assist each other; connected with this, there should be an Institution for the education of both sexes of Israelitic children, a catechetical school, or school of instruction in the Christian evangelical doctrines of faith, for those adult Jews who might join the Colony; as well as a regular school for instruction in various kinds of workmanship, so that the Jews might no longer be exposed to their pursuit of traffic and concomitant corruption, but be, trained unto a life of industry.

And in reliance upon the Almighty aid of God, I have determined to found such a Colony, unto which my way has been more especially opened, by the work of faith which the Lord has through grace given me to perform, viz. : the establishment of an Institution for the benefit of forsaken orphans and children of criminals, of which the accompanying plan and report will furnish you some idea.

As this work, however, has called into requisition all my pecuniary powers in order to accomplish something considerable for this establishment, and as something of moment must be done in Germany before we can meet with desirable aid, therefore, in consequence of your Public Call, I turn to you my dear brethren, in the Lord! with the urgent prayer, that though the ocean is between us, you would nevertheless extend to me your helping hand, in order that I may be enabled completely to execute this work, in one of the finest and most suitable parts of Germany, in the vicinity of the Rhine. Consider the numerous expenses which such an establishment requires, for land, buildings, and utensils for manufactures; and promote by an energetic support, a labour of love, which, without your aiding arm would perhaps not flourish before the expiration of at least the first ten

years.

Many Jews in Germany, who have embraced Christianity, and who are familiar with arts and trades, are ready to devote themselves to such a work,

for the salvation of their people, and wait
with the most ardent desire to enter in
such wise upon a course of active em-
ployment.

To convince you the more effectually,
my beloved brethren in the Lord, of the
high interest which engages my soul for
this sacred concern, which, properly
ought to be the concern of all true
Christians, and that you might be able
to inquire most minutely into every
think you wish to know on the subject,
I have concluded to send unto you, at
my own expense, Mr. Jadownisky a
faithful brother of the house of Israel,
who will attend to your counsel in this
sacred concern, which fills his heart also
with lively emotion, and will deliver to
me your messages, and perfectly ac-
quaint himself with the organization of
your Colony, so that ours may be form-
ed as a complete preparatory school for
yours.

I therefore sincerely beseech you to impart to him particular instruction concerning all the conditions and relations of your settlement, in order that I may know, for which branches, whether for agriculture, arts, or manufactures, I should principally and chiefly prepare my pupils; and in what manner the voyage, reception, and residence in your settlement, are conditioned and practicable.

I commend my fraternally beloved friend and envoy Jadownisky to your faithful fraternal love and care, and again repeat my urgent prayer; Q brethren, beloved brethren in Christ, let me not entreat you in vain for help; with ardent desire I await the evidences of your love!

The rich, everlasting grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the precious Holy Spirit, guide and bless your steps for the enlightening of Israel who are buried in the night and shadow of death.

Unto all the dear members of your society, to whom I extend with cordial affection the hand of a brother, in the mutual exertion toward one and the

same holy object, the spreading of the

quence was, that further information favourable to Christianity could not be circulated among them, and the institution above mentioned was discontinued.

In our day we perceive among Christians of different nations and denominations an interest in the welfare of that people and many begin to think it a duty to care for their state. This has been especially manifested by the Society organized through the indefatigable labours of the Rev. Mr. Frey, about twelve years ago in London, who, possessed of greater means than Callenberg, has not only reprinted and circulated his Gospels and tracts, but thousands of copies of the whole of the New Testament, with additional tracts, in Hebrew, Hebrew German, and Hebrew Polish. It also sends out Missionaries, and its labours thus far have not been unattended with a divine blessing. In confirmation of that fact, and among other interesting things contained in a letter of Dr. Steinkopf, giving an account of the anniversary of the Society for the conversion of the Jews, held in London, May 4, 1821, he declared, that it was an undeniable fact, that in many lands and provinces, there exists a continually increasing desire on the part of the Jews to become more accurately acquainted with the truths of Christianity, and to receive oral and written instruction on this subject, and especially from the New Testament.

