he involuntarily exclaims, in astonishment, "How blind our rabbins and our learned men are not to see it!" Mr. has been, and still is, much persecuted by the Jews for his faith in Christ. His greatest sufferings, however, are from his wife, whom the Jews have set against him, and who has been excited to great bitterness by the disgrace heaped upon her child in the Jewish school because the father goes to the missionary. Mr. has three children, whom he is very auxious to bring up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; he, too, occasionally attends Dr. Raffles' ministry. If I could give you some idea of the enmity of this Jew to Christianity when he first came to me, you would then be able to understand my unspeakable joy in seeing the saving change which the preaching of the Gospel is effecting in him. May the friends of Israel unite with me in prayer, that he and his wife and children may form an unbroken family at the right hand of the Saviour! I have also been greatly encouraged in my deputation-work. The small interest in, and the great prejudice against, my Jewish brethren, I generally find, are owing to the scanty knowledge which Christians have of the Jews, and the operations of the Gospel among them. But wherever information is imparted, prejudices are removed, Christian sympathies are awakened, and Gentile Christians see that not only is salvation of the Jews, but for the Jews. The other day, after a meeting held for the Society in Bradford, a working man came up to speak to me, and gave me a sovereign towards the loss which our excellent missionary, Mr. Gellert, sustained,-an example worthy of imitatiou. Shall we be forgiven if, in closing these brief notices, we again entreat of our reader the continuance and increase of their fraternal and devout support? Our desire has ever been, that the efforts of the Society should witness everywhere the faith, and hope, and love of the Gospel; our path brightens on the review by many gracious memorials of sinners of Abraham's seed recalled and reunited to this olive-tree. But there are promises far beyond these, that only seem to wait the prayer and enterprise of faith. Oh, let us lay it to heart thus to give glory to God, while by fervent piety we commend the Gospel to which we would win the Jew. An Appeal to our Brethreu the Jews. OUR venerable and much-loved father in Christ, the Rev. Dr. Bennett, has sought to awaken in us a livelier zeal for Israel: addressing the Secretary, he writes:-"I am not satisfied with what we are doing, and am persuaded that we ought to show we are as deeply, and still more devoutly, impressed with the distinction between Jews and Gentiles, and, therefore, we address Israel at the present moment. We should ask for an answer containing their reasons for rejecting our Saviour, and we should promise candid consideration and respectful reply. . . I am deeply convinced that we ought not to leave unpitied the Jews at our own door, as if they were not as precious as those afar off. The appeal, of which we subjoin a copy, supplied by this devoted friend of the Jews, has been printed and very extensively circulated in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, and Hull. May the Lord Himself direct the bow drawn at a venture to many a Jewish heart-as the paschal supper closes, and yet their expected Messiah comes not ! THE PASSOVER. Children of him whom God called "my friend," yield a few moments of candid attention to a people who have, not long ago, chosen some of your kindred to be our legislators. If here you were formerly persecuted, it was by those who were no better Christians than the ten tribes were Jews, when they separated from the house of David and the Temple of God, to worship the golden calves, by which "Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, made Israel to sin." We who now address you would gladly avail ourselves of the more auspicious moments of religious liberty to promote your eternal welfare. Should not you, in gratitude to Him whose providence is here so favourable to you, say to yourselves, "Why do we so differ from the people among whom we dwell? They are not infidels, rejecting the sacred writings which our nation received from God; but, on the contrary, they add to these another volume, which they call the New Testament, and deem equally inspired, and written by Jews become Christians." But here you are reminded of the cause of difference. A Deliverer, promised to Abraham, and still expected by you, we believe to have come. We had wished for a friendly conference between a few of your Rabbis and an equal number of Christians familiar with Hebrew, that we might know each others' minds on this important theme. But a fear lest animation should produce hostile emotion, has induced us to employ the pen rather than the tongue, and therefore we entreat you to reflect that liberal politics by no means imply laxity or indifference in religion, on which hangs our eternal bliss. Tell us, then, what you expect in the Messiah; and why you persist in rejecting Him whom we delight to call our Saviour and Lord. The destruction of your nation and temple, followed by eighteen hundred years of banishment from the Holy Land, affects us, as well as you; while both parties look for a termination to the present mournful scene. But Christians are now looking to China and the adjoining nations, for "the fulness of the Gentile conversion from idolatry," which we are assured shall be followed by the salvation of Israel. As preparatory to that happy change, we ask