appear before you, that all the topics we have been reviewing in this discourse-the present state of the Jews-their future prospects-and our consequent duty, unite in recommending the efforts of that Institution which is expressly engaged in this great work. I do not ask for a DISPROPORTIONATE OR EXCESSIVE ATTENTION to this branch of Christian benevolence. I ask only that this Society should share your labours, and partake of your prayers and support. I ask, that the Jew may not be neglected in the general ardour for spreading the Gospel. I ask, that while you are sending your Bibles and your Missionaries to the most distant shores, you should not pass over a people, many of whom are dispersed in your own land, and around your very dwellings. And in asking this, I should be the last to countenance ANY RASH OR INCONSIDERATE MEA 6 SURES. These would inevitably defeat the design which you have in view. On the contrary, the Society for which I plead is desirous of proceeding with the utmost circumspection. The very state of the Jewish nation, which we so much deplore, requires this. Those who labour for the conversion of the Jews,' says Basnage, ought to be especially cautious, and not to trust to any instances of conversion, except where they appear to be altogether voluntary. It is not enough that they have proceeded from fear exertion, than were perhaps ever united in any other scheme of mercy, which, at any period of the Church, has addressed itself to the conscience and affections of the sincere believer in Jesus Christ. For supporting then a cause thus promising in its first efforts, as well as splendid in its future prospects, I now solicit your benevolence. Assist us in furthering the design. Aid us in spreading among the Jews the tidings of salvation. Help us to place within their reach the means of knowledge, to remove, as far as possible, all impediments to its reception, and to impress at length on the Jew the conviction that we are sincerely and cordially labouring for his welfare. What success it may please God eventually to grant to the Society, it is not for us to predict. It is ours to make the attempt in humble dependence on the aid of his Spirit and grace. And I am sure, that British Christians will not fail to support the honour of their country and of their religion in respect to this particular Society, as they support it so honourably in regard to every other branch of benevolence and mercy. I know they can never be backward in a project, which though more slow and painful in its first developement than many others, becomes therefore only a more imperious duty of the compassionate heart; and which being mingled with all our brightest hopes of the conversion of the world on the one hand, and sustained by all the predictions of the divine purposes of mercy on the other, combines in itself more powerful motives for |