while deeply feeling the insignifi cance of this, even when compared with the momentous nature of the interests involved, and with the hours which are daily squandered in luxury and vice around us, we feel it to be a subject of matter for thoughtfulness, that, notwithstanding the prevailing ignorance and indifference, so much has been con— tributed for the promotion of Christianity amongst the ancient people of God. lie who has inclined the hearts of some of his dear cliiidrea to seek the welfare of Israel, even done by little or by much, as seemeth to Him good, and the little which is brought to Him to bless shall certainly accomplish the purpose of his glace, and feed the fainting souls on whom lie has compassion. Your committee feel that it does not belong to then, to plead with you on behalf of this cause, but rather to put you in possession of these Lets which came within their province and report. t e they cannot conclude their annual statement, without expressing their unabated sense of the great intcrest and deep impOrance of the work in which this society is seed. I. work ehich appeals to so many of the highest and t eteithisers of the Christian heart, and the progress of en ie so rtimateiv connected with the welfare of the world A. a time like 'his, in which the claims on Christian re multiplyng almost daily. and at a rate far hrrtev.'lr❑ execedir the increase in the number of those who are likely to sympathise with and to support them, we cannot conceal from ourselves the danger which arises to those institutions which are already established, and which have not the excite• ment of reality upon their side ; but we trust there are some who, while their hearts are large enough to embrace every legitimate object of benevolence, will not, on that account, allow their affection for an old friend to grow old. We speak advisedly, yet earnestly, whe❑ we say that there is no clas of our fellow men who have stronger claims upon the evaogeliral labours of the Church of elitist than have " the lost slis,-p or Israel." Whatever may be the claims atising from ignorance, or from any other characteristic of fallen humanity which can be pleaded upon behalf of any of the families of the Gentiles, the same may be, with at least equal force, asserted for the Jews. And, in addition to those claims which " are common to men, there is one, at least, peculiar to the Jewish people, .which a sense of gratitude as well as of mercy renders it impossible for the Christian to ignore. Their debtors we are," A prominent principle in the economy of Divine mercy —a principle which presses itself upon our obser vation, whether we contemplate the past, the present, or the future, is thus—THE GENTILE A DEBTOR TO THE. JEW. Do we take the retrospect of the past, and recal the time when we were Gentiles in the flesh, aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, and can we forget that for all which we hold dear in time and eternity, we are indebted to the Jew—to Jewish wisdom, Jewish line, and Jewish labour ? Again, when we contemplate the present, and behold them in the same position as that in which we once stood, and from which their venerable fathefs rescued us—those once so " nigh," now " far off,"—so th2re rests here, too, a most affecting claim upon our interest and gratitude ; for, on the one hand, " they are enemies for our sakes," and, on the other, " the spiritual things" which we Gentiles are " made partakers of" are " theirs." And when, from the history of the past and the facts of the present, we look forward to the no less certain because predicted gloties of the future, we find the same principle as prominent as ever, and still more bless:Air illus trated. and more extensively applied ; for if the casting away of them has been the reconciling of the world, what shall the reclining of them be, but life from the dead ? And shall we not recognise this three-fold claim upon our gratitude, as well as on our mercy? When we drink refreshment from Siloah's powerful stream, and remember that its living fountain first gushed forth to light upon the mountains of Israel—that thence its healing waters have flowed to earth's remotest boundaries, and that thither they must return once more, in older that they may again break forth to the right hand and to the left, to comfort and ref,esh the nations—can we refrain from the weary and thirsty exiles from that o participate in our happiness, and share with us the cup . of joy, which sparkles with the gladness of their native hills ? Whatever, then, may be the urgency, and whatever the number of other claims upon the sympathy and affection of the Christian's heart—and such claims are numerous, and urgent too—lot him never forget the dearest recollections of the past; the happiest enjoyment of the present, and the minutest anticipations of the future—all combine to testify, that the Gentile is under the deepest obligation to the Jew. The follow irg were the collections on Sunday : _ inviting hallowed FUil s d. St. Bride's St. Mary's, Edge-hill „ Wavertree St. Paul's Priuces-park Chri t. r2,%ureb, Everton St. Thotuas's, Seaforth St. Jude's St. mark's St. Tchn'a St. L ke's 7 1 0 The n't . . Mr. Bilks came forward to propose the first re,olotioo, which was, that the report and statement of accounts ktst read be adopted, printed, and circulated among the society. He said be felt a very great amount of responsibility in addressing an assembly like that—a meeting held in one of the first towns of the empire, and in the first seaport of the world—but he did not shrink from that responsibility, because he believed that it was on a subject which claimed the first of subjects connected with Christian benevol. nee. It might appear extravagant on his part to make such a statement, yet, notwithstanding that, he had not made that statement hurriedly, or - without thinking of its imrortance, for he really did think that the claims of their a;,cient brotherhood had the greatest claim possibly upon their attention. He would not attempt to deny there were other claims pressing upon the attention of Christians. There might be claims that come closer home to the heart of Christians, but none could have a greater claim than that of the Jews. The Jews should have their serious con sideration. To devote their attention to doing their duty as Christians at home was not sufficient; they must look to others. The first was self-love ; but there were other claims than them. He believed that the subject of the mission amongst the Jews was the oentral subject for all consideration, and when they were promoting the spread of the Gospel amongst that ancient people of God, they were performing a Ch ristian duty —as. it was the keystone to all the difficulties with which they were surrounded, in political, ecclesiastical, and a scr i ptural hemisphere of the present age, and a guiding star for them to act by. He would state a few reasons that had lead to that belief First, with regard to the political appearances and agitations of the present time. This was the first time they had been appealed to in the time of peace—since the war broke out, and peace has been pro claimed—since the earth has been shook with the thun der of wars, and after much blood had been shed. He then stood before them in a time of peace, and they had been triumphant over the enemies of the earth. He conceived that the late wars would be the cause of bring ing the nations of the E.st more closely in connection with this and other Christian countries of the world, and that the Word of God would by it be fulfilled, and that they would hear a voice crying from Asia unto Europe— , s the voice dui from Macedonia, baying, Come forth and h‘ to us." He conceived that a voice would yet be heard, 1 .