HASZARD’S GAZETTE, MARCH 10.

ltinth Anniverary of the P. E. Island . Association for Promoting Christianity among the Jews.

On Mondity evening agreeably to announce- ment, tlte Ninth Anniversary of the Prince lid- ward Island Association in connection with the London Society for Promotin Cltristittnity among the Jews, was held at the Tettiperance Hall, which was filled to overflowing.

The business of the meeting was ably conducted by Coirtmander Urlebar, the president ofthe associa- tion, who (after the meeting had been opened as usual by singing and Prayer and reading the Scrip- tures,) delivered a very appropriate address, after which the Secretary Mr Moore, read a deeply in- teresting Report, at the conclusion of which nttotlier hymn was sung. and the resolutions were moved and seconded in the following order.

lst. Moved b the Rev. Mr. Lloyd, and seconded by the Rev. Mr. D c.\Iurray.

Resolved, That the Report now read he adopted

d ed. “2dI.mll‘loved by the Rev. Mr. FitzGerald and seconded by Mr. Beer.

, That whilst recording their sense of the goodness of God as manifested in the increased funds of the society, during a year of pecuniary ressure and ditticulty, this meeting would earnestly oseech Him to vouchsafe the Illll greater _bless- io , of additional devoted and efficterit Mission- aries, that they may be enabled to meet the ditiicul- ties which are arising from the progress of the War. 3d. Mlqved b fie Rev. Mr. Meek, seconded by ieut. ancoc , . Lkesolved. That this meeting gratefully acknow- ledges the continued support and sympathy, manifest- ed in this cause by the different sections o the church of Christ in this Island. _ During the plddpessfis anq‘a5gumsntsIof the vlprtops lters, eac o w om a certain can t t a spirit of his Text, a feeling of the deepyest so smith and intenscst interest p_crvaded the meeting, whic joined in singing the different hymns “with the spirit and the nnderstaudiug,"_ and doubtless the result will be a larger contribution to the funds of the Parent Society. than has been known in any previous year.

Ratirorr.

Through the good band of our _God upon your Society, your Committee are enabled in resenting the Ninth Annual Report of “the Prince ward Island Association, in connection with the London Society. for promoting Christianity among the Jews," to an- nounce a considerable increase in the last year's in- come of the Parent Society, which occuring as It does at a time pregnant with events of solemn im-

ort, when there is so much to distract men’s minds, is is certain proof that God's children have continued to remember Zion, and calls for special thankfulness to Him whose is the silver and tliegold,und who alone has bestowed the willing heart upon those who have thus liberally given to this holy cause.

The gross rcceiplsofthe Society for the your having reached the surri of £3l,6»M sterling,shew an in- crease as compared with those of the proceeding year of.€~l092. towards this sum this auxiliary has con- tributed £66 l2s. 9d. currency, makiitg up a total of£~t73 10s. 1d. currency remitted since its forum- tion in I846. The labors of this Society still continue with rrtore or less success attcitdant on them in England, France, Prussia, llollnnd, Sweden, Den- mark, Austria, I‘ol:tnd, Moldavia, Jerusaleiii and Turkey. A few cxtracts taken frcrit the journals of the niissionririos will shew tlto nature oftltese opera- tions, uiid of the obstacles encountered in prosecuting them. Mr. I-Iwuld who has charge of the London niis.-ions writ:-s t ms.

“The gre;itest obstacle I meet with in tltis country nrrtougst tltt- Jews is, not hostility against Cliristittnity, not prejudice agaittst our religion, but ignorance of the sacred volume. I believe there is not one in it hundred of all the Jews in Iinglnnd, who has once read through the Old Testatrient, tho reasott of this neglect is obvious, they are itevcr exhorted to make themselves fiitnili:tr with the oracles of God; it is no part of their daily duty to read the word of God. Seventy-two Jews, having expressed during the course of the year, a desire to read the word of God with me, received regular Christian instruction, for a longer or shorter period.” This ignorance tli Society is endeavouring to remove by the distribution of the Scriptures, and nearly 10,000 copies of the old and new Testament, in Hebrew, English and German, have been ispos o ; in addition to which 41,000 tracts on various subjects, at issue between the Jews and ourselves, have gone forth on their uri- ostentatious but important work.

