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COATKS, 160 KING STSEBT; 1835. ,*"■ Itl i' !■' i I 'i«l m. H^ « iiK ^ y A^- At" . ^ .. A^J t. .fi^,-,. ^ 'fm- I lilTTBR II LiTTBR r Lbttir V tiTiiii n ' '. ' .' J 1 :/rv PO. ;. W INTRODUCTION. ERRATA. lilTTBR I. ....Page 9, lOth line from buttoni, (or captivse teiiA cajHiftt, II Page 13, 14tli line from bottom, for decree read decreed. Page 15, lat line, for word road world. UWTXM9< III -...Page 18, 9th line from bottom, for AecauA/! read 6er• V HAVB C< oy mind, nent of tl he eyes i will pi lothing I he fewe to humbl Mranderli (hat lam Alt |J CW8, I ' the eyee I the Prie mind ; people ' Jews. 'J I -^. . ... *''™-**^ r; szi-tisiojit J--J J r- -. 1 1 9 INTRODUCTION. w lAVB compiled this little Work, ?is it hath oviginalcd in ay mind, in a wilderness part of the earth, and the retire. intofthc wood. I send it to the cities and abroad, that he eyes of the present age may look upon it — and no doubt t will produce sentiment from the tongue — for in this ag(5 lothing passeth unnoticed. If believed to Ml tho truth by he fewest number, I trust it will have this effect — i. c. — to humble the mind iind believe in the love of God to his wandering and afflicted people, the Jews, especially those that lament over the loss of their land and the Holy City. Although the Work is addressed peculiarly unto tho .T cws, I wish not that it should pass unto them unseen by (theeyesoftiie Christian Church, which in one sense arc the Priests that are dividing the world and exalting th^j mind ; but in reality I would that it come to the eyer f f atl people who believe in the restoration and salvation ot* the Jews. D. W. 9 I. ■i. *f.t> I '.I # • ( : <«: I' "•%i ( ■•,. »"',■ o TO Tl «., .M.., ;i '■ h-l - .i : ♦ • lA • t.; ; ' . -;-.-^. ' r ■. .; i - .' ■• 1 ■ ) ,■ ■ •.1.,.;;, . vr .h.-f ■ »"^j V; gather . t . ,. ,. _•■; -a ••> •• ii. '■ ■ K .^i ■ ic?'. ■ -.■l"- (' '!"':.;.'f. love — 1 r , . i earth. -»-^:-.' -V'1--- V- -I-:; :>-.■-:. ■ ! ' ' ■ ' "■ ■■,'>■ unto a * >■:,'* ' ; ■ . . 1 , ■ ■ / '• i: y ten un ^ ' t ' ' ' ' •-■.■.-,. ' ">i'i ■-■; ' . .. ■;" ' . ' ' * ■ ' ■((';■ S\m\\ I mercif fitteth Hia p light I • •'■ ■ i- ■ : . ' V. ' throug ^a th • t ■ • VVhk since ti him to you the priced vour ta V Ast in the visited 0'=.' LETTER 1st I* ^ . •.'V » ■ it'- ,' ■:«%S. .^. •, ; . June 28th, 1835. TO THE JEWS, THE CHURCH OF MY LO¥E. The God of'fhe Hebrews hath required it at my hands, that I should write a few letters of communication unto you, recommending you to a coming day. r ... Whereas God hath shown you much loving kindness since the calling of Abram, until this day, it hath pleased iiitn to continue his mercies unto you ; and declare unto you the event of this long and sore chastisement he hath ]%ced upon you, for ilKtreating them that were sent unto your fathers, in many ages that are past. ; j ^.c ,;' v • ^ As the spirit of the father hathsuifer^M for these thing! gather you, and make you the first fruits of his peculiur love — unto you first, and then to all the ends of the earth. He hath made by you, an example of his wrath unto all flesh, that the wages of sin may never be forgot- ten under heaven. But as your sorrows have been, so Dial! be your joys ; for you are the chosen servants of a merciful God. He hath chastised because of love, and fitteth ^ou to be redeemed through much sorrow of heart. Hivi promises are good unto you, and as you have be^ a light unto the world through tribulation, so will you be through the salvation of the soul, and the love of Gqd. As the liOrd your God was with your fathers in tho t ■ } pq -.■('3 M iiderness, to will ho bo with vou, iinrl vou will he *ivcd i'rom tho mournful cvoat of vour m\9. Moticrt wan a prophet unto you, and a dciivoicr from hondH ; tho Lord your God prepared his suul, nnd sunt him into Bgypt, to M'ork tho redemption of your fumily from bondii. Let it h3 rt;membered, that alHiction mado your prayer fliiicero, und accepted of God, and it was according to your own dotiiros that Moses was sent unto you, from tho morcics (tf your God who is in heaven ; he loved you that dwelt upon the earth — ho had called you in Abram, and cluf »cn you for his own peculiar inheritance with the children of men. In you is promised tho calling of I shmael, and all tho ends of the world ; yo nro of Isanc iM well as of Abram, in whom all tho families of tho earth arc promised a blessing. Moses did not say that your salvation consi and tried by the sacred Wi'itingd ; if found true by immoveable or indisputable proofs, 1 shall be received ; Ihe events of the present time bearing witness of the truths? 1 declare Unto you, whom I esteem as my bretliern, — tiie Church of my love* I write not for silver nor gold, flattery nor reception, applause, title nor office below tho 8un ; of all these I am unworthy ; but I am a shepherd of a few souls in a wilderness ; and through love, and most endeared affection, write unto you for your informa. tiou, that you may know, as mine own brethern that are present with me, what there is in existance in the world, and w hat the God of your salvation and my hope hath revealed to my soul ; for my heart is drawn out in these lines this day for your sake. Neither Joshua nor Jesus was that prophet or lawgiver spoken of by Moses : Christ was a fulfillcr of tlie law, and the book of prophesies, as far as related to his person, that was born oi' a woiniii in Bethlehem of Judah. His spirit is the saviour of the world, and will come unto you, as the prophet hath said, and be unto you a father, and a "Prince of Peace." It is neither the dispensation of Moses, nor that of Christ, that hath given peace to the world ; for she doth not enjoy her sabbaths as Moses saw when the world began. But when ye (the Jews) " shall hear in all things'* wiiich the Lord your God will communicate unto you, as Moses hath said, ye will be saved from your sins, and enter into rest. One day refers to another, as to-day may prophesy of to-morrow ; so Moses hath spoken unto yoU of a day to come : if that day shall reveal all things need- ful unto you, this day as yesterday will pass away and be no more. " Him shall ye hear in all things, as a law present, or at hand, in every needful time, as the father to the son, or the parents with the children." It i« impossible to receive the fonner prophets with a^i tmbelief that the Nev/ Testament is not a book of prophc-' sies also. But I am as far from being in faith with the present christian world as ye are the Jews : for they say tlieir saviour has come, and the world remains in sin ; it is added, he is not received according to his coming, thti came may be imputed to the Jews, as pertaining to the true by Jceived ; le truthsf n, — the ■>r gold, low thf> hepherd ye, and utbrma- but are world, pc hath n these r Jesus Christ iies, as w'ornirj of the li said, • It is St, that iov her liiriiifs" ou, as IS, and y may vou need- y and a law father It 19 h a!i )phe- h the ' say I ; it , thii' >th9' dispensation that came by Moscs^ but both have bcca received according to thcfir power and virtue ; and it wasr not permitted unto Moses to complete the salvation of the Jews : neither to the person of Christ to make the world happy; he suffered with the prophets and died, and absent- ed hi'nseif from the world. He was with the prophets OQ earth, teaching us the will of God in the flesh, and as many as practised his testimiony, he was the saviour x)f the World $ and so were the prophets that came before him ; their testimony was a present salvation to Israel. But there is a dispensation to come, when all the pro.^ phets of God shall appear imto us, jointly connected ih one body, for there shall be a resurrection of these' things that are past. The body is but the garment of the mind, and the world bath been giving many figures of the truth, like Joseph's coat of many colours ; but all has coi!ne fihort of making peace on earth, or revealing the salvation of the world to Adam's sons^ As the Hebrew's were first called in Abraham to a reformation, they are the first chosen ; and their personal distress prefigures the tribulation of the soul, and sheweth how dear the field is bought, or the inheritance of the promise that we have lost through sin. AH stands fair as" the morning sun for the restoration •i Israel, and the salvation of the Jews : if another shall be prepared or fitted in mind as Moses was, a brother of the Jews, he will be prepared alone by the presence oi God, and revealed openly. The Jews shall be in captivity to receive this salvation, i, e^ all they need. In the days of Joshua, nor Christ, they were not captivse. Neither of these characters answers to the prophecy of Moses, for, until they are caeptives they cannot receive another like unto him, for he came unto them in their bonds and gave them laws well pleasing unto God, and they came away. The Lord Waain the mind of Moses, and taught him in the tabernacle, all things he should reveal unto Israel. There were none before Moses like unto him, but there should be afler. Mosea knew all things by revelation from the foundations of the vrorld. If we are like unto Moses, or another «halt ji 10 ! be, we shall be brought up or educated, under the dominion of a king, and be tributary unto him, and sea our brethren in bonds, and be angry with tlie oppressor ; Christ was not so educated ; moreover, to be like Moses, another shall write as he did and communicate unto the Jews the will of God, and reveal all things from heaven ©f which they now stand in need. To them the child is born f and the son given that shall do these things. The will of God in the flesh, shall complete the salvation of Ihe . world, and the coming of God with man, is the salvation of the Jews, and in his name shall the whole earth be saved. But all tiiat hath been are shadows and signs of his coming; and blessed are they that received them, for they sliall be comforted in their hope, and all jBesh shall see the solvation of the world. The world waiteth for the resurrection and return of Moses to his people, as he hath been, to fulfil his prophesy, and com- municate all things to them, wiiich they sliail hear, and believe in all things past, as a prophesy of days and times that were to come. The christian world is far from peace, neither doth the christian fait:*, in the man Christ Jesus effect the salvation of the world, neither are they a light to the Jews. . They are divided in their faith, and their works follow them. The Jews had one temple ; but they have their thousand. So are the Christians divided, each thinking they are the chief sect in the synagogue. The Jews are reserved for the Saviour, and the Saviour is preparing for them, a,nd him will they hear in all things as Moses hath said, and be saved from their sins. And Ishmael and ail the. earth shall follow them. — Amen, Gh now my soul with joy can sing For Israel has a priest and king", The captives rise to see the day, The sun doth rise to light their Wfiy, A Saviour, and a God to save. From the dark terrors of the grave, By David and the morning star, They see at horn oand see a.far. The promis'd fieldagain's in sight.forGod ahove doth give them light, Bride of mylovo ! spouse of my grief, thvGod has come to grant relief. He in the wilderness prepares The peace and joy of future yeara, He hailf^the trumpet calls to co 1 hav I am a inspires fond en Whe; ye wen In Isas various Ishmae father 1 from Is his owi rent ap mother blessin Abram was tr afflicte And heir o disagn his br( ishali your I Isaac one fu per fo l>ut ea the a be a i come Ther. Abra! in!;>tk 11 s ressor ; Moses, nto tlie heaven child i The tion of is tho whole vvs and ceived and all world to his com- ^r, and s and r fron» Christ i they thy and ;mple ; istians in tho iviour. 1 they I from bllow r way, grave, » liffhf . relief, yeare, ■ ■-•■ ' 1 ■' ''■ ' ', LETTER 2nd. Jt/xi 30th, leSf), ISRAEL, MY FRIEND. I have not flattery in my lips — nor deceit in my soul ; I am a man of affliction, and my heart is sincere : hope inspires my hand to write, and with love I salute you with fond embraces. When Abram (the pillar of your religion) was called ye were a chosen people, and the heir of many promises. In Isaac there is a blessing promised to all people, or th« various tribes on earth, there is a blessing for yonr brother Ishmael. Ye are one in your father's loins, and your father loved you both ; and when Ishmael was separated from Isaac, it grieved your tender hearted father, to see his own blood divided, and the limbs of his own body rent apart; but God said unto him; let it be so now, as your mother Sarah hath said. He comforted him with u blessing, t. e, that in Isaac, Ishmael should be called, and Abram resigned to the word of God, whom he knew was true ; and he sent away his son Ishmael and his ftfllicted mother to endure the sorrows of life. And ye became two nations from one father, and the heir of two blessings from one God. Ishmael will be disagreeable till he is called in Isaac, and blessed with his brethren, when with all the families of th6 earth h« ivhall be blessed. In the mind of Abram (the elder in your church) there is mercy and love for Ishmael and Isaac ; though of two mothers, ye were the off*spring of ime father, from whence you did proceed. It is not pro- per for the mother to make the division, but for a time ; l>ut each took their young and went ihere way to fulfil the appointments and purposes of God. But there shall be a calling in Isaac ; (not in Ishmael, that Isaac should come unto him,) but in Isaac that Ishmael should return. There is a full evidence, that the unbounded heart of Abram./ (who was to be a blessing) loved these two 112 fathers, th« boud woman, and the free, and both bore I' 1 1 11 t^ £ i 12 M ; fruit of Abram's mind^ for his mind inspired the deeds of generation with them. And it is evident that God loved both the children or offspring of Abram, and he comfor. ted both ihese mothers with their desires, that were the heirs of Abram's love, and loved hinri. We now observe in the heart of Abraham, a universal love for the world and a godly sorrow for those who are appointed to mourn, as Ishmael and his mother in a barren wilderness, with n morsel of bread. In this we see in Abram, (the pillar of your laws, God excepted) there was a tender mind towards the poor, the bond.maid and her son, not willing to grieve the mother of the legal (leir, he mourned through pity, and according to the will of God, bowed down hi«i jirincely head, to