The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-22
The HOLY Scriptures.

peareu. ana twenty-five Df tnOso ian.
guages existed without an alphabet. In an
oral form Upwards of 43.000,00O Of
these copies Of Gods word are circulated
among not les than 600. 100000 Of people
The first division Of tbs Divine Orders
into chapters and verses IL attributed To
Stephen Langton, Archbishop Of Canter.
bury in the reign of King John, in the
latter part Of the twclfthccntury or begin.
ming of the thirteenth. Cardinal Hugo.
in the middle Of the ihI'senth century,
divided the Old TcsInInEht Tito chapters.
as they stand in our translation. Tn 1861
Athias. jew Of Amsterdam divided the
section Of Hugo. into verses--a French
printer had previously (l5Gl) divided
the New Testament into verses as they
now are.
The Old Testament contains 80 books.
929 chapters. 23.214 verses, 502, ,439
words 2.73S. 100 letters.
The New Testament contains % hooks,
260 chapters. I, $50 verses, 1s2, ,253 words
033 $50 letters.
The entire Bible contains &C boots. L.
ls9 chapters. 3l.175 verses, 77l,692
words. 2. sos. .4s9 letters. y
The name Of Jehovah. or Lord occurs
1885 times in the Old Testament.
The word ''and" occurs in the Old Tes-
lament 35.543 times.
The middle book Of the Old Testament
u PToYerbs
The middle chapter il the 10Th of job
The middle verse is 81 Chronicles.
Goth chapter. 18th verse.
The middle book Of the New Testament
is 2nd Thessalonians.
The middle chapters are Romans 13
and a. q.
The middle verse is Acts 1l:7
The middle chapter aud the least in
the Bible is PsaIms l:l7.
The middle versc in the Bible ia Psalms
31s:s.
The middle line 10 the Bible ID Chron-
icles 1:I6.
The leas, verse in tho Old Testament
is lst Chronicles III.
The lesst verse 10 the Bible is John
1895.
The nineteenth chapter Of I'd Kings
and Isaiah 36 are the same.
In the 2lst verse of 7th of Ezra arc all
the letters Of the alphabet. aud j con-
siicred rs one.
The Apocrypha mot inspired. but
sometimes bound between the Old Tcsia-
ment aud New contains II honks, ls3
chaptcrS. I5,031 verses. l53. ls5. words.
The preceding factS we're aseertaincd
Lv za...Is...-.. =. l7is Also by an I'm.
glishaian residing az Af1wierdam. 1772.
AMI is said tn have fakeh each gentleman
nearly three years in the investigation.
There is n Bible in The library Of The
University Of Gottigen written on 2.475
palm leaves.
A days journey vas Is Is miles.
a Sabbath days journey was about an
English mile.
Ezekielis reed was elcSen feet nearly.
A hands breadth is equal to three and
five-eight inches.
A fngcr's breadth is equal 10 one inch
A shekcl Of silver was about fifty cents.
sbckeI of gold was sS 90
Talent of silver was s5i6 go.
A talent of gold was sl3, 500
A piece of silver or penny was thirteen
cents.
A farining was three cents.
4 gorah was one cent
A mite was one and half cent.
A homa contains scyenty.fvc gallons
and five pints.
A nepha or bath contains seven gallons
aud fivc pints.
"a bin 'wasa gallon and two pints.
4 frkin was seven pints.
An omcr was six pints.
A cab was three pihts.
A dog was one half pint.
The divisions Of the Old Testament are
The divisions Of tho Old Testament are
four.
|. The Pentateuch or the four books
of Moses.
2. The historical books, comprising
Joshua to Esther inclusive.
3. Poetical or doctrinal books. from JOB
to the Songs of Solomon, inclusive.
Prophetical books, from Isaiah to Nal
achi.
The New Testament is usually divided
into three parts:
/. Historical, containing the four gos.
pels and acts.
2. Doctrinal, comprising all the epistlcs
from Romans to Jude.
3. Prophetical. being the book Of Row
Citations of St. John.
The commemorative ordinances Of the
Jews were:
Circumcision, the seal of the covenant
with Abraham.
The Passover, to commemorate the pro.
lection of the Israeliies, when all the first
born of the Egyptians were destroyed.
The feast of the Tabernacles, instituted
to pcrpetuate the sojouring of the rsra-
elites for forty years in the wilderness.
The feast Of the Pentecost, which was
appointed fifty years after the Passover,
to commemorate the delivery of the laws
from Mount Sinai.
Feast of Purim, kept in memory of the
delivery of the Jcws from the wicked ma
chinations of Haman.
In 1872. it would have cost a laborinp
man thirteen years of labor to purchase a
Bible; as his pny would only be Ii pence
per day, while the price of Bible was e2,
AsLIP of paper was recently found by
tba xuork NO :, "a .,.y.. svod IN taar;nfy dawu