From Constantinople Mr. Stein writes'—Since I wrote you our position and prospects have little altered, the word of God is daily proclaimed, and

' ' oes not meet with a hearty reception, still a flood oflight is poured in upon that mental darkness. which in the course of time and by the blessing of Heaven, must tend todispclthc mist of error and pre- judice, and open the eyes of numbers to see the truth as ' is in Jesus. Preaching, conversation, the dissemination of tracts and other Christian publica- tions, and even general intercourse, all combine to reuse the slumbering sons of Israel, in the Turkish Metropolis, from the stupor and apathy of ages, and pave the way, for the reception and conversion of these obstinate and bigoted adherents to the vain system of evil traditions

The work at Jerusalem is doubtless more prosper- ous than what appears to the outward eye, perhaps there is no mission wherein there is so or number of secret believers, this is not oniy is con- clusion to which the missionaries have been led by careful observation, but it is confirmed by the admis- sion of the Jews themselves.

isho Gohitt cotttiitues to manifest himself the true and steady friend of your work in the ltoly city,

during the past year—about twenty have been utider instruction, but some have withdrawn for reasons before stated; the Proselytes are tiurrtcrous, and for the most part exercise it favorable influence upon their ltrethren. The irieans for the instruction of |’roselytes are an abundant as possible, besides the usual service on Sunday, there is an ufternooit Ger- man service, and every Wednesday it Iliblical expo- sition, giving place once a tnontlitort rrtissionary meeting in the school room, there is also the early Ilebretv service in the church, and on alternate mornings ti Ilebretv Bible class in the school roorrt. Mr. Crawford has it Judtco Spanish service at his house for iriquirers, who do not nttderstand the church services. These Proselytes csnie also under the pastoral care and superirttendtince ofyour tnis- sionaries, and the instruction of themselves and of their children occupies much time and attention.

The Hospital is still productive of great benefit, rind we trust it means also of spiritual blessing, Dr. i\IcGowan, Mr. Sim, and their assistants are still persevering in their valued labours. In the Duchy of Posen there are from 70 to 80,000 Jews distributed in more than one 100 Towns, besides the work which

our missionaries have been carrying on in Posen itself, they have visited between forty and fifty places in the surrounding neighbourhood, and have proclaimed the Gospel to their Jewish inhabitants The feelings of the Jews towards Christianity in this dis- rrict are a mixture of regard, fear, and hatred, they adinire its precepts, and know too much of the truths it reveals, to allow of their rejecting it as a fable, while, at the same time, its requirements go for be- yond the obedience they feel disposed to reitder.

Many a Jew has said to the missionary witha sigh, "would that I had been born of Christian Parents," and this is the feeling of the majority of the more thoughtful of them.

on will of course expect to receive some informa- tion in reference to what has always been adeep|yim- rtant and interesting sphere of the Society's abours. namely " the Posen Schools. " The atten- dance as usual has been variable, owing partly to the periodical efforts of the Rabbies, and partly to the occasional necassitous circumstances of the children. There are still eleven schools in operation in the Duchy, a change has taken place in the localities of two of them. The results which have appeared during the past year have called for great tl'tanlrfnlness—many Jews seem quite aware that the Christian school is the only place in which it is pos- sible, that the most unpromising and neglected chil- dren should be improved, and they have brought them to the Teacher with this distinct confession; now more discipline is just as much exercise in their schools as in our own, when therefore disobedience, lying, cursing, swearing, and other similar sins, be- come corrected under our teschiog, we feel that the blessing may be traced to the religious instruction by which our schools are distinguished.