• 0 ! come forth, and help us." He would repeat that t , e spread of the Gospel among the Jews was a point on wLi , .h they should centre their attention ; and, ultimately, the result would be, that they w ou ld be exalted among the people of the earth. Having dwelt NORTHERN TIMES.. upon . the political aspects of the question, he next referred to it in an ecclesiastical point of the subject; which he hoped would receive a careful attention, as it was the key stone to prevent error on the right hand or on the left, and show what was the Christian's duty on the subject. This he eloquently illustrated, and then said, hut there was another and a third point of view to take of this important subject. He had explained the aspect of the subject, politically, ecclesiastically, and he would then go into the motive on its scriptural points, and show that they were bound to consider it on the written word of God. He said there was no entering into the Jewish question without entering on the unity of the Word of God in the Holy Scriptures, from the Book of Genesis to the end of the sacred word;--first, when the Lord said tn He would put enmity between the serpent and the woman's seed, and she should crush his head ;" and in the last was, " That he must reign until he puts all under his feet," because it was the plan of God to call the Jews to himself, until the Gospel blazed out for the enlightenment for Judaism: A third step in grace and holiness was harmonised in the word of God, for he stated, I will be their God and they shall be my people. Now, from first to last in Scriptures, there was a complete unity of purpose and design in the new and old testament, and in this they had the key to God's providence towards the Jews—the winds might blow and the waters flow, but the house was not injured, because it was built on the Word of God, and that could not fail. (Applause.) He then gave a hasty history of the Jews from the call of Abraham, and said the conversion of that ancient people would be again as one rising from the dead. He thought the subject ought to occupy a mat portion of the minds of the Liverpool Christians—(hear, hear)—for the subject was one well worthy of their serious attention. They should, as it were, stand with Moses on Mount Phisga and look at the promised land before them,' and help the Jews to enter it, and call a blessing on Jerusa lem. (The Rev. sneaker then proposed the resolution, and sat down amid prolonged applause). The Rev. Dr. MeNeile came forward, and was received with enthusiastic applause. He said—My Lard, and Chris tian friends, - I rise with, very great pleasure to second the adoption of the report, and when I remember what that re- On contains, and think for a moment on what we have just heard, I must say there is something wrong. There is something wrong. Either my talented friend. who has just sat down, in assigning such a place to the Jewish cause, whether viewed in Connection with the poli ical or the eccle siastical condition of the world, or in connection with the value of the Word of G Jd-1 say, in assigning such a place as he gave to that cause, either he is very wrong, or the Christian people of Liverpool, in sending s uc h a balance sheet before the meeting, are very wrong. (Hear, and cheers). Therefore, oe.e way or the other, there is something wrong. In the report, the financial paragraph is accounted for "either by a sad want of zeal in the cause of the Gospel or else a want of an enlightened judgment regarding the claims of that particular department o f th e wor k of God." Now, my lord, I do not believe that, among the-Christians of Liverpool, there is a want of zeal in the cause of the gospel. But I do believe that among a very large number of them there is a want of an enligtened judgment regarding the claims of that particular department of the work of God— ind I rejoiced unfeignedly while I listened to our reverend friend, who has just been addressing the meeting, and heard the lucid statement, or what I may call the philosophical exposition of the claims of this great subject upon your attention. It was a truly philosophical speech upon the subject. (Hear, hear.) Our reverend brethren who are to follow me, will, in all probability, supply us with interesting details of the missionary operations. I shall endeavour to fill up, the space between the two—between the philosophy of the question generally, and the practice of the society in detail—by offering a few words in the form of a Scriptural argument To be in the right— to know that we are so, right thinking, deserving, and aiming at what is right—that is the real strength and genuine comfort to the true Christian. Our standard of right—the only standard on which we can place relieuce— is the Holy Scriptures; and now, my lord, in advocating the cause of the society, and urging upon my assembled friends a cordiil and lib:tral a ;-operation with it, I have the satisfaction of being most thoroughly convinced that I am right—that we are engaged in a missionary enterprise in full accordance with the mind and the word of God. Your lordship adverted to the distinction which it is absolutely indispensable to keep in view, of, if we would treat clearly and scripturally this great subject. I mean the distinction between the Jews—considered' as individuals faller., fellow sinners with ourselves, and the Jews considered as a nation ; a body politic put together, and kept together by the hand of God. The distinguishing feature of the Jewish nation, as such in the Word of God, and the history of the world, is distinctness, separation—undiminishe I distinctness. But an individual of that nation, separated from it, and believing in the Gospel, losses all that character of distinctiveness. Believing the Gospel, he becomes one with us ; for, in Christianity, there is neither Jew nor Greek —neither bond or free —but all are ono in Christ— and Christ is all in all. But the Jewish nation, as a nation, is still a distinct thing: ttb separation from all the nations around us is not a , matter of argument—it is a matter or fact. It depends not 'upon any special or doubtful