report, which was published the latter end of May, contains no notice of any thing done or said to meliorate (the gentleman will pardon my unhallowed use of the term) the condition of their paper. In the beginning of June, after waiting a week, on making inquiry for Israel's Advocate the answer was, the paper was not yet

published, and would not be published till the week following; however, the publisher politely sent me the first Yearly Report, for which he has my thanks. Intimation is about that time given me of there being War in the camp; that the Rev. Mr. W.Gray had resigned the editorship, and that the Rev. Mr. Rowan was appointed to the office; that still it was not certain but the Rev. Mr. Gray would be persuaded to re-accept or continue the editorship; therefore I was advised to remain silent till No. VII. of the Adversary should be published. In July No. VII. is published, containing this notice, modestly put in, no doubt, by the Rev. Mr. Rowan, as editor. And now what does all this say? By the yearly report, page 22, it will be perceived that the editorship is worth twenty-five dollars per number, or 300 dollars per annum salary. For doing what? for cutting out extracts from publications, marking them, as also marking the communications, and sending them to the printer, who does all the rest (perhaps reading the proof!) a mere sinecure! and this, Mr. Gray has voluntarily resigned. The world will appreciate his motives; for own part, I give him credit for wisely and disinterestedly leaving the field he could no longer conscionably defend. I beg permission to extend to him the right hand of fellowship-he is no longer my opponent, he is my brother.

my

As to you, (the Rev. Stephen N. Rowan,)I must take the liberty of concisely pointing out the work you have on hand: for of you I expect satisfactory answers to all my numbers. I must state how my account current stands with Israel's Advocate.

Item First. No. 1 of the Jew,

Containing the proof that the present order

of things in the world, the present reign

called . . . . . . endom, is part of the clay Unanswered. kingdom represented by the legs and feet

of the Image in Nebuchadnezzar's dream.
and other matters therein contained.
Item Second. No. 2 of the Jew,
Containing the explanation of the 14th
verse of the 7th chapter of Isaiah, and pro-
ving that it has not the least reference
to Jesus of Nazareth, also proving that

the writer of St. Matthew has misquoted, Unanswered.
misapplied, and perverted the words of the
Prophet Isaiah; that the gospel accordingto
St. Matthew will not stand the test of the
testimony, consequently, that there is no
light in it, and other matters therein con-
tained.

Item Third. No. 3 of the Jew, Showing and proving that the .

ian

religion is idolatry; that it is that idolatry

spoken of by Isaiah the Prophet, chap. 65, Unanswered. that it is preparing the table to the Troop,

and furnishing the drink offering to the Number, and other matters therein contained.

Item Fourth. No. 4 of the Jew, Showing and proving that the Jews are not without God; that they have, and

worship the Lord their God only, and that Unanswered. they are not repudiated, but are the chosen

of God; and other matters therein contained, &c.

Thus, sir, stands our account with your concern, with your establishment; and, sir, you must feel conscious that it is of you we are authorized to expect payment. Sorry indeed that we are under the imperious necessity of call

ing on you for our just due; but what can be done, you are likely to get considerably more in our debt, and which, I must take the liberty to remind and warn you, will finally overwhelm and crush you. You repeatedly acknowledge yourselves our debtors; now sir, we will act generously with you, and freely forgive you all old scores, only pay the new; answer the numbers of the Jew satisfactorily, and you shall stand absolved from all other former obligations you consider yourselves under to us. Remember, Rev. sir, this is no vision, no dream; I am not a creature of your brain, a Greek, a man of Macedon, calling to you to come over to us, to help us, but a man as yourselves, whom you have unwarrantably attacked-a Jew! a citizen of the United States! and an inhabitant of New-York! who, standing on the defence of his religion, on the defence of his people and kindred, which, and whom you have, and do unfairly, wantonly, and unmanly attack, calls on you to guard; for in truth he wishes not to hurt you, but still is resolved you shall leave the field, if you have not sufficient arguments and reasons to support your cause.* now truly his debtor, nay, you are the debtor of all the Jews, you are pointedly the debtor of all ......ians, whose religion, whose hopes, whose dreams of happiness, you have drawn me out, by your attack on us, in my turn to attack, nay, you owe it to yourself to show the world that you can assign a reason for your standing, which, if you do not satisfactorily, what will the Jews, (whom you want to convert to your faith) what will.... ians, (who are wounded by your transgressions against us) what will the world of lookers-on, who are neither Jews nor ...ians, say of you? will not all join me in saying you have overrated your abilities? You have undertook to build without counting the cost? you began a war without considering whether you reasonably could expect to conquer with your five thousand?

You are

* Be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. 1 Pet. 3. 15.

This is your situation, and(figuratively speaking) you must either die in the trench, or quit the field; there is no middle course for Silence shall not answer you you to pursue. any good purpose: I must goad and provoke you continually to the combat; our strife is the true strife of love, where the loser, the conquered, is certainly the gainer; for he comes away saving his soul alive, whilst the or, as one of " those who turn many to righteousness, will like the stars, shine for ever and ever."

הסר ממך עקשות פה ולזות שפתים הרחק ממך :

"Put off from thee a forward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.”

Without intending offence, I take the liberty to compare reports.

devouring jaws. (a)

Of Georgetown. Here I was receiv edby my Jewish brethren in a manner unexpected and unprecedented. After I had preached but one sermon, which was particularly addressed to the seed of Abraham, we met at a private house, where both Jews and .ians attended; whilst my brethren and myself had a religious conversation for about three hours, which was resumed the next day, for the same space of time. The whole of the discussion was carried on with becoming spirit, and to the last moment of my stay in that place I was treated with BROTHERLY AFFECTION and ESTEEM.(b)

one of

(a) The disjunctive, "but," divides between the Jews, who it appears are represented by the Rev. Mr. Frey, as attending to his preaching, and the enemies of the cross, who did otherwise. Who then are those enemies of the cross?

(b) Mr. Frey only now has discovered that Jews may treat a fellow creature with affability, kindness, and sociality; he would seem to insinuate thereby that he is next to sure of converting them, because they visit him, &c. Has Mr. Frey forgotten that some two or three years since, I paid him a visit at his house, and spent the day with him, and (if I did wrong God forgive me,) eat bread with him; did he therefore, or does he yet think he converted me, although we were in instant conversation on the subject of religion, from after nine in the morning, till after three in the afternoon? Mr. Frey may remember we were by ourselves, as he excused himself from all other company during that time; I am happy to hear of him, that my affianced relatives at Georgetown have returned the compliment, and treated him as he says, although he may rest assured they think him a miserable sinner. Mr.