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JEWS SOCIETY.

FIFTEENTH REPORT.

Progress of the Society.

ON a review of the transactions of the past year, your Committee are again enabled, through the goodness of God, to congratulate you on the increasing prosperity of your Institution. The calls for its exertions have been multiplied-the sphere of its operations extended-the efficacy of its labours rendered more apparent. Its resources, also, though still inadequate to its prospects of usefulness, have been progressively enlarged.

United in the same glorious cause with Bible and Missionary Societies, if it partakes in their trials, it is favoured also with a share of their success: and whilst, in common with the conductors of other kindred Institutions, your Committee are from time to time admonished to cease from man, they are no less amply encouraged to confide in an omnipotent and omnipresent God.

It affords your Committee much satisfaction to be able to state, on the concurrent testimony of the Society's friends and advocates throughout the kingdom, that there is a manifest increase, among their countrymen, of enlightened, scriptural zeal, for the spiritual welfare of Israel. Of this, indeed, the most satisfactory proof has been given in the increase of contributions to the Society's Funds; by means of which, its income has been raised to 10,9241. 2s. 7d. exceeding that of last year by 230l. 14s. 3d.

Successful Exertions of Ladies. For this augmentation in the Funds of the Institution, your Committee are deeply sensible of the extent of their obligations to their Female Friends; whose contributions have, as heretofore, constituted so large a portion of the pecuniary supplies of the year.

To mention one or two instances only-an increase of 1501. in the remittances of the Bristol Auxiliary, in the course of the year 1822, is stated to have been chiefly owing to the increased exertions of the Ladies' Association connected

the produce of the first five months of its existence) has received nearly 1001. from the Ladies' Association: and, by the Ladies' Association of the Episcopal Jews' Chapel, 1707. has been contributed. Your Committee must not here omit to mention, that the Sale of Fancy and other Work, now so frequently adopted by the Ladies' Associations, has proved a very productive source of supply to the Society, during the past year: more than 5007, has been obtained from this single source, by the Ladies' Associations of Bath, Bristol, Gloucester, Derby, and London.

Increased Attention of British Jews.

While satisfactory evidence has been afforded of the diffusion of a benevolent feeling, on the part of British Chris tians, toward their Brethren of the House of Israel, indications of an awakening attention to the objects and efforts of the Society, have not been wanting among the Jews resident in this country. One proof of this has been the comparative frequency of their PUBLICATIONS on the subject of Chris tianity; which, if they do not manifest any great progress toward a conviction of its truths, argue at least a diminished hostility to its doctrines and advocates. It is plain, likewise, that they read OUR publications; and there can be no doubt that beneficial effects may be expected to result from amicable and temperate discussions of the points at issue between

us and them.

To encourage this favourable disposi tion to examination and inquiry, Tracts have been distributed among the Jews living in London; many of whom have willingly received them, as also Bibles which have been lent them. And there is reason to hope that good has, in some instances, been effected by this silent and unobtrusive dissemination of religious truth. With a similar view, though not without a regard at the same time to the instruction of Christians, a series of MONTHLY LECTURES on the OLD TES TAMENT TYPES, has been commenced at the Episcopal Chapel in Bethnal Green: particularly at these Lectures, Jews are invited to attend.

Schools.

The Education of Jewish Children,

with it. The Auxiliary Society recently voluntarily given up for that purpose by

established at Gloucester (which has given a most valuable pledge of future efficiency, by remitting nearly 4001. as

their parents, continues to occupy the attention of the Committee. Nearly 300 such children have enjoyed the

benefit of Christian Instruction in the Schools of the Society, since its commencement; and, in several instances, there is reason to hope that the good seed has not been sown in vain. Your Committee find no difficulty in obtaining situations, with Christian Masters, for the children who are of age to leave the Schools; and, in many cases, satisfactory testimonies to their conduct have been received from their employers. The number of Children admitted into the Schools, during the past year, has been

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Seminary and Missionaries. Five Missionary Students have been received into the Seminary, since the last Anniversary. Of these, four were sent over from Berlin, where they had been previously educating as Missionaries, under the auspices of Mr. Jaenickè. The fifth has been recom

mended by the friends of the Society in Ireland; and, together with two of those just mentioned, is now on probation in the Seminary, conformably to the Rules which have been adopted for its management.

