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reach , has devoted himself for soiwe time to the laborious office of a foreign missionars , and chiefly to the Jews ; and whatever we may think of his opinions or talents * ' or of the
probability of his succeeding , we are compelled to p »> our tribute of respect to his disinterested religious labours . * The pamphlet before us is the result of his observations , and in some respects , a less gratifying result than a soi-dismt ** Evangelical" believer would have expected ; for though lie finds the Jews every where on the eve of a change , he sees many symptoms of I heir conversion being * in an opposite direction to C ' alviuisftc Christianity , * nri he is constrained to admit the degeneracy of the foreign Christian churches , or in other words ,
their departure from the continental symbol of orthodoxy , the Confession of Augshurgh Mr Wn \ is shocked , as no doubt is his riifht reverend correspondent , at the state of 6 t the episcopal chapels on the continent . " That at
Hamburgh is filled with militarv stores ; that at Amsterdam has been without service for vears ; that of Memel is deserted ; and that at Moscow is burnt ( p . 11 ) , But our traveller ' s principal object is the Jews : he says , that he has visited all the synagogues and conversed with most of the
rabbies from Rotterdam to Moscow ; and he declares ( p . 13 ) , that " there is , at this time , a general commotion among the descendants of Abraham , and perhaps as general an expectation after what is about to come upon
them , as before the appearance of Christ /* He learned at Amsterdam , ( p . 2 O , ) " that there are upwards of one hundred families predisposed to niake a profession of Christianity , which they believe and teach secretly to their families , while some of them ,
at the same time , attend the synagogue . " It is difficult to understand in what way he could be informed of the secret teachings of the Jews in their families . In Hanover , a number of Jews in the higher classes have lately been baptized ( p . 22 ) , but
* While we applaud the zeal which sinks the English country gentleman in "the foreign missionary , we can scarcely withhold a smile from the Stansted Park " of the title-page .
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chiefly with a view of obtaining civil privileges . The philosophical chew racter of the Prussian Jews , as described by Mr . Way ( pp . £ 4—S 5 \ has been exhibited in Mr . Howe ' s
letter . For the use of the " Reformed Jews" at Berlin , a splendid synagogue has been built by one of their wealthy brethren , where only parts of the law are read , and the singing and preaching are in German . The Government at first objected to this institution , as being neither Jewish nor Christian , but it is suffered to
continue unmolested , and the old synagogue is deserted tp . 26 ) . These " Reformed Jews , '' according to Mr . Way , are proselytists , which affords some evidence of their having a sense
of truth , and being in earnest in their profession : since he wrote , we have read an account in the newspapers of a synagogue being established on their principles at Hamburgh . He laments over the condition of four
Jews , whom he met at Berlin , in one day , of whom * not onf had any knowledge of sin or its imputation : all conceived religion to lie within the compass of reason and human power , and justification to be by
works of man «/ one . * ( P . 27 . ) One was a student of theology , who knew nothing of the fall or the atonement : we wish , in spite of our missionary's scorn , not very decently expressed , that he may long remain in this happy ignorance . The maxim of another *
a merchant , was worth remembering , and Mr . Wav , we think , might have learned something from it : Gardez ce qui est droit— -faites ce qui est juste — aimez les homines , c est la religion . ** Lying vanities , " ex claims Mr . Way ,
of opinions like these , which are borrowed almost in so many words from the Jewish prophets ; and he prays in words as s 1 range as his spirit is offensive , that the persons who expressed them may " look unto Christ , the true serpent , and live I" ( P . 28 . )
A great movement in favour of the Jews , as is well-known , is making in Russia , where their number is computed at two millions . Under the auspices of the u magnanimous Alexander" ( we give him this title with sincerity ) an asylum is established for * We copy both the italics nnd the capitals from Mr . Way .
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Review .- —Way * * Letter to the Bishop of St . David ' s . 761
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VOI ,. XIII . 5 E
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1818, page 761, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2483/page/33/
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