interpre tatioA,of prophecy. It is itself a literal fulfilment of pro phesy, and as such it is a plain teacher of the right inter pretation of the language of similar prophecies. It is history not to be gainsaid, modern history as•well as ancient history. It is as true at this moment, now that Jews are found everywhere, as it was when the nation was geogra phically circumscribed within an encampment in the wilderness of Sinai, or settled according to lot in the plains of Palestine. But the fact of the separation of the Jewish nation from all nations among whom they were scattered, is not all the truth connected with the subject. The separa tion of the Jews is part of the purpose of God—the revealed purpose of God, concerning his management of the world. And here we begin to approach a part of the subject where, as it strikes me, a judgment enlightened with an enlarged view of the word of God is absolutely essential. For here we meet with people who tell us—" the history of the Jews," say they, " is divided into two great period—the period pre ceding the coming of Christ and the preachirg of the Gospel, and the period which has elapsed since the gospel was pro mulgated. During the first of these periods, we admit," they say, " that the Jews' separation from all other nations was a part of the divine purpose ; but, during the latter of the periods, the separation is not to be ascribed to any divine purpose, but to human perseverance, because the Jews ought to have believed the gospel when they heard it, aed, believing it, would have lost their national distinctive ness." Now, my lord, in answer to that, we freely admit— nay, we cordially maintain—that it is the duty of every man who hears the Gospel, be he Jew or Gentile, to believe it. We maintain, also, that when a Jew believes it, and is baptized, he loses all the distinctiveness which we claim for the Jewish nation, and becomes, as I have said, one with us in Christ. Still we are compelled, notwithstanding that admission= we are compelled by the language of the Scrip tures, and very remarkably and peculiarly by the language of the great Apostle, to look further still then this ; for, my lord, St. Paul does not dismiss the Jewish subject in that way : he does not bring down the matter to the re jection of the Jews as their own fault,, and then lose sight of them, or look upon them as a nation to be trotted hereafter as other rations. He does not do so. if he did so, we would do so; but he doeb not do so, and therefore, we cannot do: so. What does he do ? The Rev. Mr. Birks told you that one advantage of the sub. ject was, that it directed attention to the scriptures. Now, I hope you will not feel impatient while I direct your attention to the scriptures ; and, let me assure you, that without patient attention to the scriptures, you never will reach an enlightened view of this great cause. 1 find that the great Apostle, when discussing the subject, making a marked distinction between what he calls the " election " and " the rest," some Jews did believe the Gospel from the beginning. Paul himself was one. All the Apostles of the Saviour were Jews. The infant church of Christ consisted entirely of converted Jews. Concern ; ing these, the Apostle writes calling them " the election ;' concerning the nation, with the exception of these, calling them " the rest." He says--" Israel hath not obtained that he seeketh for. The election bath obtained it, but the rest were blinded." To what does he refer when he says, " What he seeketh for ?" What was it Israel sought for ? It was that which ceremonially Judah pre figured—the true religion. The nation obtained it not. The election obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Nothing can be clearer than the distinction. So far, we are agreed. Now, mark how he treats the nation " the rest." He goes on to show that, through their rejection, salvation is come to the Gentiles. Was the purpose of their rejection simply that they should fall ? Not so. Was the rejection a purpose of God at all ? Yes, for he writes—" The rest were blinded according as it is written : God 'lath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they shall not see, and ears that they shall not hear unto this day ; and David saith, let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense unto them. Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see, and bow down their back always." The sure word of prophecy has declared that the Jewish nation shall be rejected. It does not excuse them in their site, for they were rejected. The betrayal of Jesus of Nazareth by one who sat at the table and * dipped in the dish with him, was a part of the Divine purpose. It was written in the Scriptures, and the wk i Scriptures eedn e s se cannot f be Judas's m broken, e r but e. it The in dispersionno way excused the and rejection of Israel was in like manner written in the book of sacred prophecies, and the Scriptures cannot be broken, but this in no way exculpated the Jews from the guilt which brought the dispersion on them. And thus, while we are at liberty fully to admit that their dispersion was occasioned directly by their guilt, we are equally at liberty to maintain that that dispersion was a part of the Divine purpose, and was stated so in the prophecies of the Word of God, And much importance rests upon this for their dispersion is not the final part of the purpose It is a part of the Divine purpose as an ulterior purpose, and this is what the apostle alludes to; for, when he had led us forward chronologically into the period of the rejection of the nation while the "election" is beloved, that is, when he has led us into the Gospel period, the period in which we are still living, he proceeds beyond that period. I say again, it he cut off his subject there— if he merely led as on the time when Israel was rejected and scattered abroad among the nations, taking no further notice of them—if the prophecy which told of their dis persion had gone no further, and if the Apostle, in hailing the fulfilment, had gone no further, we would be at liberty to go no further, and we might then , treat them, as many do treat them, as a nation LIVERPOOL, T ESDAY. Scattered abroad on the face of the earth to be converted like all other nations, if possible, but without any entail of any peculiar design of God concerning them in the future eyes of the world. Now, what I consider, my lord and my Christian friends, an enlightened judgment to consist in is that, instead of leaving the Jews in that condition, we shall follow him in the language of the Apostle beyond the present period of the world's history. During this period of the rejection has been brought salvation to the Gentile, and here is an extraordinary principle involved. Why could not both stand together ? Why should the Jew fall, in order that the Gentile might rise? Whatever we may think of the principle involved here, it is involved. There was