Three Missionaries have been sent out during the year-two, Mr. Wendt and Mr. Hoff, Germans, to Poland; the other, Rev. W. B. Lewis, of Trinity College, Dublin, to the Mediter

ranean.

The Rev. Charles Neat, an English Clergyman, well known to your Committee, whose attention has for some time been directed to the Society's objects, has been designated as Missionary to Leghorn and the parts adjacent; and is now perfecting himself in the knowledge of Hebrew, under the Teacher at the Seminary..

Mr. Alexander M'Caul, of Trinity College, Dublin, whose Mission to Poland was mentioned in the last Report, after spending a year in active and successful exertion among the numerous Jews of that country, returned home in November last, for the purpose of receiving Ordination; and is now about to return to the interesting scene of his former labours, accompanied by a fellow. countryman, Mr. O'Neill, who has been for some time a Student in the Seminary.

Thus far the views of the Committee, in establishing the Missionary Semi

nary, have not been disappointed. They trust the event will prove, that it has already been rendered, in a considerable degree, subservient to the important interests of the Institution: and they feel, more than ever, convinced of the expediency of having those, who are to go forth as the Society's representatives abroad, placed under the previous superintendance of its conductors at home; and trained in that specific course of preparatory study, which is requisite to qualify them for the peculiar duties of their future destination.

The number of Students in the Seminary at present, including Mr. O'Neill, is seven its accommodations, however, are adapted to not fewer than ten; and your Committee earnestly hope that this deficiency may speedily be supplied by Young Men of piety and talent, anxious to embark in a Missionary Service, which becomes every year more inviting, and to avail themselves of the peculiar advantages of preparation which the Seminary affords.

The Society has now Twelve Missionary Labourers.

Publications.

The Press employed by the Society has, under its direction, been engaged in the printing of new Tracts, or reprinting of old ones, mostly on stereotype plates-some in English, and other modern European Languages; others in Hebrew, or its various dialects as used by the Jews in different parts of the Continent. Various publications, of the class just specified, have also been printed, during the year, at the Society's expense, in Germany. Other similar publications are in progress. The issues have been as follows:

Testaments: Hebrew, 600; GermanHebrew, 800; Judeo-Polish Hebrew, 500-Prophets: Hebrew, 1500; German-Hebrew, 2000-Prophets and Testaments, Hebrew, bound together, 1034Bibles and Testaments, Hebrew, bound together, 300; Psalters, Hebrew, 2100. Total Scriptures, whole or in part, 8834.

Tracts: Hebrew, 15,000; GermanHebrew, 16,000; English, 43,000. Total, 74,000.

Cards: Hebrew, 5500; German-Hebrew, 8,000; English, 1000. Total, 14,500.

These various publications have been circulated during the last year, in the following places:

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Nice, Naples, Marseilles, Genoa,

Gibraltar, Malta, Hamburg, Detmold, Posen, Koenigsburg, Dresden, Frankfort, Berlin, Madras, Calcutta, Serampore, Boston, Massachusetts, Charlestown,

Columbia.

In these and other places, at home and abroad, more than 10,000 copies of

the Hebrew New Testament have been

circulated since the formation of the Society; besides many thousand copies of the New Testament in the GermanHebrew and Judeo-Polish. Many hundred thousand Tracts, in various languages, on the subjects at issue between Jews and Christians, have, in the same

period, been distributed by the Society. Who shall compute the good that may have been or that shall be done, to the present generation of Jews, and to generations yet unborn, by these silent heralds of salvation! Oh that each volume, given and received, were given

and received in PRAYER.

Foreign Relations.

A digest of the information relative to the Society's Continental Proceedings, will appear in an early Number of our next Volume. Notices respecting other Foreign Parts will be found in their proper places in the Survey.

To the preceding extracts from the Report, we add the following statement, collected from the Jewish Expositor of the present

year.

Anniversaries, Meetings, and Sermons.