those who are our countrymen and neighbours to tell us, why they reject Him whom we believe to be the promised Messiah? Did He not come at the appointed time? Was He not born in the specified birthplace of the family of David? Did not a forerunner proclaim, as predicted, "Prepare the way of the Lord ?" But we confine ourselves to those evidences from what happened before He was born, that we may not provoke any to dishonourable reflections on Him whom we delight to honour and obey. We are prepared to go farther, in defence of the past; but now call upon you to tell us your expectations for the future. As rational beings, accountable to the Judge of all the earth, you are bound to assign reasons for your present position among a people who believe your calamitous state to have followed the rejection of the promised Messiah, and destined to last till you embrace the hope of Israel. All the evidences which you produce from the Torah, Nebiim, and Cetubim, we shall respectfully examine; and though we cannot make the same promise concerning the Mishnah, we shall not despise the Targum Onkelos. To the God of your fathers we lift up our eyes, our voice, our hearts, crying, "Oh, that the salvation of Israel may come !" How long, Lord? Oh, how long! From friends of Israel who believe in and revere your Scriptures, and who desire to walk with you in the faith of the God of Abraham. Notice of Books. Life through His Name.-A Letter to the Rev. Mortlock Daniell.-By a JEW WHO BELIEVFS IN JESUS. To any one (whether Jew or Christian) who may have been for a moment affected by Mr. Daniell's address to his neighbour, Sir M. Montefiore, we recommend this manly and cordial defence of Christian truth and zeal, by one whom we have long known and respected as indeed a son of Abraham,-an intelligent and consistent believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. The question itself was, we think, decided in the interview between the inquirer Nicodemus and Jesus the Infallible Teacher (John iii.) I have mentioned to you, on a former occasion, my having met here with a Mr. who used to frequent in London Mr. Gellert, and I am glad to inform you that I have since then had several pleasant interviews with this intelligent inquirer, nay, I may say, believer in Christian truth-not merely as an historical fact, in its combinations divinely adapted for the wants of fallen humanity, (as many Jews, now-a-days, being compelled to admit it, think this concession so meritorious as to dispense them from the further and immediate inferences resulting from it) but as a truth that had been revealed in sundry times and divers manners unto the fathers, and in which his heart and soul are deeply interested. Mr. —evinced also a sound knowledge on different subjects, yet his conversation was tempered by that meekness and humility which are the infallible proofs of an inward working of the Spirit. His account of the slow and imperceptible manner by which the Lord had led him to a knowledge of the truth is, moreover, particularly encouraging for the labourer, as it shews that the preached word must, notwithstanding the apparently tardy progress, finally prosper in the thing whereunto it is sent. The Gospel, he told me, was first preached to him by the Rev. Mr. Smith, who was at that time labouring in Pesth, his native place. His sister and her household were brought to a saving knowledge of the truth by that same worthy missionary. He said, that although he was at that time an enemy and opposer to Christianity, he could not help admiring the zeal and piety of Mr. Smith, whose admonitions, though then strenuously resisted, came, long afterwards, home to his conscience with redoubled force. It led to inquiry, and inquiry, by divine grace, produced conviction. During his late residence in London he sat under the preaching of the Gospel, and studied the life and spirit of the various Christian denominations, and finally espoused the principles of "the Society of Friends," viz.: that faith alone, with the exclusion of external forms and ceremonies, was sufficient for salvation; stating that as for confessing his faith in the Lord Jesus, he did it every day before his Jewish friends, telling them even that he attended regularly Christian worship, without any danger of losing their "Bienveillance," as long as he was not baptised. Ambiguous as this conduct may appear, I am, nevertheless, satisfied that he is a sincere believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. I purposely mention the case somewhat at length, in order to point out a species of fruit of our labour, which, though often passed unnoticed is, nevertheless, of a very frequent occurrence in the field. An acquaintance of mine, Mr. whom I have a long time lost sight of, called upon me the other day, requesting of me a Bible for his son, whom, he said, he wished to read the New Testament, in order that he might gradually be familiarised with the Gospel-he himself not neglecting every opportunity of impressing his child in its favour; that he regretted not to be able, on account of his wife's opposition, to take a decided stand in this matter, yet he hoped that his indirect proceeding will, nevertheless, be the impulse in leading the youthful mind to a happy issue on this momentous point. I need not add that I have given him a Bible and visited him, but I wish to observe that it is surprising to see often those, who themselves live without a God and hope in the world (as is the case with Mr. -), desiring for their children that Path of Truth which