The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-27 00:00:00

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try, and the Jews are not idolators.
disgust from this. It is high time ...
better system—the religion of Jesus divested of man's
tradition, and the Antitype of the religion of Moses.
-^n the Jew as an individual,

nation as a natior
quires salvation ; the latter reminds us of the purposes of
God, which keep them as they are, scattered yet separate,
their concentration broken up, but their identity not lost.
The French colony of silk weavers in Spitalfields is
merged among the Londoners by intermarriage and o
olat the distinctness of its origin is a mat

as a sinner, re-

have been fulfilled in part will be fulfilled in whole ; and
he shall sit on the throne of his father David, reigning
over the tribes of Israel for ever. The world cannot bo
es God designs it to be, till Jerusalem is raised from the
dust and clad in her beautiful garments. Cyrus, who re-

stored Jerusalem, overthrew Babylon ; and there is
another Babylon tottering, and at its fall Jerusalem shall
be restored. Popery at present is different from what it
was, and supported in another way. Its votaries possess in
their altered circumstances, however, the principle of
union ; and we should not be divided. '1 he rev. gentle.

man was frequently interrupted with loud applause.
The Rev. Mr. PARRY, secretary, then read the report,
of which the following are extracts :
" There is reason to believe, that at the present moment
there are now living in London at least two thousand of
the descen•'

.ts Of Abraham, who have embraced the
Christian faith. But it is quite obvious that it is alto-
gether impossible for any one to trace with any certainty
the history of each individual. We know that 592 have
been baptized in our society's chapel, and we know that
these, with their families, would form no inconsiderable
part of the above mentioned number. But there have
been many baptized by different clergymen and ministers
in various parts of the metropolis, and in the country ;
and no one can tell precisely how far the example set by
the society in this great work may have led to this happy
result."

And while we rejoice that, the parents having joined
the Christian Church, the children in many cases now
enjoy the bene.6ts of a Christian education, without the
.id of direct missionary effort. we cannot forget that the
children of the Christian Israilite are really enjoying the
benefit and blessing that has followed on the attempt
Made in the first instance to bring the father and the
mother to know the truth. If the parents had not been
sought after and instructed by the missionary, the chil-
dren would not now be receiving instruction from
. .

" We might extend this remark to many other p
Thus, in Berlin, where our society has long labc

there is reason to believe that two thousand five hundred
of the house of Israel have embraced the Christian faith.
To how many of these persons the indirect influence of
the society may have been blessed (not to speak of its
direct influence through those conversions, which may
be distinctly traced to the divine blessing on the efforts
labours) it is impossible to say."