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London, England, 1825-11-12 00:00:00

CAMBAEDGE AUXILIARY SOCIETY
Fo, PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY among the JEWS,

( Cambridge Clitontch., Nov. 11.)
The Annual Meeting of this Society was held at the Towh-
Hall, on Tuesday last. The Rev. Dr. GoprkEY, President
of Queen's College, being requested to preside on the occasion,
opened the business of the meeting by observing, that he pre-
sumed the assembly before him might be divided into two
classes, one whose mind* Were-made up, and the other anxious
for information respecting the object and proceedings of the
society ; and he had no doubt but that they would be amply
gratified in these particulars by the gentlemen who surround-
ed him. He then called upon the :S..cretary for the report.
The Rev. ProfesSor LEt,. said, that the Committee had not
felt it necessary to print a report of their local proceedings,
especially as Mr. Hawtrey, the Secretary of the Parent Society,
had promised his attendance, and would furnish them with the
particUlars of the transactions of the society more in detail than
any report of theirs could be expected to do. In addition to
which, abstracts of the general report would be distributed to
the meeting.
The Rev. C. SIMEON, the_-Trtasurer, then read an abstract

of the financial accounts of the Auxiliary for the past year;
from which it appeared that the sums remitted from Cam-
bridge (including 771. 13s. 9d. collected at Trinity Church,
24/.145. 6d. collected at the last public meeting, 141. 55.• from
the Chatteris Association, and 6/. 6s. collected after a sermon
at Pampisford) amounted to 2061. 3s. 6d. In addition to which,
138/. had been received from the undergraduates of the Uni-
versity during the year. Making the whole amount trans-
mitted to the Parent Society, since the formation of this Auxi-
liary, little less than 2,000/.
The Rev. C. S. HawT nr.Y moved the first resolution :
" That this meeting. acknowledging
,the Christian duty of
sending out missions for the diffusion of scriptural truth,
highly approves its specitl application to the Jewish people."
He said the resolution must recommend itself to every consi-
derate mind, fot if we acknowledged it to be our duty to circu-
late religious truth through all the nations of the earth, grati-
tude demanded that we should be especially solicitous to dis-
seminate it amongst that people, whose fathers were time first to
propagate it amongst the Gentiles. And he would endeavour
to show how far we had discharged this debt of gratitude, by
I detailing the proceedings of the Parent Society. In noticing
its domestic operations, he stated his conviction that the cause
of the society was gaining ground, and obtaining increasing
attention from the Christian world. The income of the so-
ciety in the last year, exceeded that of any former year by up-
wards of 1,2001.; seven new auxiliary societies had been form-
ed, while those which formerly existed were flourishing. The
schools of the society were in a favourable state; 50 Hebrew.
girls and 40 boys were receiving Christian education, and al.,
thought more than 300 Jewish children have been educated, the
society has not heard that any one of them has returned to
Judaism. Their masters and mistresses speak highly of their
conduct, and it deserved to be particularly noticed, that a lady
at the west end of the town, who bad had a girl from the school
for eighteen months in her service, has been so well satisfied
with her behaviour, that she had applied to the ladies' commit-
tee for another. The missionary establishment has also realized
the expectations of the committee. Six labourers have been
sent forth during the past year, and six have been admitted
into the seminary, two of whom were members and graduates
of this University. Many thousand copies of the Hebrew New
Testament and Tracts have been circulated during the past
year, and the committee have determined to undertake the
printing of a new edition of the whole Scriptures of the-Old and
New Testament in Hebrew.—The Reverend Gentleman then
remarked, that it was encouraging to reflect that there were
symptoms of a growing attention to religion, and of a less hos-
tile feelhig towards the society, among the Jews of this coun-
try. The monthly lectures to the Jews at the Episco-
pal Chapel were more numerously attended than formerly, and
several of the hearers had applied at the vestry for Hebrew
Testaments, to see if these things were so. Two Rabbies have
also during the past year been fre9uent writers in the Jewish
Expositor, and have proposed their objections and stated their
arguments in a manner until lately altogether unknown in the
, annals of this controversy. When he was last at Liverpool,
he found the JeWs there disposed to converse freely upon these
topics, and so far from manifesting any hostility to the friends
of the society, they expressed an earnest desire to know the
truth. At Plymouth,the officiating k atter of the synagogue has
been,under the divine blessing, convinced of the truth of Christi-
anity, and at the sacrifice of all his temporal emoluments, has
been baptized, and made a public confession of his faith in the
gospel.--While' however, he stated these cheering circum-
stances, lie said he was also bound to notice another, rather of
an opposite character. The society had met with unexpected
opposition, and a bulky volume of 500 pages had been written
against it. This circumstance, however, so far from injuring
the cause of the society, had gained an accession of friends, and
shortly after the appearance of the work, one gentleman sent