let afflicted Sarah have her oiin way : for she had been much afflicted, because the Lord had made her barren unto Abram, that she could not bear a son, to bear the memory of A 'jram, and receive his bless- ing in this world. And she wept until she was comforted with an heir froni heaven. Ye are the remains of thiA Isaac, and aip God knoweth the predetermination of bis will before action, he was minded to give mournfu) Sarah a son ; and one that would bear the affliction for tiie sins of his people, and be a saviour to the world, and be the first heirs of his peculiar blessing — tasting and seeing how good the Lord is — call Ishmael to partake with Isaac — and from thence all the families of the world. Some have imputed the disposition of Ishmael to the uncircumcision of Abram, in which I believe not ; it partaineth to the flesh, rather than the mind. If this ' «on was to bear the iniquity of his father for begetting him of a bond.maid, from whence came the blessing ? He miraculously^saved him alive where nothing was — where Hesh and blood, or a weeping mother, despaired of help or the favours of God. I3ut God, the pillar of the Hebrew family, according to his own good will, hath shewn his mercy to the bond and free woman. His I0V9 is shewn to the circumcised and uncircumcised child, and he hath blessed both Ishmael and Isaac in the morn, ing of their days. There was a blessing on the deeds I* f Abram, before circumcision and after, because at all what shall 13 times he hnH a just and upright mind. Ishmael's fuiHnfrg Cometh from that which now troubleth the earth, ho saw partiality to tlie sons of one father, and the children of one God; and to shew the bad effect of these desires, (though gratifying to the mind) he suffered these things to be for a time, to convince all nations of the bad effects of partiality, and that it was not the will or mind of just Abram between these two heirs. He hath made [shmael a robber— ^I say not that God hath inspired sin ; but I will say the soul of Ishmael is in his children till this day — taking these things of every nation in his power ; and it is hard for me to read the laws of his heart, but what God hath decreed, Ishmael doth fulfil, " his hand shall be against every body (or people,) and they liall be against him." Who can disappoint God in his deciees? What we see, we are forbidden to disbelieve. But there shall be a c Hing in Isaac that robbsth not according to his law, for he is the heir of what God hath given : and he shall call Ishmael in with him, (the seed of Abram) and they shall be brothers, sons of one father, on whoni is conferred the miraculous blessings of one God. Ishmael shall come unto Isaac the heir, and he shall give unto him a part of all ; for Isaac shall love his brother as himself, and with the love wherewith Abram loved him. Ishmael shall be called in Isaac, and the hope of these things comforted Abram, for he saw that Ishmael's lot was decree of God, and he resigned in innocence, and none can blame righteous Abram for the division he made, lu these days Ishmael shall have his right ; he shall no more hunger in the wilderness, and when he enjoys the blessings of God, he will put forth his hand against no man ; neither will he mock nor despise his brother for* these unequal divisions that are in life : but according to the desires of Abram, and the will of God, it shall be no more. Ishmael is not alone in the wilderness, but is in the christian land, for he shall become a great people, and princes shall proceed from him. Of what kind shall ihey be ? If they are of Ishmael, they shall be wise and strong ; they will not rejoice in partiality, nor submit to be slaves in ^the house of Isaac — the Lord hath not so B m 14 V. decreed — but depart into the wildorncsa, gather their own bread, and live an independent life. What is the fioiil of Ishmael when he is young ? He mocketh, and blesscth not the days of partiality : he is oficnded, and treats with contempt, superiority, because, he is of the seed or soul of Abram, in whom all the families of the earth shall be blessed. The princes, or spirit of Ishmael, shall mock skilfully, he shall offend these at the feast : he, or they may be put away; but they will not bow nor beg where one brother is taken, and another left : but they will take without permission where they can find, until the bless- ings of their father's house is restored unto them, and their dear mother to Abram's love. Now, Isaac unto thee do I communicate these things : thou art made the servant, and thy wages shall be great — the whole earth waits for thy salvation. There are many kings, dukes, and lords, in it : but thou art a bonds-man in their land : thou art not a member of their church. The Lord hath set thee apart in Abram, according to the desires of thy mother, and Ishmael to be angry and jealous because of thee — and his mother to weep unto despair, over the expected death of her son. And if God from heaven had not shewn mercy, Ishmael had perished in the wilderness, and his dear mother, the bond>woman, mourned as a widow without children for ever. In the love of God to Ishmael, behold thy redemp- tion ; the Lord cared for thee, when thou wast in bonds, in the land of Egypt, and under Pharoah's house. He shewed mercy to thy brother Ishmael, thy father's son ; the same God is thy redeemer. Behold in him his loving-kindness to the bond and the free. He will confer his own name upon thee, seal thee with his own signet and make thee a blessing to all the families of the earth. For in Abram you were chosen, when he was called to be a blessing. The Lord hath made of thee a servant to thy brother — to obtain peace, set thy table with fat thinga, the product of thy righteousness ; and then call Ishmael and all the families of the earth to come in and partake with thee at the tables of the Lord. So shall thy lot be. The Lord bath saved thy name in the world, and th« 1& niemoTuil of Abram to all the nations of the word. To vfHi ia the promise and the covenants for ever. The New Testament is a book of prophesies unto you ; you are chastised according to the hand writing that is in it. Ye are fulfilling the prophetic sayings of the Old Testament, and bearing the name of God's vengeance to all tiie nations of the earth, that ye may be a visible law of God's vengeance unto all people. Many things were committed to your trust ; the law af God, and the holy city, prophets and lawgivers were given unto you. As the eye of the mind, or the light of the body, ye have known of being in bonds, and freed by a high hand and stretched out arm. Ye have had more conferred upon you from heaven than all the nations of the earth ; both Old and New Testaments are of the blood & spirit of Abram, but your salvation is with God, your saviour and redeemer of the world To him look with confidence, and fail not in your tru3t, nor let hope depart from you : he that chastiseth, loveth ; and him that rebuketh, doth it to save. Your redeemer liveth, and will stand upon the earth, and in the latter days, as Hosea huth said, " ye shall greatly fear and serve the Lord." The Lord hath taken all things from you, that he may make all things anew. He hath placed your feet in captivity, that he may be honoured v»rhen he delivereth you from bonds. Our Lord is a God of decrees and changeth not ; That which he hath said in Abram, he will fulfil in you ; and that which he hath sworn by Isaac will assuredly come to pass. Oh, son of the Most High ! thou must bow thine ear unto him, and incline thy heart to understand- ing, and thou shait see the hand writing of thine own blood is the way of thy feet, and all are a prophecy of that which is to come. The Lord will make thy way plain before thee, and reveal that which thine eyes hath not seen, and place thy feet in a way that hath not been known ; for he hath reserved for thee, whom he hath chosen, (who hath borne his name to all flesh) a way that the world hath not seen, nor the Christian Church walked therein. Thou must earn bread for all the, families of the earth. For this purpose Abram was ^lJ n H ■4f- .. J, M' f 'a ^11 16 If railed from his father's hougo, and ye arc a choisen people. The Lord shall place your feet as on Zion, and ye shall blow a trumpet unto all Israel, and salute the whole earth with love. In thee, Ishmael shall find his lawful bread : it is retained with thee oh Isaac, since tho day thou wast set apart and weaned from thy mother ? breast. For what thou hast received of God, thou art debtor to make his name known to all the nations, and reveal his will to the ends of the world. When thou art afflicted into sincerity, and the event of thy sins are brought to light before thine eyes ; then wilt thou weep bitterly before the Lord — for the salvation of this world is required at thy hands ; and thou must mourn for all the world, and save thy brother Ishmael from his sins, and present him a living and cleansed offering before the Liard, as he hath blessed him when he was young. So shall thine eyes see. and thy whole heart mourn ; for the sins of the whole world shall bear upon thee, and the inhabitants of the earth shall find in thee a resting place, as the Lord hath declared unto Abram. Salvation is required at thy hands, the city of the living God, and a blessing in the world. And the earth shall not rest, till Shiloh be come ; and the inhabitants of the world shall require these things of thee which the Lord hath promised, i. e, a blessing in thee for all the families of the earth. Then jhall crowns rest and thrones be in peace for ever. But until the days of thy salvation, the tempest shall beat upo i the earth, and the king nor his subjects shall not see peace. One king is appointed unto us, even David, and one shepherd in Israel, as Ezekiel hath said, but one fold in all earth. Ye are the pillars of it, and the corner stone of the building. Seek diligently a resting place for your feet. And the Lord your God will come unto you, and be your v/ay, and reveal unto you the sacred rest of Israel. -MHfi)@0'«M-> Oh may I see ! oh may T hear ! Your way prepared, your passage clear, Oh may I see that living stone, That's fitted for your name alone. («; ■ Oh may I see your city rise ! Oh may I Hoe your builders wise ! Oh may I see the building square ! And all the earth assembled there. Oh may I see thy brothers' peace, And hoar the song 'twill never cease— A song of friendship and of love, As God's ordained in heaven above. May I see peace on Zion's hill, And every beating storm be still ; May I see God in David's reign, But Israel never fall again. « I M . ■1.-); ■ LETTER 3rd. -'■ > July 1st, 1836. Israel! Love bringeth near unto each other, hope bears up the mind, and faith directs our way, and one God over all is the law of life. Let us walk together for a few moments, and talk by the way of the wisdom of the Almighty, and the wa^ s of life. All nations have one God, and all the assemblies of the earth hath one judge, and all flesh are subject to the fate that the creator of the world hath placed upon us. I claim no kindred by the blood of Abram nor Ishmael — Ksau nor Jacob ; but I am the offspring of your God, and my God, and of him that is the God of the whole earth. In him I claim a connexion and relation with you ; I am of Adam and so are you : and this brings all people to be bone of bone and blood of blood. Righteousness does not consist of bloods or nations, for God hath divided your name with all the earth, and placed you in the midst of all countries for the inhabitants of the land to look upon. I believe not that ye are exalted above otlier bloods, and that the respect God hath shewn to tlie blood of Abram, was for his righteousness. A Jew may become a christian, or a christian a Jew. It hath been »Q with your nation— ye have joined yourselves to various Hit 1 1 H % II orders in life, aQcl sopftrated your blood, as limh from liriib, and joint from joint ; but a remnant remains to retuia your name for David's sake, thur he may have a name in tliu earlh, witii hid own nation and people, where, unto he is or was anointed of God to bo a king in Israel. It was the spirit of David that was a conquering sword unto you, and the shield of your defence. If you, as a nation, had been ail converted into christian fninments, and heathenish superstitions, as the world now is, your great name, blood, and nation, had been lost, and your religion and blood would havo perished under heaven. But it hath not been so with you ; the God of the Hebrews and of the whole earth hath retained a rem- nant for David's sake, and preserved you as a people to write his name upon. With you were the first covenants of God, and Abram the first chosen of (he Lord, to bo a light unto the world. And Abram according to tho promises of the Lord, became a great people, and none could stand before them for strength and wisdom when they M'alked in tho wa3r of their laws, and paid tribute to God by offeringai and sacrifices of their hands. No prophets hath been like unto yours. Your nation hath been the light of tho world, and your religion the mother of many wiso and prudent sons. Ye built the first tent, tabernacle, and dwelling for the Lord. Tho tent of Abraham was first set apart for his holynarne, and in it he began to shew himself wonderful in the earth ; and from that tent hath proceeded all Israel — the tabernacle-— the house of David, the Ark, and the temple of God. By Abram was made the first distinction of bloods and nations, and his family because a peculiar and chosen people, serving the most high God, according to their calling in Abram, They have replenished the earth with wisdom, and as men, given light to the world. Their sins is a cause of chastisement ; but what nation hath the Lord found that hath loved him more than Jacob, or been a light to the Gentiles to exceed Israel, that their name should be cast away, and another name or nation- chosen, and the covenants of God be broken with Abram ? There has 10 boon no nation oqnal with you ; and with endeared fiiond- ship 1 cninniunu witii you this day, as distant brcthoru talk together ai)out the tilings of (rud. I nin not niindod to invite you to'^chango your iinniu, or nntiotj, or mix your blood, till yo sco the promises of (iod to your father fulfilled, and then the scriptures will bo fultillcd, and your cha^^lisoments and miueries will honour the living Go'J. If I could believe tho promises of God were set at nought that ho niado with Abram, I might invite you to