The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

The committee might have proceeded to lay before you
considerable details of the society's labours both inthecon-

tinent of

.eresting of all spheres

of its operations—the holy city Jerusalem. They are, how-
ever, aware, that statements will be made on the present oc-
casion of more recent date than any accounts to which they
have access, they forbear, therefore, to trespass further upon
your time, and conclude their report with reminding you of
the blessing pronounced upon those who "pray for the peace
of Jerusalem—they shall prosper that love thee

ne Rev. JAMES HALDANE STEWART, in rising, to move
the adoption of the report, said—When I consider the place
in .a.h;ch the Providence of God has sent us, and more par-
ticularly the very large assemblage that are now met together,
I could not but be reminded of those delightful words of the
Apostle Paul, ".Wherefore, seeing that you are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us run with pa-
tience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, tl•
author and finisher of our faith, wl, , fo'
set before him, endured the cross-' )iSir

ho, for the joy that v

now set down at the right hand of the Majesty on high

is, my beloved friends and Christian brethren, in the
of this adorable S

iat we are now met together.
is not for any parochial concerns, it is not for any trifli
matters of business, but it is to promote,tl

lvation

'people, of whom it was said, " that the jeceivin.of t.

shall he as light from the dead to the Gentiles." In prose-
cuting this object we do not proceed upon an individual
scheme, or any private notion of our own, or any peculiar
interpretation we may give the prophetic Scriptures, but in
obedience to the command of our blessed Lord, when those
gracious words proceeded from his lips, that repentance and
remission of sins should be preached to all nations, beginning
at Jerusalem. Oh, was there ever love like this ! These
three words may be said to contain a fountain of never-ending
love, for whilst in- the proclamation of princes the peculiar
leaders of treason are generally excluded in the proclamat►ons
of amnesty, here the very people who shed his precious blood
upon the cross are the very people to whom he says the gos-
pel is first to be preached ! It is our consolation that this
com►nand of our blessed Saviour has never yet been re-
pealed; and that, therefore, as. he says,: "if ye love me
keep my commandments." Although. we may be en-
couraged by the signs of the times, although we are
animated by the prophetic Scriptures, yet we shall re-
quire none ,of these things ;• as we love the Lord Jesus
Christ,' we shall each say, " I must think of the Jews ;
I must begin at Jerusalem ; I must begin at that very place,
or with that very people to whom the Lord directs me first to
preach his word." I mention this, because in such a vast as-
sembly as this there may be some who have not much inter-
fered in the Jewish question, and who may have considered
it rather as a speculative thing, whereas it is founded upon
the commandment of Christ. It is that command which is
the basis of this society ; and in promoting Christianity
among the Jews they are promoting the very thing which our
blessed Saviour directs them to do. There are at this mo-
ment very peculiar encouragements to proceed in this work ;
but I do not enter into them, nor do I intend to detain you
longer, for having been a friend of this society now for about
thirty-three years, I have learned there are times when we
are called upon to speak, and there are times when it is best
for us to know how to be silent ; therefore, as there are many
friends who have to state those things which are peculiarly
I make way for the secretary of the Parent So-