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crowded. The Society has distributed in the last year upwards of 18000 Bibles and Testaments. There Yare many of the merchants and manufacturers who take a lively interest in the Society's prosperity; aiding it by their money, their counsel, and their prayers. The collection amounted to 290 dollars at the doors, and 150 at the altar.

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Taking a walk to a hill, from which there is a beautiful prospect of the town and of the Wupper Valley, in which it is situated, I found a monument erected to the tofirst messenger of the Gospel to these parts, S. Switbert, who came from England in 649 and died in 717.

The Darmstadt Bible Society is now in full activity. A regular Committee has been organized, consisting of very respectable clergy and laymen. Leander Van Ess has been appointed treasurer and secretary. The demand for the Scriptures is wonderfully increasing. The Testaments,distributed among the soldiers, promise a great and lasting blessing, Instead of spending their leisure hours at the public house, manyare observed sitting under the shade of a tree, silently perusing the words of life and salvation. Many of the officers are buying copies. Some general 1officers have been appointed memabers of the Committee. The Minibister of Finance has been chosen Vice-President. Two thousand co

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The Wurtemberg Bible Insti'tution, compared with other continental societies, is one of the most active. The King, the Queen, the Queen Dowager, the Duchess Louisa, with other distinguished personages, have repeatedly encouraged it by their donations.

"Yesterday I took a circuitous road through the provincial town of Boeblingen, where I had assisted three years ago in the establishment of an auxiliary The venerable Dean, who presided on that interesting occasion, has since been removed from these lower regions of sin and sorrow to the celestial mansions of eternal rest and perfect bliss; but to my great comfort I found the present Dean equally favourable to the Biblical cause. There is not a single parish in his deanery which has not sent in some contribution, and also received a supply of Bibles and Testaments. Soon after the establishment of a Bible Society, a Missionary Association was formed in aid of that existing at Basle. An apprehen

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29sent to the office of the war department, and afterwards distributed to the colonels of the different regiWtments, by whom a certain number a were allotted for each company. The hospitals have likewise been furnished with copies. The Professor is indefatigable in his exVertions to complete the translation bland printing of the Old Testament. 1814 There are still many of the Catholic parish clergy who support -9our intrepid friend Leander Van boEss, in his noble enterprise of disto seminating the word of life; and since he first came to Darmstadt which is little more than a year)

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institutions might clash; but so far from proving injurious, they have on the contrary proved highly beneficial to each other. The schoolmasters have proved peculiarly useful, in discovering the want, of the Scriptures, and in collecting the mites of the industrious poor.

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"I prosecuted my journey towards Ebnath, the centre of the Toggenburg Bible Society, met the Committee, three clergymen and four laymen. These friends labour and pray, that in their valleys and on their mountains the word of Christ may dwell richly, that it may be found in

every cottage, and rule in every heart, that even their dark recesses may be illumined by this heavenly light! I was particularly struck by the genuine regard and affection which our Toggenburg fellow-labourers felt and expressed for their British friends. In their labours they rejoice, in their triumphs they triumph. Oppressed (said the president) as we sometimes feel, by the discouragements we experience in our sphere, we turn our eyes tos wards the great work of God in Great Britain, Russia, and other still more remote parts of the world, and feel invigorated and cheered.

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At Zurich I met, in the house of the venerable Antistes Hess, the members of the Committee of the Zurich Bible Society, and a friend ly deputation from Basle and Wins terthur. The aged Antistes, now aighty-three, opened the transac tions by an address, the principal ideas of which he had written; but which he delivered freely, with a degree of intellectual strength and animation which would have astonished you. He appeared like a patriarch in the midst of a beloved family all present hanging upon his lips, and catching, as it were, every syllable he uttered, evidently under an impression that those lips, from which so much matured wis

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"The meeting of the members and friends of the Bern Bible Society, which I attended afterwards, was numerous and highly respectable. The Landamman expressed bis astonishment and safaction at the truly wonderful success which it had pleased God to grant to the labours of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The meeting of the Ladies' Associations proved peculiarly gratifying. behold so many ladies of the higher and middle ranks of society, engaged in this work of mercy with such cordiality and perseverance, filled my mind with joy and devout gratitude. They have sent consi derable contributions to the funds of the Bible Society; furnished hundreds of female servants with the word of life and salvation, prudently preferring cheap sale to gratuitous distribution; and have discovered in most of their subscribers a readiness of mind, not only to receive the Scriptures, but also to give their money. Some of the ladies pay a

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off I proceeded to Arau, where I met with a truly paternal reception from the president of the Argovian Bible Society, the Rev. Mr. Hunziker, under whose directiona Ladies' Association has been formed. Io metaito yesterday morning. Six married and as many unmarried ladies were present. They cannot act with the same freedom as ladies in England; but they cheerfully performs what their peculiar circum stances allow them to do. They have brought into circulation a number of Bibles and Testaments, and also made a present of 50 francs to the Argovian Bible Society.