During the presence of Mr. Marc, a faithful brother of the house of Israel, and an agent of the London Society at Frankfort on Main, a small Society was formed in that city for the benefit of the Jews, who, in the course of one year, rejoiced in the conversion to the Christian faith of no less than twenty Israelites. Among these was a venerable Rabbi of the name of Bergmann, aged about 64 years, who is not unknown in the literary world. At the time of meeting of the great Sanhedrim assembled by the Emperor Napoleon, at Paris, he wrote against the superstitious doctrines of the Talmud. This man

was instructed and baptized by Pastor Stein. There was also a Mr. Adler, sonin-law of the principal Rabbi of Bonn, on the Rhine, who joined the Christian church with his wife and four children; these were instructed and baptized by Pastor Manuel, of the French Reformed Church. Principally, however, these converts were composed of young people of the principal Jewish families, some of whom were employed as teachers of Jewish congregations in the vicinity of Frankfort, and others in institutions and private houses in Frankfort. They forsook their employments, and regardless of the threats of their fathers, the tears of their mothers and sisters, and the ridicule of their political friends, by whom they were considered as fanatics, made a free and public profession of their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. They were instructed and baptized by Pastors Spiess, Stein, Blum, Handwerk, and Kirchner. These and other instances like these, show the latest progress of Christianity among the Jews in Germany, and with some of these you have doubtless, brethren, been made acquainted, through the medium of the public prints. But the hindrances to propagating the Gospel among the Jews, are unspeakably greater than the facilities. The former are seldom learned from the public prints, and therefore deserve the more particular attention, for if we wait for that information from the public prints, it may be received when it is too late.

Christians, friends of Israel, if you knew with me, what a rich harvest might be gathered among the Jews in Germany, and knew also how little has thus far been done to effect it, you would weep aloud with me, as those did who are noted in Ezra iii. 12, when they saw and compared the foundation of the second temple with that of the first.

Of the many and different hindrances and difficulties to the knowledge and profession of Christianity among the Jews, I will only mention some of

those of which I have been an eye witness. To relate only a few of these will be sufficiently grievous.

Several young Israelites of unblemished character, who had been brought by perusal of the Holy Scriptures, to think seriously of the state of their souls, and who in the spring of the last year applied to Pastor Stein, one of the most worthy Christian ministers in Frankfort, to receive evangelical instruction, were informed by that excellent man, with heartfelt sorrow, that they must first procure employment among Christians. Now as this was not so easy to be obtained, and as the thought occurred to them that in making the application they might be considered as interested hypocrites, they found themselves under the necessity of returning to Judaism. And are they not now in a situation in which they are tempted to put down every favourable thought of Christianity that may arise in their inmost souls? Missionaries, therefore, and ministers, when Israelites, by the influence of the Holy Spirit, are awakened by their conversation or preaching, and open their hearts to them, are placed in the most distressing dilemma.

Another young Israelite, who was baptized last spring by Rev. Mr. Peterson, of Weidmar, left his able parents at Cologne, and hired himself to a farmer, on condition that he would suffer him to obtain Christian instruction from an evangelical minister. This part of the contract was most shamefully disregarded by his employer, who, under various pretexts, kept back this poor Israelite, starving for the knowledge of the truth, from day to day, until the case was discovered by a Christian farmer in the neighbourhood, who gave him employment, and sent him for instruction to the minister above named.

How many an Israelite, whose heart is touched by the Gospel, and who feels a desire of instruction, in not knowing whither he shall go, falls into the hands of such nominal Christians; and finding himself deceived in his expectations of

an example in them worthy of the Christian profession, is driven back again into Judaism.

On my way to this country, I met in a small town on the borders of Germany, a converted Jew, who by the reading of the New Testament was brought to reflection. For a whole year he paid stolen visits, (for he then lived with his parents,) to a Christian minister of the place, to obtain Christian instruction. That well-disposed minister was satisfied of the faith of this Israelite, but would not consent to his union to the Christian church, until he had obtained some secular employment. When the Israelite, however, who could no longer conceal his faith in Christ, insisted upon being baptized, that sacred rite was administered. He is now without bread, and would be forsaken, were it not for his Jewish father, who, less barbarous than others under similar circumstances, pays occasional attention to his wants.

In a letter from our beloved Marc to Peter Diederichs, Director and Corresponding Secretary of the Elberfeld Missionary Society, after a late Missionary excursion on the Rhine, he observed among other things-" Generally, I may venture to say, that all the Jewish teachers in the whole vicinity of the Rhine, are inclined to receive the Christian religion, if they only knew how, as Christians, they should obtain their temporal support. The harvest indeed is ripe, and requires only sun-shine to gather it."

Independent of difficulties of the above description, the Jews themselves, on the other hand, are concerned to destroy every rising germ of Christian knowledge. They abuse and vilify, not only in societies and in public prints, those who go out from among them, but associate to buy up and commit to the flames, all writings of every description, prepared and circulated among them for their illumination and conversion.

On a view of the whole ground, beloved Christians, if we continue to em