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Of the Portuguese congregation of Kingston, Jamaica, is now vacant,
the connection between it and the person who filled that office having
been dissolved in the month of June last. We are authorized, by one of
the most influential members of the congregation, to state, for the
information of all those who may feel an inclination to become
applicants for said office, that an ample field for usefulness is open
for any person of talents and unblemished moral worth, and that his
temporal welfare will be amply provided for by the congregation; the
salary being between 900 and 1000 dollars, and there is no doubt that
many perquisites would be added in the way of fees and liberal pay for
instructing children in the holy language. It is expected that the
candidate, in addition to an harmonious voice, and a correct mode of
reading the service in the Minhag Sephardim, will be able to give
occasional lectures on religious subjects in the English language. For
the information of our friends in Europe, we are requested likewise to
state, that there has lately manifested itself a renewed spirit for
religious inquiry in the Island of Jamaica, and it only requires proper
labourers in the field to urge and guide this feeling in a proper
manner, in order that it may produce happy results. The German
congregation of Kingston possess an eloquent preacher in the person of
the Rev. Mr. Nathan, who has won golden opinions from his flock and
others, for his well-directed labours; and the Portuguese community are
now anxious to place at their head a gentleman who can officiate for
them in an equally accepted manner.
The Editor of the Occident will with pleasure forward any letters
entrusted to him by applicants for the office; or they may, if they
wish, direct to M. Sarfaty, Esq., Kingston, Jamaica. We have merely to
remark, that all candidates should be supplied with unexceptionable
letters of recommendation from well known persons, as to their moral
worth and qualifications, in order to avoid any unpleasant feelings in
consequence of a rejection of their suit for the want of such necessary
documents. We believe that an unmarried man would be better suited to
enter upon the office; though one with a family, with the necessary
qualifications, would not be unwelcome. All those who wish to apply for
said office will have the goodness to do so at as early a date as
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