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particular attention to female prisoners, some to orphans, others to peasants; and they have such satisfactory proofs of real good done by the circulation of the Scriptures, their work with alacrity pleasure. One instance was mentioned by the venerable Wyttenbach, of a profligate husband completely reformed by the means of a Bible given to his wife. He now attends the worship of God, which he had totally neglect ed before. hogy

"At Basle, the circulation of the New Testament among travelling mechanics, occupied the attention of the General Committee for upan wards of an hour. It was stated by the secretary, that only of lateq an attempt had been made to insq troduce the Scriptures among this numerous class of people; and so great was their desire to receive"} them, that within a short periodis

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1000 Protestant, and as many Catholic, Testaments of the version of Van Ess had been disposed of among the young men belonging to almost every province of Germany, Prussia, and Switzerland. The Antistes, in the name of all present, assured me, with that genuine Swiss openness and sincerity, and those truly Christian feelings, which characterise him, that they felt the deepest obligation to the British and Foreign Bible Society for the generous aid and cheering confidence which they had enjoyed on its part, from the very commencement of their Society; that they owed its very existence to the example and encouragement of their British friends; and while they would never cease to pray for the prosperity of the parent of all Bible Societies, they should also consider it a sacred duty and high privilege to prove faithful stewards of what their own countrymen, as well as their British friends, might be pleased to place at their disposal. A solemn prayer concluded the whole; and we returned home more determined to serve our God, and to render ourselves useful in our day and generation..

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active auxiliary exists there; and, though it has lost by death its valuable secretary, who had translated the first. volume of Mr. Owen's History of the Bible Society, God has raised up, on behalf of this auxiliary, other active promoters and friends. Two deans attended the meeting, one belonging to the Lutheran and the other to the Reformed Church.

"I had to pass the provincial town of Vaihingen, where I had succeeded three years ago in the establishment of an auxiliaryÁ short Report of its proceedings was read: several thousand florins had been collected, and upwards of 1200 Bibles and Testaments circulated. A fresh collection in the deanery is to be made; and an unanimous resolution passed, that' an address should be drawn up by the Dean, immediately printed, and copies transmitted to every clergyman for circulation among his parishioners. The officer of govern ment added his request, that each clergyman would have the goodnessTM to recommend the cause of the auxiliary from the pulpit to the attention and liberality of his people, and also send in as accurate an account as possible of the want of the Scriptures still existing.":\"t

"I proceeded to Canstadt, a celebrated bathing-place, about three miles distant from Stuttgardt. Ant LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIANITY #C AMONG THE JEWS.

FROM the last Annual Report of this Society we extract the following particulars.

The funds for the year amount to 12,426/., being an increase be yond that of last year of 1,5027.

There is stated to be an increas ing disposition to inquiry among the Jews in this country. Their rabbies not unfrequently discuss points of controversy, and remark upon the proceedings of the Society, in the pages of the Jewish Expositor, and these discussions and remarks are, for the most part, conducted in a mild and temperate spirit. Several of the Society's provincial meetings

and anniversary sermons, during the past year, have been attended by Jews. In the account of the Nor wich canniversary it is remarked, "A great interest was excited sat several of the sermons, by the at-l tendance of a number of Jews, who! heard, with respectful attention and lively interest, what was delivered i to themselves and respecting their nation." At the Liverpool annivers sary, a sermon preached expressly to the Jews was attended by from thirty to forty of them, and some pleasing conversation was held with them afterwards in the vestry,i Time

The Monthly Lectures on the

Old-Testament Types, at the Episcopal Chapel, Bethnal Green, have always been attended by some, and occasionally by several, Jews and Jewesses. Three Jews, two English, the other a Polish Jew, have been baptized on these occasions. A fourth Jew was baptized at Chichester, and a fifth at Manchester. The Committee hope well of the sincerity of all these converts.

The following have been the issues from the depository of the Society during the past year: Hebrew, German-Hebrew, and JudeoPolish, Testaments, 4,472; Prophets, German and Hebrew, 3,577; Hebrew Bibles and Testaments together, 1,510; total Scriptures, in whole or part, 9,559; Hebrew and German-Hebrew Tracts, 99,682; English, 36,940.

In the Missionary Seminary belonging to the institution, there were seven students. Four missionaries had gone forth in the service of the Society during the year. The total number of missionary agents employed under the direction of the Society, or in connexion with it, was eighteen.

The Society's foreign proceedings have been carried on chiefly in Holland, Germany, Prussia, Poland, the Mediterranean, Palestine, and India.

