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JEWISH HERALD.-JANUARY 1, 1859.

simple and direct one. Nay, I believe
that our work among the Jews must
as yet resemble the still rivulet, which
pursues its course gently and unosten-

tatiously-which, however, after a longcontinued run, accumulates its power, and swells its volume so as to carry every obstacle before it.

BIRMINGHAM.

In reference to Birmingham and Hull, Mr. KESSLER observes :

Birmingham is in some respects not a very congenial place for a Missionary station. Central in its situation, thither all the Jews, having traversed the land throughout its length and breadth, bend their steps, (I, of course, mean poor Jews). Arrived in Hull, they go to London; finding London not answering their purposes, onward they move, until, by some means or other, they manage to come pennyless to Birmingham. This being the case, the richer Jews have to support them, and to their honour be it said, they do support their poorer brethren, better here than in any other town in the kingdom. Thus, partly

provided for, the door is almost shut against the missionary, for if the latter be seen among them, it is immediately reported to those in authority, and if the Missionary is not prevented visiting such families, support is usually withdrawn from them. During the summer months, this is not so strictly carried out, but since the late festivals, I found by experience that some who received me gladly before, would rather dispense with my visits. Lastly, I may mention that it is impossible to compete with their schools, not so much on account of the superior instruction which is imparted, as the privileges connected with attending this school,

for whilst the parents are provided with blankets and coals, bread and rice, and money, the children are furnished with new clothing twice a year; and other wants are equally attended to.

On the other hand, the central situation of Birmingham is advantageous for easily gaining access to other towns, where Jews are to be met, and not generally looked after,-as, for instance, Cheltenham, Bath, Bristol, Plymouth, so also Exeter and Portsmouth.

After this general statement of the case, allow me to say, more particularly, what I have been permitted to do in this town. Among the poorer class I have been able to make my way pretty well, and to them I have been privileged to deliver my message of love. Particular cases I have mentioned now and then, in my monthly reports, which I need not repeat now; nor have I lost any acquaintances; on the contrary, I have met with several more, who are always glad to see me, and like to converse with me on the all-important subject of the redemption of their souls. During the last six months, I have distributed 473 tracts in different languages; a part of which I have sent, from time to time, by post to those families, access to whom I could not otherwise gain.

To the Friends of the Jews in London and its Vicinity.

THE cause of the Society is indebted to several Churches in London for their early and steady support of its interest. A glance, however, at the Annual Reports will show that the measure of active and liberal cooperation is exceedingly limited-and that in some instances it has, from various causes, diminished.

Probably one of the causes is that, while expensive efforts have been made to strengthen the efficiency of associations in the country, and to enlarge their number, very little has been attempted in the Metropolis and its suburbs. The Committee have been glad, therefore, to engage the services of the Rev. John Gill, formerly acceptably and efficiently occupied as a travelling Agent of this Society, to devote himself, during the current year, to this section of the field. His object is to awaken a deep and prayerful interest in the spiritual condition of the Jews, and to obtain such an amount of pecuniary support as shall enable the Committee to

invigorate the missions already existing, and to meet some of the urgent demands addressed to them from various Jewish localities. Mr. Gill's plan will be, in connexion with his brethren in the ministry, to deliver lectures, attend public meetings, form and periodically visit local or congregational committees, and everywhere to present the most interesting information as to the people of Israel, and to supply the most recent and striking facts elicited by the labours of this and of every kindred institution.

Mr. Gill looks for success, in dependence on the influences of the Holy Spirit, to the encouragement afforded by the Pastors and Officers of Christian Churches, and to the readiness, (of which he has had many proofs,) of private Christians to respond to a plea on behalf of Israel. He is well aware of the multitudinous claims which press on Christians of every name, but he does not ask great things, and what he does ask is for the rescue from mental and spiritual bondage of a people distinguished in the annals of the past, and in the predictions of the future. We are their debtors, and when they become, by converting grace, more intimately our brethren, the Church universal will revive, the Gospel will wing its joyful way to "the islands afar off, and to those who have not known Jehovah's name;" for the promise yet waits its fulfilment "Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the earth with his fruit."

We earnestly ask the co-operation of all our metropolitan friends, that we may secure the best arrangements for Mr. Gill's lectures. It will facilitate our plans if early applications for his services are addressed to his residence, 5, Russell Terrace, Holland Road, Brixton, S.

Arrangements are in progress for Mr. Gill to deliver Lectures on Missionary Life among the Jews, in several Metropolitan Chapels, during the month of January, among which, the following are fixed :

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At each place, the Lecture will commence at the usual hour of Week-evening

Service.

Notices.

TO OFFICERS OF ASSOCIATIONS,

COLLECTORS, AND OTHER

FRIENDS OF THE SOCIETY.

The Accounts for the current year closes on Thursday, the 31st of March. It is earnestly solicited that all remittances may be made before that day, with lists of Contributions, as they should be inserted in the Annual Report. All Orders to be made payable to Mr. GEORGE YONGE-those on the Post Office, to be at the Chief Office.

