American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-05-27
The following remarks are by NJ. NJ Noa'' q jew 'e
Editor of The New York National Advocate

n..;.t roney,,Wc have so many calls upon our purse
and patience in these days Of piey and good wohs .
Il is really task discriminate between real anu
cbarities-between the reasonable ana fa,ional-
able and certainty-the good that is really required, au
the evil which is merely imaginary In NE various Tie
mosynary visits which paid by the faithful 10 te we
ral compmented 10 our iuil snare cr;st;an col
publish all religious notices gratis, until our CHRISTIAN uo
leagues LET into the secret that they must all be caseu
and that charity begins at home we are taSeu ue
verey than the rest of our editorial breilreh tiey mi
stand the thing better than do, and can escape WIN
grace hit as nobody who are III inc way " pS
gnr we have to give to every one-a dollar or me
missionaries in India something Tor the missionaries a,os
The heathens; trihe for the tract societv; oSetf WI"
sunday schools orphan asyms, widows, &c &c &c. an
this IS very well much is due to the charities ana Some
thing even to the pre- JUDGES Of the world
The other lay we had formal application made 10 US
from beautiful pous young lady, with blue eyes and an
lair of sweet meekness altogether irresistible TO er TWO
dollars to present the Society or nnehofah e cohon
the ev-t distressed us to the heart 70 refuse any e,5
livery palpabe My dear madam our conuion Is
lly rood-how can two dollars make it better we I'VE
happily in this blessed land God be praised ana our cou
ltion not to be ungratef, is good as our neghbors
She gave us understand that it was our eternal ho' .e
poral condition which she was so ANXIOUS 10 mehoIae III
short the two dollars was to swell the 1ho cfeaeu :.
vert the Jews to Christianity And is money to be offered
flor such purposesl How buy converts TO Christianity
We admit no such sacrilegious traffic Having managed
the dollars promise was eXtolcd from me
attend the anniversary meeting on Frdas Oh INC socey o
converting the Jews seldom attend these meetngsoc
OCCASIONALLY call in at the Bible Society, for as one OF the
chosen people must feel interest for the sacred ora
lces committed to care and certainly most faithfully
guarded and protected On this occasion, however, de-
tencd attend and learn what progress had been made
lin moderation during five years
Washington Hall, fitted up an amphitheatre by MI
Goodacre for his astronomical lectures, was filled with all
the spcndor beauty and fashion the city, there beng
fu 1900 persons present, 1000 of whom were ladies' whose
zeal and ympathes are always amlablc Inc poor jews
could have exclaimed with the poet
"Alas there is more peril in thine eyes,
Than all their Words
The president managers and members were aliacconmo
dated with chairs, tables, &c The meeting was opened
with PRAYER and the report read This report was
gatherings converts had been made, principally abfoad)
and farm of 400 in Wcschester had been purcha
sed to set them work. Several clcrgymcn addressed
the meeting piousy and beneyolcnty but wanted to sec
and the converts desired 10 know the natives, who
had renowned the faith OF their fathers. AT length two
made their appearance both from Poland sent on their
travels by the London Society. One OF them said he had
been converted eight years of age DR. johnson would
have said he had been caught young He told an uniotu
nate secret which that the London Society with i'm
funds, had accomplished nohing and all their hopes
rested America. Without those immense tunds the en
enlargement here to say the least, is not lateilng
Are we treating this subject lightly Well then we
shall be serious.
Let the Jews alone 1t has pleased the Almighty o
continue them distinct people and in the midst OF cap
vity and oppression, persecution and cruelty, for four
thousand years his provdenta care has been extended mi
bontfu kindness to his chosen peopethere is no credit
in making such people apostates Every human law de
rves its origin from the Jews-to them the moral world
indebted for the foundation of moralityhc knowledge of
God OF VTtue' lusuce ana 'he nope q eveflas'S ne
HOW can ne creed OF ls naon pc ssley improved pun
what shall they joint If they become converts is
hkey they would be Catholics, Tor mat Is me primitive
christian iatn ana wha IS an imposing feg,oh. orould
they turn Catholics they will be branded followers of the
/" Pope and the devil" and should they adopt the Presby
herecs-so that in this age of conversion the Jews will be
as unfortunate as they were in the early ages hen the
noans @ 1nem as aa ne
eppd wlln sal nreys among chris,ians and thew can
agree on cardinal points, then an invitation to the Jews