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GLEANINGS.

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"I FEEL," says the late Dr. Bogue, "that I am not doing justice to God's ancient people, while I place them on a level with the mass of the Gentile world. They have more particular claims upon us; they have a superior title to our regard; and our obligations to seek their conversion and salvation are bound upon our hearts with stronger cords.

"That we Gentiles received the Gospel from the Jews and are indebted to them for all that we know of Jesus and redeeming love, will be universally acknowledged, for the Gospel came forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem, and on this account their debtors verily we are. What I plead for, brethren, is, that you and I should acknowledge and pay the debt, by communicating to them that Gospel which they first communicated to us. That this may be placed at the head of the list of cases of equity will appear from a more ample statement.

"It is the very same thing that the Jews did to us, which it is required that we should do to them. It is the Gospel which they gave to us; and it is the Gospel which we are called upon to give to them. This can be done without injuring ourselves. The assistance required from each individual Christian for this purpose is such, that impoverished by it no one can be, or even sensibly affected in his circumstances. If there be a change, he will consider himself the richer for what he gives. Those Jews who first communicated the Gospel to the Gentiles, left father and mother, brethren and sisters, and their home and their country, and their worldly business and substance, in order to enrich us with the heavenly treasure: but how small in respect to sacrifice is that which is required of us in return! Further, it can be done too with far less difficulty and danger. Those benevolent Hebrews who conveyed the Gospel to us, whether immediately, or by the intervention of others, in order to accomplish the object, were obliged to leave their native country, and to travel through many a land, in much labour and toil, or to embark on the ocean with danger a hundred-fold greater than at present, and, wherever they went, they carried their lives in their hands. (See 2 Cor. xi. 23-28.) To the savage caprice, to the cruel hatred of our

ancestors-unfeeling, bigoted, barbarous pagans-they were exposed. Contempt, reproach, ridicule, insult, injury, were their daily lot: they had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover, of bonds and imprisonments; and many of them suffered death in its most horrid and cruel forms. To repay the mighty debt we need not leave our country, or our fathers' house. The posterity of Abraham dwelt in the midst of us; and if they receive the Gospel, they will carry it for us to their brethren in foreign lands. I shall only add, that the debt has long been owing: and, therefore, it is more than time that it should be paid. It is now upwards of sixteen hundred years since the inhabitants of this island first received the Gospel, and the Jews communicated to us of their spiritual things. How much may we now consider it as enhanced in value; and the obligation of repaying it increased!"

INTELLIGENCE.

BRITISH SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE
GOSPEL AMONG THE JEWS.

From Mr. E.'s Journal.

My countryman, C. B. called upon me to inform me that he is going to leave England for his own country. I was very much pleased to see that the labour bestowed upon him had not been quite in vain, and, for aught I know, it may be that his plan of not embracing Christianity in this country may, after all, turn out to be lawful and advisable, and that it may be the means of furnishing him with an opportunity for much greater usefulness. He told me his purpose with such emotion and evident sincerity, that it did not leave a doubt upon my mind as to his being firm in the belief of the Redeemer. "I am exceedingly obliged to you," said he, "for the instructions you have given me so long a time. I am fully convinced of the truth as it is in Jesus, and of the duty of confessing Him before men as my only Redeemer, and I would have done so, had it not been that the thought of my brethren in the North weighed upon my mind. The law of their country forbids them the opportunity of hearing the Gospel, as missionaries to them are not tolerated, and the resident clergy do not take the trouble of proclaiming the Gospel to the Jews. Hence, they are altogether in the dark about Christianity, and they look upon it as mere idolatry. They have not even the least idea that it has anything to do with the Bible. I have, therefore, made up my mind to return home. Oh! see the good which may be done among the Jews in Russia by one who knows what real Christianity is! I wish to preach to my brethren, declaring to them the Messiah, and I am certain that many of them will bless me for my enterprise."

Visited

From Mr. M.'s Journal.

a very intelligent Israelite, who received me kindly, and was anxious to hear me explain several of the Christian doctrines. From his conversation I was led to believe that he searched the Old and New Testaments diligently: his chief objection was that the doctrine of the Trinity implied a plurality of gods. "The Bible," said he, "teaches us, 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me.'" I replied,

"If Jesus had intended to teach us the existence of three gods, he would certainly not have told the scribes with whom he reasoned, that the first of all the commandments was, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord." And with this agrees the doctrine of the apostles, who knew "that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one." "6 But," said Mr. "if a Christian believes in the Trinity, he ought to be able to explain it.” I said, "By no means. As a Jew, you believe in God, but who can find him out unto perfection? If you cannot fathom the Unity, how can I fathom the Trinity, of the Godhead?" I further endeavoured to convince him of the utter uselessness of meddling with a subject which is beyond the reach of our faculties. "I cannot tell how my soul acts within my body, or how a tree grows under the influences of nature: God has given us intelligent powers, and we are responsible for their exercise; but there are, every one must confess, many subjects involved in mystery, which our utmost intelligence cannot penetrate." We then spoke together of the sinfulness of our nature, and the need of being pardoned by faith in the Messiah. I rejoice to be able to state that Mr. is sincere in his inquiry into the truth of Christianity, and manifests a teachable spirit. He is also anxious to have his children instructed in the word of God. As I entered the house, I found a worn-out Bible on the table, which he frequently read. May the Lord by his Spirit, teach him to "prove all things, and hold fast that which is good!"

A young Israelite, just come from the continent, called upon me several times, professing, alas! to be a free-thinker, believing in the existence of neither God nor devil. I asked him if it were not revolting to his conscience as an Israelite-one of a community who are living monuments of the truth of God-and in face of the marvellous arrangements of providence, to deny the existence of a Supreme Being. Every time he called upon me, I reasoned with him on this point, and exhorted him to prepare to meet that God before whom he must surely one day stand. A few days ago, I learned from a friend, that this young lad has been since in a most fearful state of mind. He even expressed a fear that the Malachhamaveth would come by night, and bear him away in his sleep. The following day, he came and asked for a Jewish prayer-book; I gave him a New Testament and some tracts, and he proposed to me several questions about the doctrines of Christianity.

From Mr. S.'s Journal.

She immediately

Went with my wife to pay a visit to Mrs. recognised me as one of her nation, and began to speak, in very high terms, of the Jewish religion, adding that she was firmly resolved never to renounce it. I endeavoured to prove the truth of Christianity, showing that even Abraham was justified by faith. I said, "Every true Christian is an Israelite indeed." She observed, "If Jesus was the Messiah, why was he crucified?" In reply to which, I quoted several prophecies, and especially Dan. ix. 26, "Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself." She would not believe that such a passage was contained in the Old Testament, upon which her daughter, out of curiosity, went up stairs to fetch a Bible. Mrs. L—— appeared surprised to see it, as also did her