some marvellous reason for this, that through their fall salvation should come to the Gentile. It has come, and they have fallen. Now mark how the Apostle proceeds. After enlarging on that period he addresses the Gentile churches and warns them not to be conceited " I would not have you ignorant of this, lest you be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part, hath happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in." He speaks of this after their rejection, which led the way to the Gospel coming to us, and now he tells us it is not full, neither is it final. Blindness in part has happened to them for a particular period, and then will Israel be saved. As it is written, "The Redeemer shall come to Zion and turn away ungodlines from Jacob." On the force of the chronol gical arrangement of St. Paul, I ask you, then, for an enlightened judgment on the position he gives this prophecy—that it is still an unfulfilled prophecy. He places it after the rejection of the Jews. He places it after the call of the Gentiles, and he invites us to look forward to that period when the Jews shall be recalled. During all this time while cast among enemies as here as concerning the Gospel they are still beloved he tells us. As concerning the Gospel they are enemies. Who ? Who are enemies ? Not ;the "election" who are' beloved. They are friends—Paul was one of them. Who are enemies? The "rest "—the notion. As concerning ti e Gospel they are enemies for our sakes. Does that• describe the present period ? Surely it does. I'll a. what more, as touching the " election ?" Here the " election" means the purpose of God, concerning the nation ; in the 7th verse, it means a remnant oet of the nation turned to the Gospel. Here it means the divine purpose concerning the whole nation ; and so they are enemies as concerning the Gospel, and are still beloved, as touching this election. My Lord, I do, designedly and earnestly, invite the serious and devout attention of all my friends, and especially I would take the liberty of saying so to my reverend friends present to this : Does the beginning of this verse describe the present period, or not—as concerning the Gospel, they are enemies ? You would say it does describe the present time, while, during that same time, as touching the election, they are b e l ove d ; so t h at the Jewish people are still beloved of God; and this agrees with the lan guage of the prophets—" I have given my soul into the hands of her enemies." I am afraid that I would weary you were 1 . to read to you the Scriptures in connction with this portion of the prophecies, but I will ask you to read them for yourselves, and particularly I will ask you to reakin the light of the exposition now given of this pas sage—the 26th chapter of Leviticus. Make a memorandum of that and read that chapter. You will find the prophecy in it of the distress the Jews endured at the siege of Jerusalem when they eat the flesh of their children. You will find the description in it of the miseries they endured in their dispersion among various nations of the earth from that day until now, and you will find the description in it of their national repentance—their accepting of their punishment—their acknowledgment that they walked contrary to God—their perception that God has walked contrary to them ; and you will find that when they are brought to that state of mina, the Lord; in tender mercy, says to them, " Then I will remember my covenant with Jacob, and my covenant with Isaac will I remember. And my covenant w th Abraham will I remember, and I will remember the law; and I will neither thoroughly destroy you, neither will I break my covenant that I made with you. I am the Lord.' So concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake; but as touching election, they are still beloved for the Father's sake. Now. we cannot lose sight of them as though they were to be counted like any other nation ; and why ? Because God has not lest sight of them. The true principle of real holiness is conformity to the mind of God. If love to that nation be a part of the divine mind, we lack one of the great principles of sanctification if we lack love to that nation. If the mind of Jesus be set on them in love, and if the mind that was in Jens be in us, then we shall love them too. And while we admit their guilt, while we feel their perverseness, while we mourn eve- their hard-heartedness, while we see that they have walked contrary to God, and that Ile, in awful judgment, has walked contrary to them; still we shall feel that for some mysterious purpose—for the manifestation of enduring grace—of long suffering mercy; they are beloved for the Father's sake That does not mean that blessings are conferred on men who do not repent. It means that the blessings which God promises, He promises without changing His mind, and that having promised, He will perform His promise. It is time then—and my reverend brother who addressed you now was right, at least I am firmly persuaded he is right, when he told you that this subject pervades the whole economy of God's manage ment of the world—that it is the key that runs through the whole. if you will look before the time of Christ, how they stood relatively with the world—Lir you look after the time of Christ how they stand relatively with the world, and if, in the light of prophecy, you look forward to the time and how they shall stand after the advent of our Saviour, you will find this subject pervading the. Book of God and the history of the world. From the days of Abraham to the days of Christ, how stood they ? They were the only repository of the true knowledge of the true God. Darkness covered the earth —gross darkness covered the people. The guesses of the heathen philosophers on the subject are indecent and absurd. Professing themselves wise, they became fools, and turned the image of the incorruptible God into the likeness of corruptible man—of birds and beasts, and crawling things. But " in Jewry was God known—His name was great in Israel." There was true worship. There did true light shine from heaven. There, on the mercy seat, behind the veil, the tr ue G o d man if es t e d him self. They were at the same time the " salt of the earth,'' the preserving shield protecting the whole world during that period ; for within that nation was the predestined seed of the woman in which all the nations of the earth were to be blessed—the seed of Abraham to be transmitted from father to son in the tribe of Judah, in the family of David, to be taken in due time into the substance of a virgin of the house and lineage of David, and united in the person to tile son of God. That seed was the salt of the earth. There was the citadel impregnable to the powers of Hell, because there was the predestined place of the God of man. There was a tribe there, and in that tribe there was a family, and in that family was the flesh, and Satan triumphant everywhere