The first Sabbath in March is Jewish Mission Day, and the attention of the whole Church is draw to this fact, says the report presented by the Rev. J. R. Wilson, Joint Convener, to a meeting in the Church House at Belfast, of the Board of Presbyterian Missions, with the Moderator, the Right Rev. Dr. Clarke, in the chair.
Sir Leon Levison, of Edinburgh, President of the World Febrew Christian Alliance, is visiting Belfast during the week-end, February 20th. to 23rd., in the interest of Jewish mission work, it was reported.
The Rev. R. J. Wilson and the Rev. J. J. Eacaulay were appointed delegates to represent the Jewish Mission at the forth-coming Jewish Mission Conference in Edinburgh, April 7th. to 9th.
The work of the Mission in Damascus, it was reported, is being carried on in day schools among Jewish boys and girls, and in evening classes, in both of which special attention is given to Christian religious instruction. Advantage is taken of the Jewish Sabbath to hold a Sabbath school and Bible reading. Personal visits are paid to Jewish homes and workshops, where the famous Damascus silk and brass are manufactured.
Some of the missionaries notice a slight change in the attitude of some of the people whom they visit, it was stated in the report. This seems to be a little less cordial than formerly in some cases. It is explained as due to the spread to Syria of that anti-British feeling which arose in Palestine concerning the British Government’s attitude to the interpretation of the Palestine mandate.
The Rev. Principal Dr. Paul reported on the work in Hamburg and Danzig. The work of the Mission in its various departments, he said, is going on as usual, and also they had been greatly encouraged by new converts being brought in and by fresh proofs of the fidelity of former converts. Mr. Frederick Aston, a convert of the Hamburg Mission, will return this summer from America, where he has been studying at Princeton University, and after a period of further training, he will be a missionary of the Church.
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