by the good hand of God upon the Committee, the work was accomplished. The 7th of April, 1813, was the day appointed for laying the first stone of the Episcopal Chapel and Schools in Bethnal Green. His Royal Highness, the late Duke of Kent, kindly consented to perform that office. Thus the father of our beloved Queen laid the first stone of the first Episcopal Jews' Chapel, and Her Majesty, the Queen, signed the document which authorized the consecration of the first Protestant Bishop-himself a Jew-for Jerusalem. At two o'clock, on the day mentioned above, His Royal Highness, attended by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London, the Earls Crawford and Lindsay, the Earl of Besborough, Lords Dundas and Erskine, William Wilberforce, Esq., M. P., Thomas Babington, Esq., M. P., Benjamin Shaw, Esq., M. P., the Treasurer, Sir Stephen Claudius Hunter, Bart. and Alderman; Lewis Way, Esq., &c., &c., and a very numerous assemblage of the clergy and friends of the Society, with the children who were under the care of the Society, proceeded towards the determined site, in the following order : FOUR CONSTABLES. TWO MARSHALMEN. THE CITY MARSHAL. The Committee. The Westminster Committee. Constables. STEWARDS. JEWISH CHILDREN. STEWARDS. VICE-PRESIDENT. PRESIDENT. Constables. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor. ALDERMEN. SHERIFFS. VISITORS. The procession was met at Spital Square, by a company of the Tower Hamlets Militia, which preceded it to the ground, where it arrived at three o'clock. His Royal Highness and train. passed through a line, formed by Militia with presented arms, the band playing "God Save the King," in the following order : The Westminster Committee. THE COMMITTEE. Stewards. Clergymen. The Rev. J. S. C. F. Frey. Jewish Girls. Converted Jews. Vice-President. Master Builder with the Mallet, Silver Trowel and Coins, on a Crimson Velvet Cushion. Architects. His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent. His Royal Highness was received on a platform, erected for the purpose, by the Committee and Stewards. Seats also had been put up which accommodated about 1000 Ladies. When the Duke had taken his station, the children sang the hundredth Psalm. The Rev. Thomas Fry, M. A., one of the Secretaries, then read the inscription on the brass plate, affixed to the foundation stone. It is as follows: : EPISCOPAL CHAPEL The London Society For promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, The first stone of the Building Was laid on Wednesday, the 7th of April, A.D., 1813, and in the fifty-third year of the reign of our gracious and beloved Sovereign King George the Third, By His Royal Highness, Edward, Duke of Kent, Assisted by the Rt. Hon. George Scholey, and Lord Mayor, John Blades, Esq., PRESIDENT, Right Hon. Lord Barham. Then follow the names of the Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, Committee, &c., &c. His Royal Highness then proceeded with a silver trowel to lay the stone, in which several gold and silver coins of the reigning Sovereign had been deposited. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, and each of the Noble Lords and Vice-Presidents took a part in the ceremony, which was performed in the presence of nearly 20,000 spectators. A suitable prayer was then read by the Rev. H. Atkins, and a brief address was delivered by the late Rev. Bazil Woodd, which we hope to insert in our next number. 149 SECRET BELIEVERS. (From the Jewish Herald.) 66 THERE are Jews, who, in their secluded closets, lie at the feet of Jesus, and worship him who is the fountain of life. With such an one had I today a lengthened conversation. He is a young Jew, who has not been long in this country. He is altogether frank and open-hearted. For three years already he has struggled and striven for light, truth, and peace. We had a long conversation, during which he related to me some very interesting experiences he had had. Not long before my departure from Europe," said he, "I paid a visit to my sister, to whom I stated that I was torn asunder from Judaism, and was agitated by the question, whether Christ is not the true Messiah? She stared at me in astonishment. I expected the bitterest reproaches, but I heard something quite different. She drew me into her bed-room, there showed me the Bible and several tracts, and with deep emotion of heart said to me, 'There is no other Messiah than Jesus the Nazarite. I believe this; and I wanted to tell you of it. Listen to what I purpose to do. I must become a Christian.'"-Rev. John Neander's Journal, New York. THE SAMARITANS. "The Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans." --John iv. 9. THE fact thus recorded by the inspired writer is illustrated at the present day. The enmity between the Samaritans and the Jews still exists. The Rev. F. C. Ewald, in a reccnt missionary journal, tells us of an enquiring Samaritan, who visited him. "I asked him," says Mr. E., "what difference there was between the Samaritans and the Jews?" he replied, "There is a difference between us as far as the heavens are above the earth." 66 Will you be so good as to tell me some of your differences?" asked Mr. Ewald. The Samaritan replied, "The Jews say that here, in Jerusalem, stood the temple to worship God, and that it was here that Abraham offered up Isaac; but this is not true. The temple stood on our holy mountain Gerisim; there Abraham offered up Isaac, and there we worship God; there we sacrifice the Paschal Lamb, and there we celebrate our most holy festivals.' 66 Our fathers worshipped on this mountain, and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Thus spake the Samaritan woman to our Saviour eighteen hundred years ago, and the same language is in the mouth of the Samaritans even to this day. THE OPERATIVE JEWISH CONVERTS' THIS most important Auxiliary, in the great The report of the Institution shows that the divine blessing rests upon this scriptural and necessary labour of Christian love, and that its |