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but we also see something more

incarnation of prophecies which have yet to
LI. We see in him the germ of that blessing

which will unfold itself over the whole earth, for the receirl
ing back of Israel shall be as life from the dead. When I
look to their land at present, I behold the Rose of Sharon
hanging its head, the cedars of Lebanon drooping, and Car-
mel casting off its fruits ; in short, the land appears desolate ;
but shall these things always last ? Oh, no ! I believe the
sure word of God, and so believing, it is impossible -for the
to entertain such a notion for a moment. I believe that the

rose of Sharon will again blossom, and that the cedars of Le-
banon will again bud forth, and that Carmel shall once more
abound in fruits, for God has promised all these things, and
it is impossible that anything which he has said shall fail.
(Cheers.) But I see more, for I ace that the commencement
of these times is approaching. After some further remarks
ition of this point, the rev. gentleman concluded by
shall not occupy much more of your time, for there
are giants in our days as well us in the days that are past and
gone. (Cheers.) There are giants here to-night, I say, to
whom it is a privilege on any part to hold a candle, and the
latchet of whose shoes I am unworthy to unloose. (Conti-
nued cheers.) I shall, therefore, only make one additional.
remark. I have to congratulate this meeting on the disco-
very of a srcr.t they have made—namely, to treat the Jew
on a genuine Christian principle—the la xof love. (Loud
hear.") I hope this seele.w.l! be continued,

and that we will never ceaFe our strenuous and perseverin,
exertions, until we make the whole Jewish nation participa
tors of Christ's great salvation. The rev. genteman resume,

Ist loud applawq

The Rev. Hucai SrowELL then rose to address the meet-

ing, and was received With tremendous applause. He spoke
as follows :—The resolution, Mr. Chancellor, which it is my
privilege to submit to this ample assembly, is one beautifully
in accordance with the sentiment which you favoured us with
in opening the meeting ; it is a resolution ascribing all glory
to God, anti giving all honour of worms to. the dust ; it is a
resolution which cheered and encouraged me in the thought
of addressing so vast an assemblage, and which reminded me
of a simitar sentiment expressed by the sainted Cecil. 1 de-
sire to submit a few simple remarks to this assembly, and
may the blessing and presence of God be amidst us. The
resolution which I have to propose is, " That this meeting
humbly ascribes to God alone all the glory, praise, and suc-
cess that has hitherto attended this society ; and that it, at
the same time,
.avails itself of this present occasion to ex-
press their sympathy with the sufferings and persecutions
of the Jews at Rhodes and Damascus, and their full con-
viction that the charges brought against them are alto-
gether unfounded ; and pledge themselves to use all the
means in their power to vindicate them from these un-
just accusations." I could -fully go along with my es-
teemed and venerable friend Mr. Grimshaw, in the glow-
ing sentiments with which he led us to behold—with which
he led our imagination' to trace the hallowed scenes of
Judah. I haVe no sympathy with the man that can look
with ealninesS on. the Jewish nation, or who feels not his
heart warm within him when contemplating their present
state, their past condition, and their approaching splendour.
The very name of a Jew seems to carry conviction to my

mind and strength to my faith. When I remember them
scattered amongst all nations of the world, I can point to
them as a miracle and a -lasting one. I can tell our poor
blind Socialists that they can sooner extinguish the noontide
splendour nt'!he sin,- than they can extinguish the undying

gion, as it glimmer's on the altars and in the
hes of Jerusalem. The simplest, the plainest man, the
artizan in his workshop, when he is beset and taunted by
these poor, blind, and infatuated enemies of their own happi-
ness, of their own hope, of their own souls, of. their own
heaven—(from the bottom of my heart I could pity them, I
could weep over them, I could almost bleed for them—l
would bleed for them if I could rescue them from their ruin
—from plunging themselves and seeking to plunge others in
ruin)—the poor simple workman, when asked, " Where is
the truth of your cunningly-devised fable' ? " may reply,
Look at the Jews—look at Mount Sion: there is a living
miracle ; you may hear it ; with your own eyes you may see
it ; you may test it with your. senses ; God has written it on
every dislocated fragment. The word of God is the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. True in the
triumphs that take place ; true in Israel's scattering ; true in
Israel's restoring ' • it is indeed true on this day, when infi-
delity is making her last and dying struggle, that whilst w;
have princes making assaults on our faith on the one hand
we have fresh demonstrations of increase of faith inu!tiplyiru
Y. I on the

