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Letter to the editor of the Occident regarding education and the ministry. The author expresses concerns about the lack of encouragement for religious instruction in many congregations and questions the preparedness of American-educated youth for religious leadership. The letter also criticizes the treatment of qualified religious leaders in America and suggests reforms within congregational organization to better support religious education and leadership.

This letter is written in two parts. The first part, dated June 5, 1864, from Kingston, Jamaica, is written by K.? Myers to Michael Light in New York. It announces the death of Myers' father, Moses H. Myers, and requests that Light inform Revd Isaacs and Revd Leeser. The second part, dated June 16, 1864, is from Michael Light in New York to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia. Both letters mention Moses H. Myers, who was headmaster of a Jewish Free School in London for over 30 years, and a minister of the great Synagogue there.