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The
Sixth Annual Examination of the Hebrew Sunday School of
Philadelphia, took place at the Portuguese Synagogue, on Sunday, the 10th
of March, (Adar 19th,) and resulted as usual to the
satisfaction of a very large audience. The children were examined in
Johlsen's Instruction, Catechism for Younger Children, Pyke's and. S.
Cahen's Catechisms, Nathan's Road of Faith, the Sunday School and Miss
Peixotto's Bible Questions, and Henry's Class Book. The school is in a
flourishing condition, has over $300 in funds, and has published already
the Catechisms of Pyke and Cahen, and been the means of scattering them
in every direction. The number of scholars is, we think, fully equal to
that of any former period, although the older scholars leave it, as is
natural, from time to time.
Letter
from St. Thomas says: "Our Synagogue affairs go on well; we
have a choir of fourteen boys and ten girls, who sing the whole of the
service admirably, and Mr. Carillon has done wonders in teaching them
the Hebrew, that in so short a time they were enabled to do this; his
discourses and explanation of the Bible call forth praises from all who
hear him."—"We have an elementary school conducted by Mr.
Delaval, one of our people, a very talented gentleman, and we have every
prospect of our congregation being benefitted by his labours."—We
also learn from the same source that there is a prospect of soon
establishing a Sunday School in Curaçoa. It thus appears that the work
of instruction is spreading. May it flourish and bear ample fruits.
Since
the above was written we learn farther that a female school, to be kept
by two Jewesses, has been established by A. Wolff, Esq., to whom great
credit is due for his indefatigable labours. There surely must be great
improvement visible in that island, when several now shut their stores
and attend public worship, who formerly laboured on the Sabbath.
Just
while going to press we learn that the first examination of the
Sunday School at Columbia, S. C., took place on Sunday the 10th
of March, and elicited the highest praise from all present. The
particulars we hope to give in our next.
A
Charity Ball, was given on the 6th of March at
Cincinnati, which is represented as having afforded ample enjoyment to
the company. It is certainly a pleasing feature to observe that the
means of enjoyment are converted into blessings to the poor, such
motives hallow even acts of ordinary life, even if they but administer
to our pleasure.
Mr.
E. Halphen has, as we are informed, been elected Mayor of the
second arondissement of Paris.
We
have no late news of any special interest from Europe. Nothing later
concerning the Russian Ukase.
The
foundation for a Synagogue was laid on the 9th of
August last at Hobard Town, Van Diemen's Land; and the small body of
Jews in New Zealand, under the direction of Mr. A. Hart, is progressing
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