ten guineas as a donation, and a clergyman proffered the use
of his church for a collection, who till then had been indifferent
to this subject.—in noticing its foreign operations, he said, that
the accounts from every missionary station, except one, were
gratifying. In Holland, where Sir. Thelwall labours, a whole
family in the higher walks of life had been brought to a know-
ledge of the truth, and were now adorning the gospel of God
their Saviour. In Prussia, the King had issued an edict, that
all letters and papers connected with the society should be cir-
culated free of expence ; and also, that the young men, who
are educating for the ministry, should learn the Hebrew lan-
guage, in order that greater facilities may be aflbrded for the
instruction of his Jewish subjects. Professor Tholuck, of Ber-
lin, is engaged in preparing a work on the Prophecies relating
to the Messiah, and also delivers in the univrsity a public
lecture on rabbinical literature and divinity.—The Rev. Gent.
lamented the sacrifices which many of the Jewish converts were
called to make upon embracing Christianity, and mentioned the
gratifying fact, that in Germany and America there were asylums
opened for Jewish converts. Count Von der Recke, at Dussel-
that, had, formerly instituted an asylum for destitute children,and
wished to appropriate a part of that institution to the service of
those . Jews who might be called to suffer on account of a reli-
gious profession. After alluding to the present state and future
prospects of the society in Poland, on the shores of the Medi-
terranean, in Palestine, etc. the Rev. Gentleman, in conclu-
sion, said, he would pot it to the meeting, whether there was
not sufficient encouragement for them to go forward. He did
not ask them to establish a new society,-but to give their con-
tinued and increased support to a long-tried institution, which
has already effected so much good. As to those who might
still say, that the conversion of the Jews could only he effected
by a miracle ; he would merely observe, that if, when the un-
fortunate accident which recently happened at Portsmouth, two
or three Jews had been present, and had been plunged with
their fellow-sufferers. into-the boundless- ocean, any Christian
had stood by, and refused to help them, believing they would
be delivered by a miracle, presumptuous as the thought would
be, it would not be greater- madness than to expect the conver-
sion of the Jews by a miracle, or declining on that account to
support a society, whose object was to rescue their Jewish bre-
thren from their present degraded situation.
The Rev. J. LAMB, Master of Corpus Christi College, se-
conded the resolution:. He said all who agree in the preamble,
will agree"with the motion itself. If we have any pity for the
Gentiles, ive ought to have much more pity for the Jews. Gra-
titude demands our attention to them. if we have any value
for the gospel; we have derived it from the Jews, who were the
first preachers of it.
The Rev. Professor LEE proposed the second resolution :
" That this meeting regard the Loffdon Society for promot-
ing Christianity amongst the Jews with peculiar satisfac.
tion, as a most important instrument for awakening the minds
of Christians to the discharge of their duty towards that long-
neglected people."—He said that. the Christian world had not
been sufficiently alive to this great suect since the days of'
the Reformation. This society has nothing but the proroga-
tion of-the truth at heart, anil if it only promise-enquiry and
circulate informntion,even though ebmroverted, the truth will
be elicited. if the ews are ready to enter into the discussion
of the important -questions respecting Christianity a very im-
portant point has been gained. We should be anxious to act
towards them like Christians, and to show the Jews that as
Gentiles we are ready to do all in our power for their welfare.
However small and inadequately patronized the society may at
present be, our duty to support it is plain. It will even be ad-
vantageous to ourselves, leading us to investigate prophecy.
Jewish literature has been less cultivated recently, than it was
150 years ago, and-there is notoubt' that the discussions which
have taken plate will prove of the greatest value to the public
at large, and especially to Clergymen. In bringing the Chris-
tian and Jew together, we shall have this to console us, that we
have done what we could to ameliorate the condition of the
Jews, and we shall be enabled to die in peace, anticipating the
glorious day in which " the lion shall eat straw like the ox,
and wolf shall lie down with the lamb."

The motion was seconded by the Rev. J. W. Cuningham,
M.A. vicar of Harrow. lie said that having twice already
stated his views of the Society in another place, had hoped
that he 'should be excused from appearing t efon the present
meeting. In merely stating the effects produced upon the minds
of Jews, the Rev. Gentleman observed, we oily went into the
smaller' part of the subject, and omitted to state the good the
Society effixted upon the minds of Christians. He was almost
disposed to recommend to the Secretary a change in the title of
the Society, and that it should be called for the future, " A
Society for the growth of benevolent feelings among Ch istiantf
to teach them to discharge a great many duties they used to
neglect, and to omit many calumnies they had been accustomed
to utter. The Rev. Gentleman then combated several objec-
tions usually urged by the opponents of the Society, namely,
that we had not adopted the fittest means—that we should mend
the Gentiles first—that the Jews were only to be convertefl

