the emigration of ten thousand Jews from that country to Palestine, or any other settlement which Sir Moses may fix upon. This cheering

news having reached the Chief Rabbi of the Jews in London, in a sermon delivered on the following Sabbath, he most emphatically exhorted the congregation of Israel to thank the Ruler of Divine Providence for the blessing conferred on the missionary labours of Sir Moses, whose example of devotedness to God, to his people, and his cause; whose readiness at all times" to stand in the breach" for his oppressed brethren, the Rev. preacher impressively pointed out for emulation. His text was from the "Ethics of the Fathers,"-"The day is short, the task heavy, the labourers are indolent, the reward abundant, and the master is pressing." -Jewish Chronicle.

JEWISH CHILDREN IN A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN LONDON.

ABOUT the end of the year 1839 or beginning of 1840, several pious Christians in London made considerable efforts to establish schools for the most destitute and depraved of the London population. Their first efforts were made in Southwark, and ended in the establishment of a school in Jurston Street, which speedily numbered upwards of 500 children. In an account of this school, written in the year 1842, we find a short narrative of one portion of the children attending it, which may prove interesting to our young friends:

"About twenty Jewish children attend the school with considerable regularity. One little

Jewess had the tract, 'Believe and be saved,' given her by her teacher. When she read the text at the beginning, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,' she was astonished, and asked what the words meant. She told her teacher, that when her father saw any books about Jesus Christ in the house, he instantly tore them up and burned them. The tract we explained to her, and she took it home. A short time after, she told the teacher that her father had also torn up the tract, Believe and be saved.' She added, however, that he had read two other tracts which she had taken home; since which time he had given orders that no more books or tracts of that kind should be destroyed. The father has subsequently sent to the school to borrow tracts to read. Surely we may hope that, prejudice having been weakened, a full conviction may follow that Jesus is the Messiah.

"Some of the Jewish children are shrewd and intelligent. On a recent occasion, several of them were examined in the class. The Gentile children could scarcely answer a question, as to where the Saviour was crucified, the name of the city or its vicinity, or the country in which Jerusalem was situated. The Jewish boys answered all the questions, and were well acquainted with the geography of the Holy Land. One of the young Gentiles, finding himself completely foiled by the poor despised Jew, remarked eagerly, 'He is a Jew, and ought to know all about Judea.' The teacher immediately asked, Where is Huntingdon ?' I don't know, I never travelled there.' 'How is it that you do not know even a principal town in your own land?' The question silenced the lad.'

HYMN OF A HEBREW MAIDEN.*

WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved,
Out of the land of bondage came,
Her father's God before her moved,
An awful Guide, in smoke and flame.
By day, along the astonished lands,
The cloudy pillar glided slow;
By night Arabia's crimsoned sands,
Returned the fiery column's glow.

There rose the choral hymn of praise,
And trump and timbrel answered keen;
And Zion's daughters poured their lays,
With priests and warriors' voice between:
No portents now our foes amaze,

Forsaken Israel wanders lone;

Our fathers would not know THY ways,
And THOU hast left them to their own.

But present still, though now unseen!
When brightly shines the prosperous day,
Be thoughts of THEE a cloudy screen,
To temper the deceitful ray.

And O, when stoops on Judah's path,
In shade and storm, the frequent night,
Be THOU, long-suffering, slow to wrath,
A burning and a shining light!

Our harps we left by Babel's streams,
The tyrants' jest, the Gentiles' scorn;
No censer round our altar beams,

And mute are timbrel, trump, and horn:
But THOU hast said, The blood of goat,
The flesh of rams, I will not prize;
A contrite heart, a humble thought,
Are mine accepted sacrifice.

* Scott.

Macintosh, Printer, Great New-street, London.

THE JEWISH ADVOCATE.

AUGUST, 1846.

BIBLE HISTORY OF THE JEWS.

CHAPTER XV.

"Informing them, by types And shadows, of that destined Seed."-MILTON.

SECONDLY, of the PRIESTHOOD. The tribe of Levi were set apart for the service of God, instead of all the firstborn in each tribe. But to the family of Aaron was reserved exclusively the priestly office: so that all the priests were Levites, but all the Levites were not priests.

The duty of the Levites was, to wait upon the priests; to assist them in the service of the Tabernacle and the Temple; to take charge of all the things used in the Tabernacle; and to take it down and to carry it when the people journeyed, the priests appointing to each his service and his burden.

All the priests wore peculiar garments when they ministered at the altar: but some of the vestments of the "HIGH PRIEST," without which he could not enter the holy of holies, are too remarkable to be passed over in silence. There was the "robe of the ephod," with its golden bells and pomegranates, the "ephod" itself splendidly wrought with purple and gold, reaching to the feet behind, and to each shoulder

of which was fastened a precious stone engraved with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. Then we read of that wonderful "breast-plate of judgment," which was a piece of cloth doubled, a span square, on which were set twelve precious stones, containing the names of the twelve sons of Jacob, and also the words " Urim and Thummim," signifying "light and perfection," and emblematical of Divine illumination. Learned

men are not agreed upon the nature of this "breast-plate." From Numbers xxvii. 21, and 1 Samuel xxviii. 6, it would appear that the Lord was wont to answer his people by means of it. Lastly, the High Priest wore upon his head a plate of pure gold, on which were engraved two Hebrew words, signifying, "HOLINESS TO THE LORD." Thus equipped, he could appear before the Lord for the people, a type of "our great HIGH PRIEST, who ever liveth to make intercession for us."

Thirdly, of the SACRIFICES. The Sacrifices were partly propitiatory; that is, offered to secure the favour of God to the devout worshipper; partly eucharistic, or expressive of gratitude for Divine blessings; and lastly, expiatory, or serving to atone for sin. These were Sacri. fices of blood, intended to be symbolical of the blood of Jesus Christ. There were also Sacrifices without blood, consisting of meal, bread, ears of corn, parched grain, oil, and frankincense. There were also drink-offerings.

There were many particular Sacrifices and offerings, from which not even the poorest were excluded. Even the small measure of flour was not refused. These oblations were regulated by the circumstances of those who presented them.