..___er hand." Mr. Grimshaw has giver, us his own
eve-witness account of the refted rock of Jesus, and Mr. Wild
has recorded; in his interesting and instructive book of tra-

vets, that there was discovered in the potter's field a secret
cemetery, and an accumulation of skulls was found piled in
the deepest recess, which had escaped the notice of philoso-
phers and of the many led by curiosity to visit .Jerusalem—
for it is now becoming a centre of deep interest to the phi-
!oxtpher—to thc scientific man, and to the traveller—and they
all flocked to see what had been found ; some hoping to find
confirmation of scriptures, others wishing to have fresh inves-
tigations of their faith. They flocked to examine these
skulls ; and on examination there was not a solitary skull
found that was a Jewish skull ; but they were all the skulls
of strangers found in the Potter's field, which was bought to
bury strangers in. (Applause.) What is there to set against
these fresh proofs of the truths of the gospel, gathered
up day by day, and week by week, from the ruins of
Jerusalem ? Nay, evidence is accumulating day by day ;
wars, and rumours of wars, all are going to authenticate
and demonstrate more and more those blessed scrip-
tures of truth, of which it has been said—" Heaven and
earth shall pass away, but my word shall not
1- I " (Hear."

.way. ....) I was especially interested and struck
with the remarks of my friend (Mr. Cartwright) who has
preceded me, with regard to the signs of the times, as in,
dicating the speedy return of the Israelites to their own
land. I cannot but think that many of my reverend bre-
thren, many of whom I love and esteem, are fond of keep-
ing the blinds on their
.eyes. I could just as soon doubt
as to the dispersion of the Jews, as that they are now dis-
posed to return. I could just as soon believe that Christ
came to reign in his humiliation, as doubt that he will come
to reign in his glory over his ransomed people, when Jeru-
salem shall be the spiritual metropolis of an evangelical
world. And it appears to me to arise from the want of
searching the scriptures with an eye to the Jew and with a
willingness to see Israel's glory. I, for one, have no jea-
lousy of Israel's supremacy. I, for one, should be glad to
sec her take the lead in her future triumphs, willing but to
catch at the skirts of her garments, (Hear, bear, and loud
r.pplause,) There is one peculiar feature in the state of the
Israelites which my friend did not advert to; it was glanced
at briefly in the report, and it is, that the Jews are, to a very
wide extent, forsaking the Talmud and returning to the

—that they are,,iaking the lamp of heaven out of the
perdition into which it has been cast, and taking it to guide
their footsteps. .(Applause.) I believe in every age of the
church, that one of the greatest curses of the church has
been the tendency to turn from the book of truth to the mire
and quickSanlis of tradition. I believe that just as the Is-
raelites lost the truth when they put the lamp of truth into the
dark lanthorn of tradition, so the church of Rome lost the
truth when She hid it by putting it into the dark lanthorn of
tradition. And I belive that our glorious reformation broke
on the world just when the lamp of light was taken out of
the dark lanthorn Of tradition ; and I believe that the glorious
light of the reforMation would be quenched, or eclipsed again,
if we again thrust the lamp of light into the dark lanthorn of
human tradition. (Loud applause.) Yes, my dear friends,
I rejoice that you respond to so scriptural a sentiment.
Whether without the church, in the dark apostacy, or within
the church of well-meaning brethren who seem to be laying
too touch stress on tradition, we all respond to the ex-
pres

on of Chillingworth—" The Bible and the Bible only
is the religion of protestantism." (Great applause.) Thank
God for inspiring the fathers with whatever of good there
may be in theM ! Thank God for whatever by tradition has
down to us which confirms these inspiring writings !

God for our own beautiful Prayer-book—the morning
__ar that accompanies revelation! Thank God for all that
is beautiful and orderly in our own church—the eldest born
daughter of the reformation ! (Immense applause.) Never-
theless; iii comparison, perish the Prayer-book ! perish the
church of England ! perish the fathers ! perish the human
scaffolding—every human building, but leave the rock of
eternal truth—the rock of the living God, untouched, un-•
tarnished, and unharmed ! (Tremendous applause.) I can-
not, Mr. Chancellor, but hail the fact of the Jews' turning
back from tradition and turning to the language of the
prophets, with the utmost delight. I doubt not but that,
like the star of Bethlehem which guided the wise man of the
East, the scriptures will in due time guide them to where
the Saviour is to be found. I cannot, too, but regard
it as one of the most striking signs of the times that
Egypt is so largely concerned in the present aspect of affairs
with regard to the Jews. It is a remarkable fact that for-
merly our attempt, and that of European nations generally,
was mainly settled on the north, or turned to the westward;
but now, the attempt of the whole civilised world is turned
to the east; and we believe that christianity also is turnin,;
to those bright places from whence it came, and where it will
'nine in its brightest noon-tide glory. (Beal•.) Mid it is a
-)le fact that the Pacha of Egypt, as connected with

actions, is foretold in the most striking manner in
connection with the Jews, in the 19th chapter of the pro-
phecy of Isaiah.

