The National Register.
London, England, 1818-12-07 00:00:00

CONVERSION 01.."1:11E J.CAVS.

73E EDITOR OP. Till NATIONAL REGISTER.

.1 ess'
+ln 41t. Ihr Conversation of the Jew., hiving
it elute hermit- sole of the most Oitere-liog tapirs iii all
It is Is of the world, I send von the following e,stract ft the
Surixt.!'s kit report ; it I. taken joutoll ill' Mr.
Palms soo, its lie r-tlaies a sttikitist in' eisicw ohisdi toe
'mikes it's stone Jet's it limitov, on the Co thorn. A. H.
`` Sitting an.t nitirs'sig in ray lodgings on the obstionor; of ths.•
lqrshooniodne, and revolving in my untol the best means :o essophy
tot ordt.r to induce then to receive Ow troth, in czne a z.i.lipany ut
slows, down at my and entered into canvas .tioot with
not urs rtligitay. l spoke to them, and read 1,011113: or t:iti New
TPA:MU:it to them. One of them etiiened a espy, aud mid to his
etaiittruesi two or fi'lsree easprorra. II.: read witii else, an -I earnast-
ly :Waves, that I should hive it tO hint. I toll that it was the
1T w Testaaseat ; that 1 tad brostkt copSsai (slit at give away to
Malittrriodans ; and that I war: afraid, thoagli I rhmild gi7o it hint.
torewould.uot r.:ita it, as it contained the hirro:y of ti,t .it.b4l3 W1:0:11
their forefathers crucified, butt winnot we liefivred to be the rmaised
Isitennalt, wed dor SAviour of Vie world. lie said, that if Iv. (Told
soly.give it to him, he would rend its toil slorld as mach in need of
it as t. e lir% brethren mado intercession for him,
and ::did, H'.' wish oureetv:, 1., I.•.ien 4 Arts,'
after mime limitation on my part, but moiety on theirs.
7 Pirtrij:tt it might be or' advantage to the young man. and therefore
it t? • hint, and valor/He I hint to read it. No sooner had he
:mitred at, than anot'oce Jew .at down hesidu me, android tae New
W...staitieut fluenjy, and in. stein that I should give loin a ropy afro.
Twit Jew was f. tan Ilakehmer !I, and interne l me that he hail sold
.rsfor. Pinkerton a Tartar-Bible in Hebrew characters for two hundred
Wales. After a considerable deal of powers:Mom I gs:ve hint like.
vise aN7 :: Testament. Ile not only T... td it with the greatest taw,
but evidently maleratoosi what ha r,:ail. Reoffered te sell tic another
'Pamir llib'e !nit as Mr. Pinkerton had already putehased a copy.
I tifidlit otlvisetic to boy another. Several mauve Jews'
•caut• for ward alio could rend Turkish. end retriested New Testa.
ineats..bug I was obliged to refuse them. On:. however, who was
isecuitsrly argent, would not go away, and used many etymon:4 :o
endue:. me to site him one; but fur a long while without eflim, my
▪ stacktier.reduced to eight topers. He at last said,
Give or 114;4144 :it h-cl kris good for me that I had ate, area it,
wakes mau gine is aa.• it may Oc (view/Awe to me. Aft -A•
such expr..-ssioms, I could not withold it fran hint any longer. but gave
it to him a; the wont of God, and exhorted him toreatl it. There wore
swore than twenty Jezz in this eetm.ani, and I convms..el with them
more than a hour. In the creahog tasvcrsd other Jews made applica-
tion for books ; but ray steal: betty, so low I could not gratify their
desire, bat pro maid to get copies sent to them from Theodosil. I
:could have given away many copies of the Scripture to day, and
vas sorry that I had sent the whole commission to 'f heodosia.
eta:ilia:4d of the Tartar Testament among the Jews, 4il not indeed
sir cur to In: till I was actually among Como, and saw weir anxiety to
pa ars the sucr..sl volume.
• Nest morning, a few mote Jews came, and made enquiry about
the coaling of the Nlessialt. I pointed out to them the predictions
sef the prop .et; with regard to Christ, and particularly insisted on the
city-toird elution of Isaiah, and the passage in Daniel, which says,
the Aftariah ahat! be cwt ny: Mr. Paterson then gave them a
soon:nary aCCJilld uf the ni-wry' of Cbri-t, and dwelt paricothuly on
the mots:Mon of sacrifices among the Jews, concluding snit truing
the resurrr-ction of Oak, his ascension, and the certainty of Ms
sooting to judginent.l \\qua I had pto:cedeil thus tar, sows he, the
anan trout Bakctiescrai, and a few more, joined the company, and 1
desired him to read to 11:4 countrymen the translation of toe fifty-
third chapter of Isaiah, comained moat of our tracts, which he im-
mediately did. Otte or two of them appeared to lee impressed with
wbut was said, and expressed thealselves that the Messiah was come,
and thm it was in vain to look far any other."