The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-30 00:00:00

Jesus never reigned at Jerusalem gloriously ; the Messiah
therefore, is not come. To obviate this difficulty, we must
of his woras. 1,9 V wag°.

this as in other matters, and he who does not attend
to this is unfitted to teach Christianity to the Jews. To
succeed, it is necessary to adapt the mode in which
you teach Christianity to the prejudices of those you would
teach. By doing this, you will remove stumbling-blocks out
of their way. Thus, while literally adopting the predictions
of the prophets, we find there is a two-fold period included in
those predictions. Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled some of the
conditions of those predictions. But to one of the conditions
of those predictions, that all things shall be put under him,
we say " not yet." This is the language of an apostle. Jesus
has come, and He has gone away. He has fulfilled some of
the predictions ; He will complete the rest when He comes
again. At His second coming, He will do all things which
the Messiah was to do, but some of which He left unaccom-
plished at His going away. Thus we open the way of recon-
ciliation between the prejudices of the Jew and the principles
of the Christian. In having said this much to the Jew, what
harm have you done to him P In doing so, you have struck
down his prejudices, and prepared him for listening to
you. Having already said so much, I might sit down,
contenting myself as your chairman with calling on our
dear friends, who will be able to give us some interesting and
valuable practical information as to the working of the society,
and of the importance of its schools. The society is an evan-
gelical society, and has objects of an evangelical character.
It is in part a missionary society and a Bible society. The
instruments it uses are the same as those made use of by
other societies. In its proceedings you will hear of the circu-
lation of Hebrew versions of the New Testament; it also cir-
culates the Book of Common Prayer in the Hebrew tongue ;
and in endeavouring to make the Jews read and understand
these, we seek to make them Christians. Till a late period of
our history we have been in the habit of treating the Jews as
brutes, and we have held them up as objects of scorn. It is
time this kind of treatment should cease ; and that such un-
charitable and unchristian treatment may be avoided is the
object of this society. The reverend chairman resumed his
seat amidst loud applause.
The Rev. J. B. LOWE, the secretary, then read the report
for the past year. It began by alluding to the de-
pressing influence of the war upon most institutions of a bene-
volent and missionary character. It proceeded to say, that
during the past year the contributions in aid of the society
had not increased, but, on the contrary, showed a decrease of
income. The income of the society for the year 1854
amounted to £B3B 195., while that for the present year
amounts to no more than £745 165., thus showing not only a
falling off in the income of the society for the past, as com-
pared with the preceding one ; but was, actually, £34 less
than the average income of former years. One reason by
which the report said the deficiency might be accounted for
was the smaller number of sermons preached for the benefit of
the society. It went on earnestly to exhort the friends and
members of the society to make renewed exertions for ex-
tending its usefulness. It expressed the deep regret of the
society, caused by the death of its venerable chairman, the
late Chancellor Raikes, who had been removed from among
them since the last annual meeting. To supply his place, it
was proposed to elect the Rev. Dr. M`Neile as president, and
the Rev. F. Parry, and Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., M.P., as
vice-presidents.
Mr. H. J. WEBSTER, the treasurer, then read the state-
ment of accounts.
Mr. M. W. COLLET rose to move the adoption of the first
resolution, which was, that the report and statement of the
accounts now read be adopted, printed, and circulated ; the
resolution also included the names of the office-bearers of the
society and the members of the committee. In recommending
this resolution to the meeting, he referred to the able exposi-
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tion of the subject in relationiO the propagation of Christianity
among the Jews given by the chairman. He also commended
the value of the statements and the general importance of
the information contained in the report.
The Rev. AUGUSTUS A. IsAscs, one of the deputation,
seconded the motion. In doing so, he said, it was with feel-
ings of no ordinary solemnity that he, a son of Abraham, rose
to address such an assembly as the present. It might be, he
said, accepted as one indication of the approaching fulfilment
of the prophecies in regard to the Jews, to witness such meet-
ings as the present—taking interest in the progress of
Christianity among the sons of Israel. He next, in reference
to some of the remarks made by the chairman, alluded to the
persecutions to which the Jew is still subjected in Russia, in
Austria, and in Turkey. In those countries the Jew, he said,
is as much an object of scorn and enmity as ever. One
illustration of the benefits of this society might be found in the
fact that there are about sixty clergymen of the Church
of England who have been Israelites. This he considered an
evidence of the fulfilment of God's word in respect to the
Jews. In allusion to the falling off in the funds of the
society, he said the whole sum applicable to the conversion of
the Jews does not exceed £30,000 a-year, and it was sorrowful
to think this sum was undergoing diminution. He expressed
a hope that this would not be permitted to continue, and con-
cluded by cordially seconding the motion for adopting the
resolution, which was unanimously carried.
A hymn was sung at this period of the meeting, during
which a collection was made.
The Rev. CHARLES M. FLEURY, in a facetious address, after
stating that he was a stranger in this country, and asking
whether humour and fun might be permitted, said he had
intended to make a speech on the subject, but found he had
been completely forestalled by the eloquent observations of
the chairman. He concluded by moving, as the second resolu-
tion,—" This meeting recognizing the special claims of the
House of Israel upon the sympathies of the Christian Church,
desires to express unaltered attachment to the principles of
the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews."
Mr. W. HALL seconded the motion, which was unanimously
adopted.
The CHAIRMAN then pronounced the benediction, in the
form used by the ancient Jews, after which the meeting
Separated,

Rice, cwt .... ................. ......... 52,145 101,680
Spirits, gallons
Wines, gallons
Tobacco, lb.
Currants, figs, and raisins, cwt
Lemons and oranges, bushel
Spices, lb.

The comparison of Imports of raw materials for
manufactures, less the quantities re-exported, is as
follows :

Month ending
Oct. 10, Sept. 30,
Flax, cwt.
Hemp, do.
Cotton, do.
- 1111i'm4t-
79 941 406,412
e arrivals of spetie miring tne weris. at..2e.a-
about £1,542,000, received as follows :
Mermaid, from Melbourne ....
Marco Polo, Ditto ...
Walter Hood, Sydney ...
America, Boston ...
Echo, Pacific ...
Ballarat, Melbourne...

... £400,000
... 500,000
... 07,000
22,000
... 113,000
... 440,000

£1,542,000
The shipments are to a comparatively small
amount.

The return from the Bank of England for the week
ending the 20th of October gives the following results,
when compared with the previous week :
Public Deposits ... £3,825,021; Decrease... £534,830
Other Deposits ... 11,764,080; Decrease ... 141,845
Rest 3,181,093; Increase ... 13,194

On the other side of the account :
Government Securities £10,635,359; Increase ... £79,319
Other Securities
Notes unemployed
The amount of notes in circulation is £20,371,745,
being a decrease of £276,620, and the stock of
bullion in both departments is £11,230,207, showing
a decrease of £522,214, when compared with the
preceding return.