or any of them, then to shut them up to the necessity of laying aside their name of Jews-to insist that, as honest men, they ought to cease to call themselves Jews, when they have none of the characteristics, and as wise men they ought to avoid the reproach and disgrace, if they don't expect any of the advantages, of the sons of Abraham.

"A person called on me a few days ago, and by the first glance I saw he was a Jew. Before he had completed his second bow I had discovered that he was not a Hamburger, and that he was more of an Englishman than anything else. But why that look of bitter melancholy, if he was an English Jew? Had he been a Pole or a Russian, I could have accounted for the lines of mental anguish depicted in the face. Had he been from Popish Austria, I could have given some reason why his eye should be 'set with grief.' Before he had come half way up the room I saw that there was something very peculiar in his manner, and felt deeply interested in his person and his history. I was very much astonished when he professed inability to speak anything but German and Hebrew: he declined giving his name, or telling whence he came. Still there was an honesty in his face; and his high intellectual forehead, his polished manner, his bright eye, and the clear tones of his voice told me I had no common person before me. Our conversation soon turned to the hopes of Israel. I spoke of bright days gone by-days of peace in Palestine; of the glories of the reign of David, and Solomon, and Hezekiah: of the hopes that cheered them as they looked forward to the latter days; of the prophecies in which they trusted so firmly; of the joy that brightened Jacob's eye, when he delivered his patriarchal blessing to Judah before gathering his feet up into the bed and yielding up the ghost; of the confidence with which Isaiah and Daniel looked forward to a Messiah, and told the very time of His appearance. Still the unsettled eye of the stranger told that I had touched no chord in his heart. No corresponding sentiment was awakened, and beyond mere assent or dissent I gained nothing. I paused to find the train of his thoughts, and turned to the sufferings of the nation that refused the prophet like Moses-spoke of that prophet being as good as his word for illhinted at the literal fulfilment of every letter of that curse, over and over again. He trembled on his seat, and exclaimed, with deep feeling and a look I shall not soon forget, Das ist wahr―That is true; that is true.' The conversation having continued for some time on the certainty of one who is faithful in remembering his threatenings being faithful in his promises too, he trembled, his whole frame shook, he grasped his cane the more firmly, the tear stood in his eye. Laying his hand on my shoulder, he says, with slow and deliberate tones, Can you show me a passage that says Israel expected a Saviour, and that Jesus of Nazareth is he? Having repeated his inquiry in a tone of entreaty, I pointed him to the Shiloh. He shook his head. To the Virgin shall conceive.' Ah, that will not do.' To 'the Man of sorrows, wounded for our transgressions.'Ah, I have reasoned myself out of that.' To the prophet like Moses, and the note which he admitted to be Ezra's in the last chapter of Deuteronomy, that there had been no prophet like Moses. Still he shook his head. Ah! I know the prophecies well; I have reasoned myself out of them all.' Well, what is to done? I must leave the head and try the heart. I tried to show him Jesus; his life, his love, his miracles, his death, his resurrection, his sympathy, his promises. Still that roaming eye told he was unsatisfied. 'I wish,' he says, I had been born a Christian, for then I could have believed all this.' We spoke of the invitation, full and free-no Greek nor Jew. The day was now far spent, and I had an engagement, so that I allowed him to take his leave. He returned the next day, and told me his history, or at least a part of it, and expressed willingness to learn more of the power of religion over the heart, and the constraining influ ence of love. We spoke of the peace of the gospel, the fruits of the Spirit,

the joy of believing; read the eighth chapter of Romans, some portions of Hebrews pointing to the High Priest of the order of Melchizedek, and the last chapter of Revelations. He accepted of a Bible, as a remembrance of the hours we spent together; and I marked these last words of love to the beloved disciple- Whosoever will, let him come.' We knelt down and prayed. I trust he shall soon find peace. All I am at liberty to say is, that he has spent much of his life in England, and is a lecturer in one of our colleges. He has tried to fly from his conscience, but it pursues him still.

