Averted Conversion of a Gentile to Judaism Page Jews of Hebron Further Intercourse with do. Importance of Hebron as a Missionary Station Plain of Mamre MISSIONARY LABOURS IN THE CITY OF JERUSALEM. THE JERUSALEM BISHOPRIC. "REJOICE ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her all ye that mourn for her :-for thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will extend peace unto her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream. As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort be comforted in Jerusalem." you; and ye shall "The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." And thus the appointment of a bishop of the circumcision, who was to reside on Mount Zion, as chief pastor of the Church of Christ there, is no new thing; although it appears to many to be so. Jerusalem has had fifteen Hebrew bishops in succession, from James, brother of our Lord, who was the first, down to Judas, who was the last of them. Nearly 1,700 years have elapsed since this son of Abraham occupied the Episcopal chair in the holy City. This vacancy is now again filled up. DEPARTURE. The Bishop preached his farewell sermon on the B 8th of November, 1841, in the Episcopal Jews' Chapel, Palestine-place, before an unusually large congregation. He had chosen for his text the following words of Holy Writ: "And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." The impression this sermon produced will never be forgotten by all those who heard it. Our party, who were to embark on board Her Majesty's steamer, Devastation, at Gosport, amounted to twenty persons, the Bishop and his family, the Rev. G. Williams, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, Chaplain to the Bishop, Dr. Macgowan, of Exeter, Physician to the Jerusalem Mission, myself, and family, and five servants. Having taken leave of our friends and relatives, we set out. On the 3d of December, 1841, we left by the railroad for Portsmouth, where we intended to go on board our vessel immediately; but when we arrived in Southampton we were informed that some accident had happened between that place and Portsmouth, and that we could not proceed any farther by the train. An omnibus was, however, procured, which carried us on to Gosport, where we arrived too late to go on board. The Bishop having received an invitation to stay with Archdeacon Wilberforce, I and my family remained at the inn. Dec. 4.-The Bishop and myself went on board, where we were informed that a new commander had been appointed, (the former being prevented by ill health from taking the command of the vessel,) who would be here next Monday, and that we should leave |