The National Register.
London, England, 1813-05-23 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL nEGISTER.

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trio eletiudiab.

FRIEND AND POET.
F.—l-rael yet mirestor'il, surely some praise
(Inc to those, in these destroying days,
God's ancient people striving to reclaim,
Till filmed the Jewish in the Christian name !
Dispute their pains, who in this work -delight,
London will scout you as some bedlamite.
P.—London, just now, its good folk and its bad,
I,,indon itself k Zoe conversion mail!
Wid sws their mites contribute, girls and boys
Pence wherenti:l once they nseil to purchase toys,
Servants their %avings club, tlionnzli u anting
Eager to swril oqr proselyting- g.)!ci ; (I)
Or, in the %les k-slay language of mankiud,
For pions pr jeets bent to rai•e the wind !'
Churchmen, an i sectaristl, within, without,
Bustling to ht ing Milrellitlllefl reign about;
Perverting Jews, while made e'en Gentiles rue
Whateer of unpreaehed honesty they knew.
Tis thus for Jews the christian Lamb is slain;
Only fiir Christians dies that Lamb in vain !
Nor censure Fr*y, svho sought his nation's weal,
Perhaps for interest ; or, perchance, from zeal,
Tiinuglo zeal misguided I Their's alone the blame,
Who, knowing what he was, and whence he came,
Accreditel his mission, made for life ;
Convert himself,—converted, too, his wife!
Heaven-sorted pair ! coupled for work divine,
l•rael's salvation now their joint design ;
Jews shall no more with him contest the field,
While to his mate e'en Jewesses shall yield. (t)
F.— Have not sonic few, from legal fetters broke,
Hail'd holy liberty, ard spurted their yoke?
P.—Some few. indeed! Among the herd that court
His patrons., Who confesses Fey's ' report ?'

(1) Eager to swell our proselytises gales.-11411 this species of elymo-
sirturs taxation beat emilined to the circle of the Evangelical Nlagarine.
antler 'A hose auspices it originated, it might not have been so pointedly
noticed in thi. poem. It would seem, however, that the Church If Log-
land is about to stoop to the same paltry system of ways awl means, the
better to enable her to cooperate in the amelioration of " Africn and
the East !" Recommending, otherwise ordering, the formation of
Chincli-Missionary Associations, in aid of the ' Church-Mission,ory So-
ciety fir Abiea and the East,' the first number of the Missionary Re-
yi,te.r obwrves that " weekly and monthly contributions may be col-
lected fro:n that saumerous class, who cannot sive of their abundance;"
1; intsmoch as " the number of contributors in this rank of life. will
alrundantly ieconnience the stindloess of their individual contributions."
Next, the electing of committees and sub-committee:: is suggested; each
member of the layer to engage to collect Is. per week, by weekly con-
tributions of one penny or upward trek. "These weekly contributions."
it is added, " will offer to the heads of families and seminories an airpor-
t unity if turning the pence of their children or pupils to a good account;"
whilst " ei eo the poor may he calkd to cast in their mite into the trea-
sury of the Chlistian Church !" Such of our Ladies, also, as IP a.' be in-
clined to assist the designs of this Society, are invited to unite I:;.un the
same 11..a11.
What mites the poor may cast in, especiaily eonsiderie; , existing
cireuntstanc:ss," our Missionary Associations best know ; ho:. .hut heads i
of families," togett.er w;tli those of " seminaries," should thus respec-
tively he authoris-d, not as volens, to take "an opportnnity of tuning."
pethaps :wising, " the pence el their childreiror pupils,' even to this
4' good account," does seem most unjust on the pint of heads of farrnii,u;
or seminaries, and most cruel to the youth who are committed to their
role. As-tiredly the Society is not aware of the tendency of this, to ge-
nerate a 'ninon NI ta%ktnasterS and hypocrites ! Let us but tigure to (q.t.-
.selves one of those little fulk who still " adore the kings and queens id
_gingerbread."--
" While hungry as a hound, and pence in store,
Though in their glory on the stalls he inert 'em,
Though longing to devour them, o'er and o'er,
lie deems it almost sacrilege to eat 'cm!"
(e) White to his mote e'en Jewesses shall yield.--Those who may affect
tot doubt this p.opriety of this statement, strange as it seems, are requested
to refer to the early Tracts which have proceeded from the Press. he-
longing to' The Loudon -society for promo lug Christianity amongst the
Jews They will thus discover, what to them may be new, that,
utak Mr. Frey was preaching to the Jews, Mrs. Fr,y kindly undertook the
it: ).y 43-acious task if concerting Jewesses at her own home

Have awful elders, pausing, hint receiv'd ;
Manhedrim's coursed, Synagogues believ'd ?
Inveigled children of apostate Jews
Him yet may laud, unknowing what to clause;
Adroitly taught, their lisping voices raise,
Christians to greet,—and warble christian praise.
Though Wiley. once • the Watchman' of the Town,
iVrote for the cause, and preach'd resistance down;
Small hope, mescems, that Israel will be caught
With priestly baits, nor to repentance !nought,
Till, full revcal'd to each unfilmed eye,
Him whom their fathers picre'd they see, and sigh !
F.--Say, it' to you the critic process known,
Since retvrends all connexion now disown ;
Who were the mfn Onesinnis that ..ought,
Gorn*y their head, and eke his battles fought ?

P.— Alas for him Onesimug the bold !
Who could, if well I %leen, a tale unfold'
Which saints themselves would justly(dcem severe,
And their own ' molien calves' might blush to hear !
(Ti, be continued.)