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"Our course is much chequered. Good-natured people are these Germans. They have forgotten the distinction which their ancestors once made between lex and jus. Whatever once becomes lex to the mind of a German conveys of necessity the idea of jus too. Accordingly, some of my good-natured friends come frequently to advise me to be very cautious-that distributing tracts, preaching in German, holding prayer-meetings in my house, and all such dangerous and unconstitutional practices, are contrary to Hamburg law, and will be punished for the first offence with a fine of about L.15, and the second offence banishment. I sometimes console them with the information that I do not think such caution is one of the rules of our Society, but that I do know a rule of the Society, that when one man falls they fill his place with two. If I am expelled, my place will be filled with two men of more energy, and prudence, and zeal; that when they are banished, four will be sent, wiser and better, and more devoted still; so that Satan had better remain very quiet on this point, or he will repent it.

My plan for some weeks has been to announce in the newspapers my intention to preach. I thus gain publicity to our work, and give strangers who are merely passing through the town an opportunity of knowing that there are such people here. Saturday afternoon is found the most convenient time, and[ have had an audience of from thirty to forty individuals, two-thirds of whom are Jews. On Saturday, the 2d of August, we had a very good attendance, and I preached to them from the words, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord.' The doctrine taught was the Trinity, which I endeavoured to prove from their own Scriptures, and from their own paraphrasts. Having preached an hour, I dismissed them with an invitation to remain and show, if they could, any unfair argument or false translation of Scripture. We adjourned to the street, and there we had an opportunity, in the face of a godless Hamburg government, to preach for nearly another hour, in the open street, the unsearchable riches of Christ. Mr Moritz, of the London Missionary Society, who was expelled a few years ago, happening to be passing through town, was present with us. One band assembled round him, and another round me, and we had an hour that was well worth a whole lifetime. I might fill several sheets were I to give you the whole of our conversation."

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45. The Scottish Sabbath School Teacher's Magazine. No. VII, July 1845. Conducted by a Committee of the Edinburgh Sabbath School Teacher's Union. Edinburgh: James Gall & Son. 1845.

46. Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Epistles of Paul to the Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians. By Albert Barnes. Post 8vo, pp. 331.

New York: Harper Brothers. 1845.

47. The Third Report of the National Temperance Society. 8vo, pp. 50. London: Houlston and Stoneman. 1845.

48. The Ideal of the English Church. A Sketch. By the Rev. R. Montgomery, M. A., Author of "Luther," "The Gospel before the Age," &c. 8vo, pp. 75. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1845.

49. Contributions, Biographical, Literary, and Philosophical, to the Eclectic Review. By John Foster, Author of "Essays on Decision of Character," &c. Two vols. 8vo, pp. 570, 527. London: Ward & Co.

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50. Confessions of a Convert from Baptism in Water to Baptism with Water. 16mo, pp. 130. London: Snow. 1845.

51. Meditationes Hebraicæ; or, a Doctrinal and Practical Exposition of the Epistle of St Paul to the Hebrews. In a Series of Lectures. By the Rev. William Tait, Incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Wakefield. In 2 vols. 8vo, pp. 1254. London: Seeley. 1845.

52. Remains of the late Rev. John Morell Mackenzie, A.M., with a Selection from his Correspondence, and a Memoir of his Life. Fcap. 8vo, pp. 451. Edinburgh: Printed for private circulation by Fullarton & Co. 1845.

53. Illustrations of the Law of Kindness. By the Rev. G. W. Montgomery. Second Edition, with considerable additions, and a Supplementary Chapter on Almsgiving. By John Washbourn. Fcap. 8vo., pp. 226. London: Wiley and Putnam. 1845.

54. Stories of the Primitive and Early Church. By Sophia Woodroofe. Edited, with an Introduction, by G. S. Faber, B.D., Master of Sherburn Hospital, and Prebendary of Salisbury. 16mo, pp. 208. London: Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley. 1845.

55. Passages from the Life of a Daughter at Home. Fcap. 8vo, pp. 158. London Seeley, Burnside, and Seeley.

56. The Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets, Translated from the Original Hebrew with a Commentary, Critical, Philological, and Exegetical. By E. Henderson, D. D., 8vo, pp. 463. London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co. 1845.

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INDEX TO VOL. XVIII.

Aaron's Rod Blossoming, by George Children, Kingdom of Heaven among,

Boardman on Apostolical Succession, 385. Education, on National, 383.