miracle—and that the time was not come. He then begged to
ask, what were the symptoms which would satisfy an objector
that any time was appropriate. Perhaps lie would say, that
one of the signs of the times would be, that there should be a
considerable stir among the Jews, and benevolent zeal among
Christians—that Hebrew Bibles and Testaments should be
circulated, and schools and missions should be encouraged—
that we should be supported by the Universities, by the
Oriental Professor, the Greek Professor, as well as by the un-
dergraduates, and the venerable •Pastors of some of our
churches—and that objections should be urged in duodecimos
and octavos, and dull works of 500 pages. We triumphantly
answer we have them all ! He would address himself to the
generous minds of those rising into public life, and they would
permit bins to say, when setting out in life, " where great good
is to be done, let not petty objections weigh with you." Great
things must be looked at with a large eye anti a large
heart. 1 am no defender of bad taste in speaking or writ-
ing, being an advocate for the finest culture of the mind,
but I would not hang the Society for fashion sake, or be-
cause defective taste might have been displayed in a few
cursory speeches. He was reminded of a trial before one
of our Cliief-Justices, when a Jury was urgedto convict a pri-
Boner of stealing to a greater amount than forty shillings)
and they refusing, the prosecutor pleaded that the mere fashion
of the article was wortirmore than that sum. " Yes," said his
Lordship, " but you would not hang a man for fashion's sake."
—And because we are not all consummate orators or logicians,
our sins against taste or fashion ought not to be visited upon a
valuable Society—you would not hang it for fashion's sake !
-A joke about a Jew, or a Jews' society, is a remarkably easy
thing, by which the Society has suffered; but it is an equally
easy thing to laugh one's own soul to perdition. I want you to
carry this impression with you—that as in striking at a shadow,
you may possibly wound the body that reflects it; so.no one
can laugh at the figure of a Jew, but he may injure the reli-
gion which stands behind that figure. 1 have never known, in
my observations upon life, an individual habitually given to
treat serious subjects with 'levity and contempt, whose own
moral interests were not essentially endangered by it. The
Rev. Gentleman concluded by expressing a hope that God's
blessing might rest upon the Society, and that as its early
friends and the older members of the University were falling in
the ranks, others might not ke wanting to carry it forward
" conquering and to conquer."
The Rev. Professor ScuotsrtEr.ra moved the third resolu.
tion :—" That the blessing:which has attended the endeavours
of the London Society in calling the attention of the Jews to
Christianity, and especially by means of its translation of the
New Testament into Hebrew, affords just matter of gratitude
and thanksgiving to Almighty God."—He observed that he
rose with cordial satisfaction to take a part in the proceedings of
the meeting. The speech which had just been delivered by
Mr. Cunningham, had completely swept all the objections
against the society out of the way, and left him at full liberty to
urge some arguments in its support. The resolution he had to
propose was doubly agreeable to his feelings, as it brought for-
ward specific instances of usefulness. It was impossible to lose
sight of success, but though we might not be favoured with it,
our duty was the same simply to prosecute our object. It was
customary to taunt the advocates of this and similar institutions,
that although such and such societies had been established
some months, or it may he years, yet the world was not con-
verted. But he contended that such success had been granted,
as would leave no room for any. one to doubt that the blessing
of God does rest upon the society. It had been instituted 17
years, and had at length succeeded in calling the attention of
that long-neglected people to the great subject of Christianity.
I say nothing, said the eloquent Professor, of the beauty of the
edifice we are building, but the foundation is fixed, the scar•
folding is erected, and who can doubt, from what has been
done, but that the superstructure will be completed. More
than 20,000 New Testaments had been circulated, some of
which had proved as the rod of the Redeemer's strength, to
bring wanderers into the fold of that Redeemer's salvation.
We see more than our fathers saw; let us then take our part
in the glorious work, adopting the language of a pious Jew
himself, " The hand of the Lord is upon us, therefore let us
arise and build."

