THE JEWISH ADVOCATE, FOR THE YOUNG. VOLUME VIII.-1852, OTHE LONDON: SOLD AT THE LONDON SOCIETY'S HOUSE, WERTHEIM AND MACINTOSH, 24, PATERNOSTER ROW; HATCHARD AND SON, PICCADILLY. THE JEWISH JANUARY, 1852. year. TO OUR READERS. DEAR FRIENDS,-We greet you once again by God's good providence, at the beginning of the That which has just passed away has been an eventful one. It began in bright promises, which were partly realized; it has ended in cloud and forebodings. The beautiful palace of peace, to which men of all nations flocked, and the produce of art and industry in all lands was sent, was to many a pledge and foretaste of a peaceful age, when "nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall men learn war any more." But the reader of his Bible, who looks forward to a reign of peace, which shall not be the result of mutual and interested agreement on the part of men; but of high and holy principles implanted by the grace of God, whilst he could admire the wonderful display, and be thankful for such a proof of the world's peace and of human concord, would often sigh to think that even the most wonderful result of man's intelligence and civilization, must be like the gourd of the prophet, as |