a change of a national name or mixture of blood, and some other faith than that which vo now retain. These that have been converted to Christianity, and other national dispensations, and church creeds and ceremonies, have lost the name of Abruni. For I know not when it was decreed you should change your name, or nation, or embrace another religion save your own, or disbelieve in tho covenants of your God with Abram. These that have separated from you, as a branch from the root, have put out the light of the life of Abram, and brought Israel into contempt by subordination to other Dames and nations. It was not your former practicu to resign and worship other Gods. And little or no light hath been conferred on tho world, by those who have passed through this superficial conversion : for the christian church, (which is the best in the world,) is not in as good u condition as you have been. The sub- jects of princes are not as well contented as you wer« with David your king : neither is the christian religion productive of the knowledge that the Jewish church did contain ; and as for a Master of the sacred writings, he is not to be found on the earth. It is the extending hand of Abram, that hath revealed unto us the beginning of time — the works of God, and never-ending life. If any one will convince me what light has been adr^ed to your nation, I will give honour to the progressive band that hath ascended into the mysteries of life beyond the Jews. They have been as stars to the world, and the light of nations ; and the christian saviour is a Jew. Now we wUl observe, that it is as consistant for a wandering christian (as I am) to come to tho Jews^ as for tho Jews to come to me, or . m , I If i\ il • r '^M' '! III nn nricBtnblisIificl christian church, thnt i» never still, having u imiiio hut not at runt : tor the christians arc still converting each other, as from hill to hill — placo to ])luco — from oiio .fonlan to another. O wandering tribes ! Israel in 'the wilclorness was not more so — ye have no continuing city, or abiding place; yet sounding the trumpet to the Jews, saying, come unto us. and be con. verted and boliuvo in Jesus Christ ! What would bo the Hvail of these prayers, were it in the power of the christian world to accomplish their designs ? I will say originality would bo lost, and we should all go astray iit the branches. When Abraham was culled, there was a Heed loft in the world, at his father's house, and many other names and bloods on the earth exclusive of the n;une of Ahrani, and all worshiping their own gods. Now, if the Jews have exceeded in righteousness, why should they change their name or religion? But to chiinge from their sins to righteousness would be accep* ted of God. Thev are the root of the testaments, old and new ; tile contents of them are the proceeds of A brum's blood and nation, and are of the spirit of God given lo Israel for all the earth. But it must be under. stoud, they have no master in the christian name. The lilteraries have taken them, and the effects of the scriptures on the mind, hath been to make a disagreement between brother and brother, of one blood and nation ; and the spiriluahj divide the people, and make use of the scriptures to support a thousand lines of imagination, that the impressions of a lost mind hath drawn in the soul or heart of the lost and wandering tribe of the christian church ; and I am talking with the originals concerning the.se scriptures, to whom they were originally given, as being property of their own, and they are not taken away and given to another, or the giver would enable them to interpret unto us the mysterious things of God that arc written in them, which no church can do, save the Je.»s, the church to whom they were given. Therefore I apply to these for the^interpretation of these mysteries ; for they have given this book, or these books unto the world, to all nations, and are accountable to God cannc give are frien caniK flocks rule appoi with N( religi but lost, a gc king be d Goli; a 21 and man, to rovral vhnt is contained in them, for the' purposoH they woro given. I covet no mixture ofliloodfi,' ixit tl)o tilings of GuJ to Hhinu in the world with oti^rinul hiHtor, as thcv iiavo done niito ilu; Ji^wm, and scpiirated them from the heathen, and made of them a peculiar people for (Jod and his glory to nil tl»e word. Now, I boliovf, in spirit I inust Ijucome the Jew; as to blood, that i^ impossible ; neith t is riglittionsncss of thf) bloods or nations of the earth. Will the Jews receive mo as a member of their church, and I still believe that they must perish in the earth ? »uch faith or unbelief in each other keeps the nations apart, blood from blooJ, and brotiior from brother. Now, love should bring us near, and hope bear up my mind, and faith direct my way : and then we could talk together of the things of God, and say — the hand of the Jew needcth cleansing — mine eyes, to receive siglit : lot us go down together unto one Jordan, that the Lord may cleanse us in one water — that one hand may heal us and give sight to our eyes — one read and the other understand, and others shall be no robbers in lsrai>l, for all see, hear and understand; through one captain the things of God that are written in the books of the prophets and revealed to us. Why cannot we interpret the Jews property, divide it, and give to our children ? Because we are not Jews, and are therefore not heirs of it. And now, my christian friends, whom I esteem, ye have the true cause, why ye cannot interpret the scriptures to the world, and bring the flocks into one fold, and sufTor a heart like David's to rule over them; One whom the Lord our God hath appointed to be a defence unto Israel, and rule over them with love and a tender mind forever. Now, if you can conquer the Jewish name, or their religion, blood or nation, that it is no more in the earth, but as water in the sea, mixed with other nations, and be lost, then ye may say, the Jews were fools, and trusted in a god that disappointed them, and they have lost their king or shield — David their defence. But until this can be done, stoning Jews is vanity — is but as the boast of Gpliah, who was slain by a small sling.stone from the fl U ;il C»o '^1 ■I ^1;^ water-brook ; a eimplc and singular place, to liiid tlie elaving weapons ol' the great. 'I'ije christian religion is confounded in the Jewish productions ; aud the sacred records is completely master of the world ; the root remains, and the ciiristians divide in the branches. The earth hath one centre and the Jews one God — the world liath one judge, and in him all kindred share their fate. What God decrees, we cannot improve, he hath placed a stone in the earth and we cannot remove it. It is Israel's name that never will be blotted out. In tlie earth the Lord made his covenants witii Abram ; and on the earth will he fulfil them. The Lord has made him a master in skill, and none can take the crown from his head. The Lord has given him a king, and tiiere is none stronger in the nations of the world. The Lord hath given him an house, and none exceedeth it. The Lord hath given him prophets and none exceedeth them in •wisdom — they are master of the sacred writings, and alone know these things which will come to pass — there is no taking the crown from Israel, nor glory from his name ; nor the scriptures from his hand ; and until Israel arises in his strength, they will not be interpreted to the world. Therefore the sooner I am a Jew in spirit it is the better for my soul, because I then become heir with them in the things that God hath given, and speak with them as a brother about the things of God. Abram shall be a blessing — Is this taken from his blood ? In Isaac all shall be blessed. In whose soul or spirit shall all the families of the earth be happy ? In Isaac. Has the personal Christ blessed all nations at his coming? No : we are in an unhappy world, and the rabbis gather tribute of our fields, and the heathens are slaves to their priests and kings, and w e partly participate with them in their woes, because, we are one another's slaves and our Lords require of a part of every day to make them rich, and gather treasure for themselves. Isaac has not his place, he is under chastisement and his heart is not enlarged in his bonds, he hath not room for tlie nations, his mind is filled as a store-house, with reproaches from tlie 23 y tiie christian names: those are his chastlscniGnfs ntid his heart is troubled, and such a liiviiied tribute as the have hut hv the;- cnri3t,ian church cannot nave peace in it : imu ny these reproachv-is and the chastisements of Isaac's soul, the christians are hiying the pillars ot" their own rest — tliey are laying a stumbling stone in their own way, and establishing a rock of otiences ; for while they think they are wise and strong, and in favour with God, they are walking after Israel. Hath the Lord sworn that tho christian church shall not be confounded in their nume- I'ous faiths ? Or hath he said the exalted shall come to ti»e ground ? Scarce is there a Prince who roigneth in peace. Is there a prophet in our present christian Israel ? There is not a high Priest that can feed the flook, with those thiii, Israel. I will refrain to curse tiiee of Abram. 1 speak for my Christian kt dred : 1 never have cursed thee from my youth ; but si.ce 1 feared God, i have esteemed ihy name, as the root of many branches — as the vine that beareth the grape to the world. Thou art the light of nations^ because thou served tlie Lord by faith and walked alone iVom thv father's house : thine own blood hath delivered thee from Egyptian bor.ds, and another of thy kindred is promised unto thee, like unto Moses, to be thy deliverer. Judah, thou art the star of the morning, and the pillar of David's throne. In thee shall Isaac arise, and Abrani thy father be tbrever. The Lord hath provided a plac« for Abram, and he will bring him to his house, and his fisonl shall see the fulness of hi;] desires. Unto Israel is promised the Saviour of the world. The Christians have exalted themselves above thy name, oh .ludah ! this is like the son exalting iiimseif above th« father, because these have believed in Christ the prophet slain at Jerusalem, the same hath said, that " the father doeth all things, arid is greater than I am." The first will be last, the beginning will be the end. From thence cometh the confidence in an everlasting blessing, on these that treat the hlood of Abram with a contemptible curse? It is the proceeds of exaltation, and the man Clirist Jesus hath promised a fall unto them who exalt themselves above Abram, or any other people ; for the God of the Hebrews is the God of the whole earth. It is better for me to bless than to curse ; for if we blesv'?, the Lord hath promised unto us a blessing. He was perfect in the days of Abram ; . C ill 1 J I ill m I! 26 W' and there is no change or improvement in our God. If \vc biess, we are heirs of the promise wiih Abram, for, it is by blessing (and not cursing) that we become brethren. Therefore the man is blessed, or an heir of the promise, for blessing Abram. The world is unstable as water ; but Israel is an immovable pillar in it ; the holy prophets, nor the sun of God, hath not converted his ways, nor all the proceeds of the christian church — nor heathen mythology — he is reserved for the honour of him that first called him, after whom he walked by faith alone. If the «ou was appointed to take honour from the father, the God of the Hebrews would be uncrowned, or loose honour and reputation by the coming of the man Jesus. But .there is a second coming promised us by the prophets ; we cannot he doubtful, but that it is the appearance of the same God to man, that called Abram, the saviour of of the Jews. He will have the honour of all things as Moses has given unto him (the blood of Abram). And as John, the writer of the Revelations, hath said, he will make all things anew. This is no other God than the Creator ; at whose presence the hills tremble, and the islands pass away. That which man hath established, shall remove at the coming of the Lord from heaven : And the hills and mountains shall tremble as Sinai before him, when he gave laws to the earth. Judah is in captivity for the name's sake of the Most High God : and him that hath borne his chastisements, confessing his sins, is a right and true judge, and the hand of the oppressor for sin, will make his burden light, in the day of his repentance, when he changeth from that long tradition of despising the servants of the Lord, for which Judah and Benjamin is now within the prison gate. It is as needful for the salvation of Judah and Jerusulem, to bless the servants of the Lord, as it is for all the earth to bless Abram, before they shall receive a blessing. And hira that curseth the servants of the Most High God, is heir of the curse promised unto those that curseth Abram. The earth is unstable as water — the islands pass away by the breath of the Almighty, and the hills fear and tremble at his word, i, e, what man have done, or thoso 27 whom they have exalted of their kindred and friends, are I'fiUing to the ground, as an island removed in the sea — tliey are no more. The exalted tremble, to see and hear tlie rise of wisdom in the exalted servants of the Lord, whom he hath chosen in Abram, and wrote his name upon them, to remain as long as his word shall govern the hills and mountains that are in the earth* Abram, I have part with thee, it is given of God, and an heir of thy blessings ; 1 am not dependant on name, «r nation for tlie communications I write unto thee in these addresses. It is the gift of God, and the communi- cation of one that was never educated in thy school, neither is there one drop of thy blood in my veins. Nevertheless, I am a servant of thy God, and he will bring us together by the way of his direction — a path unseen by kings , neither hath the lords and councils of the earth walked in it. The line is not drawn by the rabbi's, neither is the king's son made the keeper of the gates of the city of my God. I flatter not, neither do I persuade to a belief, that I am an heir of thy great blessing, nor that the Lord (lod of Jacob hath taken it from thy head ; but him that blesseth thee with a blessing is an heir with thee, and this blessing cometh not from thee ; therefore I flatter not flesh or blood — it is promised of God and given from heaven. Who can love him whom the Lord hath forsaken ? Love is one of