American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-02-10
ESTABLISHED IN 1925
LYrom ,he Nsr York Espre...l

-- tElOD We WV AofA EAlIea9-l
TnE " VAfroIAx MASuscHrPf or 4isk He-
1T Scriptures However lightly the Prot
sstant world may esteem The reverence OF
Roman Catholics for the religious antIqui;
ties connected with their church there cah
he no donb. tbs, tho preservation & tha
Vatican Manuscript Of the Scriptures-9
copy Of which has been obtained By the
Americas Bible Uu:ou--is romewhat owi
ing to the Papal dogma Of ''Veneration Of
Relios" The Romish sntiduaiiaRs guard
with an eve as watchful as the soldiers AZ
the tomb OF the Moslem prophet. every
clerical curiosity ofa past age. The skep-
ties may in justi6sble doubts when the
pious keeper Of the Vaticisn presents to
his view some relic Of saint, the posses>
81, Of which is disputed by . similar
counterpart OF the identical article in some
other Roman Catholio repository; but he
cannot, with equal consistency reject the
Vatican copy OF the Scriptures as spurious
for both CouRcils and tie Cardinals
wisely left that untouched, As an articlS
the purpose Of which had been GecOmpIisef
ed in the submission Of the civilized world
to Romanisn. Her clerical sages, with y
prudence that preserved through shbsei
duent centuries the teucts OF the Church.
left the piee ious Biblical gem undistnrbsd
| in the. dusty recssses of the Vatician. But
although Rome may have bad a secondary
agency in guarding this Biblical treasuTss
It's Divine author assuredly watched OyeE
IL, lest the rude band Of some destructive
Goth should destroy is for the sake Of ths
superstitions il condemned, aud among
! which il lay for so many centuries. It
may be, indeed. that God, in his good
! Proyidence, bad ordAined that Rome in
the preservation Of this manuscript, should
bear witness against her own eTrors.---i
The New York Chronicle, in reference to
the manuscript. remarks as follows: = s,H' :
"Ths best biblical efiGics are generally
agreed in assigning il TO the ff1h century.
Some give it to later, and some even to
an earlier date. In all human probability
however it was written within three or
tour hundred years after tue death Of tile
i Apostle John. - . =
"Ths writer, Of this manuscript was evi.
dently a careful Egyptian copyist, as seems
70 be fully established by critical examina-
tion Of the work. The material. Of The
manuscript ia parchment such Is was used
by all authors in the past age. 50
The style of wiring is in beautiful,
e bold capital letters, three columns TO the
f page, but il is without division Of chapters
b verses or words. The manuscript iare-
/. markably full containing the Scripture Yer.
sion OF the OH testament. with the excep
tion OF the first forty six chapters of Gena
a sis. and ! thirty-two Psalms, vIz:--fron
1 CIV to CXXXVII, inclusive. Some poI
/. tions Of the New Tss amsnt are also wan
e ting" 90. -
. This fact, cankot fail 10 overthrow th'
4 common belief Of Biblical SCHOLARS thai
!, the materials necessary fOr the propel
translation Of the Scriptures we're sKhsus
ted by the king James" translaters. w
+ cannot conjecture what opposing or con
I irming light this grea, counterpart 0
the Scriptures may cast on dogmas tha
. divided the Christian world for sentuTles
= Thi> long treasured. silent arbiter maj
: be perhaps the standard Of eventual appea
I, in all lasss Of Biblical controversy, anC
!. its accession TO the Revision Materials Q
the American Unionjs most providential
!, A correspondent of the Watohman AM
" Reflector Boston remarks:
" II is said that ths rooms Of the Amsri
n can Bible Union are now enriched with
r. printed COPY of the celebrated Vatica
:, Version Of the Scriptures. and il so ths
4. society has secured a most valuab le, ID
n deedi an invaluable. aid 10 their almo'
" superhuman endeaVors. A history OF 1t !
~ certainly a disi1sralum. and we most as
y suredly hope the society will give such
:. history TO the world We are little eur
,r GUS TO know how they secured SO rich
" treasury. Davidson writing in 1858, say
a. ..it is inaccessible" Ii can be looked q
a but, not ''touched." Tregellss made
or Journey to Rome bat..twelvs years ago, &
I the special purpose Of correcting his ow
Version Of The Greek Text by person
n, examination of it. After waiting 6'
months, he was obliged to returu with Il
msgre reflection that he had seen it. Hi
to the Pope at last removed the ssEi? v
lg hope he has, ~
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SINGULAR PHESoMEHoE.--Thers is
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