It is gratifying to add, that the teachers in your schools voluntarily exert themselves more or less, itt conversing with the Jews of all classes, in the dis- tribution of tracts, and in seeking, often at considera- itble sacrifice, to testify the salvation of the true Messinli. Your prayers are earnestly implored, that the hands of our teachers rtia_v be strengthened, and that their work may prosper.

It is encouraging to find recorded such statements as those concerning Bucharest, where it was reason- able to expect that our labours would have been seriously checked. “The circulation of the scrip- lures during the past year lins been unusually great, and this is the itiore remarkable, as from the large numbers distributed in former years, it would have secured iitore natural that the demand should decrease. llibles, 'l'estamettts, and portions of Scriptures have been largely circulated, and the reverence with which many (ftlte Jews receive the new 'I‘estameni—evcn raising it to their lip.-.——proves the increasing estima- tion in which it is he d. Iti ti visit to Ibruil:i—the chief port in \Vti|l:teltia——tlie Missionary found no less than twenty baptized Jetvs—and of tltcse five with whom he held some intercourse, owed their con- version entirely to the study ofthe New Testttment."

Your Committee will not, as tltcy might do, multi- ply these extracts, but rather refer you to the Society's Pablicatioits, front whence they have been taken, and which bear ample testimony that there is among your Missionaries generally, it spirit of de- votedness, u tnrinifestution of is real interest in their work, attd it personal love for that Gospel which they are making known to others. Their tactin contriving opportunities is often peculiarly shown, and as God gives them the wisdom, we believe he will bless them in the exercise—-we commend them, especially those in and near the scenes of lVar to your sympa- thies and your prayers.

'I‘ho following remarks are extracted from the con- clusion of the nnual Report. “ Some singular in- consistencies appear in respect to the Jews. They are in places, building even magni:/icent Temples, but this is not frorri the pressure of a prevailing and extending system, but as the last hope of recovering one, which they feel to be rapidly decaying. Such an effort can only be looked upon as the precursor of its speedily npproaclting dissolution—prejudice against Christianity is largely and widely disappear- ing—the Jewish mind is unsettled, but it is also eager, and requires something to replace what it feels is slipping away from it forever. They are ttow, as is clear from our documents, most extensively ac- queinted—we believe far beyond the impression usually entert:titied—with the scriptures generally, both of the old and new Testament; they admit very distinctly (at least a large number among them.) that Christianity is It good thing, Jewish parents in many instances prefer sending their children to our christian schools, and appreciate. as you hate heard, the in- structions given, in it moral and religious point of view. 'I‘lie ncquziitttattcc ofthe CIlIitII'('l| with the new 'I‘cstatnent,is b‘KlO'l.‘.‘lVH and IIIl.'I't5 is thus, n reaction upoti the part.-ttt-. I. *'lllIfl,llt-‘rt! is,as : .

and your Committee feel, that they possess iti hint,

one who is unfeigncdly anxious to promote the true , interests of your Society. Your ntissiotiaries ltave f to report the baptism of seven inquirsrs at Jerusalem

possible. it \t‘.'}’ .vitIe rltiiii.-ton of flint.-.irt edge among t| Itt|"f‘, r~i:t.~s ofthe Jovtisl-. pit in, But tit pt'I'\l‘tll no IIJVIB not i'l(JV:|tl"l'II muclt farther.

God, and as in the case of nominal christiacs, they stop at a certain poirtt, and conviction, in many iri- stances, falls short of conversion. But aie we to be surprised at this? and is such it circumstance to throw into the shade, the many instances of sound conver- IIOH. which we cnri unquestionably appeal to? \Vhat do we effect in our ortlinnry congregations beyond the occasional recovery frotii the tltraldont of tire wicked one soul here and there.’ And our work at present among the Jews appears to be, precisely what we might and ought to expect it would be: lIillItL'ly,IIfSl to gather out the remiirrnt still among them, according to the election of Grace, and second- ly, so to spread the knowledge of the truth through the nation, that they may be thus ready, in the Lord's own good time, for ntore extended, and ulti- mately, universal blessing.