the divine attributes of God, and cannot be '^o deceived. I have loved thee who art unto me a stftinger. I have not loved thee for money or price, nor 'for the sake of the honour which thy great name bears in the earth. For thou art chastised with the blood of the prophets and Christ, and thou art lying in bonds. Thou hast not received any of tho servants of the Lord that hath "been sent unto thee, for many hundred years with applause. The honour with which thou hast received christian addrcsses,is not tempt- ation to me to write these things. I draw these lines in the fear of the Almighty, and I am trusting in him solely for the want of what I do. I have been visited with tho presence of your God in the wilderness ; his hand hath borne upon my mind, and I write from the engravings of ^i i 28 P!l< ill fi wy «oul— I am taught to.bellevc thy redemption drawrth iiigh. Thy time is unmeasured by the book of prophe- aies, and there are no figures on record that can teach me these things. But fovv hiive beea sent unto you with feiticcess, since the days of tho proj)Iiets whom your futhcra rejected and committed too ma ly totho tomb, llini that .rcceiveth not small things, is not made the heirs of increasing favours; from the days ye despised the prophets, ye have not been an increasing people in under- standing. These were eyes to the heads tiiat were with you ; b'lt exaltation despised them ; and at their death, your light seemingly v»^e,it out. Christ was the last of this race of people, but was not accepted of the rulers in Israel — he followed his brethern to the grave. He said lie would not be seen any more, till ye receive a change of heart, that is to bless and not curse them that are seat unto you : for all the Lord's servants are dear unto him, as the blood of Abram whom he hath chosen. He is one true God ; he hath cursed you for cursicg ; and he will bless you for blessing, as he hath swora unto Abram. The servants of one God loveth o;ie another, and hateth not: him who curseth the servant, curseth the master; and him that despiseth the son, loveth not the father, of the living God. We cannot clioso, Gods unto ourselves. Oh Israel and Judah ! the Lord is oiie God, u (changeable in his decrees. The heathens ca:) mako their own gods, but ye shall have Gods but one, and none other before him. There has been but one, sincie the pillars of the earth were laid. Him that called you in Abram, and hath chosen you in Isaac, is your Redeempr and the Saviour of the whole earth. He reveuleth himself by plagues on Ihe people, as in the day of Pharaoh, and all flesh shall .know his name by the chastisement of his hand ; and he hath set you apart for the rod, and made bare the back, and made a scourge of all nations to lay on the stripes — ye are rejected in church and state, as being unworthy members in a christian world. Ye have not wherewith to bo called your own, save you have a title ^»r 'he Holy Land ; but thine enemy is in possession of ir, and thou art without law to reject him from thine own fields- 29 Be it known to thee, Oh Judah and Benjamin, that ytt shall cry bitterly unto the Lord your God, because of sorrow, and in this way will ye atone for your sins, and repent of all your fathers have done, and receive favours from the hand of God. Plim that hath once driven out, can do it again, or once more; he is the Lord your God. But trust not in the kings and princes of the earth, for of all they shall do unto you, or for you, they will ask tribute again ; for the christian world are too fond of slavery, and their Rabbi's love to rule in it* Ilim whose heart is made tender, and loveth you becausit of your distress — his soul that is baptized with your tears when you wept, will give you gifts as Moses did. His love shall set you free. Therefore pray to the Lord your God, (when ye atone for past sins) that all nations may feel your woes, and restore unto you, your land, for y« will become a curse unto them where ye are in bonds, till ye are delivered up to the Lord, and enjoy your own land, as ye were to Pharoah's house, till they set you free. The Lord will do this, and while ye aro prisoners in a christian land, and all parts of the earth, the Gods of the Philistines will not stand in the churcli, nor will the christians be at peace, whilst ye dwell in the land — So ye shall find favor in the sight of God and man. And the God of Abram will set you free, and you will become a blessing unto all people thai hath, or will so bless you. The earth is unstable as M'ater, and tho storm beateth on the mind of the world, and kings, priest^ and princes tremble in their fear, for the Lord is coming to judge the world for all that is done in it, and set ev^ry captive freCf and restore Israel to his home. The billows are driven with the wind and rest not — ^the mind of th« nations is not calm, nor the hvers clear : the waters do Dot satisfy the thirst, neither are the shepherd's flocks at rest. These things oh Judah ! are for thy sake ; and thy brother Benjamin shall dwell with thee. He shall drink with thee, in the cup of bitterness, and when thou art delivered, he shall not be in bonds; the earth is troubled for thy sake, for thee the islands move, and the hills tremble : for the Lord will put away all tho captives I n U I 80 j 1 out of the land, and all the people shall be free. No liill shall be, no mountain.s rise, King, priest, and prince, i:>liull sacrifico. Why doth the tempest beat, and the waters roll ? Wliy is t l>e earth disquieted ? Why doth the islands disappear? and why are the mountains removed from their place ? That the earth may know the name of Israel, that he may resume his name and station in wisdom, and in him the islands behold their salvation, and the iotlty hills see the salvation of the world. Israel is called for the fall and rise of many nations ; and the world will not be at jieace, till he is restored to his own, and the islands shall ))e troubled where his feet have been, and the hills and inouQtains move that hath ruled over him. 'J'he Lord doeth this for Abram's sake, and his covenants with Israel, when Abram was called, and Israel chosen to be a people. When all bless Abram, Abram shall bo ])lessed with the promises of the Lord, for he liatii ])romised to Iiis seed an everlasting blessing, and that iie will make a new covenant with his people. He will put his law in their hearts, and write them there ; where ' they shall never be forgotten : and the need of Abram shall be his chosen people for ever, And lie will bless all nations that blesseth Abram, and comforteth him in his distress. The islands shall mourn with him many days, and the mountains bow down to hear, and kings and priests shall hasten Israel from their land, to a garden of their own : and all the earth shall be blessed for blessing Israel : and this is the peace of the \vhole earth ; and Israel hath gone abroad through tribulation, to bring a blessing on all the kindred and tongues of the world. The Lord hath sent them to all nations, to teach them how to mourn for their sins, and be dumb before the Lord, and not be able to reason for themselves, and as the sheep in the shearers hands, or the lamb going to the slaughter ; they shall not be able to make a plea for their former sins, but stand dum before the Lord until he shall open their mouth. .,. .^i, . So shall my soul a captive be, " ., ,: . As Israel bore the load forme: ' He'll share his burden with the king, . And teach the mourner how to sing. ' 81 I ? Why is disappear T eir place ? d, that lie lud in him y hills see for the fall not be at ands shall hills and 'J'he Lord tinnts with chosen to shall 1)0 r he hath and that Boliold ! in iHracl now wo foo Tho thingH that sliall lioreaftcr bo : The Btorins doth boat, tho billows roll, And troubloH move tho ChriBtian's soul. Tho proat Messiah's still to come — (For (jrods or Lords thorc is but ono)^ And Him that Israel's sorrows bore, Is the one God for evermore ! Me called Abram from his home, And made his name tho corner stone ; On him tlio King and Priest shall build, And all the house v/ith joy bo fiU'd ! f'*' rite Ihem : and the ver, And bram, and bail mourn ivn to hear, heir land, h shall be aco of the i throufrh idred and hem to all r sins, and reason for nds, or the be able to urn before ■>^- *. 1. LETTER .0th. July 3kd, 1835. Jacob! thy sons are scattered [abroad — they have no shepherd — there is none to gather them ! The Holy City moiirns for their feet : Zion is desolate, and Sinai naked ! Th - land mourneth for a King and a Shepherd in Israel. Jacob, thy name is many, but thy rest is not known : thy daughters are widows, and the Church of thy religion mourneth for the bridegroom of her soul. The lamonta- tions of Jeremiah hath come upon thy house — thy little ones sit solitary, and the Lord requires of thee, and Ihou hast not to give. Mourn, Oh Israel, for the mercies of thy God ! weep, Oh Jacob, for thy first-born ! his bones arc scattered as sheep in the wilderness, and there is nono to gather them. His eyes are dim with weeping : liis su:i has gone down, and he is separated from his tent. His feet are in a strange land, and he findeth no rest. His soul n ir.; fi is in prayer, but the Lord delayeth his coming. Wucp for Juduh: let thy tears run to the ground for liim, ib* ho fainteth in a strange land : his feet aru weary in the ruce ; he hath none before hinn to touch him his way, and the God of his salvation hath forsaken his soul. His sisters sit so- litary by the water-coursc : they hide themselves in tho willows of the stream : they have no lover from the Lord, Weep aloud all ye daughters of the land for Israel. He is as the ship on the sea and the compass ceased to hear his call : ho is as the Iamb in the wilderness : he is for. aaken of the love of the Almighty, and thorns and thistles are in his path. He cryeth all tho day — his eyes are dim with weeping by the setting sun. Those that hear mock his supplication : he mourtieih through the night, and there is no reply. Jacob hath no city : there arc no vineyardt for his sons — the dresser of the vine is fled from thetonta of Jacob, and the wages of ^in s'tteth on his soul. He hatf no fields ; the blessing of tho Lord is gone from his har. vest, and all his reapers labour in vain. His little oneA arc captives, and they are driven to and fro in the land. They are as messengers that go and come for a reward, a» the hired servants of man go and come, buy and sell, for their bread: the mourning of Jeremiah is at their gates, — their cup is full of sorrow — they have and to sj>nre,andthe daughters of all nations will drink with them : the churches shall mourn with Israel — the flocks shall go astray — and the shepherd shall not find his own, and his sheep shall be lost with the nations of the earth. His mark shall not be seen upon them, and he shall know his own no more : the walls of his temple shall mourn with a doleful sound — the windows of his house shall be broken, and the fowls of the nir shall rest in it : the shepherd shall walk in the desolate corners of the earth. He shall cry and none shall hear: ho will enquire, but none shall direct his way, or give him tidings of his own. The hireling is lost, and none shall gather him forever. Mourn, Oh Israel! the sins of the whole earth hath come upon thee : thou was the star of the morning ; and because of thee, the whole earth is without a shepherd : thy prophets are slain — they were the eyeu of this world and the stars of thy glory. Israel has fallen, nt and all the cnrlli shnll niotirn with liim ; — his sun has gonr flown, ui'.d .1 cloud obdcurcs the cvcriin;^ of hia day. Tb« iiord rofjuirelh all ihat is past of Israel, llo liath called on Jacob to ntono for the sins of the whole world : tlift nations wuitcth for llico, Israel m\ eon, paith tho Lord, 'Jlic rise of thy cihj is culled for hy thy Redeemer, A kinp^ shall arir,''. in thee, tof^nvvrn the tmrld with wisdom, andjirinf laiDStoihc earth. Tho song of Jt^s.'ie has departed out of ItsfQcl : ho is not found in the desert nor the isles of the Fca : tlie Lord hath hid him in his pavilion, and none can iind : the vine bearuth not in Israel : the tree is no mor« ^recn, sjnd the olive is not known in t\\Q land : the feet of the Prophets are lost in the sands of the seu ;-^thcre is Done to Hi id them out : their ways a' c mysteries, and thers is no scribe or interpreter to read them to Israel. Israel has hoped in vain : he cometh to the tree, and there is no fruit : he goeth to tho well of Jacob, and findeth not th« servants of the Lord. Oh, my soul, that ever thou knew these things! for ihy days are sorrow, and thy nights are full of bitter weeping for the lost. Thou shall see, and not behold ; hear, and not understand ; — thy light shall be taken from thee, and thy mind shall be as in the depths of the sea: thy spirit shall cease; and as the limbs of the prophets thoushalt be still: thou shalt cry for many days, i)ut none shalt hear : thou shalt weep, as rivers of water (lowing to the fountain of tears ; but none shall number thy groans, nor hear thy cries : the earth shall mock at thy tears, and pass thee by as one despised of the Lord. Lord, keep mc in remembrance for thy name's sake ! Ga- ther Israel thy son, and let me live with him, when thy hand hath fullv chastised him for his sins : the blood of the prophets is at the gates of Israel. Israel shall buy a home wiih tears, and make payments in blood for the city that is lost ; and from the mourning of Israel a prophet shall arise and a shepherd to the folds of the earth : th« garments of an hireling shall be consumed with fire. No. hand shall quench the flame and no eye shall pity him that strayeth from the fold. He is lost, he is lost : there is nouc to direct his Wfiy — no soul desireth him : he i« cut off from his people to perish in the earth. All things i \ i 1^ I -_ I; ! 