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Southern Christian Advocate
Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
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Rev. Mr. Ewald, a German missionary, reports large Jewish communities in North Africa: 300,000 in Morocco, nearly 200,000 in Tunis, and many in Algiers, descendants of Spanish expellees. They are poor, industrious, speak Hebrew, discuss religion openly, and desire Bibles. Ewald has distributed 15,000 Scriptures and seeks more missionaries.
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It is stated by Rev. Mr. Ewald, a German missionary, that there are great numbers of Jews on the northern coast of Africa: in Morocco 300,000, in Tunis nearly 200,000, and many in Algiers. Their fathers, when expelled from Spain, settled here. They are generally poor, industrious, gaining just enough from their trades to live upon. They speak the Hebrew language, converse freely on the subject of religion, and are anxious to have the Bible in their possession. Mr. Ewald has sold and circulated 15,000 copies of the Scriptures among them, and asks for other laborers to occupy with him that opening field.—Lutheran Observer.
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Northern Coast Of Africa
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distributed 15,000 copies of the scriptures; call for additional missionaries
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Rev. Mr. Ewald reports great numbers of Jews in Morocco (300,000), Tunis (nearly 200,000), and Algiers, settled by ancestors expelled from Spain. They are poor and industrious, speak Hebrew, discuss religion freely, and seek Bibles. Ewald has sold and circulated 15,000 Scriptures among them and requests more laborers for the field.