The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-31 00:00:00

THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS.

The need of the Gospel among the Sons of Israel
VINA warmly and earnestly advocated at the in eting
f the Bridport Auxiliary of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel among the Jews, hold at
Bridport on M oda), evening, under the chairmanship
of the Msyor, C. Edmunds, Esq. The principal
speakers were Mr. F. W. Edwards, treasurer of the
Home Society, whose centre is in Lou on, and the
Hey. A. Edershain, P.D., vicar If Loden., who is
himself a Jew converted to Christianity.
The RIM. Docroa, in a warm and pleading discourse,
said the attempt to convert the Jews had failed,
because God willed it o herwise, but God had and
qill preserve Israel. We should remember that every
Jew wandering through our streets—strangers ani-ng
5. rangers—was a witness to the truth of the revealed
werk l God. fulfilled and unfulfilled prophecy kept
I r a purpome. The time would come when they shall
be raised from spiritual death and Israe' shall be
brought among the fulness of the Gentiles, and every
Jew we see shall earl us to think of, and strive more
and more for the kingdom of Go . for thus reminding
us of His word and work. S iritual results cannot
be measured by the yard, but time would show it, and
who could say how much one soul redeemed woo d
testify to the truth. He (the speaker) was • Jew.
and MIA not ashamed to confess it, for, in the
Providenceof God as a student, he became a Chrietian,
and was thus called upon to speak for Christ, and it
MAP good to him to kno that the things one writes are
read, he might ear from rin e to pole, and no one
could tell the moils of the conversion of even one
hrimble one. Some regarded a Jew as a reproach, he
MAP sorry to say even in this district, but he did not
mind that. When going through • course of lectures
and pleadings for Chr it in London before lawyers snd
teirristere. he thought of G.AI having called a Jew to
defend Christianity. (Applause.) After referring to
many interesting topics relative to the work ~f this
society, the speaker trusted he would aye strength to
continue in the f .ith and the wok, and that many by
faith and prayer may he stirred to do something for

Nlir. F. W. Enwaanis, then addressed the meeting.
He said • double objection was raised to thi. work.
Some Raid the results were miserable, and on the other
hand, if marvellous results were shown, they would
point to that passusge 4 All Israel shal he Fussed," and
they wou'd ask why should they take all this trouble'
But charity should begin at home, and not end there,
and there is a special blessing for those who pray for
the Jews. It was stated that 100,000 Jews had been
brought to Christ, and even if they h d not these
results the word of God would be the same, for we
are told to preach the word of God everywhere. He
knew that Jews were accused of bein: extortioners
and the like, but whose fault is this? Only • few
years ago. Jew. could not hold land, and had to trade
for money, anti yet the Chri.tians were raising these ob-
jections against them whom they had so persecuted, and
It was therefore not surpri, i lig that they should refuse to
accept Christbnity. hanks to the existing freedom
given to the Jews. Until the London Mix ion, and
this society took up the cause, no work was done in
this direction, but now in East London they had one
especially for Jews, and it seems-I as if God had
appointed the time when the Jews should be brought
in—the fulness of the promiaed time. The mission-
aries had now a kind reception at the many mission
fields, which was not the case • quarter of a century
ago, when the opinion was so strong against the
" hated apostate." There were 22 missions, eight of
which sec re in En -land, and the rest on the continent,
and one other in Afria. They did not confine their
labours to Jews alone, hut worked among the reader,

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of tht Gospel. One typical case WAPI at a province on
the Prussian border, where 1 300 had been baptised,
and in many other 'deceit, numbers had given up
'Judaism without being baptiaecl, for it was a crucial
ordeal for tho Jew to undergo, and so possibly as in
the time of ChriAt, there were many secret disciple%
He hoped that God would beaten the time when there
shall be an awakening among these people.
A vote of thanks t . the Mayor and the speakers
closed the meeting, which was largely attended.