The Reverend ROBERT CoxE seconded the motion.
The fourth resolution, of thanks to the President, Vice-
President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Committee, and also to
the Chairman, and to the Mayor for the use of the Hall, was
proposed by the Reverend William Marsh, vicar of St. Peter's,
Colchester. This gentleman made some pointed'allusions to
the work which had been published against the society, which
he thought resembled those books which Dr. Johnson said
should only be read at the beginning and at the end. With
regard to its ntemerous but unsupported allegations, he was
reminded of the trial of Archbishop Laud, wherein it was
remarked by Sergeant 'Wylde, that though no single act of
treason had been made out against the Archbishop, yet that a
great number of suspicious circumstances had been set forth,
which might be equal in amount to one act of treason. Upon
which the Counsel tin the Archbishop acutely observed, that
" two hundred black rabbits would not make one black horse."
And he (Mr. M.) thought, that two hundred such allegations
as were contained in that work would not make one argument,
nor warrant a verdict against the Society.
The Reverend C. Staftox, Fellow of King's College, se-
conded the motion. lie said it was a fact, that, in Poland, no
other institution could effect any thing except through this So..
ciety. The Papists and the Greek Church would not permit
Bibles or Tracts to be circulated among their people, nor would
they suffer missionaries to teach them. They had no objec-
tion, howeier, that the Jews should be instructed, and by
this means both Bibles and Tracts came into circulation. Had
it been asked seven years ago, how many Jewish converts the
Society expected to proselyte, perhaps they might have said 30
or 40 ; but at the
He
moment there were 100 in the city of
Berlin'alone. tie observed, that some people made it a rule to
believe only half of what was said at these meetings. And in
reference to the actual efficiency of the Society, he would even
consent that they should put out out of consideration all that
the Secretary of the Parent Society had advanced. But we had
other testimonies from abroad absolutely unimpeachable.—
From our agents? No !, but from the Grand Turk and from
the'Pope himself ; one of whom had issued his Firman and the
other his Bull, proscribing the Society, abusing it for its suc-
cess, and mentioning its very agents and missionaries by name.
" Will you," !aid the Rev. Gentleman, " believe them ?"
(Immense applause.)—lie would put it to the Meeting, whe-
ther the instances of success which had been mentioned at
home, and the still greater number which had occurred abroad,
were not sufficient indications that the Lord was with the
Society of a truth.

The CIIAIIMAN shortly returned thanks, and dissolved the
Meeting..

The amount collected at the doors of the Hall was 241. lls.
and at the Church 751. 19s. 94d.--Total 1001. 10s.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD. Nov. IL—On Thursday last the following
Degrees were conferred :

MASTERS OF ARTS.
Thomas Oliver Goodchild, Exeter.
Francis C. Belfour, Magdalen ,Hall.
Charles Pitt, ,
Christ Church.
Rev. Win. Horne, }
ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Hey. John Jones, I.A.A to the Perpetual Curacy of
Botledeyrn, Anglesea ; patrons,. the Principal and Fellows of
Jesus College, in this University.
The Rev. William John .Brodrick, A.M. to the Rectory of
Castle Rising, with Rovdon' Norfolk, on the presentation of the
Hon. Tulk Greville Howard and. the Hon. Alary Howard, his
wife.

The Rev. Chaloner Stanley Leathern, M.A. to the Rectory of
Ellesborough, Bucks ; • patron, R. Grenhill Russell, Esq. of
Checquers, M.P. for Thirsk.
The Rev. Thomas Brown, Rector of Conington, Cambridge.
shire, to hold by dispensation the Rectory of Wistow, Hunting-
donshire; patron, James Torkington, Esq. of Stukeley Hall.
The Rev. J. P. Parker, to the Rectory of Bentham, York-
shire.-

The Rev. Thomas Chambers, M.A. has been presented, by
Robert Knight, of Barrels' House, in the county of Warwick,
Esq. to the Vicarage of Studley, in that county, void by the
cession_ of the Rev. William Annesley, M.A. the last incum-
bent.

- The Rev. George Redford, A.M. of Uxbridge, has accepted
ac ' invitation to become the .'Minister of the congregation at
Angel-street, in 'Worcester. Mr. R. succeeds the Rev. R.
Vaughan, who has removed to Kensington.
The Lord Bishop of Hereford has been pleased to collate the
Rev. Frederick Twistleton, LL. B. Fellow of New College, in
this University, Rector of Broadwell cum Adlestrop, Glocester-
shire, and his Lordship's Domestic Chaplain,_ to the Prebendal
Stall of Eyne, in the Cathedral Church of Hereford, vacated
by the death of the Rev. John Lilly, M.A. Archdeacon of the
diocese.

The advowson and right of presentation to the Rectory of
St. Leonard's, near Exeter' was sold for 3,500/. In the year
1737 the same property was purchased by the late Mr. Baring's
father • for 90/. ! and Mr. John Colsworthy, the present pro-
prietor of Mountradford and Larkbeare, bought the same ad..
nwson for 30/.1

Arrivals in town yesterday brought accounts
that, owing to the late heavy rains in many parts of the road
between Warnford and Alconbury-hill, the water is up to the
fetlock joints of the horses. The rivers Avon and Trent are
swelled near a foot and a half. The fens between Spilsby and
Peterbororg'l are covered with-water, so are those in part of the
isle of Ely. The vale of Aylesbury is also in a similar state.