A COURSE OF LECTURES ON THE JEWS: BY MINISTERS OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH, IN GLASGOW. GLASGOW: WILLIAM COLLINS, SOUTH FREDERICK STREET. BELFAST: WM. M'COMB. DUBLIN: WM. CURRY, JUN. & Co. BM40 III.-History of the Jews viewed in connection with Prophecy, from the time of Moses to the Babylonish Captivity.-By the Rev. JONATHAN R. IV. History of the Jews viewed in connection with Prophecy, from the Babylonish Captivity to the coming of Christ and Destruction of Jeru- salem. By the Rev. ALEXANDER N. Somerville, of Anderston Church 80 V. History of the Jews viewed in connection with Prophecy, from the De- struction of Jerusalem to the Present Time.-By the Rev. ROBERT VI.-Present State and Character of the Jews-intellectual, moral, and re- VII. The Character of God and the Doctrines of the Gospel illustrated in the History of the Jews-By J. HENDERSON, D.D., of St. Enoch's VIII The Christology: or Doctrine of the Messiah unfolded in the Old Testament.-By MICHAEL WILLIS, D.D., Minister of the Secession IX-The Work of the Holy Spirit in connection with the Conversion of the Jews. By the Rev. JOHN DUNCAN, of Milton Church, X.-God's Dealings with Nations illustrated in the History of the Jews- XI-The Future Prospects of the Jews-Restoration to their own Land- Universal Conversion to the Faith of Christ.-By the Rev. PATRICK XII.-Immediate Duties of the Christian Church in relation to Israel- Answer to Objections-By the Rev. J. G. LORIMER, of St. David's WILLIAM COLLINS & Co., Printers, North Montrose Street. PREFACE. In introducing the following lectures to the notice of the public, it may not be inappropriate to publish the Act of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, but for which these lectures in all probability would not have been delivered. Sixteen overtures having been sent up to the General Assembly of last year (1838,) from various Presbyteries and Synods praying the Assembly to take in to their consideration the claims of the descendants of Abraham, the Rev. Mr. Lorimer of Glasgow, Rev. Mr. Dempster of Denny, Principal Dewar of Aberdeen, George Buchan, Esq., of Kelloe, and other gentlemen were heard upon the subject. Thereafter the General Assembly unanimously approved of the object, appointed a committee to consider what steps should be taken in the matter, and to report to the Assembly. Agreeably to this appointment a Report was given in on a subsequent day, and the following Act was the result. ACT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CHURCH OF Edinburgh, 26th May, 1838 The General Assembly having heard the Report of the Committee on the Conversion of the Jews to the faith of Christ, approve of the same, acknowledge the high importance of using means for the conversion of God's ancient people, and recommend the object to the attention of the Church, and that the Ministers, in their preaching and public prayers more frequently avail themselves of opportunities of noticing the claims of the Jews, and without calling for a general collection, appoint the following Ministers and Elders, viz. :-The Moderator, Dr. Gardiner, Dr. MacGill, Dr. Lee, Dr. Duff, Dr. Cook, Dr. Russell, Dr. Brunton, Dr. Gordon, Principal Dewar, Dr. Simpson, Dr. Dickson, Dr. P. Macfarlan, Dr. Duncan, Dr. Thomson, Perth, Dr. Brown, Dr. Smyth, Glasgow, Dr. Mearns, Principal Haldane, Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Welsh, Dr. Clason, Dr. Fleming, Edinburgh, Dr. Muirhead, Cramond, Dr. Forbes, Glasgow, Dr. Keith, St. Cyrus, Mr. Candlish, Mr. Wilkie, Edinburgh, Mr. Buchanan, North Leith, Mr. Buchanan, Glasgow, Mr. Hunter, Edinburgh, Mr. Bonar, Larbert, Mr. Henry Grey, Edinburgh, Mr. Lorimer, Glasgow, Mr. C. J. Brown, Mr. John Bruce, Edinburgh, Mr. Young, Mochrum, Mr. Clugston, Forfar, Professor Jackson, Mr. Carment, Mr. Abercromby Gordon, Aberdeen, Mr. Gray, Perth, Mr. Burns, Kilsyth, Mr. Doig, Toryburn, Mr Kirkwood, Holywood, Mr. Dempster, Mr. Clarke, Inverness, Mr. Jonathan R. Anderson, Mr. Alexander N. Somerville, Glasgow, Mr. Bonar, Kelso, Mr. Purves, Jedburgh, Mr. Alexander Moody, Edinburgh, Mr. John Duncan, Glasgow, Mr. Smyth, Greenock, Mr. Landsborough, Stevenson, Mr. M'Naughtan, Paisley, Mr. M'Cheyne, Dundee, Mr. Brotherstone, Mr. John Thomson, Dysart, Mr. Davidson, Aderdeen, Mr. Stevenson, Newton of Ayr. Sir Charles D. Ferguson, The Procurator, Claud Alexander, Esq. of Ballochmyle, Henry Dunlop, Esq., Lord Provost of Glasgow, Robert Wodrow, Esq., Henry Knox, Sen., Esq., Alexander Dunlop, Esq., Alexander H. Simpson, Esq., Paisley, George Buchan, Esq. of Kelloe, James Bridges, Esq., John Wright, Esq., John Robertson, Esq., William Collins, Esq., Glasgow, W. F. H. Laurie, Esq., Edinburgh, George Lyon, Esq., Archibald Bonar, Esq., James Crawford, Junior, Esq., W. Howison Craufurd, Esq. of Craufurdland, James Howden, Esq., to be a Committee, of which Dr. MacGill shall be Convener, with power to appoint Sub-committees the said Committee to receive, and prudently expend, any contributions, which may voluntarily be made by individuals, associations, or parishes, towards this object. Appoint the Committee to collect information respecting the Jews, their numbers, condition, and character-what means have hitherto been employed by the Christian church for their spiritual good, and with what success- -whether there are any openings for a Mission to their nation, and where these are most promising-and, generally, with full power to take all prudent measures, at home and abroad, for the advancement of the cause, and report to next Assembly. Edinburgh, 30th May, 1838.—At a meeting of the Committee of Assembly on the Conversion of the Jews-the Rev. J. G. Lorimer of Glasgow in the Chair. The meeting was constituted by prayer; and, thereafter, it was resolved that two Sub-committees should be appointed-one in Edinburgh, another in Glasgow-for more effectually carrying out the objects of the Church. The Sub-committee in Edinburgh to be composed of the members of Committee in the eastern parts of Scotland, and the Subcommittee in Glasgow to be composed of the mem |