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 PROMOTING THE CONVERSION OF THE JEW®, 
 
 ORGANIZED, OCTOBER 24TH, 1822. 
 
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 AN ADDRESS ON THE SUBJECT. 
 
 Freach the Gospel to eYer^ crYatuYe.^ —/itsPs. Eren so 
 have these also now not believed, that thfongh your mercj 
 they also may obtain mercy.—P aul. 
 
 BOSTON: 
 
 PRINTED BY THOMAS BADGER, JUNj 
 
 No» 10 Merchants’ Halit 
 1822. 
 

 
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©UKSTITOffaDlT. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 
 Association, shall be styled, “THE BAPTIST 
 FEMALE SOCIETY OF BOSTON AND VICINITY FOR 
 PROMOTING THE CONVERSION OF THE JEWS.” 
 
 ARTICLE 11. 
 
 The Funds of the Society shall be employed in promoting 
 the object specified in the first article ; and shall be thus 
 appropriated by the Board of Managers, as the leading of 
 ProYidence may dictate. 
 
 ARTICLE HI. 
 
 Ant person paying Annually, a sum not less than fifty 
 CENTS, shall be a Member of this Society—and any person 
 paying ten dollars, shall be a Member for life. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 
 A Board of Managers shall be chosen, consisting of a first 
 and second Directress^ a Corresponding Secretari/^ a Record- 
 ing Secretary^ a Treasurer^ and sip Collectors. Any three 
 of the officers, with two collectors shall form a quorum. 
 
 ARTICLE y. 
 
 The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be holden in 
 Boston, the last Wednesday in September, at such place 
 and hour as the Managers shall appoint ; at which time 
 the Board shall be elected by ballot. Every Meeting shall 
 be opened with prayer. 
 
 ARTICLE VI. 
 
 The first Directress, or, in her absence the second Direc, 
 tress, shall call Meetings of the Managers at iher discretion. 
 
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 ind shall preside at the same, and the Board may fill any 
 Tacancy m their number which may occur, or appoint any 
 additional colleotor, if necessary, between the Annual Meet¬ 
 ings. 
 
 article VII. 
 
 The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the corres¬ 
 pondence of the Society and keep a record of the same. 
 The Recording Secretary shall give notice of all the meet¬ 
 ings of the Society and the Board, and record their doings, 
 and shall prepare the Report of the Managers for the Annual 
 Meetings,—The Treasurer shall keep the names of all the 
 Members of the Society, and shall designate to each Collector 
 the Subscriptions to be collected hy her ; and shall keep an 
 account of all monies she may receive, to be holden subject 
 to the order of the first or second Directress, which shall be 
 drawn-from the Treasury only by authority from the Board.—, 
 Each Collectpr snail keep an account with the Members, 
 whose subscriptions are assigned for her collection, pay all 
 inonies so received, to the Treasurer, and take her receipt for 
 the same.-AIsogive notice to her subscribers of the time and 
 
 nTfhp Annttol 
 
 ARTICLE VlII, 
 
 Aht alteration in these Articles may be made by the vote 
 «f two-thirds of the Members present at an Annual Meeting, 
 
 OFFICERS, 
 
 ....o. i , v^. iuwrvrvio, 1 reasurer. 
 
 COLLECTORS. 
 
 Mrs. H. NICHOLS, 
 Mrs. A. LAMB, 
 Mrs, J. JONES, 
 
 Miss F. BAXTER, 
 Miss L. C. J EPSON, 
 Miss C. A. RIPLEY. 
 

 TO TH« LADIES Assembled reR the ptmPOSE oe orgAM* 
 
 IZING A SOCIETX FOR PROMOTING THE CONVERSIO* 
 
 OF THE JEWS^ OCTOBER 24tH, 1822, 
 
 The faithfulness of Jehovah to his promises, is a sub¬ 
 ject of the highest consolation to the humble believer; 
 while it iscalculatedto fill the transgressor with conster¬ 
 nation and dismay. He declared to his ancient and 
 peculiar people Israel, that if they rebelled against 
 his government, and disobeyed his commands, he 
 would scatter them to the four winds, and they should 
 become a taunt and a proverb, a hissing and a by word 
 among all nations of the earih. They rebelled they 
 disobeyed—and he in very faithfulness fulfiled his 
 word. He dispersed them into every quarter of the 
 globe, and for ages they have stood a monument of 
 his righteous indignation. By every nation under 
 heaven th(> Jew is considered an outcast. Even the 
 heathen world, which could in no sense be influenced 
 by the prophecies conrerning them, being wholly ig-- 
 Dorant of the word ot GOD; has taken its part in 
 executing the vengance of heaven upon the Jew's, 
 
 But we find in the same volume of divine truth, 
 among a multitude of others, this precious promise 
 respecting Israph Exekiel 34. 11» I?, “For thus 
 
Eaith the Lord GOD, Behold I, even I, will both 
 search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd 
 Seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his 
 sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out mv sheep, 
 and will deliver them out of all j)laces, where they have 
 been scattered in the cloudy and dark day”. And his 
 faithfulness in punishing \s, an earnest of the fulfilment 
 of his promises of mercy. Not one of them shall fail. 
 