34 I ii I! ' V il; I are required of tliee, O Jacob! iliat hathcomo to puss, and the sorrows of tho liiiid arc visited upon ihoo : thou lost the Holy City; it is cursed for tliy sako, and the holy place is trodden down by the feet of st rangers : tlio price of blood is bought and sold by tho wicked, tho heathen that knoweth not the (iod of Israel : tho imtiie of the highest is brought into contempt by thee. Oh, Jacob ! number tho sins of thv children, for thov are many, and their sor- rows deeper than the sea. All flesh shall inourn lor Israel, because he is not in ihc tulness of his appointment. Jacob hath no tent for tho Lord, nor his little ones hath no abiding; f ily ; — there are no tents in Jacob nor tabernacles iu Israel. Jacob has become the soles of the feet of princes, and kings and crowns set their feet upon his name ; — the liireling mocketh his little ones and filleth their souls with the gall of bitterness. In the son of David, Israel was rich in tribute, but now his feet are in bonds ; he is in subject- ion to the princes — he has gone out of tho way, and his lot has fallen in a strange land, and with these that knew not Israel's God. He is behind the dwelling of the wise iu this world — his name is not recorded in the fold with princes — his soul is despised in the churches — he is counted as an Infidel — as a spitting pan for great men ; — the blood of Israel will come upon the whole earth, and the princes will be cast down as to the depths of the sea. Israel hath lost her dwelling, but none findeth it — he had a house, but none dwelleth therein ; his city is desolato from the truth, and his walls are broken down. Tho hand of the Lord hath taken away his hedge, and tho wild beasts came in and spoiled his soul. The evening waitelh for Jacob, and the earth for the going down of the sun. When the lamp of Jacob is lighted as in the beginning of his days. The princes will fall, and the candlestick of the hireling be removed from its place : their flocks will be scattered, and their little ones will be found in the tents of Jacob, and those that mourn in the flocks of Israel. I mourn with thee, oh Jacob ! for the lost — because of thee, I have had no shepherd for my soul : thy hands put out'the light of this world, and separated the prophets from the earth, and their blood has cume upon thee, and his €5 thou miiRt atnno for till nosh for thy guilt, and mako an atonomciit to (lod by u confession of tliy wins ; thoy iiro ns the sands of tliu sc:), wi h inan they cannot l)o nnmborod, but for the least, thou shalt coinu to judgment — the Lord will wash thou in a river of tears — ho will baptize in tho pools of ancient blood, and thou slmltknow bis chastising liand upon thee. Tliy sorrows aro not yet at an end, neither are all thy dobtspaid; tho Lord roquireth of thee, that which thou li.ist not to give — thou sbalt pray for an offering — receive through tears, and give it unto him again — thou uhalt mourn for a shepherd and a king, for a way for tiiy feet. Tho Lord standeth in thy way, and thou cannot remove his feet ; His words arc as Zion, and bis frowns as Sinai in the earth : they cannot bo removed. Thou sbalt offer unto the Lord, all tho servants he shall give unto thee ; thou shalt not lay hands upon them, nor touch the hem of the garments of tiia Lord's anointed ; because thou hast removed the prophets from the earth, and laid thy hands on priests and kings, tho Lord hath made you captives in life, and placed your feet within the prison door. The pro|i]iet8 shall rule over thy house, oh Jacob ! in the resurrection, when all that is past shall return unto you. The Lord hath shut thee out from thine own fields, and obscured tho way to thine own city, till thy soul shall atone for all these things, and go down to tho pools of the prophets blood, that thy garments may be sprinkled with their remem- brance, and bo worn upon you for evermore. The Lord is near thee in mercy, but far off in covenants, till ye shall atone for these things that are past, and it shall bo engraven on thy remembrance all the sins of Israel — they are written in the book of God's remembrance, and all his mercies are recorded there, that ho hath given to thy fathers from tho beginning of time. He hath given his own name in charge with thee, and thou hast lost his glory at Jerusulera. He gave unto thee knowledge of the works of his own hands, and his blessings on Canaan ; but all did not suffice to establish thy feet in the living God. Thy sins are as scarlet, and are of the deepest die j thou must set thy- feet in Jordaa the second » >■ If i • \ l: ij-M' l 1 ! ii I • li^ t of the christian church is going diAViu as tlie setting sum, and the inljabitanta ileeuig lo llie wiiderneSwS hecan-^e of tliee, for thy handt* have sepiiiaied former lights from the vsorld — your breath hath put out the light of the geiiiiles, and your unbuUei* hath been an erring way for tiieir feet, and all the earth huih walked in it. Jsrael arise early to weep — Judah, beiiold a tost world because of thy fathers, the iniquity of till ir hands, is visited upoa thee, and the propliets blood IS required at tliy gates ; thou mast mourn for all that are past — thou are debtor to God and man, and aa atoheme.t tor all sin is required at thy hands — Hear a slrd' ger weep, (hat bath k:.own the loss of a prophet — " a soa tliat had no fatiior — a soul without a kin*'. 1 was niof.e in the desert, none heard my cry ; 1 was an hungred, and none came uito me — I was thirsty and the well of Jacob could not bo found — { came to the door of the tent, a-id none received me. I wandered to the fold with tears, but tls.e keeper would not take me in — ho refused me a covert, iieidier would he number me with his li'jcks, I retreated weeping — my tears flowed as rivers through the night, mine eyes became as springs of living waters, and my checks the pathway of terrors : I watered the earth hut she refused a blessing — my tears fell aa rain t^) the ground, my sighs was as dew from heaven, wpon the tender grass by the morning light; but the harvest would not bear to my soul. I was without crumbs in the day of feasting — the princes mocked my supplication, and the iiireling passed me with ceutempt — - children smiled upon my infirmities, and the daugiiters of the land saw my nakedness, and spread a mantle over their face — so hath the churchea been to me and more. I have seen all flesh in their oridoi^ — 1 h'lve been cloathed with contemptable rags from the priests hand, and the king knew not that I was hi the land — I souglit the shade of the tree for my cover, and as the beast of the field, J. laid me dowij under the boughs of it. 1'he wild beast* vn fho«5 ', 'I'ho of this cliurcti abitantfi ' handii ' bresxth iiiibt'liet' le earth -Judali, iniquity ro[)t]icts for all and a a •Hoar a ophct-— I was ,vas ail and the door of tlie fold in — ho ne with s rivers )f living kV ate red foil as heaven, )ut the without kcd mv empt— ' ijnjhters lie over more, loatiied and «he ! shade e field, 1 beast« 37 awakened me with fear,, and I arose — I heard the sound of the prison doors, and the trumpet was in the hand of the oppressor — I fled to the desert, and mourned to the trees of the desert, and called to the rocks and hills to fall on me, and hide my soul from woes to come ; for u cloud reached over the earth, and there was no way for my feet in it. Israel, thou put out my light, when the prophets were slain — spoiled my worship pl|ice at the fall of the temple, and hath taken away my rest at the loss of Jerusalem. Now I mournfully call on thee for a restitution of all these things that are lost; priest, king, and government for my soul, for I am with the lost Thou hast no land to set thy feet upon— thou hast no book to record the mercies of thy God, and thy sorrows, in the Scriptures are not fully revealed. The Lord requires of thee all that are past, and a light to the world* Through thee the shepherd is divided from the flock, and the sub- jects rebel against their king. Through thee the princen of Israel are cut ofl* from the nations of the world, and through thy unbelief (he lamp of this world is put out*; where is thy oil, oh Israel? Thou must light again, thy sun must rise ; and how thou wilt be straitened, till aH these things are fulflUed, that the Lord required ^ofthee in the beginning of thy time. Thy pillar shall be removed, thy faith in past things shall fail thee, it shall be worn out, as a garment, and fall to the ground. Through mourning shall Jacob aris o t h r o ugh sorrow he shall seek his own, as sheep in the wilderness, that are scat- tered abroad shall Jacob flnd» His tears shall be as fountains of living water, and all flesh shall see the sal- vation of Israel. The Lord will come unto Jacob in a needful time — he has filled his cup with sorrow, and lie shall drink of it, till not one drop remaineth ; then tie shall lake his son by the hand, and point out his way to Israel. His name shall be written in a new book, an«l the Lord will replenish his mind — he will write his own name upon him, and he shall be lost no more. The whole earth shall rejoice in Jacob, and be glad in Israel, for he sliall give a cup of love to the world, and all |iatioD« shall drink of it ; and the shepherd of Israel shall bd the vrisdomjof the world, and all the people shall say— ^w««. D I i y 1 lii ■ i : . ■ : -.' - , I. , '■•hi; V ; 38 How gooil my soul it is to see, The morning star arise, A home and rest prepared fur theoj Altars aud sacrifice. To see the shepherd loose liis own, That's clothed with the fleece, To see king David on t«. '-one, And all the world iij, • ' -s To see the sun.bearas spread abroad, To eee the cedars fall ; To see an equalizing God. To gather Jews and all. To see the Gentiles place their feet. Never no more to move ; To see the Jew and Gentile meet, ' With never-ending love. To see the hills and fields abound With fruit, the vines doth bear. To see the God of Jacob tound. And Israel gathered there. To see good Zion upright stand, And yield a full supply ; God's holy blessings on the land. And Israel never die. ■ p- .; i5 ■: ■ •. ■r. -.1 I'.i' . ..,M- ! ;S' <.-.t;- hi .^ 5 LETTER 6th. ■;'/' ■'■■■■ JuLY^th, 18$5. Judah— Come near my breast for a moment, let our souid run together as 'water, and if we agree not, «wu ,ivUl divide again. There is but one God, and all that are of his holy ,. spirit, will unite together, as limbs of one body^ as . members of one fold, as the flock of one shepherd. There is an impossibility of writing with the chrifltiau Morid : they are clothed with many blessings ; hat dis- .quieted with an afflicting curuo that was placed on Adam ; T|i S9 1, 13$5. , let our not, V We tiis holy iody> as lephcrd. :hriatiaii biit Jis- I Adam ; Ihe world is unhappy, for Hie sake of those that are in it The divisions that are in the christian name— >the repeated changes, and multiplicity of creeds, is a curse on the christian church : from whence they arose, is unaccounted for But I will relate unto Israel, these things that are in my mind. Oh f." >^udah may hear and understand my spirit, and frorli V*"unce I am — An irreconciliatton with each other is never-ending misery, or as long as (he division continues. Members of one body, are jointly connected ; they all act from one mind, that governs the personal, or acting abilities of the man. The flock of one shepherd will feed together, and one water satisfieth their thirst. If, as christians argue, we all have part in God through Christ, our accepted Saviour, then I repily, was it so, that God is of one nature or spirit^ in all tm human mind — a God of order and of peace? if not so, the world hath no salvation to come. He orders his own as the shepherd the flock — he bringeth the distant nations into one, and bringeth distant relation near together. Reason and revelation are sisters — twins of one God ; they will agree — God is the giver of these sisters to the soul ; and the mind may legally wed with these, and be at peace. The high places in the earth have a temptation ifi them, and many thousands bend the knee and worship ' ih.ere. Tliere must be a lower grade of people to support this elevation : the priest without a people would be as the king without a subject — the throne would stand on nothing but an empty title — the shepherd without a flock, would be in the same case — his name would be in vain ; and never was a Pharisee of the Jews fonder of an oflice, than the christian name. Here we see the christian faith brought to the test — the church is never satisfied — the dissenters are seeking new pastures- — another kind of shepherds-^and now and then a new creed. How muth more glorious is this, then contemptible Judaism ? Many flocks are on the race ; but the heirs of the prize is unknown to themselves. . , . I am cast out from the christian community, (but the hand'of God hath done this.) ns a branch from the vine, I am pruned from the christian church. I mourn not, I f: 40 neither do I weep for all, or any part of that which they enjoy. I am confident, my lot is appointed of God, and I dare not pray against his wilt or presence, to gratify my unsanctified desires, by any thing I see or hear. I mourn for nothing, but the salvation of the mind ; neither weep I for any thing I can see : I cry like an infant for God's direction ; for all the ways (hat hath been practised to me are closed up. I mourn not for a restitution of Ihem to the mind, for they have made no nation or tongue happy. The pillars of the chistian church are not estab. -lished, or the members would dissent no more. Strange it is to hear : Christ received — a Jew dispised, because he received not the Christian's faitJi — Infidels cursed from the lips, for not embracing — and Deism is placed on the left hand side of the question ; and the judges in the christian world have done all this, but have not opened the gates of contentment to the mind. He that saith, a better day is to come, is of a kindred to the Jew in his soul, but owneth it not in his lips. I am as one lost In the wilderness — Reason and revelation are my sister twins, and I am in favour with them : they will direct my fset in the paths of peace — atone unto me for all my cries — reward me for my pain, and bless my spirit .with everlasting life. They are sent of God, to reveal his name, and unite reason and revelation into one, in the presence of the Lord. The christian church is ever pregnant with revelation. When will she cease to bear? She has brought out her thousand or more — all lawful heiraof the revelation of God. But every two or three of these little ones, must have a fold of their own — their revelation divides them apart — they have all one mother, revelation, fathers, and God : all claim a title to Christ, their head — their father, prince, and God. Now quere, the possibility of God's revelation operating in this way upon the human mind, or in the soul, the intellect of the man ? Oh! my kindred, reason is wanting; ye have but one of these happy and blessed twins, and one cannot be fruitful alon^. Him that hath received reason, hath received one of the divine attributes of God, and that whichcChrist find the prophets^hath merited in the world, for ua ta uch they od, and I ratify my hear. I ; neither infant for practised tution of or tongue lot estab. Strange because lis cursed is placed judges in have not He that the Jew m as one i are my : they will ito me for my spirit to reveal me, in the h is ever e to bear ? -all lawful > or threa wn — their le mother,, to Christ, quere, the way upon the man ? 