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Christian men, invited to co-operate in their behalf, were
wont to hesitate how to act. Now he would show that
there were several reasons why ho should be a member of
the London Society : first, be placed it on the ground of
duty; he considered it his duty as a Christian, for to
whom were they indebted for the Holy Volume. With
the exception of the book of Job, and some other portions
of the Bible the Jews were the people from whom it had
descended. (Hear, hear.) If th
able than any earthly gain, was it not his duty to b
crateful to the people to whom he stood so

ift were more

debted. There ivas-another reason why he felt it to be
his duty to be a member of the Society, he thought it was
his duty as an Englishman, for he considered that Protest.
antism was the characteristic of an Englishman, and
he looked upon the Society as one strong link of the

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common bond of Protestantism
his audience back to the time of th.
then sank into a second-rate nation
lower and lower, until she was despise

decline was her truckling to Popery, which had eaten into
the very vitals of England. But the threatened ruin was
averted by Cromwell, who was the very incarnation of
Protestantism. Cardinal Richelieu, who was at the
bottom of all the plots against England, grew pale at the

mention of the name of ; and "even the Pope
ceased his persecution of Protestants at his command.
He was told if he did not comply, the British cannon
would be heard roaring at the Vatican. The rev. gentle-
man concluded by making a warm appeal in favour of the
Jewish people.
The Rev. A. M. I!YERS, a converted Jew, next ad-
dressed the meeting. He commenced by regretting his
inability to address so large a meeting as that which was
before him ; but he claimed the forbearance of the meet-
ing not upon his own account, but upon account of
the cause which he advocated. He had made every en-
quiry since he came to Liverpool, and in doing so, he
found that there were two opinions prevalent even in
Liverpool. Many persons held that it was impossible to
convert the Jews, and as a sequitur that all efforts of the
society would be ineffectual. Others held the converse.
But for himself he preferred the more charitable view—
that of the Lord Jesus Christ—who inculcated upon all
men the necessity of converting both Jew and Gentile,
and he would leave it to those who took a different view
to chew whether the Jews should not be converted. It
was a Jew who first stood forth to prove the title
of the Gentiles, and therefore he would call upon
the gentlemen to come forward and advocate the
cause of the Jew. In reference to the objection that the
efforts of the society were nil, he would ask them if they
would hold opinions in opposition to the Apostle Paul.
He was sure none of them would differ from him. Many
asked, "What had the society done ?" He would answer
by saying, that he might point to many many details, to
the many converts who had been made; but he would
prefer to answer the question by aking a short review of
the state of the Jewish people during the past century.
He would ask any impartial historian what was the feel-
ing of the Jewish people fifty years ago ? Could they
then find a stogie Jew who knew anything of the Gospel
or of Christ, except what they had learned to hate ?
They were as ignorant fifty years ago as they were 1800
years ago. But what was the •fact now ? He had
not given the answer, but he would state this that it
that it was a curious fact, and a still more curious coinci-
dence, that immediately after the establishment of the
Society for the Propogation of the Gospel amongst the
Jews, larger, more liberal, more Christian views were en-
tertained by that people. (Hear, hear.) What was the
case now ? Why, they had thousands of Christian Jews,
and Jewish Christian ministers. (" Hear, hear," and
cheers.) He. as a Jew, would say, that Christ, the Great
God of Heaven, became the victim of a fanaticism—of a
fanaticism similar to that in some degree whi h wreaked
its vengeance upon the heads of the early Reformers.
(" Hear, hear." and cheers.) Some Jews considered the
Redeemer an impostor. That he denied; for impostors
generally—indeed in all cases—impostors courted tempo-
ral power, but Christ only looked to the happiness tem-
poral and eternal of all mankind. (hear, hear.) His
maxims were kind, benevolent, and moral. His censures
keen, cutting, and severe. (Hear, hear.) Instead of
courting the countenance of the great, he quietly in
the evening, sought the shades of obscurity, and there
taught those great maxims of greatness which in their
force and operation applied to 150,000,000 million peo-
ple, autl which would trample over idolatry and supersti-
tion, and in the end would bring this people to everlast-
ing glory. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) The rev. gent.
then entered into a graphic rantrast between the doctrines
taught and the preeiees camied 01 in the Romieb Church

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A of the society
was, at present, to aeu. .y individually, begin-
ning at Jerusalem, however, according to the example of
the Apostles, who always began at the synagogue, and who
when they were-put out of one city, began in the next
city at the synagogue as before. He contended that
the men who were to go on the Jewish mission
should be well qualified not only to teach the Gospel, but
to wrestle with the unbelief of the Israelites. That people
would ask, it all the prophecies were fulfilled, why was
not the city restored to Israel ? Would he tell them that
it was fulfilled, that Christians were of the city, and that
they were not? (Hear, hear.) He would again ask, if
they were not fulfilled, that Messiah had not yet came ?
How was the missionary to answer this ? lie could not
tell them that, in the fulfilment of all these prophecies,
the curses had fallen to the Jews and the blessings to the
Christians. But the missionary ought to tell them at
once, that one class of prophecies had been fulfilled,
and that the other had not been fulfilled. (Hear, hear.)
Ile would have to tell him "every thing in its time ; and
there was a time for every thing." The Jew would ask,
were they to come to a Messiah who had done but half of
what was prophecicd ? Let them remember that, as the
Disciples were told, when He ascended to Heaven, He
would "come again in like manner as they had seen Him.
go !" Now he would say to the Jew, come with us ; be-
lieve with us in what has been done, and we will hope-
with you for what is to be done—(" hear, hear," and
cheers)—for His is the only name by which human beings
upon earth can be saved. (" Hear, hear," and cheers.) As
truly as he was born of a virgin of the house of David, He
would come, and would reign on the throne of the twelve
tribes of David. (Hear, hear.) The Rev. Dr. then en-
tered at considerable length into the merits of the Jewish
.meeting, after
question, and concluded an eloquent speech by moving
a vote of thanks to the rev. chairman, which upon being
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and the o
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churches upon last Sabbath :

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St. Paul's, Prince's Perk 83 9 5
St. Ann's, Aigbu:•th l4 0 0
St. Bride's 26 17 6
St. Bartholomew's 3 5 0
Christ Church l4 0 0
Everton Church ll 0 0
Waterloo Church 5 8 0
St. Clement's
St. John's 24 12 10
St. Mary's, Kirkdale l9 1 5
St. Mary's, Bootle 29 10 6
Mariners' Church
St, Silas's II 0 0
St. Thomas's, Seaforth
St. Luke's 7 11 0
St. Paul's, Liverpool 2 17 9