Jewish Converts in Italy, 36 Jewish Tolerance, A Glimpse of, 574 Jews in Australia, The, 178 Jews of Ramsgate, The, had the Gos- Jews, The, in connection with the Judaism on the Threshold of Eternity, Judas Iscariot Redivivus, 182 (poetry), 88 the Great Modern Judaism, A suggestive Episode Much-neglected Book, The, or a Plea National Restoration of Israel, 20 New Solution in Part of John's Reve- 657 New Year, A Word of Counsel to our Notes, 32, 75, 126, 172, 220, 268, 416, Notices to Readers and Correspondents, 48, 96, 144, 192, 242, 290, 438, 486, Obituary Notice-Mrs. H. A. Stern, 80 Our Testimony to the Churches to take Outlines of Prophecy, by W. Howell, 76 Palestine Exploration Fund, 479 Patháns, Israelitish Origin of the, 680 Precession of Grace, The, by W. Howell, Pieritz, Rev. G. W., In Re Calvinism, Pieritz, Rev. G. W., Letter from, on the Pieritz, Rev. G. W., M.A., on Idolatry Poetry, 75, 88, 167, 168, 233, 434, 528, Preaching the Gospel, by Rev. G. W. Queries, 44, 93, 237, 289, 436, 482 Rainbow, The, Review of, 240 Retrospection and Anticipation, or the Re-union of Hebrew Christians, 281 Samson in Prison; or the Believer Second Advent Bible Readings, 40 Second Coming of Christ in its relation ספר תורת אלהים עם עשרה God, with Ten Commentaries, Review Sermon to Jews at Whitechapel, 434 Sibylline Oracles, The, 289 Some Tokens of God's Blessing upon Sparkes, J. G., on the much-neglected Spiritual Restoration of Israel, 21 State of the World at the Messiah's Stern, Rev. H. A, Address of Condo- Suggestive Episode in Modern Judaism, Syrian Patriarchs' Visit to this country: Talmud, The, by H. C. Oxoniensis, a Temple of Ezekiel, The, by Rev. A. A. "That Blessed Hope," 434 "The Banner Unfurled," Review of, The City of the Great King, 234 "The Jewish Chronicle" on the Church The Fancied Mount Sinai, 139 The Land of Sinim, 140 The Least in the Kingdom, 89, 235 "The Shadow of Death," Mr. Holman The Temple, its Ministry and Services, The Times of Refreshing, according to The Triumph Note of the Synagogue "The Two Wave-Loaves," What is sig- To our Readers, A Word of Counsel, on "Verily Israel and Judah is not wi- Voice from the Antipodes, The, on the What is meant by "The Morrow after What is signified by the "Two Wave- "What is Truth ?" 629 What the Patriarch of Syria and his Whitfield, Rev. F., M.A., on the Mani- Wilkinson, Rev. John, on Israel's Re- Will Israel be restored in Unbelief? 435 "Wondrous are the Works of Him who The Hebrew Christian Witness AND PROPHETIC JNVESTIGATOR. AN ANGLO-JUDÆO CHRISTIAN MAGAZINE. Ty DлN. "Ye are My Witnesses”—Is. xliii. 10. No. 13.] JANUARY, 1874. [NEW SERIES. A WORD OF COUNSEL TO OUR READERS ON DEAR THE NEW YEAR. EAR FRIENDS,-Through undeserved mercy, our Heavenly Father, and the great Master of the world-wide vineyard, continues to employ us as His labourers here on earth. We are called upon to go on with this our work, which He has given us to do, for another year. Conscious that it is His work which we have to do, we come before you, on the NEW YEAR, full of confidence and trust that He who has put it into our mind to begin this work will vouchsafe to us His grace and mercy to carry it to the end which He has purposed in His own mind. He will strengthen our hands, and bless us with the blissful assurance that our sufficiency is of Him. He will enable us, as He has hitherto done, to acknowledge Him in all our ways, so that He may direct our paths. He Himself will move upon our thoughts, control our words, suggest the themes which He deems best and fittest for our bearing witness to the praise and glory of His holy name in Christ Jesus. We tell you all this, dear readers, because we wish you not only to join your supplications to ours, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need, but also to determine yourselves, in God's help, at this beginning of a NEW YEAR to trust in the LORD with all your hearts, and not to lean to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.* A NEW YEAR, dear readers, is a most solemn landmark in our earthly pilgrimage, which-while it counts up the miles in the journey of life which we have already traversed-points onward to the ground which must be gone over. The difficulties and dangers of that ground are mercifully concealed from our view, but sure enough there they are, and must sooner or later be encountered by the children of God. In order to * Prov. iii. 5, 6. B conquer those difficulties, and to vanquish those dangers, we point you to the great Captain of our salvation, the Great Deliverer. God, the Shepherd, the Angel, the Redeemer, who delivered our patriarch Jacob from all evil,* will deliver you also. Or once more, in the words of our wise king Solomon: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Dear brethren in Christ, the year on which we now enter may prove the beginning of the great final conflict between the principalities, powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world, spiritual wickedness in high places, on the one hand, and the children of light on the other hand. The year which has just past and gone-a year freighted with eventful surprises to the Christian WATCHMAN-has closed with the most startling, yea, the most alarming incident in the English branch of the so-called "Christian Church." THE HEBREW CHRISTIAN WITNESS AND PROPHETIO INVESTIGATOR, God helping us, shall never cease to be on the watch, on the "strong tower of the name of the Lord,† to warn the unwary, to comfort the mourners over the iniquity which now, more than ever, is beginning to abound, and to endeavour to rekindle the love which, in the hearts of many, is beginning' to wax cold-according as our Lord's gracious hand be upon us. We feel more and more convinced that we have laid hold of the right plough in the great Husbandman's field, and that woe would betide us if we were allured to look back ere the work which He determined for our enterprise here shall have been accomplished according to His purpose. MAX MÜLLER'S COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY; OR, OUR TESTIMONY TO THE CHURCHES TO TAKE HEED TO THE "SURE WORD OF PROPHECY." HE untoward parody, the unseemly burlesque of the WORD OF GODwhich has been enacted and performed on Wednesday, the third day of last month, in the most venerable Christian Temple in this land-must have startled even the most lukewarm Christian professors, if we may judge from the criticism of the non-religious newspapers. The hearts of the true Christians, however, were stirred and pierced with sadness unspeakable, to the very core, at the daring exhibition. That Wednesday was a most solemn day. It was set apart, by the heads of the national Church, as a day of intercession in behalf of Christian missions; to thank God for His past mercies to the work of His labourers in His |