3ut one of be fruitful received tclvdhrist for m tci 41 lode upon. A fall is fur the great; not one whom th« Lord hath made great in his own eyes> The man wlio advances himself forward by natural acquired abilities will step back again, ^br the anointed of the Lord, If the great are to fall, as Israel hath fallen, I had rather be united to these that receive reproach than to those that give it to their fellow-men. Him that is down, is out of clanger of the fall, and this is Isr:iol indeed, (for thoy are down in the mind of allflesby gave their brethren.) This sentiment ,proceedeth from those that are sitting on thrones, and rules above tho Jews, The christians have every thing but a quiet mind, and an Eslallshed Church upon immovable pillars ; but Ihose they have not obtained in a christian world. — Strange to hear ! Christ received — believed in, and prac< tised — ascending prayers in his name, and the world is not at rest ! Where is he " the Prince of peace ?" In the liidden mind is tiie reply ; the world loudly express, that if the mind were at peace, the limbs would be at rest. But arguments burst from the mind — as sparks from the burning furnace. They take place in the human mind- — they inflame the heart, and in a few years become a people— ^supporting one more priest, prince, and potentate, than there was before. Oh self-sanctified people ! when will pride cease to reign, and reason take place in t,he land? How long will these bursts pervade the earth and until now, make no peace in the world 1 The christian divisions are brethera indeed ; for all think themselves the head of the church ; and in deceived souls, false hope flatters them to believe^ that others wiU come and serve— and their church shall bear the title of honour, and a crown of glory to the nations. A humble submission in all flesh anointeth one prince, priest, and revelation to the whole earth : but there must be visible signs of this princ^, and to make this appear, every priest blows a trumpet in the name of Emmanuel, and uses all posseaed means to prove his voice is right ; and now and then .one will believe and these become his people, and he? is Lord^and Shepherd over them. The very sun is darkened by tliii^ exalted practice ; the christian church abounds d2 ill 'i Mi 49 V l'n:| ; with priests and princes ; but where is the " Prince of Peace?" Where is the everlasting professed father, revealed unto us by Isaiah ? Dotii this prince rule with such austerity that his people have to floe from fold to ibid, flock to flock, from shepherd to shepherd, for crumbs of bread? Do they have to leave this father or prince, to seek another mind, that is more kind and favourable to their necessities? Oh the want of reason in the christian church ! but revelation, how it abounds ! ! It lias become of as many colours as Joseph's coat, and rent tlie earth asunder— and the very hills tremble because of revelation this day. There are now bursts of this kind in the earth contin- ually: — when will the Christian church cease to bear young ? — when will tiie earth be at peace ? These are the productions of the Christian faith, as now received, and the existing practices of it. Infidelity itself hath reared its head from the midst of these numerous forms that are in the world. Where is the possibility of the Jews em- bracing the Christian's faith, from such proceeds as these ? They might us well goto Nebuchadnezzar and ajkhim, which of these sects are the head of the Christian church, as to ask the members of the Christian body, for they do not know — ^they wish to try their faith a little longer, and see if providence will give them the race ; and by the prize, the lookers on will know, who is the h(iir of tiie blessing. I shall go to no tribe, nor sect of people, reason forbids ma to trust in the divided limbs of sucli a body; and Revela- tion declares that the " Prince of Peace" is not in it, or all the body would be satisfied, and the limbs at rest. The tffon of God, nor any of the holy prophets, ever did such^ work as revelation is now doing in the earth. . , Reason is wanting, and proof is far off, to enable us to believe, that Christ is received in this Avorld, or the voice «f Emmanuel heard in it ; but the wild imagination of the luind, straying from place to place, fold to fold, as sheep having no shepherd. And thus 1 behold the Christian world, as Israel, without a King. A fall is coming, dissen- •^ions yet increase, there are new sparks arising from tho «1^ furnace, time will blow them all out, and Christian :' 1 43 rince of father, le with fold to crumbs prince, aurablo ia the 9!! It nd rent lecause contin- :o bear are thq )d, and roared hat arc vvs em- these ? }k him, ;hurch, r do not ind see prize, essingi )ids mQ tcvela- \ it, or The id such ^ e us to J voice of the sheep ristiau iissen. )m the ristian feal and bigotry will cease ; but hot love to God and hi« glorious name forever. A humble submission would he a baptism and preparation of mind, consistent with the coming of the Messiaii ; but exaltation shuts the door agai»)i>t his feet, and bars the windows against iiis coming into tha soul, to illuminate the mind with everlasting light, and es- tablish the Church below the Sun. As a confirmation that the Messiah hath not come with full mission to save the world, to "whom the Law and the Prophets bear witness," The God of the universe suffers the tempest to remain, and the mind of the world to bo as unstable water, till the coming day. The world hath need of a shepherd and the nations a prince ; but this day will never be accomplish- ed while the sheperds divide the flocks, and pride and luxu- ry sits upon the throne of nations. I am alone indeed, and speak from a lonesome mind. If the present state of existing activity can arrive at this glorious and happy daj"",, when all nations shall have one spiritual prince, and one shepherd ; then men can invent their, own rest, and build towers (hat will reach to God. I confess the mother may cease to bear, the sparks all be blowu out, and the flame exhausted for v/ant of fuel ; but there must bo another stone laid, another faith practised, before that day will come. The Christian Church hath lost the compass, and their course, as well as the Jews, and are splitting upon those little rocks that are rising up in thf; deep waters, or the human mind: and that which divides, weakens, separates limb from hmb, and joint from joint, and all are professing to be ilie head members of the body. To which of tl^ese limbs would the Jews unite, to Inake them a perfect body; and the soul happy ? As I do not unite with any, I do not encourage the practice, for in so doing, in that day, they must go to war under the prince, whose banners they have joined, against their bre- thren; who upon the same principles, have united with fome other separated branch of the Christian body: 'for their great command is, keep your own creed, argue for it, siibmit your bodies to the little dignitary that governs the flock. Now Judah, I will speak with thee, and Israel, hear ; tribujation is the path to peace ; and humility pre^ 4 i .'i Ill mr ■ .1 : 'I 111, ^t' w ■ M: ■ft' 44 pares for the blessing. You see the necessity of the prince of nations. How lame they are to feed with peuce, or cheer the thirsting mind, you see the priest, without satis- fying pasture to feed the flocks, and the sheep astray in the world. You see the necessity of the great and noble profession of One God, and a universal Prince to the world. You see how the flocks are scattered, drinking of every dirty pool, in their thirst ; and the shepherds bapti- ?iing in every unsanctified stream ! ! Unite with me and mourn, go not out unto them ; if so, your name will be lost, and in time, the name of the Highest erased from the earth. Ye are the witnesses of God, keep alive his name by remembrance ; he is baptizing you in his own spirit ^ his wrath is kindled upon you, and his anger goeth not out, neither doth the flame abate. Keep your present faitti, and remain 9^s yqu are, till the morning star shall arise^ What is more evident than this, that the Christian Sun ia departing from the western skies. The stars of past ages liave fled to the Avest, and will sets with the sun, to rise no more; t. e, the dissenters have been long tried; tho Christian world hath not been s^ved fi'om their sins, nor tiie overflowing judgments of fiod. Why should these st^rs remain to rather cloud ihan light the skies? Tho Lord will biin^ up from the tomb, those that have been pillars in the land : it is their name only that is absent in the earth, their spirit is with God; j Why should another peo- ple rdle in'*the world, that have not shown a better c\'u dence fo»rGod, than priests and prophets that have already been? Reason and revelation will agree to tell us, that such a change would be in ovain ; abolish our hope, and leave us to morn forever. The furnace is spending her strength, the mother op (Christian church is bringing forth her last born; and Israel will arise. Oh Juduh, the earth remains in bonds tor thy salvation. The work is reserved for thee that neparated the prophets from the world ; and soon shall ye arise and be doing. Thou must do for those whom thine hands hath taken away, and atone to God for all that have bled' at Jerusalem. Wash thy hands in clean water ; pre* pa re thy heart for the setjjing of theyjiae ; for unexpectedly 45 r the prince I peace, or thout Kiitis- p astray in t and noble ince to the drinking of icrds bapti- ith me and nc will be 3d from the 'e his name own spirit^ eth not out, Bsent faitii, 3hall arise^ stian Sun ia >)' past agea I, to rise no tried ; the ir sins, nor liould these des ? The have been b9ont in the nother peo- I better c\u lave already tell us, that r hope, and I mother or born ; and ins in bonds ' thee that oon shall ye whom thine Ul that have water ; prei*. nexpectedly to the world, to you the substance, as the sign, will h» given, t. e, the Saviour of the world. And he will gather the nations into ** one fold'\ or faith, and be their ** everlast* ing father :" and all shall be the children of one peaceful Prince, and agree in the world ; all nations abasing thenin •elves before him, taking ofr*!.^ crown from their owu heads and placing it upon the Messiah of the world. How long wilt thou wait. Oh Judah, before thou wilt be., li^eve these things ? Or when. Oh Israel, wilt thou hear ? Thy garden is ready, but a Jordan is between thee and thy rest. Thou through thine own deeds, must be saved, and then become a saviour to the world. Receive reason and revelation, and thou art ready to talk with men, and stand upright before God. Who can hope in so long a failuro as the Christian church? For although many favours are conferred upon her, she fails to give the nations rest. She has priests, princes, kings, and councils, and her diaseoiA (ers, like the stars, can scarce be numbered ; but the ^* Prince of Peace or the Everlasting Father,** hath not taken up his abode with them ; but is for thee first. Oh Israel, for whom he was appointed, and reserved froia the foundations of the world. Wait petient, but arise and hopo For days apd years to come. For' none shall, perish in their sin« For God of all's hut One. '. >'r ' II >M'S» Though absent spirits may be losti The shepherd's wise to find ; One throne's the pillar of my faiths One God above the mind. 'in *' ; ; * '■ » — ... *---t.l. My soul doth for Messiah cry, . . ^ I weep my way to see ; In One I place my every trusty * ; And he is Lord to me. . ; <- i^: -: Altho* the cloud o*or spreads miHQ ^ff)es — make ready thy soul as a bride for the bridegroom. Wisdom is coming, she hath not found a rest for her feet ; thy Redeemer is in her breast, he is clothed with wisdom and feeds upon her love. She saith, Israel hath no reii^ing place — he hath no abiding city — he has no pillar to build his house upon. The temples of his Grace are token away ; Zion hath fled from his presence, to him Sinai is no more ; Horeb is not in the land, and Israel is without a king. The church hath despised him because he is brui;;^ed for his sins; his little ones stray in the 47 Oth, 1835. loly City- through the r her (eet — in — she is ih no infant ad space of le peace of rth is under have their ng fire, and h his house, m naked in stripes, of God, and h thee in a ippointed in Lir sins upon St for their Vhen ye see the earth ; hcsc are as nd they will e oh Jacob ! Judali, and se and little bridegroom, or her feet ; I'ith wisdom lel hath no as no pillar Grace are nee, to him id Israel is im beoause stray in the fields — thoy are hungry, and no hand fccdetli thorn. Thoy drink not with the maidens at the wclis of love. Trio golden cup is not placed in his hand, because thu cimrchos have chastised him fur unbelief. His soul is sore witit the stripes, and his little ones mourn for the salvation of the soul. lie drinkcth not because of unbelief — Jacob waits for purer water than the present churches have to give. The eyes of Israel cannot discern life in it ; these mourn, and wait dcpendingly on the mercies of their God. The baptisms of the churches hath not made them clean. Their heart is not right towards Jacob, nor the house of Israel ; they could free the captive, and release the bonds, they could restore unto Israel the land, that tlie hands of mcjn hath taken away ; thoy account Jacob unworthy of a blessing, and support their own kings and priests. The Lord will build for Jacob, and be a house unto Israel. Abram is arising to bless his own, and pestilence and famine will help the house of Jacob, and be a blessing unto Israel. A scourge of darkness is over the earth — ai^d the pride of the chriotian churches will lead the whole house aslrav, and the church will travel to the wilderness — christian glory is falling, for the name of the Most iiigh. It is built upon the name of the man Christ Jesua, end is not written in the spirit of truth. Oh t)iou that exaltcth thvself, when no one in heaven hath lified thee up ! Thy dwelling is appointed with the poor, nud thy paths