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resting-place for them amongst the gentiles, and ardently did they long for the day when the outcasts of Zion should be collected, and return and be at rest. Now, where they are no longer oppressed, they are content with the present, or strive only after political privileges; as if England, or France, or Germany, were their home. Thus, while their prayer-books say, as plainly as language can, that they have no home amongst the nations; whilst Christians, who love their nation, reiterate both the inspired and uninspired words of their greatest men; these reformed Jews assert that the countries in which they live are their homes. Thus, like ourselves, when blessed with a freedom from trials, too many of the people of Israel are content, though they still wander in foreign lands. Desolate Jerusalem has few charms for him who sits at ease in a now happier country. Waste, forsaken Palestine holds out few inducements to the children of civilization and comfort; and in the enjoyment of these, the desire to return to their true fatherland expires. Jerusalem belongs to the past. There may exist the belief that God will restore Jerusalem, but it is not practical. It does not lead them to long for her day of glory, as their fathers did, and as the devout of their nation do. Yet whilst their prayer-book is retained, there will exist this testimony of the past to the longing desires and hopes of their nation, at a period celebrated for the learning and devotion of the compilers of their ritual. We add another extract or two from the daily prayers, illustrative of this :

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On the ninth day of the month Ab, say the following.

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(Comfort, O Lord, our God! the mourners of

Zion, and the mourners of Jerusalem, the city that mourns, which also lays waste and is destroyed; reproached and desolate; who mourns for the sake of her children, that is solitary for her inhabitants, robbed of her honour, desolate without the inhabitants of her dwellers; with her head ashamed, like unto a barren woman that beareth not. She is overwhelmed with sorrow, because her inheritors are worshippers of images, who smote thy people Israel with the sword, and slew wilfully the saints of the Most High. Therefore Zion with bitterness weepeth, and Jerusalem lifteth up her voice. O, my heart! my heart grieveth for those that were slain; O, my bowels! my bowels, for those that were killed; for thou, O Lord! with fire hast consumed it, and with fire wilt again rebuild it; as it is written, for I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. Blessed art thou, O Lord! the comforter of Zion and the builder of Jerusalem.)

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Blessed art thou, O Lord! who rebuildest Jerusalem."

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O that our eyes may behold thy return to Zion with mercy. Blessed art thou, O Lord! who restoreth his Divine presence unto Zion."

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May it be acceptable in the presence of our Father, who is in heaven, to re-establish the holy temple, and to cause the resplendence of His glory to be present in the midst of us, speedily, and in our days; and let us say, Amen."

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May it be acceptable in the presence of our Father, who is in heaven, to cause us to hear the

good tidings of salvation and comfort; and that our dispersion may be gathered from the four extremities of the earth; and let us say, Amen.

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May the Omnipresent have mercy on our brethren, the whole house of Israel, who are in trouble and captivity, whether by sea or land; and bring them from oppression to enlargement, from darkness to light; and from bondage to freedom; now, speedily, and in a short time; and let us say, Amen.”

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May He who performed miracles for our ancestors, and redeemed them from bondage to freedom, redeem us speedily, and gather our dispersed (the united people of Israel) from the four corners of the earth; and let us say, Amen."

In the additional service for the new year, we have this affecting appeal:

"But because of our sins we have been exiled from our native country, and removed from our own land; so that we are not able to perform our duty in the habitation that thou hast chosen us, even in that magnificent and holy house in which thy name was called; because of the hand which is stretched out against thy sanctuary. May it please thee, O Eternal, our God, and our fathers' God! most merciful King! to return unto us through thine abundant mercy, and to compassionate us and thy sanctuary. O rebuild it speedily, and exalt its glory. O, our Father! our King! manifest the glory of thy kingdom over us speedily; shine forth and exalt thyself in the sight of all the living. O gather our dispersion from among the nations, and assemble our outcasts from the extremities of the earth!

Conduct us unto Zion, thy city, with joyful song, and unto Jerusalem, the residence of thy holy temple, with everlasting joy."

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Truly do the prayers of the Jews confess that native country," their own land," is not amidst the Gentiles. Their prayers_agree with Moses and the prophets; whilst the assertion of many amongst them, that they have a home, a permanent dwelling-place amongst the nations, is opposed to the word of God, and leads them to slight His promises of restoration and future glory.

MISSIONS TO THE JEWS.

IN every part of the missionary field the good work prospers. Difficulties and disappointments and trials there are and must be; yet do we continually hear of one and another Israelite openly professing his faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, and of numbers awakened to serious enquiry and diligent searching the Scriptures of truth.

Recent reports from Warsaw inform us that on May 4th two Israelites were baptized there, and on Sunday, the 9th of the same month, six others; three of whom are adults, and three children.

From Berlin, Mr. Bellson writes that on Sunday, May 2, he baptized a young Jew in that place, twenty-four years of age, after two months instruction.

On the 13th of May, he baptized two young children of a believing Jew.

On Whit-Monday, he baptized a Jewess from

Posen, whom he had instructed for eight months. She is the Aunt of four children who were baptized on Easter-day.

From Königsberg, Mr. Noesgen informs us that on May 25th, he baptized an Israelite in that place, whom he had instructed for four months.

From Frankfort-on-the-Maine, Mr. Poper in-.. forms us of the baptism of a Jewish family. This took place on Sunday, May 16. The head of the family is a learned Jew who was baptized on Feb. 3rd; now his wife, his son, and four of his daughters (one of them at Strasburg, on the same day with her mother and sisters), have joined the Church of Christ.

From Bucharest, Mr. Mayers informs us of the baptism of two Israelites on May 1st.

The Rev. B. W. Wright, and the Rev. J. C. Hartmann, have recently made a tour in Posen and Western Prussia. In the conclusion of an interesting report of their journey, Mr. Wright remarks:

Never before had we seen such well-filled churches, such marked attention among the Jews to the Word of God, and commotion subsequent to the hearing of the same. When we consider what ideas are instilled into the minds of the Jews, in regard to the Christian religion, and with what feelings they are taught to look upon it, it is wonderful that they should press forward in the way that we have seen, into a Christian Church, as if driven by an unseen impetus, or guided by an unseen hand; such a sight has not been witnessed in the Church since the apostolic age.

During this short journey, about 1,900 Jews have heard the Gospel preached, or about one

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