to their old Judaism. It is this incipient defection which calls forth this letter. Its one object is to counteract this dangerous movement. This letter is convincing in the attainment of this object. Every paragraph strikes home. These are the data that are embodied in the letter itself. The great question for us to decide is: “Where do we at the time this letter was written find such a body of unmixed Jewish Christians?” There is only one answer: “Not in Palestine, not in Cyprus, as we have already