In closing their report, your Corntnittce cannot but advert to the solemn crisis at which the Society has arrived irt its latiours, surely it deep and subdued feeling becomes us, in assembling under such rtovel circutnstances. War ltas threatened the disturbance and even the dissolution of sortie of your Missionary stations, and we cannot conjecture to what extent the interception of our work m:ty possibly reach. What are the sentiments suited to such a conjuncturct surely we must feel at such a time, that it is, irri- possible to ovcrrate the value of our Evangelical Societies. They deal with our element of life. that can find suitable objects for its application at all times, and in all places, alike in peace or war amongst friends and enemies.

i no tirrio can the message they convey be an- seasonable, to no parties (unnecessary, an through the Lord's gracious overruling, has the sim- plicity of their object, and the established purity of their motives, won for them permission to continue their work and to communicate their blessing, with- out suspicion, and with little comparative hindrance. While such opportunities continue, and they have not been much curtailed at present, surely we ought to press our work forward with solemn and earnest interest, and our labourers need the abundance of spirituality and war, that all they do may tell. And,thtit if the circle of their efforts becomes con- tracted, their influence may become proportionally more efi'ective, especially a Society like ours, should be alive to its opportunities.

The Jews cannot be disconnected from, they must be deeply implicated in all the present movements.

We ought to feel that we are dealing with them in several of our stations, much the same as e minis- ter of religion with his risoners, on the eve of their execution. 'I‘he Jew, that sees the Missionary to day, may he enlisted to-morrow. we owe to one Gentile have already, in some places, been pressed into military service,and in many such cases, the_word

“ the resignation‘ of Earl

The Scolsman, of Wednesday, says :—“ Lord Raglan will, we have some reason to believe, return houio itnnicdiately, though under what circumstances, r'. e., whatdegrce of cotnpulsion, may be disputed. Lord Lucun, the commander of the cavalry. and who is sup osed to he chiefly l.)I:tlt1t).l)IO for the mad and isastrous clittrge of the Light Cavalry at Balaltlava, will certain- ly be recalled ;and there are grounds forea ing not the letter of recal was dispatched ‘rein London on Tuesday last week. Several of the superior ofiicers in the department of the Quarterinaster-General and the Commisitriat have, we think we may state, been also removed from their commands and ordered home. Sir Charles Napier, we hear, is about to publish a letter he addressed some time ago to rd Aberdeen; but it is the opinion of those who have had opportunity ofjudging, that the ad- miral ,though he may have caused some annoyance b using private letters from Sir James Graham, will only further damage his own position.”

DURATION ‘or Esomsir Minter-ttrss.—-Tlie following account of the names and the duration of the various administrations which have govern- ed England since the passing of the Reform Act of 1832 may, at this moment, be interesting to all parties. The Ministry of the late Earl Grey held ofiice from November. 1830, to August, 1834, which was instrumental in carrying the bill for the reform of the representative system. it Grey in August, 1834, the Whig Ministry was modified, and Viscount Melbourne was raised to the allies of First Lord of the Treasury. This Ministry was dissolved by William IV. in November, 1834, when Sir Robert Peel was summoned by the king from Rome, to form a new Government on moderate Conservative principles. Sir Robert's tenure of otlics, however, was brief, for in the followin April (1835) the right hon. liaronet was dsfeste on the famous " Appropriation Clause” of the Irish Tithe Bill, and Lord Melbourne once more resumed the reins of Government. This, the second Melbourne Ministry, endured from April, 1835, to August, 1841, or upwards of six years,