From the end of July to the beginning of September, Sermons were preached or Meetings held at Ipswich, Potton, Lubenham, Ashby, Holville, Leicester. Rothley, Somerby, Twyford, Hungerton, Desford, Thurlaston, Stoney Stanton, Syston, Melton Mowbray, Derby, Sheffield, Beverley, Hull, Leeds, Bradford, Halifax, Sowerby, Elland, Manchester, Budworth, Bow den, Tunstall, Kendal, Preston, Lancaster, Liverpool, Seaforth, Chester, Knaresborough, Latchford, Cheadle, Newcastle-underline, Lane End, Tipton, and High Wycombe. The Rev. Messrs. Si

eon, Marsh, and Woodd were a

Deputation on this occasion, from the Committee: from Leicester, Mr. Woodd returned home; and, at Manchester, the Rev. David Ruell joined the Deputation. The Collections amounted to about 8007.

In the latter half of September, the Rev. John Sargent and the Rev. W. A. Evanson preached or attended Meetings, at the request of the Committee, at Exeter, Plymouth, Plymouth-Dock, Dorchester, Poole, Milborne Port, Sherborne, Yeovil, Bruton, and Pitcombe.--The Collections were about 1251.

In the latter half of October, Meetings were held and Sermons preached at Bristol, Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester: at which places, the Rev. C. S. Hawtrey and the Rev. G. Hamilton attended on behalf of the Society; and were assisted, at Bristol by the Rev. J. H. Stewart and the Rev. W. A. Evanson, at Gloucester and Hereford by the Rev. W. Marsh, and at Worcester by Mr. Evanson and Mr. Marsh. Mr. Hamilton also preached at Cheltenham, and Mr. Evanson at Monmouth.

Anniversaries were also held as

follows: Aug. 3, the Third of the Bedford-Aug. 29, the Sixth of the Colchester, after Sermons by the Rev. Messrs. Woodd, Stewart, and Marsh; Coll. 105l.-Oct. 5 to 9, the Sixth of the Norwich: Seven Sermons: Coll. 651.-Nov. 9 and 11, Cambridge: Sermons by Rev. G. C. Gorham and Rev. C. Simeon: Coll. 81.

The following Sermons were likewise preached:-Jan. 11, St. John's Chapel, Bedford Row, two; by Rev.C.Simeon: Coll.1251.-March 28, Good Friday, Episcopal Jews' Chapel, in aid of Ladies Association; by Rev. A. M'Caul and Rev. W. Borrows: Coll. 40l.: Income, 1704

- May 11, Trinity Church, Cambridge; by Rev. John Sargent and Rev. C. S. Hawtrey: Coll. 50l. June 22, Wheler Chapel; by Rev. C. S. Hawtrey and Rev. E. Bickersteth: Coll. 217.-Oct. 14, Clare,

Suffolk; by Rev. David Ruell: Boys, and eight temporary Mistresses Coll. 117. 1s.

New Auxiliaries were formedJan. 20, at Clapham, two Sermons having been preached on the 19th by the Rev. C. Simeon: Coll. 747.— Aug. 12, at Guernsey: Coll. 701.— Blackheath: Coll. 40l.

NATIONAL-EDUCATION SOCIETY.
TWELFTH REPORT.

State and Progress of the Society. THE Report for the present year af fords the gratifying view of the largest totals, in their proper columns; and if the funds of the Society have been transferred into those general amounts, the stewardship will be well rendered, although it be necessary now to state that the means have been exhausted.

The Committee have the pleasure to state, that 77 New Schools have been received into the Union since the last Report; in which, from the present and former Return, there may be reckoned 150 children for each, making a total of 11,555; which, added to the former, amounts to the gratifying number of 323,555.

The Society appears before the Public, rich in benefits procured, but pressed by an honourable need; which would create rebuke, if it should not be repaired in a manner answerable to the good which has already been effected, and to that which remains yet to be done. The seed has been cast upon well-watered furrows-the harvest has aboundedand the fertilizing flood we doubt not will return.

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and five Girls, were sent out to different Schools. Fourteen Schools have also been supplied with permanent Masters, and nine with permanent Mistresses.

Two Masters have been trained for Classical Schools, and one Lady for the purpose of introducing the System into her private Seminary.

A Boy and a Girl, who had been entirely educated in the Central School, were sent out to be permanent Master and Mistress in considerable Schools.

The Committee have divided the Training Masters into three classes: the first, Masters on the pay list; the second, Candidates for situations; and the third, those on Probation: and the same classification has been adopted concerning the Training Mistresses.

