The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1859-04-14


Judge Tabor,s Second Lecture.
Ees~ On Saturday evening last, Judge
TABOR delivered the thirte enth lecture OF
the Independence Course, in continual
ton of the subject of g CHRISTIAN EvI-
nEScEs, as relating to the ath-beds of
Iniidels. The evening was, like that on
which the first lecture was delivered, un-
propitious, but still the house was well
filed with persons of both sexes.
The lecturer recapitulated, briefly, the
points Of his first discourse, in order 10
show the bearing Of his argument, and
in doing so, took occasion to correct, in
one particular, the synopsis we gave in
the guardian of last week We repre-
scented him as having said that the forged
passage in lst John vas more relied up
on than any other in the New Testament
to prove the doctrine Of the Trinity. His
language was, that it was quoted as often
ms any other passage in support Of that
doctrine. We made our report, as is
customary with us, from memory, and
in this case, as probably in Others, unin-
lentionally did injustice.
Coming to tie text Of lis discourse,
the lecturer again took up Nelson's
Cause md Care OF MfdelHy, which he
had partially dissected in the previous
lecture, and referred to misrepresenta
ton of VoLTArRE, by the author, similar
to that in reference to GIBEoN, Of which
he had previously spoken. lie read a
passage from the I" Cause and Cure"
charging VoLTAIRE with falsely quoting
Proverbs XIII. 81, which speaks of the
Irvine sparkling in the glass; saying
that VoLrArRE knew that the word was
printed. eoaps (cup) instead of uerre
(glass) in the French bible, and that,
i'll asserting that g lass was not known in
Solomon ; time, FoLrArRE meant 10 de-
ceiye tens Of thousands of children and
ploughboys. The. Judge showed that
VoLrAIRE had not said that glass was un-
known in the time Of solomon, and also
that lie had not mistranslated. He held
up a copy OF the Imgote. the Latin bi
bic used, and always quoted, in Roman
Catholic countries, and read the word ms
there rendered. 6 vafo," glass. lie also
read the passage in English, from the
Douay bible (the Roman Catholic trans
lation3 in which the word is also glass
He read, too, from MARTIN LuruER's
German bible, where the word used
means glass. lie referred also 10 a bible
published in 1912, called " The Bishop.
Bible, aud to the Spanish bible publish
ed By the American Tract Society, both
Of which he had examined, and in both
the words used meant glass. In the
King James version, which was used in
this country about as universally as the
Vulgote was in France, and also in the
French Protestant bible, which was a
Translation Of King James bible, the
word was rendered :" cup" VoLTAIRE
quoted from the Vukgate, which the Ro
man Catholic church regarded as the
only correct version of the Scriptures,
and, as had been shown, quoted correct
", aud all Of NELSON'S animadyersions
upon him in this regard were either the
offspring Of gross ignorance, or of de-
sire to msreprcsent and malign The
lecturer asserted his belief, and gave sew
eral reasons therefor, that NELSON knew
nothing of VoLTAIRE but what he had
obtained at seond hand.
The lecturer then quoted what NELSON
says of PLATO being indebted to the He
brews for his idea of the Three Inteli-
gences, as referred to by the Rev. Mr..
Boacs. The Judge passed high en-
comium upon the modern Jews, but
quoted Prof ASruos, Rev. Dir. BURNETT,
Rev. DR.. Sourn, Rev. DR.. SPENCER, and
Prof. HTcHcocK, in proof that the bill
cal Jews were barbarous. ignorant and
surerstitous. rendering it impossible
that they should have taught the grea:
heather philosopher. He read from the
Intellectual System of Rev. DR.. CUDwoRrn,
10 show that the ideas from which, in his
opinion. and in the opinion Of many great
scholars and divires, the Christian doc
trine of the Trinity was developed, were
set forth by PLATO, hundreds of years
before the birth of Christ. The lecturer
SAID he had never found. and he did not
believe, that PLAro's works contained
one single word of alIusion TO the He /
brews, and he knew he would be perfect
" safe in Offering $1,000 for every pas