THE

CHILDREN'S JEWISH ADVOCATE.

AUGUST, 1860.

JEWISH CHILDREN AT ALEPPO.

A FEW years ago, a Christian lady and gentleman went to live at Aleppo. They wished to do good, and to win souls to Christ.

The lady asked some of the children to come to her, and said that she would teach them. They were very pleased to do this, and she in this way got together a little school.

Some of these children belonged to the Greek Church, some were Roman Catholics, and there were a few Mahommedans. There were also a few Jewish Children. But when the others saw them, they told the lady that they would not come to be taught where Jewish children were.

But the lady loved Israel. She knew that it was of them as concerning the flesh that Christ She therefore told the others that

came.

could not think of forbidding the Jewish children to come, and that they were as good as the others.

It was some time before these wicked thoughts could be taken out of the minds of the Gentile children, but by degrees this Christian friend had the joy of seeing them all learning together.

Of all her pupils the Jewish children were the most interesting. When the New Testament was first placed in their hands, they refused to read it. Then they became curious to know what was in it, and when they did read it, they seemed to wish to know more and more about it.

Many a time did the lady talk to these dear children of the Lord Jesus Christ. And pleasant it was to hear their questions, and to mark the desire of their minds to know of Him.

There was one boy in particular who gave the lady great comfort. His delight seemed to be in reading the Word of God. But this he knew would not be allowed by his parents. He therefore hid the New Testament which his kind friend had given him.

One day he came to school, and told the lady that his big brother had come home, after being away for a long time in some distant part. He said that he wished to learn to read, and asked whether he might come to school. The lady said that she would like to see him.

When he

came, she saw that he was too big to come to school. But his younger brother came up to her, and whispered in her ear, "He wants to know more of Jesus Christ, and he wishes much to have a New Testament."

We must be sorry that this kind lady was soon after this obliged to leave this place. There was no one to carry on her good work. The Jewish children, as well as the others, were again left as sheep without a shepherd.

A CONVERSATION.

OUR missionary, Mr. Gans, having gone into a Jewish shop, met there two Jews and a Jewess. While the two men were engaged, he began to converse with the Jewess.

Jewess.-Why do you preach to the Jews? Missionary.-In order to try and save their

souls.

J.-Do you mean to say that we shall be lost without you?

M.-I do not say that. But you will be lost without the Messiah.

J.-Who is the Messiah?

M.-Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

J.-He is the Messiah of the Christians. The

Jews have another.