have an end. Wisdom hath come exalted above thy gloi*y — she rideth on the wings of the wind — she walketh on deep waters, and thou cannot find the way of her feet. She hath concealed her bosom from the proud : she hid'' lb herself as in the light of the sun, and the eye of the exalted cai. lot behold her ways — she is in the desert with these that are lost — the compass of the mariner, cannot find her ways — the shepherds knoweth not where she feedeth her young ; neither have the eyes of the christian church seen her watering place. The shepherds have despised Israel, and made him as the soles of their fhet', they have made him the object of derision, that hath placed the bible in their hands. They have despised his little ones, and not blessed them fur i 4S 11 Hi their r.aher^s sake. Tho Lord hath lifted up his hand ngainsttho proud — ho will suroly slay — lie will chastise the church timt hath despised Israel. She hath sold her shepherds fur gold, and she hath bought with money. She is as ail harlot, and not the true church or the dwelling of the most high God. Wisdom hath forsaken her altars — she dwclloth not in their tents ; neither is she in the house of their prayers. They have sold for gain, and bought with money — while Israel wept. His blood is upon them ; they drew not near to comfort him that mourned ; but chastised with a scourge because of unbelief. How could Israel believe where no house was built, where the stones were nut squared, nor the workman placed them together? Ho\^ could Israel believe in a changing house, or moving stone. How could Israel believe the church built on the christian faith was right, and still dissenting till this day? ^ Christian church, pny thy debts unto Israel and be free ; reword him for the book of wisdom Im blood and spirit hath placed in thy hands. Thou hast received his goods ; and holdeth him as a slave or captive in this world. Sliew a better work than he has done, and then let ihe reformed Gentile say unto him — ^thou art my servant ; our scribes have exceeded thine in glory and in wisdom, and thou must be our servant — for the Lord hath con. ferred on u3 that which she hath taken from thee. Equalise the bible. Shew greater marks of God's lovo and mercy to the children of men than Israel ; remove his pillars and build again. Put a crown upon thy head that exceedeth David — shew more devotedness in thy Psalms, and more sincerity in thy prayers — Shew a more noble pattern for the house of God, and more liberality o^ spirit ; and then boast thou art the chosen of the Lord, and call on thy deeds to prove as the evidences of his will, that they exceed in thee, the days of Israel, and thy reformation exceedeth theirs. Know that thou art poor with God : and the fat things of this world are a snare to thy feet — and the gold of thy temples, hath led the feet of thy shepherd astray,' and the flocks beginneth to moura for bread. Thy faith faileth in the heart of thy 40 11 his hnnd II chastise 1 sold her )ney. She IweiUng of jr altars — I the house lid bouglit poo them ; irned ; but ief. How lilt, where lan placed house, or he church dissenting [id be free ; and spirit his goods ; his world, d then let ly servant ; in wisdom, 1 hath con. Tom thee, od's love il; remove thy head ess in thy lew a more iberality of the Lord, ices of his |el, and thy »u art poor re a snare led the glnneth to lart of thy httlo ones, and are looking up to God with prayers ; for allllcsh hath gonu iistriiy, uiui thc.'ir candlestick m removed out of its place. Siio these thin^^s, oh Israel! — Daughters of Jernsalctn, arise — thy sun is rising — thy Ciod is coming with fond embraces. Thou shall mourn, but tind his love : he hutii not set the GorUiIrs over tlice forever,nor his lamp to exceed in glory ; thou canst speak witii him this day, and Htutid as a pillar in the land. Thy God hath been thy Saviour in thy boruls ; he closed up the doors of thy heart, and this present dispciisation could nol enter in. !f not so, where would Israel be ? The blood of Abram would be divided against itself, and have fallen to the |t;roin>d. A little space thou shalt be sorrowful — and thou shalt be comforted. A crown shall be placed upon thee : thou shalt be a kingdom, and a city shall be given. Thou hadst no pillar to build upon — nothing was still in this world, the christian church changeth her garments, as often as a maid of fashions. How could Israel believe in an uncstablished faith ? and still the christians wonder with astonishment, why they cannot convert the Jews. J Oh blind Israel is the language ! the Lord hath closed up thine eyes — he hath forbidden thee to see — he hath sworn in his wrath that ye shall not be heirsof the wis- dom and good things that wo enjoy. The Lord bath sworn indeed, Israel shall not be a communicant with the christian church ; he hath bread in store for him — he will prepare the heart and Iredy give. He bath chastised Israel with his own band ; ho bath made a scourge of all nations, and madehis his soul to smart with the stripes ; and he hath not thrown the scourge away out of his hand. When they shall have scourged Israel till it is enough, they shall lash each other as they are doing, this day, and they shall feel the stripes they have laid upon Israel, and their soul shall smart with the wound. As they know not who Ishall dwell in the high places—who shall go up on Sinai, or stand on Horeb : they are in strife for it, and contend about the prize. And the christian church is divided tor the want of a prophet among them, or a lamp to direct their way ; wisdom hath fled from their gates — she hath E u i 'I'M' ■:< ; it- 50 left them ia the mire and clay. And the christian church is in contention about earthly things ; and tiiero is no stone in her for Israel to build upon. Oh Jacob, arise for thine own house, and speak for thine own blood, and the Lord will strengthen thee, and be the arm of thy power. He will do for thee with his own hands : Thou hast trusted in him and he will con- vert thy soul ; and no christian church shall be crowned with the honour of thy name. Wisdom is at thy doors — she is waiting at thy gates. Arise ! hear her calls, and take her in. — She will build and rebuild for thee. She will teach thee^ anew of things that are both new and old. She will be the pillars of thine house — She will give unto thee that which thou hast never seen— and communicat( that unto thee which thou hast never heard, — the Lon hath in store for thee from the foundation of the world — and unmeasured love is in his breast. Through thee will he love all nations, and in thy name shall all tiesh bo j;athered unto the wisdom of one God. The sword shall cease, and the spear shall be no mone drawn out unto blood ; for in thee all nations shall be at peace, and see Emmanuel. Thehills shall fall,the Tallies rise, A beaming Ban appear, Jehovah's name enlight the skies, And all shall see and hear. The trumpet's in his holy hand, And Wisdom loud proclaims Peace and salvation in the land — An end to sects and names. Behold the stones! how oft they more, The church is never still, The land divides for want of love, Nor finds the Saviour's will. tvo to the desert, oh my soul ! Where man has never been, And thou shalt see the vine is whole. And every herb is green. ■ Tbere's no deformity of mind. Where Lord's did never stand, And there my soul her bread ehull find, And blessings on the land. le christian and tliero id speak for thee, and be lee with his he will con- be crowned thy doors — 3r calls, and thee. She lew and old. ill give unto ommunicat( , — the Lon the world — rough tlieo all tlesh bo be no more shall be at 61 In silence I my God will hear, In secret will I pray, And Israel's foes my God shall fear, That lights the darkeu'd way. Wisdom, fair morning of my joys, With thee my soul shall sing, Thy breath this day my hand employs, And thou art Israel's king. Oh ! these are subjects of thine own. That's scatter'd far abroad, For these thine hand prepares a throne. And thou art Israel's God. Give me a part in Israel's fields, To keep some gate or door. And what the vine to Israel yields, My soul doth ask no more. LETTER 8th. July 9th, 1835. What shall I do to be saved ? I have no king nor law- giver saith the house of Jacob, or the tents of Israel. The pillars of the earth are moveable, the church hath wings and fleeth from place to place — her own are not comforted, and I am in want. The waters fail, and the bread wasteth away. The christian church is hungry, und she is not satisfied ; she thirsteth for that she doth not possess; and where is the salvation ofthewoifl? There is no peace on our present Zion — neither are the princes marked with the seal of the living God. I will close mine eyes, that I see not, for there is no way for the feet of Jacob, nor is there a rest prepared for Israel. We hope from age to age — we are disappointed in our trust, and our lives wasteth awny in despair ; we beget I'Ule ones, and they grow up before us— we have no vineyards for their feet, and they are servants in the land ; our voice is not heard in the courts, save vis criminals ; we ■I ''i 4 I '!' Il ■! W: jyii tremble at the bar. The pulpit is closed against us, and the doors of the church receive us not, but as aliens to our God. Our sun riseth not, and the day is dark upon us : there is no prophets in our tent, nor have we a prince in the land. Our little ones enquire of our fathers and we relate unto them — they strayed with their feet, and erred with their hands ; and the chastisements of many ages are upon us, and our harps are unstrung before the Lord. Who shall rise in Jacob, or what nation shall make Israel glad in boart ? We wait from the rising to the setting 8un,but the comforter cometh not unto us. We are poor id- deed, and there are none to lend us a hand of mercy in our ways.The cry is, walk with us and be saved.The shepherds are as numerous as the stars, and the flocks as the tents of Israel. The world is disordered in the head, and the church keepeth not her steady course. Error is the £hepherd's cry. In whom shall we trust,oh lost and undone Israel ? Jacob, I have heard thy lamentations ; they sink deeply in mine ears, and reach my very heart. I am aa thou art : the shepherds pass me by, and no one numbereth . me for his own. I am in the mire and clay, and no hand of mercy cometh unto me to deliver my feet from bonds. A few are with me, but fjir off — They cannot lend a hand to the infirm. They are weak in mind and young in faith ; all they had was taken away when they were cast out from the christian church, to wander in ihe world. They have laid a stone witli their hands, and it moveth not ; the storm beateth, and the breath of the highest in church discipline, creeds^ and faith, have blown their breath upon it. It rematneth square, and the hand of God moveth not. I remain without the gates of the city till these things are Written unto thee : if possible thou may believe there is one that loveth, and giveth the mind to participate in thy grief. I write not for a reward or fee ; but to communicate my mind unto thee, oh house of Jacob, and tents of Israel. From whence cometh these things 1 query, and be sober. They proceed not from the bosom of the church, neither are they the proceeds of the christian name : they are truly from God, that loveth thee, oh Isruel ! and they will 53 come to pass the things that are herein written. I hav« not established iny rest in any city, nor with any peopk) ; neither hath the hand of the Lord done this. But ever keepeth it in my mind, that I must part with the few, for these that are lost. I have yet a sacrifice to make, and a vow to perform to God anil the people. But then shall I bs free from alljthe earth ; but thee, oh Israel ! ye are the last remains of the human family that beareth upon mv mind. When I am made clean, I will come unto thee, and when I am made naked I will apply to thy tents for a covering for my mind. Life and length of days are in the hands of the Lord, and I dare not doubt his will. When ye read these lines and find any to equal them in love, or surpass them in understanding ; then say in thy soul, they are invention, and my soul is seeking honour with you, who am now cast out from the christian church. I seek no honour, where I am my tent can be found — my dwelling is not under the shadow of .he vine, neither an, T idle in the world. What God has given, I must giv Ihoy are confounded with the fruit of the trcci and tho vines that Israel hath set in the vineyards of the whole etirth : t, e, tho teslumonts are too mighty for them, and the king's son cannot unfold tho leaves thereof, nor tho princ's of the land interpret for tho scribes of Israel. Iloro Israel remains in dominion : these books are his own, and God will give unto him the interpretation thereof; and Judnh and Benjamin will read them to the world. Then shall the curth be saved, and Deism flee as vanitv and smoke boforu tho risin':; sun. None has taken the pen from Judaii ; nor tho words of truth out of his lips. Tho world hath cast him away before his work was done ; but the Lord hath fixed his eys upon him — ho is tho Lord's anointed for a great enc' , and in his name shall all people be saved from their sins. The Lord hath scaled him for an everlasting purpose ; neither hath he made the name of Abram in vain to all the genera- lions of the world. He is a fixed star in Israel, and his light goeth not out for ever — of his blood is the salvation of tho world ; tho crown is for his head, and the way fc" his feet, and another shall not walk before him in it. Gid will add blessing unto blessing on his name ; and his joys shall exceed his sorrows, and his name shall never be blotted out. He is tho Patriarch of ages, and tho pillar of thq^world't* peace. The Lord will send a blessing unto Abram froui tile wilderness : and a Crown from the desert shall como upon him. The Lord prepareth in secret ; but his deeds shall come to light. He hath redeeincd all the limbs of Jacob from captivity in his will, and former things shall come to pass. Tho Lord is wonderful in his ways — unsc^ichable in his wisdom ; and of the endof his days, nor the excellency of his name is not. He doeth, and none '^an forbid — he laycth a stone, with his own hands and it moveth not. He causeth the hills to bow down and embrace the earth, and the high mountains to remove out of the way ; for him, thoy have despised in their lips — afflicted Israel. The trees are his — he set the vine