The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-03-02
For the Palladium
THE TOWNSHIP LIBRARY.

Biblical Commentary on the New Testa-
ment, by OlObausen.
This great work in six volumes, and the equally
noted work of Horne with scores of other
writer's and abandoning the long contested passage
LIST John, CHI. 5th 7th unquestionably spurious
Long ago. Erasmus excluded il from the bible though
he aerward restored it, for fear of the scandal the
omission might occasion. Now however, trinitarians
must give it up. for after long and fruess search
not single manuscript copy be found containing
| this passage. II is plainly Interpolation and
look forwaro the day, when tine dog founded upon
it, the doctrine of three Gods one and the doctrine
Of the atonement commonly taught, will be found to
be of heashenish origin for nowhere the atonement
named in the New Testament, nor for hundreds of
years after the crucifcton is it mentioned by the early
christian writers. The dogma is inhuman it is
hesthenish.
These, and the numerous ponderous volumes of Ia
borous commentaries for all the profit they are the
world, might be blottsd of existence they mis-
lead, instead of guide they complcate and confound
that which 10 simple obscure that which is clear and
corrupt that which pure and rue the calm breast
OF the simple christian with doubts.
Ike the sentiment of Gail Hamilton, so pithiy ex-
pressed in her Stmdins Btock,) "The best common
tary,' says she, ION the Bible, is holy life"
Speaking of the duness Of prayer meetings she
says:
what we want is, more of the spirit of Christ in
our hearts. Our chapels never become the gate
of heaven, till there is of heaven in ourselves.
The kingdom Of God is within you. The life of the
prayer meeting depends the life of the shop, the
office, the farm the dairy the kitchen, the closet
very-day hfe."
Reccollections of Charlotte Elizabeth.
have sometimes feared that in nv xiety crowd
much information in small compass, have too
much neglected the graces of composition, and thus
rendered obscure and unsatisfactory that which in
tended should be plain and instructive.
Nor do suppose that shall redeem myself from
this accusation By the following rapid sketch of Char
lotte Elizabeth, wife of L. h I. Tonna.
She tells that she wrote these Reccollections of
herself, prevent anybody else from doing IT. and
making her a heroine of some fictitious tale.
She does not condeseend to tell when she
born, [l7S7) but like = novelist, she seizes upon
the striking points of her character, and promi
nent incidents OF her life and portrays them in i'm
pressive manner rarely giving . date.
She became totally blind at early age-her sight
restored-then she became deaf, that, she be-
LEVIED her excessive fondness for music mig be-
come a TO her. From this deafness she never
. time she wrote religious
elst; bot afterward convinced of the sinfuness
of the practice and quit It. Though great lover Of
the bioe she hAd htsie regard Tor commentators be-
lievins her mind opened understand the scrip
lures by the Holy Spirit How far she right in
this faith, the reader judge in part by learning
that she inferred from the scriptures tha: Jesus would
be restored 10 Palestine, and that Judaism
should still be maintained even urging the bishop
though he . christian professor, have his boys
all circumsised for the Jews sake that he might gain
Her symPathy for these people, gave ofense 10
of her christian" friends who thought she WAS
giving much to Judaism to the dishonor of Chris
s;anty.
The Bible, she thought, favored the doctrine of
and some other absurditss. She was
8 warm politician and honopathis: and WAS very
fond of Isborin< IN her garden . member of ths
English church. though an Incorporating enemy of
Popery and Of course ssroogiy opposed Puserisn.
She writes with fluent pen, though with the air Of
. novelist; the story Of Der "poor dumb boy" an
adopted child is remarkable, and touchinsiy told
In . word, she vas . woman of strong religious
proeiivites; and Of synpathizing, SELF sacrificing
spirit.
Her "Rsccollse6cas' were written in ls4o: And
abe died Of cancer m ls4s.
Her religious add political 1sAl Was perhaps never
warmly manifested than her oppositioa 70 the
passage of the Catholic emancipation bill Of 1872 a
which, hsr Was 10 be the ruin of The
nation.