" in that day shall there be a way_ out of Egypt to Assyria,
rid the Assyrian shall coma into Egypt, and. the Egyptian
ito Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assy-

day shall l;rael be the third with Egypt and
-Ind with .Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land :
Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be
-vria the work of mine hands, and

Egypt my
Israel win,

people, and A

aheritance.'

It is distinctly indicated here that the period should come
when Egypt, Assyria, and Israel should be united, and that
there should be intercourse between them—that they should
be together converted to the Lord, for what other construc-
tion can be put on this language—" Blessed be Egypt my
people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my in-
How far does not the present state of Egypt,
?alestine, united under the same head, and the
hat Mr. Grimshaw has witnessed to us that
extending towards the Israelites, and
is more and more taking place between
Egypt and Assyria, how far is this advancing towards the
accomplishment of this recorded prophecy ? (Hear, hear.)
And who has infineneed the minds of the Assyrians to look
upon Israel ? Who but the Cod who has been drying op the

leritance.'
Assyria, a

tual Iceling L
e Paetut of Egypt

great river? Now, how remarkable it is, that under then
circumstances the Pasha of Egypt should be protecting th
Israelites on their return to that country—that he should b
allowing them to purchase land in that country—a fact tie
before known : they had not so much as the sole
in that land. And we has

r prophecy in th

the prophecies of Jeremiah, in the 32d chapter. The chapte
and passage are too long to read, but I recommend an atten
tive perusal of it hereafter. But after God had ordered thi
prophet to purchase a piece of land, the chapter goes on
"Yea, 1 will rejoice over them to do them good, and I wil
plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart am

brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring
upon them all the good that I have promised them. And
fields shall he bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is de-
solate without man or beast ; it is given into the hand of th
Chaldeans. Mn: shall buy fields for mo

ey, and_ subscrib

nces, and sent them, Wand take witnesses iu the land t

ties of Judah, and in the cities of the a

cities of th

ntains, and i

outh: for 1 will cause their captivity tc

th the Lord

And_if it be_ said that that_took place after their return fror

the Babylonish captivity, I deny ; for then the Israelites did
not purchase and hold property. And if you examine the
chapter you will find that God declares, " I will make an
everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away
from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their
hearts that they shall not depart from me. That is not
yet accomplished ; it is about to be accomplished, Writings

are being drawn up; deeds ere being sealed, and lands are
again about to be possessed by the Israelites. The first fruit
f the h.crvest is again gathering in, and the glories of the
.st are again at the door. I cannot but regard this cir-
of the greatest interest, and I rejoice that that
rich was some time ago mooted by well-mean-

cuirstance
sordid idea

ing men, that we should go and purchase back the land. h

been defeated ; and I think that 33aron Rothschild answered
well when he said, " No, we will not purchase, it is ours,
we will wait ;" and thank God the Jewish people are wait-
ing; they ►sever had but one country—one home: they could
say, whether t

or hunted as a par

say with the pc

d to and fro, or chased in the wilderness,
tridge on the mountains, they could still

Where'er I roam, whatever clime I see,
My heart untravelled still returns to thee

Yes, true as the sun flower turns to the sun, or the load-
stone to the pole, they still return to their native land; thu'
east out, not east out for ever ; and no violence of time can

make them forget it. They still look forward to that period
when the hills of their native land shall be clothed with
beauty and with bloom for them—when her own people shall

ch a title as no o

yen to thou expressly
' and which

by God—" a land flowing with milk and honey
is still kept and reserved, not by human might and power
not by sealed documents of man, but by the living oracles of
God. `, Hath he said, and shall he not .doit ? _ Hath he

spoken, and Shall he not make it good ? The zeal of the Lord
of Hosts shall do -this.", .(Hear.). I gather from the present
persecution of the Jews signs of good to Israel. I believe
that this very persecution bath been converted into the means
of exciting for them the sympathy, and conciliating for them
1, of the noble through the whole-earth. The beet
. .