alone is capable of ensuring their timely and eternal happiness. This is, then, a forced tribute of praise to the glory of the Gospel of Christ. Of those with whom I come in daily contact, there are several who justify hopes that the word is not spoken in vain. Preaching, the other day, the Gospel in a Jewish lodging-house, to several Jews, my attention was attracted by a young man, timidly sitting in the corner, in an attitude of deep thought, and apparently paying no attention to our discussion. His regular features and noble expression of countenance-peculiarly softened by sadness-presented a striking contrast to his shabby exterior. I looked at him inquiringly, and sought to engage him in conversation, when the others present told me that the poor young man was a runaway Russian soldier, only arrived the day before in this land of safety; and that his mind being still bewildered by the danger of his recent adventures, he could scarcely realise his present safety. The poor young man related then to me his tragic history, which is as follows: He was born in Russian Poland; his parents were orthodox Jews, of the most respectable of the little community of the place. As they feared that the approaching 'levy' would be disastrous to his elder brother, who was then about fifteen years of age, they determined to send him away over the frontier; and embracing him, in a transport of agony, which could not be described, bade him an eternal farewell. The anticipated recruiting duly arrived; his brother is asked for; his elopement incensed the respective authority, and he, scarcely fourteen years old, is taken instead of his brother. Here the young man depicted, most touchingly, the distress and desolation of his parents, and the efforts they have put forward to rescue him, but in vain. He was dragged away, several hundred miles, to a military school, where he passed five long years, under a discipline truly Russian in severity-the lash having its full work, and liberally applied on the most trifling occasions. His tears and sighs during this captivity, he said, were counted by God; nor could he, at present, recall their associations without acute pain. After that time, at the age of nineteen, he was incorporated into the army, with the cheering prospect of twenty-five years of active service, and a just foretaste of the rigour of the military disci pline. The feeble worm, he observed, twists and writhes beneath the foot that crushes it, but he, although not daring to betray his feelings, was not the less agitated by the projects of an escape. In the meanwhile, months rolled on; a year passed, and another year, when, at last, he obtained a furlough for six months. The propitious moment was there. He was determined to make use of it, but not before he had seen his parents for the last time. Accordingly, he marched down, on foot, to his native place, in no less than six weeks, begging on the road for his food and nightlodging-the Russian soldier not being provided for during the time of furlough. Heartrending was the interview with the parents. He revealed to them his daring project, embraced them, and departed. Life and death were now, as it were, suspended over him; but the desperate desire of liberation drowned every consideration of ill success. He passed without difficulty the Russiar frontier-this being only the smaller part of the enterprise, the greater danger remained on the Prussian territory, where the Russian refugee is tracked by a most vigilant gendarmerie and transported back. Here, conscious of his great danger, the pulsation of his heart kept pace with the swiftness of his steps, until, exhausted by fatigue, he stopped for refreshment at a small place called Ragasen. Scarcely had he sat down, when he was accosted by a gendarme with the usual laconic demand: "Where do you come from?" Before he was able to answer, he was invited to follow him. He followed, he said, like a sheep to the slaughter, his fear conjuring up to him, at a distance, the hideous spectacle of the familiar military punishment called "the gantlet," and himself the wretched delinquent. A month he remained imprisoned at Ragasen, undergoing several examinations, which would have proved unfortunate, were it not for the kindness of a benevolent Jew, a Mr., to whom he is indebted both for his liberation and for the means of continuing his journey to France. This young man will, I fear, for some time, remain in an unfavourable state of mind rightly to appreciate our holy religion, which inculcates love, charity, justice, and which sternly repudiates everything that is contrary to these principles. Mr. BRUNNER subsequently informs us that "the poor Russian refugee is reading the New Testament with great interest. He said to me, the other day, that he 'regretted much not to have read the New Testament when in the Russian army, because it might have enabled him, though a Jew, to remind Christians of the love of Christ.'" Poetry. THE DEATH OF AARON. The High Priest of Israel trod And as he went his people wept, for Would see his face no more. He had laid his censer down, His voice was hushed, which oft o'er In songs of high and solemn praise, and His work had reached its close. Anon, he reached the brow Of that lone mountain in Arabia's land; And Aaron calmly stood close on the verge Of the Eternal strand. And soon the summons came, Conveyed by angels from the King of While kindred angels gathered round His spirit on their wings. Type of our Great High Priest ! And thou hast laid aside thine earthly robes |