‘ ' of the week's intone uni in ,

when Lord Melbourne temporsri y resigned, and was reinstated on the refusal of Sir R. eel to take oflice under certain circumstances which need not now be adverted to. In the summer of [M1, the Whigs were defeated in two Parliaments elected under their own auspices, an '

dropped by your Missionary is the only suggestion of hope that ever reaches them, and that, only a short time, perhaps, before their career tcrminittes for ever. What a character tlton, of seriousness and solemnity , shonld our work pro-eminently assume at such a season? Ilowfrrvent should beour supplicatiotts, how

real our efforts? How lively should be the desire felt, for the salvation ofthose, who hear the word .’— inany perhaps but once or twice, very few for .1 con- tinuance. How should all be earnest in the work? Now especially, with our Missionaries, our subscribers, and the whole executive body of our Society. us also use every effort that the pressure of the times may not restrict a work, which often becomes in

such seasons, much iriore practicable. or lose the

greater opportunity, which the very dilficulty of the times create. The Jews are all the more softened.

and therefore the more accessible, under the trials of famine and war. Shall we in consequence of dimi-

nished contributions, lie compelled hereafter to dimi- nislt the number ofour lllissionarics, and the circula- tion of our Bibles and Tracts? The expenses of our

work must increase, shall the work be contracted?

And if more than ever, the sliowers' scent to be de-

scending, and the heavens dill'using their blessing,

shall the harvest fail, or be diminished, because we

withhold the sewing of the seed? surely the sustain-

ing ot our work in all its integrity, nay, we should

rather say its earnest extension and urlrarrcenienl,

shall make us cheerfully exercise extraordinary self-

dcnial, rtttlicr than the words ofthe Lord shall go

back, or oven stand still through us, when he is

multiplying His Blessings.

And though it is not the duty of your Committee to chronicle the etrerils, which are now occupying the attention ofthe civilized world, yet they cannot be blind to the important influence which they are likely to exercise in 'lI8 welfare of the Jewish race, as in the words of Lord Shttftsbnry the President of this Society. " I do hope, nay tnore, Ida believe, and I might almost go beyond belief, and say that I know, that the question of mercy to the Jews will not be forgotten in the other great question of right an liberty and privilege and security, to the Clirutinns of the East.” “

May it be our aim to be so ready, that we may ‘be able to take advantage of every op ortunity, which the providence of our God may a ord us, and thus help forward in more or war, the salvation of His people Israel.

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From Berlin we learn, that Austria will make a demand upon the Diet to name a Generalissimo for the military force of the Confederation, as soon as the Federal Contingents shall be placed on a war foot-

g.

Her Majesty's Government. in appreciation of Mr. l‘oto‘s services, and iitoro especially of his recent disintercstndnoss and patriotic con- duct in retiring from tho reprusentntion of NOI'WIt'.ll,t0 carry out the constructioit of the railway from Balaklava, originated by the Duke of Newcastle, has recommended him to the Queen for a ltnronetc , which will be im- tnediutoly conferred upon him.

that is, the people have itot yct tttrned as one man to

Peel formedgthat Administration which carried the principle of Free Trade, and was eventually upset in 1846 by the secession of its " Protectionist” ssupporters. Lord John Russell’s Administration, which succeeded, lasted from June, 1846, to February, 1852, whens defeat on the Militia Bill induced his Lordship to resign office. Then came the brief Administration of the Earl of Derby, and the "country party,” which lasted about nine months. It was dissolved just before Christmas, 1852. and the Earl of Aberdeen succeeded as the head of aCcalition Ministry. This Administration has lasted a little more than two years. It will be seen that the second Ministry ofViscount Melbourne held office for upwards of six years, that of Sir Robert Peel (the second Ministry) nearly five years, and that ofLord John Russell nearly six ears. During the period in qtiestlun—\’lZ., from 1834 to 1854, three appeals were made by existing Ministries to the pttblic opinion of the nation—by the usual constitutional course of a general election. Thus, Sir Robert Peel dissolved Parliament in December, I834, and the result was a considerable, but not adequate, accession of parliamentary support; Lord Melbourne dissolved in 1841, but the country returned a majorit of I00 against him; and the Earl of Derby's appeal to the people, in 1852, was, to judge from the result, similarly, though not equally, unsuccessful.