warrant for the contrary supposition. True, it did please God to transfer to the Gentile Church, for a long period, the sole keeping of the Gospel, as declared by our Lord and his Apostles; but this was not until some time-several generations after its establishment; and now that, in spite of all human calculations, he has actually again planted "the Church of the circumcision" in Jerusalem itselfnow that he has taken away the reproach from Israel, and has placed a Jew, a Hebrew of the Hebrews, in a most high station there, and gathered around him, with every manifestation of respect, all classes of all creeds except Popery, ("We would have healed Babylon but she is not healed-forsake her :") nothing short of the most distinct, unequivocal, explicit declaration of the Lord God Himself, contained in his inspired word, will shake our conviction on this point; and it is our great consolation that He will ere long make known more fully what is His will in this matter; and whether He will have every baptized Israelite who acknowledges in Jesus of Nazareth the very Paschal Lamb that was slain, while looking for him to return as the glorious Messiah, the King of Zion, and of the whole earth-whether he will have every such Israelite to turn his back upon his nation, and to trample under foot the peculiar distinctions by which it has pleased the God of Abraham to mark his race among the children of men.

Whenever a Jew is baptized into the Christian Church, we see a paragraph running the round of all the public prints, headed "Convert from Judaism." We detest the expression. Convert from Judaism! Do those who adopt the phrase believe in very deed that a Jew now stands at God's right hand to plead

for them? As to the language referred to by our honoured Brother, in the prayer for Sir Moses Montefiore, we are quite sure it would be repudiated by the great body of the Nation in this country. We do not call that Judaism, any more than we call Popery Christianity; neither do we in the least desire to justify the other departures from scriptural Judaism cited in the extract from Mr. M'Neile's work; but we contend for the great national distinctions that were never laid aside by the Apostles, or immediate disciples of our Lord; one of which, and that the chiefest, exists at this moment not only in, but throughout the Church at Jerusalem, and among all those Jews who have embraced the Gospel; and who, whether they will or no, do, and must perforce themselves belong to that CHURCH OF THE CIRCUMCISION. We confess, we dare not set up systems of man's forming in opposition to this stupendous work which God has worked in our days, before our eyes; ay, before the eyes of her who now, with high exultation again records the fact of having looked on, while the heads of the Gentile Church RESTORED THE HEADSHIP OF THE MOTHER CHURCH OF ALL TO A CIRCUMCised Jew.

As easy would it be to persuade us that the glorious rays of a summer sun have not, while we penned these words, broke forth upon the laughing flowers that glow before our window, as that the returning beams of divine favour have not again rested upon Israel, as Israel, to the extent that we contend for: and thus believing, we also believe that the time to favour Zion is not only coming, but come. By Zion, we mean the children of Zion; and by the children of Zion, we mean the Jews. We look, even daily,

for some mighty movement that shall rouse the whole tribe of Judah, as one man, to seek again the inheritance of their fathers. This may furnish a key to what our dear Brother, in common with many others, we believe, seems to regard as an inconsistency. We expect to see the present generation returning to Judea; and, blessed be God! He has already set watchmen on the walls of Jerusalem, already unfurled His standard there, even the standard of Judah, already caused the trumpet to give no uncertain sound; and if we shut our eyes to these things, not discerning the signs of the time, we shall

err.

We have just seen, and with great delight perused, a work by the Rev. W. Pym, entitled "The restitution of all things."* It expresses our expectations very clearly, as to the circumstances under which Judah shall again occupy Palestine; and looking upon the event as very near, we, accordingly, see no reason why converted Jews should not, in a national point of view, be also heirs of the land of Judea. Of course, if they do not choose it, they will not be forced, by their brethren or by us, to re-occupy their ancient territories; but it does not appear that the Bishop and his circumcised church feel any objection to retain the portion that has, pro tempore at least, been assigned to them. Not long ago, we were unrolling a large, fine map of the Holy land, in presence of a son of Abraham according to the

* Another Clergyman, the Rev. J. Oxlee, has published a pamphlet on what he calls the Jewish question, the practical working of which would be to dissolve Christianity in Judaism, and then to evaporate the latter into nothing. From his doctrine and deductions we heartily dissent. He certainly has shewn up the falsehood and absurdity of certain ancient 'fathers;' but he ends by out-doing them all.

flesh, whoexultingly exclaimed, 'Here is a ground plan of our estates! Did he not speak truth? we honoured him for a measure of faith that would shame many an heir of the heavenly Canaan. This dear Jew possesses not in that land so much as he might set the sole of his foot upon; yet he claims in it an unalienable estate, because God gave it to Abraham, and confirmed it to his posterity, and has promised that it shall again be their's in actual possession. Would that we, who look for a better inheritance among the saints in light, could always so walk by faith and not by sight, as to be able to lay our hand on the kingdom, as mapped out in the word of God, and say with the bold confidence of that unquestioning Israelite,' This is mine!'

We end by most warmly thanking Mr. M'Neile, not only for what he has done, but for the way in which he has done it; and we are persuaded that to our own we may safely add the acknowledgements of every reader of our Magazine. We also most cordially thank our elder Brother, “Jacob," for showing such an example of manly frankness, and for permitting this humble periodical to become the ground where a Christian Gentleman has proved to a Hebrew Gentleman in how mild and courteous a spirit controversy may be carried on, even where the parties are in doctrine most widely opposed, and in person wholly unknown to each other. May the God of peace shortly make us all of one mind, and that the mind which was in Christ Jesus!

Review of Books.

ENGLAND'S EXILES; or a view of a series of instructions and discipline, as carried into effect during the voyage to the penal colonies of Australia. By Colin Arrott Browning, M.D., Surgeon, Royal Navy. -Darton and Clark.

A VERY striking example of what may be done, during a limited space of time, in that most awful prisonhouse, a convict-ship, and among the worst characters that could well be brought together, where one bold, faithful, consistent Christian was resolved to do his utmost in turning the sinner from the error of his way. We can scarcely name a station at sea or on shore, where this book would not be valuable, as a directory and an encouragement. No ship ought to leave our ports without an attempt having been at least made to bring it under the notice of those in JUNE, 1843.

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