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The Net Income of the Year was 1996l. 15s., and the Expenditure 46677. 14s. 11d.

The Balance in hand is now reduced to 5971. 2s. 7d.

Conclusion of the Report.

The great truths of Religion are designed for all-for families and states; for men and nations. To this end, the provisions were originally made for its collective numbers, when the first triumphs of the Gospel were accomplished. In turning our views, therefore, to the rule of faith and practice, to the regulated state of things in Christian Countries, and to the scheme of National Instruction inseparable from those orderly appointments, we look directly to united objects, which Christ and his Apostles have combined. Our limits, then, in these respects, are but commensurate with the boundaries of the Christian Household in one State; and, in this country, they correspond, accordingly, to the settled Constitution of the Realm.

It is enough to have shown, by the clearest documents, concerning this new and salutary method of instruction, that it extends itself with ease and certainty to vast numbers, who must otherwise have wanted such advantages; and what the consequence would be, where this defect should be suffered to remain,

welcome task of training many sons to glory.

will be calculated in a moment, by those who feel rightly for their own interests, and, by the same sure standard, for the interests of others.

It was manifest, beyond the power of contradiction, that, with respect to the larger districts of our native land, it was hardly practicable, if not quite impossible, to instruct so many in a way so sure, so expeditious, and attainable at so small a cost.

Such an Institution could not fail to attract the best regard of the noble minded-the chief in rank and stationthe liberal, prudent, and religiousthose who honour God; and are deeply mindful, that, in His fear only, the ground must be laid of every benefit in public or in private life, and with reference to present things or future.

The support and maintenance of the work, so happily begun and so successfully pursued, will not, therefore, fail to engage new efforts on the part of those, in whom a reverence for the great Author of their being begets a just regard for all who share a common nature with them, together with a zeal for the welfare of their country. The first claims must arise there, however wide may be the compass of that Charity, which extends itself to all. Such men we shall be sure to find at the head of plans like that before us; and it is obvious of how great importance it is, that such designs should be so encou raged and sustained. Next to their intrinsic worth, the fair examples, and decided patronage of the chief and most distinguished persons in the public body, will tend most to promote their increase, and to insure their stability.

If this were the place for replying to the cavil, in which we are sometimes reminded, that the infidel will sow upon the ground which we prepare, the answer would be easy. We need not dread the conflict. The truth will maintain its influence, when it is once implanted in the human mind. The transcendent value of its own discoveries, and the need which we have of what is so revealed in order to render our very being and existence of any real worth to us, will secure that triumph.

Above all, we must first persuade ourselves, that God will forsake His own cause, before we can consent, for any timorous apprehension, to forego our part in the service which we owe to others, or to relax our labour in the

RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY.
TWENTY-FOURTH REPORT.
New Tracts.

ADDITIONS have been made, during the year, to the Society's Tracts.

To the First Series, for general service, now containing 195 Tracts, have been added

The Spiritual Guide-On Licentiousness-On the Seventh Commandment-Irish Peasant-On Union to Christ-The Watchmaker and his Fa mily-The Christ of God-Swiss Peasant-Woodman of Switzerland-The Two Old Men-The Nature of an Oath explained-Letter to a Mother on the Birth of a Child.

To the Second Series, or Narratives for the Young, now consisting of 83 Tracts, have been added Market Day Dialogue between Thompson the Carpenter and Mr. S.Sunday Evening-The EarthquakeAll Right-Weekly Earnings.

The following Occasional Tracts have been printed :

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To the Broad Sheets, for walls, now 31 in number, were added during the year

Bible Happiness Earthquake at Aleppo-Mary Jones, or The Soldier's Daughter.

To the Children's Series, now containing 39 Books, were added in the year

Pilgrim's Progress, Part II.-Chil. dren's Reward Book, Parts I. to VIII.

Christmas Box, or New-Year's GiftHistory of Joseph-History of Samuel

History of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego-Young Cottager - Bible maker and his Family-Sunday Even Happiness-Irish Peasant-The Watching-Good Boys! or, Examine Your selves-Village School-the Image Boys -History of Abdallah, the Merchant of Bagdad.

The following Series of HandBills has been published :

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A Wonder in Three Worlds-The

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