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THE MONTHLY DEVOTIONAL MEETING will be held as usual at No. 1, Crescentplace, Blackfriars, on Wednesday Evening, January 19th, at 7 o'clock. Meeting is open to all friends of Israel.

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The Jewish Herald,

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RECORD OF CHRISTIAN EFFORT FOR THE SPIRITUAL GOOD OF GOD'S ANCIENT PEOPLE.

PUBLISH YE, PRAISE YE, AND SAY, O LORD, SAVE THY PEOPLE, THE REMNANT

OF ISRAEL."

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE
PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS.

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A Leaf from an Old Book, for Jews and Christians.

"THE religion that I am to look after must be such a one wherein I may be sure to please God, and to be made happy with him; and, by consequence, such a one wherein all the cause of his displeasure and my misery may be removed, and that is sin.

"Now, though there be as many kinds of religions as nations,—yea almost as particular persons in the world,-yet may they all be reduced to these four: the Paganish, Mahometan, Jewish, and Christian religions."

Passing over the remarks on the first two, we follow our author in his treatment of the Jewish religion:

"A religion not established by any human laws, nor, indeed, generally professed in any nation, but only by a company of despicable people, scattered up and down the world, which, as the prophet expresses it,' are become a proverb of reproach, and a by-word among all nations whither they are driven.' The principles of this religion are contained in a book written in the Hebrew tongue, which they call the Torah, or law, composed of several precepts, promises, and threatenings, together with histories of things past, and prophecies of things to come: this book, they say, was written by men inspired by God himself; and therefore they avouch it not to be of human invention, but merely of divine institution.

"This book, also, I have diligently read and examined into, and most ingenuously confess that, at the very first glance, methought I read divinity in it, and could not but conclude, from the majesty of its style, the purity of its precepts, the harmony of its parts, the certainty of its promises, and the excellency of its rewards, that it could be derived from no other author but God himself. It is here only that I find my Maker worshipped under the proper notion of a Deity, as he is Jehovah, and that is the right manner,

VOL. XIV.-NEW SERIES, VOL. v.

for we are here commanded to love and serve him with all our hearts, with all our souls, our might and mind,' (Deut. iv. 5; x. 12,) which is, indeed, the perfection of all true worship whatsoever. And as God is here worshipped aright, so is the happiness which is here entailed upon this true worship the highest that it is possible a creature should be made capable of, being nothing less than the enjoyment of Him we worship, so as to have Him to be a God to us, and ourselves to be a people to Him,' (Jer. xxxi. 33)."

Then, noticing some of those objections which prevent his finally rest- | ing in the Jewish religion, he proceeds :

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"Well, there is but one religion more generally professed in the world, that I am to search into, which, if upon good grounds, I cannot fix upon, I shall be the most miserable of all creatures; and that is, the Christian religion, so named from Jesus Christ, whose doctrine, life, and death, are re- || corded by four several persons, in a book which they call the Gospel. And this book appears to me to be of undoubted authority, as to the truth and certainty of those things that are therein recorded. For, if they had been false, both the persons that wrote them, and He of whom they wrote, had so many malicious enemies ready upon all occasions to accuse them, that they had long ago been condemned for lies and forgeries. But now, these writings have been extant for above sixteen hundred years, and never so much as suspected, but even by the worst of enemies acknowledged to be a true relation of what passed in the world about that time.

"This book, therefore, I have also diligently perused, and find it expressly asserts that Jesus Christ, whose life and death it records, was indeed that person, who was long promised by God, and expected by the Jews: and that all the prophecies under the old law, concerning that Messiah, Godman, were actually fulfilled in this person; which if, upon diligent search, I can find to be true, I shall presently subscribe, both with hand and heart, to this religion. It is a comfort to me that it acknowledgeth the Jewish law to be sent from God: for, truly, if it did not, my conscience would scarcely permit me to give any credit to it being so fully convinced that that book is indeed of a higher extract than human invention, and of greater authority than human institution. And therefore it is that I cannot, I dare not believe, but that every particular prophecy contained in it, either is, or shall be, eertainly fulfilled, according to every circumstance of time and place mentioned therein; and, by consequence, that this prophecy, in particular, concerning the Messiah's coming, is already past; the time wherein it was foretold he should come being so long ago expired. So that I do not now doubt whether the Messiah be come or no, but whether this Jesus Christ, whom this book of the Gospel speaks of, was indeed the person. And this I shall best find out by comparing the Christian's Gospel with the Jewish law; or the histories of Christ, under the one, with the prophecies of the Messiah, under the other,-still concluding, that, if whatsoever was foretold concerning the Messiah was fulfilled in this Jesus Christ, then he was indeed the Messiah that was to come into the world. And, to make this comparison the more exact, I shall run through the several circumstances that attended his birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension, and show how punctually the prophecies were fulfilled in every particular.

"And first, for the birth of the Messiah, the law saith, he was to be 'born of the seed of Abraham, and David,' and of the stem of Jesse,' from

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