in the earth 5 and the exalted are grown fat on the labour of his hands. But the i^T ': \ i mo H il Lord requirelh a recompense for Israel, for all these thiugs he hath done in the world. And the Lord will tue fir it through great tribulatiolif till Israel and Judah are honoured with their due. The lamp of Israel shall not go out, nor his name be removed till the nations are at peace. His scribes will weigh in the balance with all the earth ; and the faith that hath been practised in his name, exceedeth the highest hills under the sun. Why should he be removed, or his lamp put out ? His candle- stick remaineth alone, as the lamp wanting oil. Is there an impossibility with God, that Israel shall not receive, or that the mercies of God reacheth to the ends of the world, where the hand of the Lord hath placed him? That he might shew his mercy upon him, and redeem his blood from all nations, kindreds, tongues, and people ; th{^t the name of God, through Israel, be known to all flesh under the sun. He was first called to be a light to the Gentiles, and he is chosen to fulfil ; and that which the christian church cannot do, will be performed by Israel. Atid in the bosom of Abram, shall all the nations be at re$t ; for his mind is broader than the earth, and deeper than the sea. It hath been the house of wisdom, and the revelation of God. And that which hath proceeded from his loins and hath been practised in his name, is the only christian means to light the whole world. These j^ are messengers in the name of Abram ; for him that ' Teceiveth not the servant rejecteth the master. Therefore through Abrani came the mercies of God to the world. Him that giveth is the interpreter, and him that writeth, knoweth what he saith. Therefore the books of the tents of Abram are given to the christian world ; but the full Interpretation of them is in the tents of Israel. The Lord will add unto these lines that are written by his blood — he will place a new book in his hand — he will trim his lamp with oil, and the light of it shall illuminate the earth, and give light to the ends of the world, and in his name all flesh shall be saved. I have found these ihings in my own mind, when I was seeking wisdom. The doors of the church are shut against me, and the gates of the house are closed up, these thiugs will sue fir I Judahare shall not go tions are at mce with all ' :tised in his sun. Why His candle. Is there lot receive, ends of the aced him? and redeem md people ; n to all flesh hght to the t which the 1 by Israel. lations he at and deeper isdom, and 1 proceeded lame, is the ■Id. These [• him that Therefore ' the world. mt writeth, of the tents ut the full ^ael. The t«n by his d— he will illuminate world, and d, when I h are shut losed up, 65 add I go to the hillij and fields, and the foundations of still waters to devote my soul unto God. And that which he giveth I receive, and worship there. I covet no house nor crave no dwelling in the christian name .; neither to be the shepherd nor one of the flocks of the present system, for peace is not in it, neither is (he name of the Most High written there, nor the inner temple of tEi« high priest sanctified for the feet of Israel nor Abram^c name cannot enter there. The work is received^ — the builder cast away; they say unto him, change thy garments, and come into our temples, and we will receive, and break bread and drink wine together ! Him that receiveth not the blood of Abram, with the chastising hand of God upon him, receiveth not him that chastises. .\nd here I will close this letter^ and the wise interpreter may relate unto me, how a church can r9Ject the servant and receive the Lord. .V'iii'' 'i Although the desert frowns, And gulphs tremendous roar, My soul the Lord renowns, . ! Though I am bruis'd and sore. My worship doth not fail, The woods and fields receive — And here I see the scale And write as I believe. ► - The morn affords me peace, Bright stars attend my soul, My praise doth never cease, Nor the still waters roll. % r My temple cannot fall, Built by the hand of God. -^ Alone I hear the call — Declare my name abroad, .1 t i> My house doth take me in, ' No Lord^s are at the door, Here I atone for sin, 'Till there is sin no more. Oh woods and fields my home ! Below the spreading skies, My temple is unknown, And there no priests dosptse. 8f H '■■: ■ 'it , . •,(. I' k W ; ! I have not wrote from a reflecting mind concerning the Church of Christ, (she is the light of the present day, and the <' staff of nations") ; but it must be obvious to all| she hath not found her rest, neither doth her feet stand on that stone that is immoveable ; (as to the salvation of souls I am not doubtful ; for as the Law of the man is, go is he, and none can extend beyond their allotted bounds^ but as the various limbs of the christian church is divided into as many parts as the tribes of Israel ; it is evi4ent she has a broken mind, and is not one perfect or compact body. The want of reconciliation in the christian <)hurch, proves a deformity of the mind. The shepherds are not accomplished to administer the bread of reconciliation to the world, which is the life of Christ ^4 ^^ Prophets: for these means reconcile all flesh to one God, whose kingdom is not divided against itself, having one wise king and head, the Creator of the world. I have wrote to give the Jews the honour, that is their due for past ages of life, and for giving the Bible and New Testament to the world. For bringing forth the similitude of a Saviour from the bosom of the Jewish Church, whose councils are salvation to the soul, and reconciliation with God. But as he was flesh, and in him God hath not appeared unto all men. I believe in a day to come, and a dispensation unknown, and hope with Israel.— Amen, i^ ^ ^n i; * ,,;; .,.,-: ^^^^ i^l '■?-: > I •JO* -, Oh ! may mine eyes thy glory see, '■ That's with me novf, and is to be ; Come down from heaven with deeds of love, And shew thy servants worlds above. Thine hands to place the living stones. That's to the world unseen, or known« Thy name to rule, thy love to reign. Until the man of siii is slain. , The woods and fields my temple now t I'll worsUip-^and I'll keep ipy vow, For thou design and will fUlfii, All the direotioQs of (by wiU^ :< v/i :i> . . .!•■ U >')(.• ■. ft •7 Inventions free, and wonders rise, Imagination lights the skies ; But Israel's God there is no more. To light the world from shore to shore. What varied laws are in the breast. Still Reeking, but not finding rest, Until Emmanuel hath come. To give the world another sun. ; < ■■:->' r » '\ i ''l Oi t/n*- ^ y "( I ■ LETTER 11th. i : ■!'.„,--:sv-'>o'?; ' July 11% 1835. '^ Israel — Where is thy rest ? Is it under an oak, or under the shadow of a tree ? Wisdom is thine house, oh Jacob, and thy dwelling is the broad space of the earth. Th3 land is too narrow for thee, that was given thy fathers ; the flocks of Jacob cannot rest in it : neither is the vine sufficient for Israel. The Lord hath multiplied thee in the earth, and he will increase your land, and your dominion shall be from one sea to another, and the world shall be under your feet. All flesh shall be called by your name, that the Lord your God hath given you, and it shall not be taken away. Wisdom will provide for Israel, and build the house of Jacob, and he shall go no more out from his own land. For his name shall increase to nations, and his land to the bounds of the sea. The earth shall be his honie, and the hills and mountains his '^biding place. They shall be called by his name, that were none of his ; and land shall be given him that he doth not possess, and his name shall be the comer stone of the world. ' *" ' > r • The Lord requireth of Jacob, and Israel shall fulfil and his house shall be a blessing to the whole earth. I have not dremed these things in a dream ; nor see them in the visions of the skies : but they are written in my soul, with an unknown hand, and I give them (in recompente II 1.'.' 1 r I 68 to God) to his people Israel. Though priests mock, and scribes roar against me, it is in vain, they are on record, and will not be blotted out. I have not wrote to obtain favour, or obtain a prize, who am one of the most simple of the servants of the Lord ; and history hath not inspired my mind with these things ; neither hath the hands of the learned pcribe been laid upon my soul. My worship is performed alone, and I am at peace with all people ; there is none in my way ; neither am I in tiie way of any. I fully believe in llie fulfilment of the christian dispensation ; but that it will pass away, as Judaism literally has done, and in like manner perish in the earth, that is to say, it shall not reign triumphant over Israel, but shall be divided in all nations as the limbs of one broken body, and no christian shepherd shall bo able to gather them. - = - •• • '\ -yi'K •;'. I- w riesta mock, they are on ain a prize, •vants of the I with these pcribe been 1 alone, and in my way • ievo in tlie that it will and in like it shall not ided in all christian :■• U'i -'it'll I have nouglit to loose» neither is any thing given Mt to take away. The Lord hcith made me naked of all glorious names, and the pride of sects, and the names of office that are in the christian church ; and I am willing to go to the tomb as I was born iotp the worl(^. A few of the christian faith are with me, whose minds are changing by every rising and setting sun : They 9e« as they saw not. and belieye as they have not believed, and these are the last sacrifice I have to make in the world. They are not mine, nor of me ; but a fqw that God has given to bear witness of my mind, white ray days may be prolonged witli them. ... .. .^,. I believe they will rernain, in a christian wortd wbep many shall go afloat, as the ship without the anchor, tip the mariner having no course. They have bjeen a treasuvii to my hand writing, and their ears have heard my words ; they have embraced me with love, and mourn my depar- ture to the tomb — they are accepted of God, and hp nifiU be with them on every trying day. Their sorrows haife been great, and their reproaches not a few (which is th^ now existing christian practice of life). They are zea- lous for God, and have erected altars in his name« and sing his perpetual praise with songs of love. As lonesome as the dove can be, Are these beneath the shadinjf tree, Still waiting for a rising sun— Still trusting in a year to come. Their songs of love doth never cease, In these I see the nation's peace. There's sects, nor names, nor bloods no more Because the pride of life is o'er- .., ..> 76 LETTER 12tli. ' July 11th, 1835. My love to all people, and especially to Israel, Whom I have remeraberecl in mine afHiction, when I was parting with all that is pleasant in life. The hills and the fields are for him, the rivers and the vallies. But I am alone ; there is none of my blood, or rather of my spirit ; and who will be my kindred, I know not ; or whether I shall go friendless down to the grave. The Lord hath been the pillar of my faith. In his name, 1 have written many li:ies, and reasoned many times with the christian world. The shepherds are silent where I speak, and the flocks judgeth not of my communication. I am as one forgotten of his friend, and despised by his neighbour. A commu- nication is not sought with me : the priests have set to their seal that I am wrong : and they run as tho' there Wcis no " stumbling stone " in their way, or a *' rock of offence." They lend not a hand unto me, not one saith let us arise, and travel for the City of rest. I am as one cast out for the gathering arm of God, or for ever to be forgotten : for he hath sent no shepherd unto me, to invite me to his fold. The christian sun shineth not upon my soul, with that lustre of which I 'hear of others so freely boasting in the world — I am not converted : I am as one of the unhewn stones of the altar: I am as the fashioning hand hath mLue me, and I am alone in the earth. I have remem- bered Israel in mine affliction, and given unto him from my lonely shade, such things as the giving hand has given me. I have paid my debts unto him. From liim, I have received, and return again that which he has given. — I am not debtor to the world : I am untaught in the chris- tian church, and cannot embrace the common faith as others have done. I depend on the revealed will of the Almighty for the bread of my soul ; I sorrow greatly, ard am not comforted. — The wages of sin is taken from me, but my spirit hath not ceased to mourn. I shall be com- forted in the latter days, when the Lord slandeth upon th« -». 71 iT llth, 1835. Israel, tvhom 1 I was parting s and the fields It I am alone ; ny spirit; and vhether I shall ord hath been written many iristian world. and the flocks i one forgotten '• A commu- (s have set to I as tho' there or a " rock of not one saith I am as one or ever to be ) me, to invite !ouI, with that oasting in the r the unhewn ? hand hath have remem- nto liim trom md has given 1 him, I ]>ave has given. — in the chris- fion faith as J wilJ of the greatly, and en from me, linll be Com- eth upon th« [earth, and revealeth his name unto all people. For this |l mourn with all diligence, and my soul slumbereth not. [Day and night I sigh for his coming : my cheeks ara [worn with tears, and mine eyes are dim with watching. But the eyes of Judah shall be bright as tlie diamond tone, and his eye shall see a-far olf— I have paid him all, lud am free from his blood, in this moment of my life, land the blood of the prophets that is visited upon him. — (Days and times will tell of things that are unknown — my soul may meet him by tho water course, and my spirit embrace his love. — He is a stranger to me in person ; my acquaintance with him is from the sacred writings, and hid present station in life. Could I see his name, I could not know him without an interpreter ; neither am I acquainted with his soul. The Lord hath planted him in the earth, and no one hath been able to pluck him up by the root. His seed in in the earth, and he is a pillar in the world. I have not cursed him with a curse. He is the Lord's anointed ; and I am free from the sorrows of his nnme. I have not multiplied his reproaches, nor laid a stumbling stone in his way. The blessings of the Almighty be upon him, dew of heaven, and the fat of the land. The earth is his, and the fulness of it ; — he is the Lords, and I am the servant of Jacob's God. Peacs be with dl the families of the earth. — Amen,