Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-06-20 00:00:00

A JEWISH PROSELYTE.

Some discassi n having taken place in the cola uns of the Jewish
Chronicle on the subjact of proselytism to the Hebrew faith, and an
opinion somewhat hostile to prOselytes having been expressed in that
journal. " A Proselyte" has addressed an interesting letter to the
editor, and from it we make the followine extract It i 3 about
eighteen years since I became a convert to Judaism at Rotterdam, in
Holland, and I can assure you that neither my reception was cold nor
did the rabbi of th .t plats make any obstacles to my conversation.
All he asked wa gif 1 was convinced of the truth of Judaism, if I
hel'eved in the unity of God and in the laws of Moses, adding that the
observance of the Jewish law was very difficult. And, far from being
received coldly, I experienced a very warm reception, as well by that
rabbi as by all truly pious Jews. Nor was such reception confined to
that town; I experienced the same in other towns abroad. Even in
England the late worthy chef rabbi received me cordially when
returning from Holland, and the same I can say with regard t 3
the Rev. A. Levy, in whose house I stayei for some time. Indeed, it
is, in my opinion, the duty of the Israelite to be kind to the proselyte.
irstly, it' is nothing but an act of humanity. Why shout I the
Israelite treat the proselyte worse than him who is out of t e fold of
Judaism ? Secondly, the holy law of Got commands Ilse Israel:tea to
love him
us t o holo hasve our become
proselyte, The Almighty God, who com-
mandsa3 curaelvee, which, by the very
cprreoasteul
nature of that command, would include the proselyte, has given,
w fellow e a
besides, an express command regarding the proselyte, Ye shall love
the proselyte,' (Dent. x. 19.); As the inborn among son. shall be the
proselyte who becomes a convert apron.,; you, and thou shalt love him as thyself. (Lev. xix. 34.) The Jew who receives the proselyte
coldly is, in my opinion, not true to his mission (;'id not our first
patriarchs, Abraham and Sarah, make proselytes ?I and he breaks two
commandments, first, thou shalt love thy fellow-creature as thyself,
and, thou shalt love him, the proselyte,' as thyself. But no pious
and faithful I,raelte ever received the proselyte coldly. It is. but he
who pays no due regard to the law of God ; it is but he who does not
meditate an the law of God by day and night, and coasrquently does
not understand' it, and, ales ! there era many such, in this rk alm
particularly. H'w many a Jew do v. e not see breakieg tho Sabbaths
Of the Lo. d, and how many a Jew is not totally ignorant of Scripture.
Alas ! that I, a proselyte, dirndl have t charge the born Israelite for
violating the Sabbaths of the Lord, and for not meditating on the
Word of God, which is the life of man, his happiness here on earth,
his bliss hereafter in heaven. There is a great want, dear sir, for an
Engli ii cony of the Biala, translated with truly Jewish spirit, and /
firmly believe that it is the want of it t• at 1 as caused many an
Israelite, 'who does not understand the Hebrew, not t) read the
Bible, knowing that the English version is purely Christian. I had,
thank God, the • ebrew Bible expl dned to me, for years, in the true
Jewish spirit, by a rabbi, and I am convinced that if a truly Jewish
version of the Bible was given into fle hands of the Israelite it would
tend ranch to make him read the Bible d ally, and strengthen him in
faith."

FATAL STEAM BOAT BOILER EXPLOSION
AT TORONTO.

Cn the 29th of May, a terrible accident occurred at Toronto, by
which eleven lives at lea have been lost. the lies are thus re-
lated by the Toronto Colonist: —a The propeller Inkermann, captain
AIAI. Brovrn, of 500 to a bur hen, from Montreal to st.
. 3 souls on board, put in here on WednesJay last, to discharge a
cargo of oats at i 'pton an 1 Brown's wharf. After discharging the
portion of her cargo des'ined for this place, she nrepared to leave
Testa day afternoon. Up to this time all a !peered right. Sh 3 had
backed out a short dintance into the bay, and had jest commenced
her direct coarse outwards, when a dreadful exalosion took place.
me s and portio s of Vie vessel were sent high into the air. The
vessel herself was literally torn to pieces. Tho liaise of the explosion
was heard on the wharve; all round. But fu. some moments the ill-
fated vess-1 was completely enveloped by demi cloaas of steam and
smoke.
When
parent on Aare, and numl•ers of small boats hurried
these wera cleared away the appalling nature of the
tto give assistance to the survivors. Tha High ander
Captain Schofield, also promptly proceeded to the star, and having
faitenad a rope to
the wreck, ceminenced hauling it towards shore,
taocctihdeenfattwala :
bat when it hat been brou4ht to withio about 20 yards of the wharf
it mina. Efforts were then made to clear away the rubbish and get
out the survivors and the bodies of the dead. The cap ain had his
the purser, David Honeynian, was talon out alive, bUt
he died on his w
ared thaty to the hospital Two Irish
taken from the wreck with th it limbs broken
5,1:30g.
eurnoc
hkwere
;
and
dreadfully scalded. S's of Vie crew, Mach injured acme it is feared
fatally, were sent to the hospital. •Three escaped I•ninjured. Three
men were taken out dead, whin), with toe purser, makes toe dead
b Kites found four, which leaves at least seven mo 'e to be accounted
for, and who, we fear, may be c'assed as dead. The three men taken
dead fr. m the wreck we o awful y 12ating%ej. On them had his
hed
all ad comple
strangeystel there."aken off. The e‘ew Wei e mostly Frrnch Canadians,
anr