else, leading tribes of heathens captives to his will, filling them with cruelty—Satan triumphant everywhere else, was compelled to feel that there was an enclosure in Zion into which he could not penetrate. (Applause.) During that period, too. they supplied the key to what may be justly called the divine politics of the world. For their sakes kings were raised up. For their sakes kings were put down. God had a controversy with the nations in behalf of Zion, and his dreadful judgments inflicted on the earth are chaunted in his praise, because of his mercy to Zion—because - Israel was his first bride, higher than the kirgs of the earth. He cast Pharaoh and his hosts into the Red Sea, for his mercy endureth for ever. He slew mighty kings, for his mercy endureth for ever ?" Where is the mercy ? It was his mercy to Israel. It was the same with the celebrated Assyrian. He was a rod in Jehovah's hands. He brought him to chastise the hypocritical nations of Israel, and when the Assyrian came up, not intending to execute God's righteous judgment, but to magnify his own triumphs, and deal with Zion as he had dealt with other countries, then the Lord God of Israel spoke and said to Isaiah, 4. Go and tell Hezekiah not to afraid, for I will put the hook into his nose, and the bridle into his jaws, and will send him back by the way he came ; and he shall not send 'an arrow into the city, or build a bank against its walls, for I will defend thee—eity, and keep it for my own sake and for my servant David." Now, all this I say is a key to the history, the real philoso phy of history, tor all the potentates of the earth in that day and in our day, are bat rods in the hand of God where. with to execute his judgment. What else have all the potentates been ever since? Sinee the Roman authorities, the Roman powers which overthrew India, what heve been all the Charlemagnes, and Louis, and Edwards, and Henrys, and Napoleons, but rods in the hand of Jehovah, with which he executes his purpose, and when he has done his work with them he lays them aside ? This is a key to the history of the world, and the true key by which the statesman (right to unlock the secret meaning of his history —and, my lord, I venture to say, that if a school of that kind were instituted for our young statesmen, where they would not waste all their time over Delahoe and Hallem, and other wise men, who do not look so high as God, but only look to the second cause, and who, with all sagacity, looking no higher, leave the first great cause untouched— I say, that if a school of that kind were instituted, and our young statesmen were taught to look to the hand of God in the management of the nation, we should not have, many of the errors of statesmanship we have had. (Hear, and loud applause.) The Jewish nation stood at that period in relation to the world as a witness, a witness for God. And now, since the promulgation of the Gospel, the position she has occu pied has been that of an outcast to make room. She is an outcast that we should have room. I need not eulogise upon this. While she is an outcast, an election in her may be brought tows—and it is to bring that out that our labours are directel, if by any means we could save some. It was Paul's earnest desire, when he knew the nation was rejected, that by any means he might save some. He exerted him , self to promote Christianity among the Jews. The nation was an outcast, the rest were blinded ; but the election did obtain, might obtain, may still obtain, a blessing with us. For that we a i m. Of that you shall hear presently. In the gathering of the election you will hear that action is going on in London, in Manchester, in various parts of the world, in Jerusalem, in C onstantinople,an d i n P russ i a , i n P o l and. You will bear the operations .of the Society, and I would have you to understand that they are all designed for the collection of the election to join in the unity of the Christian church. None of these means can touch the nation—as a nation Paul could not touch the nation, as a nation. He knew that it was an e nemy a s concerned the Gospel. Yet he exerted himself t o save some , Il e did no t sa y, " They are accursed of God ; an d , therefore , t h ere i s no use i n a t te mpt. ing to convert any of them." He did not say, " God has promised to convert them, and there is no need for me to make any effort," He said neither the one nor the other ; and those who say either, do not agree with him. There are some who will tell you, as I have often been told, that the Jews are under a judicial curse from G )el ; and none of our efforts can be of any use to them. They will say, " I never yet saw a sincere convert from the Jews ; there never was such a thing." On the other had I have been told— " How vain and foolish are all your effaree about the Jews ! Ged will, himself, convert that people by a miracle in his own time; and why saould you take any pains ?" Now, my lord, we do not agree with either of these , and for this reason, that. we find our Saviour, himself, who knew very well that the nation was rejected, and wept. over Jerusalem in the knowledge—who knew that it would give him to be crucified—who knew that it would refuse the further evidence to be derived from his resurrection which ought to have been final—who knew it would that the time would came when that people would persecute his apostles even to the death—he knew, too, change their tone, and instead of crying, " cruc fy him, crucify him," they would cry, " Hosannah to the Son of David, blessed is He who comes in the name of 'he Lord, Hosannah in the highest." (Applause.) He knew alike their rejection as a nation, and God's purpose in rejecting them as a nation—and what did he do ? He prayed for them and preached for them. I have read of the large Jewish congregation which he had assembled around him. There were Pharisees among them, and doctors of law from the villages of Samaria and Galilee, and some from Jerusalem, and he was teaching them, and the power of the Lord was present among them; and when we teach the Gospel to a Jewish congregation now, the same power of the Lord is present, ard the same happy success. You mill hear of the success. You will hear some of our brethren t e ll ho w Jews have been touched by the power of God, which is able to heal them. The power of God, through the Holy Ghost, could convey mu to the heart of the hard, nel Pharisee such a penitent spirit that he should cry ant with the publican " God be merciful to me a sinner." The power of God, through the Holy Ghost, can so shed abroad on man's view an aspect of God's judgment of God's righteousness and majesty, as to exclude from man every hope of acceptance except by an obedience perfectly answering to the law of God—an obedience not to ha found anywhere except in Jesus of Nazareth. That power can give the Jew faith to embrace that righteousness and love which prepared it for him. There