the reg.

way to endear a man 'to honest hearts is to injure a man,
because there is something in the breast of Britons—in the
breast of fallen man (fallen though he be)—that'always makes
him sympathise with the injured, and indignant at the inju-
rer ; and, therefore, my dear friends, I believe that the Jews
have had a noble demonstration of that kind—of the sympathy
of t'rotestant Christians. (Great cheering.) I trust they
will begin to make the distinction between Christians which
the New Zealanders begin to make. When they see, swear-
ing merchants and drunken sailors, they say they are hea-
then Christians, not real Christians ; and that when they
see the pompous pageant and idolatrous practices—the poor
Christian idolators prostrating themselves on the ground,
when the Jew knows that it is written " thou shalt not bow

worship them

heenng

hat they will m
•t, and say, " '

ake the happy distinction of the heathen
These are not true Christians, but hea-

then Ch

anised Christianity

Yea, and it Is delightful, in conviction, tl

stant

le tongue that flowed

christianity—in our own beautiful pray(
into the vernacular

tongde of Is

from the pure lips in Kradise—the tongue which it pleased
God best to use—the tongue that we believe, when the con-
fusion of tongues shall be done away with, He will make
the tongue of a ransomed world. But, be that as it may. it
is delightful tO think that the Jew can no longer call Christ
by a name which is a caricature; hut that our .Tewish
ministers can open the prayer-book and say, "• Here is our
book of worship ; is there anything of heathen worship—
of bowing down to images here ?" And this prayer-book
will be a witness to them which will tell with a force
and power• which it will be difficult to compute, and
which it will be perhaps scarcely possible to exaggerate.

But I cannot but feel deep sorrow at those who origi-
nated this persecution. False witness I would not bear against
the devil. I never bare it against any man. (Tremendous
cheering.) But, Mr. Chairman, I am not bearing false witness
—I am stating a simple fact, a deeply humiliating and distress-
ing feet, that the persecution of the Jews at Damascus,
though carried on with Mahomedan hands, was originated by
papists. The person murdered was a papist; the:FrenCh consul
was a papist, and the whole affair, I believe, from what our
public journals and various other statements say, originated
with them. And alas, it is but too true, there is no power
that has persecuted the Jews like popery. I took the
liberty, on a recent occasion, to check a friend of mine,
who said that the church had persecuted the Jews, and
corrected him by saying that it was not the protestant church
that had persecuted the Jews, but the Roman catholic church,
while she was ridden rough-shod l,y the man of sin. (Great
cheering.) Look at the expatriation of the whole Jewish
people from England at one period, and at the time when
those five hundred Jews at York resorted to the dreadful al-
ternative of destroying each other, to escape a more dreadful
death; look at the seven hundred butchered by one of our
monarchs—all dated before the time of the Reformation.
There has not been one persecution since the time of the
Reformation. lam sorry that 1 know much to be ashamed
of; there has been persecution of tongues, for which I take
shame to myself as one of that reformed church, but thank
God there is not a drop of blood
.on the skirts of that
church, that I know of ; but the skirts of the church of
Rome are red with it. (Very great applause.) And I
believe, Sir, when God corneth to make inquisition for
blood, among the foremost that shall suffer .for it will be
that dark apOstacy. Do I glory in this ? God forbid. My
heart's desire and prayer-is- for them as for the Jews, that
they may be saved—that they may forsake the god-head of
man to worship God alone. For as I was told to-day by a
clergyman who was informed by a poor roan—(this is a fact
of which I have good .authority)—the poor man speaking of
the authority of the priest over him, said, " if he was to tell
me to murder that daughter of mine I would do it, much as
I love her, for the priest stands in God's shoes." Is not
that anti-christ ? This is a • literal fact -

1 give you it to

show how fearfully superstition had hood-winked that man.
(Considerable sensation.). Therefore I beg to say, that for
the Jews, the grat thing is to get rid of the Talmud—the
traditions ; and for the Roman Catholics, the great thing is
to get rid of their Talmud and traditions. And ,so we march
against the man of sin and the blindness of Judea; and we
believe that in due time the light of the gospel shall shine
unclouded and unsullied in the pure firmament of the
church, co-extensive with the whole ransomed world. May
God hasten it in His due time ; and till then, may our
prayers be more and more for Israel's conversion and
alvation. To take the beautiful .prayer from your own
nvice—has it not come with balmy influence
that it may please thee of thy

nd again,