Dr. Ewald, in his account of the Mission in London, says:—

"Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." In my mission to the Jews, I am often reminded of these gracious words of our blessed Redeemer. I therefore often urge upon Jewish parents who are convinced of the truth of Christianity, but whose peculiar position prevents them from leaving the Jews, to place their children under Christian influence, to put them into our schools, and often it pleases the Lord to bless my endeavours. During this year, several Jewish children were baptized; some of whom I had been the humble means of paving the way to their_being received into our schools, and thus early led to Jesus.

We have had occasion, in former Reports, to notice interesting facts connected with the missionary work at Amsterdam. We have here an extract that is of this kind :

The rising generation profess to take the Bible for their guide, and maintain that its precepts alone are binding. Very interesting conversations often take place on these points in Jewish families. Quite recently a young Jew remarked to his sister, that Christianity might be true after all; to which she replied, "One thing I know, that Rabbinism, or rather Judaism, is not true, for it says females have no souls, and I know I have a soul.'

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"Ah," replied her brother, "when I travel alone, I say that I belong to the reformed Church; and on Sunday I go to Church, which I like dearly.'

The mother coming in at the time, and hearing the last words, upbraided her son with holding such sentiments, saying, “You look already like a Christian, and I fear you will be baptized, as your brother was, and what then shall I do?"

Her daughter answered: "Be baptized with us." That the Bible should be read in the modern languages, instead of the Hebrew language only, appears also to the old men a sad innovation.

"Dreadful times are these!" remarked one the other

day; "I have heard two little girls, not thirteen years of age, repeating by heart chapter after chapter from the Prophets in the Christian language, and all with reference to the Christ. Our religion," he added,

"is going."

We take the following from the account of the Mission at Frankfurt-on-the-Maine.

On one occasion, when examining a Jewish school with the permission of the teacher, your missionary put various questions out of the history of the patriarchs, dwelling chiefly on Abraham, and the readiness of obedience which that patriarch exhibited in the sacrifice of his son Isaac. They gave very satisfactory replies to the queries put, and permitted by the teacher; your missionary then further asked, what they thought the solemn sacrifice in question was designed to typify? Three or four hands were held up to signify that an answer was ready, and the little girl called upon gave as her response, "God the Father sacrificing His Son." To the remark, "I suppose you visit the Christian school also," the little girl blushingly replied, "No, I do not, but Esther (pointing to a little girl whose pleased countenance sufficiently indicated her as the one meant) does, and she lately told me of it." Here the teacher, addressing Mr. Poper, remarked, "a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump;" and the child Esther, when questioned, added that she had learned by heart a passage referring to this subject, which, when she quoted, proved to be, "God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son."

There are many parts of the Report, which speak of the manner in which Jewish children attend Christian schools. In that which refers to Creuznach, we read:—

The Jewish children generally attend Christian schools, though in some few places they have schools of their own; where this is not the case, they receive instruction in the Hebrew language from private teachers. Mr. Stockfeld mentions also that his wife has some little Jewish children under regular instruc

tion. On last Christmas evening, when they were gathered round a tree which was prepared for them, and ornamented with a few useful articles, they repeated several Christian hymns which they had of their own choice learned by heart.

There is much in the Report about the children who were baptized at Strasburg, of which an account was given in " the Advocate" of last year. The Jews are still anxious to get them into their power. The case is being tried in a court of law, and it is not yet decided whether they are to be placed under the care of Christians or Jews. Under the head of Berlin it is recorded :

A school boy was so impressed with the truth of the New Testament, that he bought one with his own money; and as he dared not allow the book to be seen, he hid it in a loft, to which he resorted for reading and prayer as often as possible. The boy was very often missed after school hours, and no one could tell what was become of him, until one day he was discovered by the maid-servant. In consequence of this he was closely watched; and when other means were found fruitless, his parents sent him to a relative at a distance, with whom he stayed a considerable time, still reading the New Testament. Finding, however, that every thing in his own country was unfavourable to the carrying out of his religious convictions, he made up his mind to emigrate to America. In America he was baptized, and is now a consistent servant of Christ.

It has been frequently remarked that most of the Jewish children of both sexes attend Christian schools, and the effect of the instruction received there is very visible, as may be gathered from the following instances.

A girl about twelve years of age was so affected by the religious instruction given in her school, that she secretly bought a New Testament with her own money, and read it privately. Her mother discovered it, and took it away from her; but the child again saved up some money, and embraced the first opportunity of

buying another copy, which she said she must continue to read, in spite of the risk she ran of having it again taken from her.

Two other children expressed their delight at seeing the colporteur. They were well acquainted with the New Testament, and related, at his request, various portions of the history of our Lord, rejoicing in the fact of His having come to save sinners.

The masters of the Jewish schools begin to see that they must study the New Testament if they are to keep pace with the children. So with reference to the Mission at Danzig we find it said: :

Among the special facts worthy of notice in the last year, we may mention what has been alluded to before, namely, the greater desire manifested for the New Testament, and especially by Jewish schoolmasters. One recently remarked: "The time has arrived when we must acquaint ourselves with that book; so many of our children go to the Christian schools, and then come to us with questions which we must be prepared to answer. Indeed, the little Jewish children often astonish strangers by their knowledge of the New Testament. At the close of a recent public examination, the superintendent, turning to the clergyman, asked, "Where are the Jewish pupils?" The clergyman replied, "They are all present, and foremost in answering your questions."

We have said that we shall give the account of the Posen schools entire in our next number. But we may here introduce an extract that is contained in the Report:

The Jews are anxious to promote education, and in most places have elementary schools, while those who can afford it, send their sons to the gymnasium, and place their daughters in boarding schools. A goodly number, as will be seen hereafter, attend the schools of your Society; the parents greatly value the instruction given, and, in many cases, do not seem at all to dislike the idea of their children becomi

Christians. A Jewish mother lately reproached another Jewess for allowing her child to attend the mission school, adding, "You will find the end of it will be your child will become a Christian." "Well," returned the other, "you may consider it the greatest honour if your child should become a Christian.'

Here is an extract from the account of the Mission at Breslau :

Of the education of the Jewish children, we have little to add to our Reports of former years. The children generally attend Christian schools, and besides the constant association with Christian children, they often share in the religious instruction, which cannot be without its effect upon them. The Jews have no great confidence in their own schools, and out of twenty-five places which Mr. Romann visited, only eight had Jewish schools. The rabbies feel the evil effect of this state of things, and are exerting themselves to provide good schools of their own. One of their largest schools in Silesia is at Gleiwitz, it was opened about two years ago. This school is supported entirely by Jews, and the teachers employed in it are also Jews, men of science, who have studied in Christian seminaries, and who, if report may be believed, pursue the same plan that is used in the best schools in Prussia. The government takes an interest in the education of Jewish youth, and in the past year made an order that those who attend the gymnasium should not be obliged to write on their own Sabbath. This order caused great joy among the Jews.

Our readers have from time to time read in

the pages of "the Advocate" many things concerning the schools at Constantinople. We have only space for the following passage from the Report. Mr. Goldberg writes:

The school in Piri-Pasha is still in its infancy. Its labours are confined to a class hitherto fearfully neglected, shut out from every glimpse of moral and religious instruction. They are carefully watched over by Miss Hesse, the mistress, and besides the branches