is, then, hope that the electiou may be gathered in, and that is an aspect of the the case in which an enlightened judgment of the gr cause before us limits the mind and attention, and feelings of the Christian preacher to the ac'ion of the grace of the Gospel upon the election. The election obtained—the rest were ! They are enemies, and continue so until the the time when the Redeemer shall come to Zion and turn away ungodliness from Jacob. Then see how the subjects connected will then gild and glow in the light of former prophesy. Oh ! the glorious event. A new strain breaks forth from the prophets. Then shall mercy triumph over judgment—then shall the beautiful exclamation of the prophets find their fulfilment when they speak of Judea and Jerusalem as t he queen of nations, when first dominion should come to Zion, even the chief ruler over alt the nations, for the hour should come, even the first dominion, the kingdom should come to the daughters of Jerusalem. Then it is when the last dreadful judgment of ;he Almighty shall fall upon the earth, when hailstones and coals of fire shall overwhelm the great apostate Babylon. When the assembled !prosecutors at Armagedda shall be crushed— then God shall have purified the atmosphere of the world from all the taints of evil and the curse which fell on Adam, and all the mischief of his descendants for generations cud generations after him. Then, in the serenity which shall ensue, the calm, the holy and beautiful new earth, to which we all look forward according to the promise; then shall yen ascend on the ton of the mountain, catching and re flecting the radiance, the lustre of the king himself throueh out the length end breadth of his ransomed possessions. (Applause.) Then, and not before, shall man learn war na no more. Then the ploughshare shall be instead of the spear. Then it is that every man shall sit under his own vine and under his own tig,tree, and learn war no more. Then shall the beautiful propheei'e have their true place and true fulfilment, which it is vain to attempt to apply to the present time. They must he distorted or dislocated ; they must he neutralised before they could he applied to such a world of misery, contention, and disunion, as that which we for the present inbabit. (Applause.) But the time is come, and shall come. Lit up your head, oh, you children of Zion, and wait for your king. He has promised he will be ready. My Lord, I ought 'o be ashamed for having occupied so much time of this meeting this evening, but I really do feel anxious on this subject, and I hope that I have not altogether failed in presenting what I did wish to present, a Smiptural argu ment for this one particular point, that I want our friends to recognise. I want this point, I say, brought before the minds of our brethren, and especially our reverend brethren, that the apostle does not dismiss the Jews on their fall without further notice of what is to come to pass for them afterwards—that he does not treat them as other nations, as though they were now amalgamated with the heathens, but that there is a future—a special future in the Word of God for that special people. And I believe that that special future connects itself in a special manner with the prophecy concerning their king, and that all the efforts in the direction of an improved state of society are but the aspiration of the human mind and heart after the coming of the king as those that were before us longed for the coming of the righteous one. The world is sunk in wickedness. There is a longing for a deliverer. The world is mad with anarchy. There is a longing for a king —a longing for government. Can the people govern ? Can the sovereigns govern ? ('an we get rid of despotism ? Can we have liberty without license ? Can we have a right government at all ? Men's hear a are moved—men's aspirations are excited. They are longing for they know not what. He comes into the world's wickedness as the righteous one. He will come into the world's lawlessness as the royal king over all—God bless him. (Loud applause, amid which the rev. gentleman concluded.) The Rev. Mr. Ayerst then came fora ard to propose the next resolution, which was to the effect that the society difficulty, c deserving a because i f e th t e he su o p p p er o a r t t io a n n d o f t sympathyheb body dy of wastheso p large,ubli c. He said he lab oure d un d er what he might call a pleasing and the mode of operation so large, that it was beset with difficulties; and it therefore became a pleasing duty to get over the difficulties. (Hear, hear.) It had pleased God to open a great field before them, and he would fain speak to them of the work they had done, and of what they were doing. He would fain speak of the work done in Jerusalem. (Hear, hear.) They had planted the Gospel there, but, they had great difficulties to contend with, and he would relate one of them. One of the lost children wished to he baptised, when he was opposed by Rabbi, who said if the man were baptised he must kill him. Kill him ! said the Missionary, why shouleyou kill him ? n Why because," replied the rabble, " If be is baptised he becomes an idolater." " Oh, no," cried the Missionary, "he does not." " Then I want to know what idolatory is?" And then he alluded to certain facts in reference to religious worship, with which they were all unfor tunately too well acquainted. (Hear, hear.) Well, they went on, and by perseverance and God's blessing, they had now a hundred baptised converts there ; they had also their church in that city. (Loud cheers.) He would fain tell them of the house of industry that they had there, where the persecuted sons of Israel were sheltered and taught useful trades. He would fain tell them of the progress they had made in Prussia and heard from that to the banks of the Euphrates, for they had planted the gospel there, (Applause). He would fain tell them of their labours in Africa, for in Morocco there were 300,000 of the poor children of Israel—it was a large field whereon to work, and God had crowned their labours there also. (gear, hear). There were 80,000 Jews in Constantinople, and he fain would tell all that the Rev. Mr. Sterne had done in that city for their spiritual welfare. In speaking of these places, he could also speak of London, and the success that had attended their labours in that city; and he could come nearer home, and speak of Liverpool— (hear, hear)—and he could say that no later than Friday last he had the happiness of meeting a heptised son of Israel. (Hear, heat). He would fain speak to that assembly of his own experience in Germany and Poland, as he lead the great privilege of preaching the Gospel in these coon tri,s. (Haar, hear). In the first place he would soy a few words in reference to Berlin, and in regard to the late Frederick William the 3rd, who had done much to prepare the way for the preaching of the Gospel to the Jews. He (the rev. speaker) had preached