In Holland, a small association has been formed in Amsterdam, for the purpose of raising contributions to the funds of the Society. The Directors of the Jewish Synagogue at a town in Guelderland, had applied for Hebrew New-Testaments, and Tracts in Polish and German Hebrew. Mr. Thelwall has employed a converted Jew, who was baptized many years ago, in circulating tracts among his brethren; and who finds, in every part where he visits, great readiness to receive and read the Society's tracts.

From Germany Mr. Thelwall, who had travelled in that country for the Society, writes: "In every place we find some traces of the great work that is going on among the

Jews at present, which we cannot but consider as preparatory for greater things, and at least hail as a sure token that we have not entered upon the great work in which we are engaged at all too soon. We meet with abundant proofs that the time to sow the seed is fully come."

There exist, at present, two institutions for the reception of Jews in the neighbourhood of Dusseldorf, both still in their infancy, and entirely independent of each other. One of them, at a place called Dusselthal, is under the sole direction of a nobleman of distinguished piety and benevolence, Count Von der Recke Von Vollmarstein, who has long been deeply interested in the cause of Israel, and has devoted a considerable part of his property to the promotion of their welfare. His institution, however, is not confined to Jews, but is an asylum for destitute children of all denominations, as well as a kind of colony for Jewish proselytes to Christianity; who, however, are admitted only on the condition of learning some useful trade. The other institution is at a place named Stockham, and is more immediately devoted to the reception of such Jews as are suffering want and persecution on account of their profession of Christianity. Clothing and subsistence alone are provided, and these on the indispensable condition of learning useful trades.

The Secretary of the Elberfeld Society writes; "Allow me to transmit to you some copies of a small pamphlet, containing an account of the solemn baptism of a Jewish convert, who had formerly been a rabbin. He is now on a tour among his Jewish brethren."

The circulation of the Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament, forms a principal means of carrying the Society's views into effect. On this subject a communication has been received from Mr. Deiss, at Tambach, in which he says, "My Jew Rosenberg, after an absence of seventeen days, came

home in safety from his missionary tour. He carried (in spite of very inclement weather) on his back, a load of eleven Bibles, sixty-six Tes taments, and many Tracts, which he has disposed of among nine Jewish congregations, By this time twenty-nine Jewish congregations are provided with Bibles and New Testaments; and the Holy Spirit will, I trust, prepare their hearts for the reception of the saving truths contained in them; for every sign of our time evidently declares, that the day to manifest his glory among Israel is now at hand. A large number of Jewish congregations might yet be provided with the word of iod, if I had a sufficient stock of Bibles and Testaments."

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Mr. Smith, the Society's mission ary at Leipsig, writes: "On my arrival in Dresden, I received a letter from Count Dohna, saying, that on the Sunday following, the Jewess, MISE HO and seven of her children, would be baptized, and requested me to be one of the wit nesses. At the time appointed, the church, which is very large,, was very large, was crowded to excess. Sixteen Jewish converts were present on t the occasion om welk

iliary and Branch Societies, permitted the correspondence to pass free of postage-granted to a missionary sent out by the Central Society, a free passport through the whole sphere of his mission-and condescended to accept the office of god-father to two Israelites, who were publicly baptized in his capital.

The Berlin Society has printed 3000 copies of the New Testament in German-Hebrew from stereotype plates. Professor Tholuck has com menced a periodical work in Ger man, entitled, "The Friend of Israel." The number of Jews instructed and baptized in Berlin alone, in the course of eighteen months, amounts to fifty.

Professor Tholuck, speaking oftwo interesting converts some months after their baptism, says," Our two Jews from Berditcheff thrive to our satisfaction. They make a rapid progress in learning. We have scarcely ever witnessed such eager ness to acquire knowledge. Their inner man also grows in the grace of the Lord. The Jews with whom they converse, they endeavour to bring to Christ. With several of them they have had very impressive conversations, and two of them they have brought very near to the light of truth. Even the more obstinate Jews do justice to these two young men, and declare them to begenuine Christians."

Nor are these by any means the only evidences, in connexion with The Committee next turn their at the Berlin Society, of the progress tention to Prussia; which yearly as which Christianity is making among sumes a more important rank among the Jews. Professor Tholuck writes; the foreign associates of the So-It is in general a new and cheere ciety, not only in reference to the ing phenomenon of our day, to see numerous Jews resident within the among students in divinity so many Prussian dominions, but also as a sons of Abraham. The number of centre of communication with the them at Breslau is considerable.” surrounding countries.

The Berlin Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews continues to enjoy the most decided marks of the favour of his Prussiau Majesty, who ha who has given his sanction to the laws drawn up for AuxCHRIST. OBSERV. APP.

The Polish Jews' continue to engage a principal share of the atten tion of the Society, and of those connected with it abroad.

Mr. Handes, a missionary sent out by the Berlin Society, spent some time at Posen, in Prussian

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