 We learn also from the apostle, Rom. 11. 31 . that 
 
 one specific object which infinite wisdom had in view 
 in leaving them in a state of unbelief was, that the 
 gentile Church might have an opportunity of exhibit¬ 
 ing the benevolent and sympathizing spirit with which 
 the religion ofthe Messiah inspires its subjects: Even 
 so helve these also now not believed^ that through your mer- 
 ey they also may obtain mercy.'''’ Yet have we not reason 
 to confess that too little of this disposition has been 
 manifested? The Christian Church has long been 
 praying that GOD would bring in his ancient people: 
 But, have their prayers and their practice correspond¬ 
 ed ? We have particular desires for the conversion of 
 our relatives. And it is our duty to feel this solicitude 
 for them. But are we equally anxious for the kindred 
 according to the flesh, of our blessed Redeemer? For 
 these we should feel, and pray, and labour. And for 
 those purposes we have assemtiled this day. Believ¬ 
 ing that the Shepherd of Israel intends to bring his 
 wandering people into the same fold with the gentile 
 church, and make them one ; and relying on his direc¬ 
 tion and benediction, we attempt something in aid of 
 this great design. True we cannot at this moment 
 mark out the identical field in which we may most 
 usefully be employed ; nor are we prepared to work, 
 W’ere it immediately before us. 
 
 The first direction which the Lord gave to his peo- 
 
pie when the time hat? come for the rebuilding of the 
 Temple, after severely reproving them for their long 
 neglect of duty ; was to '■'■Consider their ■waysP"' Then 
 he says, ‘‘Go up to the mountain and bring wood^ and 
 build the house, and I ■will take pleasure in it, and I ■wilt 
 be glorified, saith the LordP In view of the subject 
 then, let us be deeply humbled before GOD, for our 
 past inattention to the descendants of his ancient 
 “Friend,” and endeavour in future to redeem the 
 time. At present, vve can only collect our mites to¬ 
 gether, that (as was said by the Apostle on another 
 occasion) “ 'soe may be ready,'’’ and beyond doubt Prov¬ 
 idence will open the way before us. Perhaps al¬ 
 ready, God is operating on the hearts ot many and 
 disposing them to receive our munificence as soon as 
 we can communicate it VVhen he was about to give 
 the gospel to the gentiles; at the very moment he was 
 preparing the mind of Peter by the vision of the sheet 
 let down from heaven, he had commanded Cornelius 
 to send men to Joppa and invite him to come to Ce- 
 sarea and preach to them. His power is still the same. 
 Still he is jrursuing the same unbroken plan ; he can 
 call whom he will, and make them subservient to his 
 purposes. The criminal apathy of the Gentile, and 
 the deep rooted prejudices of the Jew are alike sub¬ 
 ject to his rontrol. With infinite ease, he can cause 
 them to }'ield to commisseration in the one and sus¬ 
 ceptibility in the other. 
 
 Let us be fully impressed with the idea, that our ob¬ 
 ject. is to promote the spread of the gospel among the 
 t'welve tribes of Israel. And to endeavour to do this, 
 where there is the best prospect of success. There 
 is no possibility of exceeding the limits prescribed in 
 our Lord’s commission to his Apostles and succeeding 
 Ministers. And when we consider the amazing dis- 
 
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 tairce which our blessed Saviour came, even from the 
 regions of glory to this low world, to suffer and die 
 for the Jew as well as for the Gentile ; we feel no re¬ 
 gret in sending a portion of what he has entrusted us 
 with, to the remotest spot which sustains an immortal 
 being : while we feel it equally our duty to communi¬ 
 cate the same blessings to Our nighest neighbour, if 
 destitute of them. 
 
 We have great occasion for gratitude to God for the 
 auspicious providences attending the commencement 
 of our career. The hearts of many have been open, 
 and the utmost cheerfulness to engage in this labour 
 oflove bas been manifested. 
 
 Blessings, the most invaluable and abundant, are 
 waiting to flow in upon the Church with the incoming 
 ot the Jews. How then should our hearts exult, in 
 prospect of being in any degree instrumental of bring¬ 
 ing on that glorious day t The thought is calculated 
 to give a zest to all our enjoyments, and to enhance 
 the worth of every good thing which increases our 
 ability to go forward. 
 
 May the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel^ 
 bless this Institution. May it continue and flourish, 
 until the period shall have arrived, when the Jews 
 shall be brought in with the “fullness of the Gentiles^ 
 and so all Israel shall be saved.” 
 
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