in that city for three years, and had the happiness to say that he had now 200 adherente. There were forty-three in the church. (Hear, hear.) Yet he felt all the trials and difficulties these bad to undergo from many who were prejudiced against them, and from a variety of other causes. He would confess that sometimes he had a feeling amounting to dispair ; but he struggled on, and thank God was successful, because he felt confidence in the support and succour in the power of our Ssvionr, who had said, "all power is given to me in heaven and earth," and lie was rejoiced in the Lord at his great success. (Cheers.) There was a wonderful change in that city from 100 years ago—the Jewa were then excluded from all authority and power, and even from speaking any language, y F , re a d s er t ic h k e , but a jargon of German, Hebrew, and a mixture of other language. They had no books, and it even was accounted a crime for any of them to read. All their books of accounts thgvi .e Tt3eeahi teyhsnhee; ee other W m es a s i e l y v s n (not t prince—Frederick, r n c e l e e were kept in the jargon alluded to, and they were altogether God to raise up three men in Berlin, who, under Divine in the most forlorn co cem n lwel d ojda.e i wnei t lidw i etA o aes n llryt, . ltnejhoroii nysyr l ge t awd h a had, however, odrie writest e pG.. e r p m l A e ai pleased s e ie. d ns Providence, cleared the way for fathretointpraovdeuctthioenwoafytfhoer name was sometimes called) taught the Jews to use some Gospel of the Lord intelligible gta so n i ee m d e anoe even proper di. greatery m e , e m s s np s a e t s en y sometimes ° pl hrce blessings.o protected h a le l e a cce d gi ithe language taughtadvanced the Great ; and in some respects he was a andtolerated (che Q the n P r J u e s w s i s at professors o t r h s e i n faith the these led to the blessings of the Jews were now treated as ' citizens; and ho tries confess that when he was thbre, some weeks ago, he was en . t not prepared to find not less than two hundred pro and other sciences, and all of the scattered flock of Judea i c ri tiu ß r e c t n. besides (H e (Hear, ies shear.)ors of nf T l a n dw e e r : e ami e were l odficitr a the : —(hear, hear)—and he knew they were all true to the gospel of Jews. He went on to speak institutions in Berlin and other places, and said he regretted what v . . . „. • • very much that time would not permit him to speak in the manner he wished, nor as elaborate as he could desire. lie was sometimes asked what he thougist of corm and a friend of his used to answer that good, and benevolent, and true believers, onu uc c his nano to that of at least 200 of the house of tit! were Wit,,esses to G. of 'the Power lie only mentioned Berlin, without th . ousands of cons ted Jews, autong ' , and ( found Iliwyers,' phyiicia He would not detain them w gard to that place, but would sounG of Br t they c 3. Jews ? er fact=,' v Ce procee I not so large as that at Berl was 'a unit nra ' had been made at that place was astonishing; and h e was deligaued when he visited it. Pu're many of their Israel brelterti lad been converte,l, and the happiest results had ensued. s would allude to' one instance of a dear fern.lle friend, who had expired after receiving full baptism. n e was well acquainted with her, and could not do better to the meeting than give her last words; those words were the moat touching.he had ever heard—they were, " With my beggarly righteousness, I can never appear betorc God, the &lost High One." ss that It was s:, rOSRI ve-- so true--(hear, hear)—for. what was their riehteousness about them after they had left ill s world—it reminded them of the truth. Poor Mrs. Landon went on to say, " I cannot appear to meet the lerost High One who shed His blood for me. I have done some good things, which are called good works." He (the speaker) would mention some of the good things which she had done in the coarse of her time. She had lived in Austria, and had received a moat-liberal educa tion. After that she came to reside in this conntrt, with D r. Ho wney, by whom she was much respectf d and esteemed, so much so that he actually took her to be the instructress of his grand daughter. After that her health was such that she had to return to Bres'au, and was every where received with the greatest kindness. For the purpose of showing the great esteem in which she was hell, not only in this country, but in her native country, he did not mention the fact to exalt her, for the esteem she was held in before mankind, was nothing as .to the esteem she would be held in before Gad, but merely mentioned the fact, that she was much respected by King George - 111. and when the princesses o f th a t monarch began to get too Old to see to read their favourite Garman authors, she was in the habit of reading to them. This dear and good woman went on to say—" I know that lam not justified by this—l know it perfectly well. For if Christ had not died for me, I must have been condemned for ever." He did not know how his hearers might feel, but for his own part he felt delighted that the works of the Lord their Gad should have such an effect on the mind of a female who could, on her death-bed, give expression to such sentiments. They should return thanks to Almighty Gel that such a reaction had taken place in the hear t of any person, for it was a reality that could only have been accomplished by divine mercy. He would not detain them with many observations more, because he must hasten on; but be could not leave them without saying a few words about Posen. Posen was the chief town of Poland, and fell to beet part of the Prussian division alter its d'smenaberrnent. He would not say a word relative to the division of Poland, as to whether it was right or whether it was wrong. Oa that point it was not his province to touch, but there was one thing that he did know, and that was, that Prussia had gained greatly by the change. lie alluded t o th e esta bli s h ment of Protestant sehous and universities. It was a source of much gratification for him to say that at the present time there were upwards of 60,000 receiving a substantial education in that place, and the schools had been found to be a great blessing to all. With regard to the school at Posen, he had one pleasing little piece of information to impart to them. When he visited those schools on a previous occasion, he did so very unexpectedly. The teaehers did not know that he was going to visit them, nor did he himself know that he could examine the children. however, he went in, and, of course, all was cwfusion at. his unexpected nit, He obtainei leave to examine the children, but, before doing so, he told the teachers not to be confused, bat to go on just the . same as if he was not nrrcerit ...a to commence j'ist where he eu tered V6V,they did rccollection, they were then reidin2 Acts of the Apostles, in whichis t one little intelligent girl nongst filo 