book warrant it, to enter into details of all we saw, but such would have convinced the most sceptical of the groundlessness of the abominable charge of mixing Gentile blood with the Passover bread.

Just a Foretaste.

Of course, the complete fulfilment of the gracious promise to "restore again the Kingdom of Israel", will not be till their Messiah appears, when will be realized by the whole House of Israel that of which the present partial return and colonization is but an earnest or foretaste. Ezekiel, in chapter xxxvii., verse 21, thus vividly foretells it :

"Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

"And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel and one king shall be king to them all and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all."

Then there are in Jerusalem II Jewish hospitals and clinics entirely confined to the treatment of Jews and Jewesses. There are also 6 Jewish orphanages or homes. Likewise a "House of Industry", where Jews are employed by the "London Jews' Society", making Holy Land mementoes of olive wood from the Mount of Olives.

At Jaffa there is the "Fabrique de fer", an

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institution where young Jews are taught to work in iron, and make gates, safes, ploughs, and other useful goods. Although this workshop had only been in existence about six years, the master had already turned out several competent workmen, who were in receipt of the full pay received by skilled craftsmen.

The business of Jerusalem is clearly in the hands of the Jews.

Wherever one looks Jewish names stand out prominently over the various stores and bazaars. On every hand we note the names-Isaac, David, Abraham, Joel, Israel, etc. And it doesn't matter what kind of shop or business, they seem able to adapt themselves to anything and everything. Everything becomes grist to the mill of the Jew. They are tailors, drapers, shoemakers, fruiterers, grocers, blacksmiths, printers, carpenters, and hotel-keepers. The hotel owned and managed by Mr. Kaminitz we recommend to Zionists, especially those who can speak Yiddish.

Jew versus Gentile.

Canon S. A. Barnett, the President of the Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, London, E., who lived in the very heart of East-end Jewry, was right when he wrote, "The poor Jew is, as a rule, more capable. than the poor Gentile. He can shape an ideal in his mind with something of a poet's power. Hence he is able to work with intelligence and a success which does not always follow mere technical education. He has dreams which he can enjoy in his

hours of leisure without being driven to seek dreams through drunkenness. He has a sense of equality which gives him self-confidence, and enables him easily to take the place he gains in the world. He is very persistent. He endures hardships, and faces opposition, with a courageous perseverance. takes up a new pursuit; he enters new conditions of life; he begins again and again after failures, with an energy and resourcefulness, if not greater, certainly more patient than that of the AngloSaxon."

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The Jewish Colonial Trust.

We must not forget the many offshoots of the great "Jewish Colonial Trust", with its capital of £2,000,000 sterling. Evidently the fact of being able to show Script testifying that we were among its earliest shareholders was a kind of open sesame to Jewish institutions that would otherwise have been closed to us as mere ordinary Gentiles. Among the Trust's" offshoots we would particularly mention "The Anglo-Palestine Company", "The National Fund", "The Palestine Land Development Company", "The Land Donation Fund", "The Palestine Planting Association "The Olive Tree Fund", "The Palestine Industries Syndicate ", "The Culture Fund", "The Hygienic Institute " "The Central Library in Jerusalem"; these are all lively institutions, and members of a family which is rapidly increasing.

And note, this movement is not confined to Jaffa and Jerusalem, it extends throughout the Land.

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