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spirit in reply cried with a loud voice, 'No, no, I am a poor foolish man.' He then found himself brought suddenly before the throne on high, and he cried out, 'Oh, how can I be worthy of this?' The angels responded, "Give room, give room, he has whole shas,' (he has studied the whole Talmud). The judge then spake from his throne, Thou hast fulfilled the commandment, Thou shalt love the Lord with all thy heart, and thy neighbour as thyself: and therefore thou hast fulfilled the whole law.' Not long after, the learned son-in-law died also; the angels took his soul, and cried 'Room, he has half shas,' (he has studied half of the Talmud). The soul

answered, 'What! I have half shas? I have studied the whole of the Talmud.' He was carried farther, and they cried,

Make place, he has half Torah,' (he has studied half of the Pentateuch). He was at last laid down at the feet of his father-in-law, and from thence he cried out, "What, I half Torah? I have Torah kulle,' (the whole of Moses). The judge said, 'Thy father-in-law devoted himself for you, and now you must resign your knowledge to him, and he receive the benefit thereof.' The soul cried out, "That is a most unrighteous judgment! As I have studied the whole law, if he is to share my learning with me, he must also take part of my guilt.' The judge answered, 'You are indebted for your learning to his affection, but as to your works, you bear the guilt yourself. You have once in your life taught that to be allowed, which I had forbidden; You have therefore with your

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us, for the Rabbi had expressly forbidden it, under pain of excommunication. Eight foreign Jews came, one of whom had laboured in Amsterdam, and related that several Christians there had become Jews. I showed him that the outward Christian and the outward Jew were exactly in the same state. With God, all depends upon the new birth of the heart. He thereupon desired to know accurately what this new birth was. I explained it to him, and concluded with an earnest address, in which I said to him, that if he remained in his present state, he must be lost. This alarmed him exceedingly, but he endeavoured to conceal his anxiety, by relating that he had formerly spoken with two Christian students, who told him that there was no hell; and that hell only meant remorse of conscience. I replied, that remorse was a proof of the certainty of the existence of eternal flames; for if there was no hell, there would be no anxiety about it. Brother Ball continued the conversation with him. These Jews left us with evident anxiety about the way of salvation.'

ROMISH INTOLERANCE.

THE King of Sardinia has issued an ordinance, prohibiting the Protestants dying in his dominions from being interred with any public ceremony; and

he has further decreed, that the funeral procession shall not be attended by more than twelve persons professing the protestant religion.

Notices and Acknowledgments.

Perhaps OBSERVATOR might be able to obtain the aid of a few friends, hire a room, and begin in a small way, and thus gradually advance to more extended usefulness than he can now venture to hope. It is from such feeble commencements, attempted with a single eye to the glory of God, and accompanied with fervent prayer for a divine blessing, that many valuable institutions have arisen. Put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man, for there is no help in them. Received-H. M.-A PROTESTANT.-M. A. B.-T. H.-and A CONSTANT READER.

We have not observed the prevalence of any such practice as M. N. O. censures. Can he tell us where it actually exists? A solitary instance is perhaps scarcely worthy of public reprehension.

Perhaps An old Protestant of the Church of England would more effectually promote the object he has in view, were he to forward a paper containing the main points of his argument, but with such modifications as his good sense will suggest, to some periodical circulating more generally among that larger class of persons to whom he refers.

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TO BIOGRAPHY, RELIGIOUS COMMUNICATIONS, &c. &c.

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L. B. SEELEY AND SONS, WESTON GREEN, THAMES DITTON.

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