10. Nitheut th ast h esital GiGT)--- , " Oh, Christ was born in BethElehem, and brought 'tip in IS, called alter the place in which he lived st time he heard the answer he did not take T. but shortly after he wee o' .zsreth, and he was At the notice of it, country. lie preached in ee morninee in the afternoon should have liked to have had a little rest to have pre pared himself for the duties of the evening, but the olergt man said to him, in the afternoon, " Well, nog., go and see my Sunday schools," and he accordingly went Well, all of a sudden, he thought of the litele Jew girl at Posen, so he put the same question to her, namely, " Tell me what a Nazarene is?" For some time he had to wait for an . answer; at last one of the children called out, Jesus was born there." Another child who stood next to her said, "No, he was born at Bethlehem," and for some time they kept it up, not ono knowing which to answer. He told them to consider before they spoke; and, after a little time, he told them of the little Jew girl at the school in Posen. He then expressed it as his opinion that the children of the school at Posen were much better educated than they were in any other schools, and that the system of teaching them was far better than at any other. Before he left that part of the subject, although he knew he must hasten on, he would briefly re f er to what had taken place on his last visit to Posen. As usual, he went to examine the children but there it might be said they expected him, and had, therefore, prepared th emse l ves. Ile had examined them through certain chapters in Luke, Mark, and John, and the answers they each g ave was most satisfactory. After they had done that, they sang several hymns, and then he thought they were going home ; but, instead of that, there was quite a tumult in the place—they all flocked round their teacher, and held out their hands, and he was very near being angry with them. But, instead of doing so, he asked the teacher what it was all about ? and he could assure them, that he was not prepared for the answer he received. It was this :—I am in the habit of allowing those children that are good to take home with them at the dinner hour a German bible, and they bring it back with: them on their return. He next asked how long it was they hail the loan of the bible ? and was told it was only for en hour and a half, atc a 9or t n i ru d ,ol nda o gn u nsd t to o yt f tebhte t et h m7h a ee t aitdro t i i an m gex e oti t ec h :"t mt h ol a oogr d ae, t tt o hoi at g fn e e t i atv h .ne oH e fierr s aa o stnah t au h ara a t e t dqs t uh h aoh e rri y i : s time was so great that a perfect t umu l t was created hearers that he looked on those children with reverence. For his own part, he should be sorry to try the same experiment in an English school -if ho did. h e f eared that there would tk; looks quite the reverse of pleasure, at having such an offer made them, and he did not believe that he should get more than half a dozen to aecept the loan. He then alluded tole, conversation he bad beard with-two children at the school at P. .;en. The one child said, " I think the devil should have knelt down before Jesus," when the other child'replied, "that she did not think so at all, as it could not be expected that he should do so. when there were so many others who abstained from doing so." This was a very cheering view to take of the matter, and was the source of much congratulation; but, they were not always so prosperous, nor were their efforts always so successful. There was another place, to which he alluded, where a young female had resolved to renounce the Jewish religion and to be baptised. In this she received eery opposition from her p 'rents and relatives, but in Prussia, there is a law to the.effect that any person above the age of 18 is allowed to choose for themselves, and;Therefore, she resolved to be baptised:. It so happened, that at that time the pastor was from home, and she had no friend but the schoolmaster, 'who, with the aid of the policeman, sent her off to Berlin, where she was bapti , ed in the true fitith. But this act was wrongly construed, for one of the Pm imp's had said that it was wrong of them to force a young against her consent. That was stating that which •N , AS in a large toast the Ted in d in thi3 nd sing a co vou must nor e e d wo the get e Cole.'' mu synagogue, : . where werehiscome, i omm time atel sermonh home.ee bg heardujteheardwrsawtylihsioeaasn'ytessialtoaywvtieneemn:eritti.ah,tba, t which not true, for the girl was not foree lv d ebi , seijt the parties but, had arrived at that age to what religion she pleased .. oppositions, still t,ll,ioarak are e s p to r l o d sp t e h ri a n tthe H jes n s c ana t .i.l alluded to the great opposition that the society had to contend against by the Jews ; and, as an illustration, opportunity of mentioned a fact that, when he last visited the place that he he knew that where Bishop Alexandetrhartesidheed,ishe not t eut to several hous.s which he had before visited, and was refused admission, a t lt h h e o n u w g him, he laid h e went o t t h i et timeto say thought the vener e had the o ii the sn he knew to he in the lattec,part, or preaching ' in the should have a great many Jews , church, hta o . o,yo hearandkuihn knowing Icp.before them the whole truth of Jesus. Having again a he had made, he briefly po i o,tss2d for the hurried remarks society met with at a luded.tos the opposition that the _ anzic, and concluded by saying upon the whole, he thought that their works .had been much blessed, and exhorted them to go on. an d. persevere in it, and then they would find that - their labours would not. be in vain. The Rev. Mr. Seaton rose to second the resolution, and was warmly applauded. He said he had several oppor tunities of addressing such assemblies, and would have that pleasure to-morrow (this day), and therefore at that late hour he would not offer any further observation, but merely second the resolution. His Lordship then put the "resolution, which passed . unanimously. The Rev. Mr. Tucker then rose to propose a resolution appointing a committee for the next year, and read the names; and the motion being seconded by the Rev. Mr. Lowe, passed unanimously. His Lordship then offered np a prayer, and the meeting separated at nearly ten o'clock. permiitt vithstanding those TUB NEWPOUBDLAND TELEGRAPH LINE. —We are now in telegraphic connection with Baddeek to Cape Breton. The line from Baddeck, to• New York, via Pictou, St. John's, New Brunswick, Portland, and Boston, is now nearly completed, and it is expected that regular telegraphic connection between this city and the 'United States will be opened about the middle of this month. The submarine cable, 85 miles in length, between Cape Ray, Newfoundland, and Cape North (Cape Breton), which was laid down last summer, is found to offer no impediment to the telegraphic current..—St. John, pope%