The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-05-01

- 4 = 1~-s1S
= 'Thsm,ll:e' chapter, least in the Bible, is
PSalm. 7 e = - '.., M
- ~ :. line. is in 9 Chronicles, iv-IG verse.
The lo"g"st ci,.pi-r,gis thc l9th Psalm.
Lhe, ,%osti, Asp. ocruts 4Iy2a1 times. e
The word JFnoHaiI. occurs 1855 times.
L.. -. Il TIE OLo TE:TAMESr.
W The middle hook, in this i vision, Is Proverbs.
rg :t; So, cha; ter. is Job xxx
rsc, isin2 Chronicles, Xxx; between
1T and 1R verse. --E s'.' - m
The eaat ve:sr, is Chronicles i; % verse.
&H The WORD AND occurs 35.543 times
81 Ihe alst verse of Ezra vii. 6ontuns all the
letters OF our Alphabet. Aa. ~
The 10Th chapter Of Kings, and
S7th Of Isaiah, are alike. This fact is
an;internal mark of the Truth of the
Scriptures, being transcripts, from pub.
Ierecords, by two different authors,
who9were not contemporaries. aE
IN TIE New TESTAMENT.
The middle book, is 2dThessalonians.
,{5stffS ciupter, is between the 18th aud 4,h
OF Romans. ~ I
=" ; vers", is Acts xvii, l7,h verso.
The least verso, is John x, 35.
ldbtIhe word ASD, occurs 1864 times.
The invention of chapters has, by ma
ny, been ascribed to, Lanfranc, Arch
bishop of Canterbury, in the reigns of
William l and H., while others refer
it to Stephen Langton, Archbishop of
the same See, during the reigns of
John, and Henry III. But the real
author Of this useful division was Car
dinal' Hugo de Sancto Caro-, about A.
ID. 1910. y a.@a ~Ts
.a The facility of reference thus afford
ed by Hugo, was father ampli6ed by
the introduction of the present system
of verses; this was done by o Jewish
Rabbi, Mordecai Nathan, about A. D.
1445. r .s.,a re-.
The number of languages on the
earth is estimated at 5000; the Scrip
lures have been translated into nearly
$50: The two principal English YER
sions are those eof "King James, and
the "Douay." The former was trans.
lated and collected with the originals
and other versions, by Al of the most
learned Divines of the ago. 1t occupi
cd from 1903 to 1911 before it recciy-
Cd the Ecclesiastical and Royal Sane
tion.-The Douay version was render
ed from the Latin Vulgate, collected
with tho originals, by 4 Professors of
Theology, in the English College of that
name. A. ID 1902 ass
The first Amcrican.Inlian transla-
ton was made by Rev. j. Elliotts, in
the year 1868.
The first Anglo American edition
was printed in a. d. 1852, ut Bos-
ton.
The second Anglo-Amcrican edition
was printed by order of the American
Cn,lgress, under the supervision of their
Chaplain, Bishop White; this was pub.
lishcd.in Philade'pl.iu, in 1881, by r.
;Ai.kcn. Many copies Of this addition
arc IL The possesio, of our citizens, and
will probably be preserved as relic Of
authority of 'th,se good old times" Of
the Pater Put,ta.
Ii the reign of Edward T., A. D.
1850. the price Of a Billie, was equal
to $l54 ofour currency. Now, mill
io'as Of copies are annually circulated
at the price Of SO cents each. The
issue from one depository alone, Grit
ish and Foreign Bible Socicty) in
lo55-G, were at the ratc Of one COM
ev1;y minute. Such is one class Of
benefits resulting from the invention
and present perfection Of the art o.
printing; truly it is as it has been styl
ed, "1he lever Of the acor1d."
ILL, SAT- 5A@ M. A. J.