Yea, thine image is graven
Deep, deep in my hands;
Again are thy towers

The praise of all lands.
O, Israel my people,

My chosen, mine own! Why, why hast thou left me, Thy sin I bemoan.

Yes, I, thy Jehovah

Thy King, and thy God,
The Holiest, the Righteous
Thy Maker, the Lord.
Return, O my people,
And bow down thy pride
O, come! lest I cast thee
For ever aside.

I cannot forget thee!

My love, who can sound?
I wait to enrich thee
With joys that abound.
I'll gather thy children
Close, close to my side,
Protect them and keep them,
No ill shall betide.

Thou mightest have flourished
A kingdom most fair,
With the Radiance of Glory,
And God shining there.
O, hadst thou remembered
My holy commands,
Thy peace as a river

Had blessed all lands.

Ah, no! thou hast sinned,
My Son hast despised,
And exile and sorrow,
Thy heart have surprised.
O, Israel, my chosen
Return to my throne,
I cannot forget thee,
My love is unknown."

EDITH,

THE

CHILDREN'S JEWISH ADVOCATE.

AUGUST, 1860.

JEWISH CHILDREN AT ALEPPO.

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

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

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

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

came.

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

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

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

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

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

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