things for assistance from above, and closed the examination with prayer. I have procured lodgings for Rabbi H. L. in the vicinity of my house.

BAPTISM OF AN ISRAELITE.

Sept. 24 (Communion-Sunday). - Our Bishop preached in the morning. Mr. Hanauer was baptized in the afternoon at the German service by his Lordship. I preached from Acts ii. 37 to the end of the chapter. Our little chapel was filled; there were several German travellers in the city who were present. Thus another son of Abraham has been added to our community on Mount Zion. May the Lord, in mercy, add many more to our number!

Sept. 26.-I visited the family of Dr. Kiel, who informed me that his Jewish neighbours had behaved very unkindly to them since the time they had openly professed their belief in Christianity. I told them they must expect persecutions from their unbelieving brethren, for they treated our Saviour in the same way; and he hath said, "The servant is not better than his Master." I then went to Rabbi Levi, and gave him some instructions at his own house. His wife, who is a native of the Coast of Africa, said, "O that I could read the Scriptures; how I should rejoice; I never felt my ignorance so much in that respect as at the present moment." I told her I hoped she would be able to learn to do so, as the Scriptures are able to make us wise unto salvation.

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Sept. 27.-A venerable Jew, belonging to the sect of the Chasidim, called upon me. I had often conversed with him, both at his own lodgings and in my house. To-day he was more open than formerly, and I pressed upon him the necessity of an atonement for our sins, and referred him to Isaiah liii. I gave him a copy of the "Old Paths," and of the " City of Refuge," which he took home. After he had left, one of the secret inquirers came. I hope in the Lord that

this son of Abraham will soon make a good profession of his belief in Christ, and come out with his family from Jewish darkness unto the glorious light of the Gospel!

Sept. 28.-I spent most of the day in the Jewish quarter, and visited several families, and also some of the Jeshiboth.

STATE OF THE COLLEGE.

Oct.-Through the blessing from on high, I have been enabled to continue to give my Hebrew lessons to the inmates of our College; and I am happy to state that they make great progress. I have begun to translate Hebrew into English with them. They are very anxious to improve their minds, and therefore study very hard. They are always the first at morning and evening prayers, and show by their lives and conversation that they are Christ's. They are occasionally visited by Jews, to whom they give an account of the hope that is in them; and I doubt not but that their intercourse with their brethren according to the flesh will prove a blessing to many. The Jew who enters the College for the first time cannot but be struck with the quietness, the cleanliness, and the peace which reigns within those walls; he cannot help comparing it with their own Jeshiboth; and truth will compel him to confess that Christianity is superior in every respect to the doctrine of the Talmud; for the former elevates the heart and mind of man, gives to all his faculties a new and sanctified character, expands his views, and prepares him to be a useful member of society in this world, and an heir of that which is to come; whilst the latter not only leaves man where it finds him, but by inculcating falsehood and superstition, by bewildering his mind by fanciful speculations, draws him aside from civilization and from truth.

I instructed and prepared Dr. K. and his family for holy baptism, until they were interrupted by severe

illness. On the 16th inst., Mrs. K. was attacked, and a few days afterwards the doctor himself fell ill. I am thankful to say, that to-day (Oct. 30) they are again so far recovered, that I am able to continue the instruction; and I hope they will be fully prepared to participate in the holy rite, by which they will be received into Christ's Church, by Christmas next. The Jews have, in various ways, endeavoured to dissuade them from joining our Church. They have particularly directed their attacks on Mrs. and Miss K., but grace was given unto them to withstand the assaults of the enemy. May this grace ever sustain, strengthen, and encourage them!

CANDIDATES FOR BAPTISM.

I mentioned that Rabbi J. L., with his wife and two children, were under instruction, and that they had taken lodgings in the vicinity of my house. I continued to instruct this family until the 17th inst. when Rabbi J. L. came to me after morning prayer, and told me that his wife had left the house, together with his two children, and that he did not know where she had gone to. However, her retreat was soon discovered, and, being an Austrian subject, he applied to the Austrian Consular Agent, Rabbi Jeshayah, for assistance to enable him to make her return; but up to the present time he has received no satisfactory answer from Rabbi Jeshayah. Poor Rabbi J. L. is in great distress about his wife and children; he can form no idea why she should thus have left him, nor can he tell whether or not the Jews forced her, with the children, away from the house while he was absent at morning prayers, as he has not as yet been able to obtain an interview with her.

M., the Hungarian, whom also I have under instruction, is going on well; and, being a very good tailor, he has proved quite an acquisition to our little community. He has established himself in his business,

and finds sufficient work to employ himself and a journeyman. I have hopes that he will have still more when he becomes better known, as there is no other tailor here who can work well. I trust he will be ready for baptism by Christmas.

L. M., another candidate for baptism, is also showing, by his quiet unassuming manner, and by his diligent study of the holy Scriptures, that the Spirit of the Lord has directed him into the way which leadeth to eternal life.

The daughter of Mr. Ducat, who has now been under instruction for a considerable time, will, I trust, soon be baptized. Thus, through the goodness of our God, our little community on Mount Zion will soon have six more members added to it. May the Lord increase the number of his spiritual worshippers in the Holy City? May he direct many sons of Abraham from the error of their ways into the glorious fellowship of the Gospel; and may the law soon again go forth from Mount Zion, and the Word of God from Jerusalem.

SECRET BELIEVERS.

There are several secret believers, who also come for regular instruction, in order that they may the sooner be ready for baptism, when they come entirely out from the Jews. That there is a work of the Spirit amongst the sons of Jacob in the Holy City is manifest, and it is therefore plainly our duty to strengthen the work. We greatly feel the want of means for usefully employing the inquirers and converts.

INTERCOURSE WITH JEWS.

I am also visited by other Jews, who, although as yet sitting in darkness as regards the truth, are brought by curiosity to my house on such excuses as inquiring whether such an Israelite has embraced Christianity, and for what reason? which, by an easy transition, enables me to lay before them the whole plan of God for the salvation of mankind. And I am sure that many who have thus called, prejudiced against us, have left with a salutary impression of the truth on their minds. Again, others frequently come to request that I would write a letter for them, or translate one they have received, or send their letters to Europe: all of which I gladly do, as I am anxious to show the Jewish community that I wish to do them good, and to assist them in any way that I possibly can, and to make them practically acquainted with the principles of Christianity, which teach us to embrace the whole human race in our benevolence, to point out to them that, although we differ in the most essential points of doctrine, yet we consider them as brethren, and that our bounden duty is to love them as ourselves, according to the Divine commandment. I am anxious to let them know, that, although they are enemies of the Gospel, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.

CONFIDENCE OF THE JEWS IN THE MISSIONARY.

I am happy to state, that I have gained their confidence in a high degree; and am often myself a little surprised when even some of the most distinguished members of the Jewish community call upon me to ask my advice on some difficult matter, or to settle some of their differences; and so it happens that I am made the depository of many of their valuable documents until they have arranged their variances. I have now some such documents in my