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nljSCtIOhS 10 tue American LipiS
Society, aud his reasons for the So
called Bible Union"
As Mr.. NJ. has volunteered to give
"LighP' upon these important inter
csts, il may not he amiss to pay some
attention to his clcarnCss of perccp-
ccption and soWndncss Of logic. In
reference to my previous article he
says: "Afr. B. has written in man.
ncr adapted 10 create false impress
sion, while his words do not equarely
say the thing that is false. His Ian
guagc scarcely comes short Of affirm.
ing that the Baptists withdrew from
the \. 3. S. to form the Bible Union
because they wanted to arrange for a
denominational Bible In Mr.. NJ. 8
first article he says: 1.-THE American
Bible Society. when organized, was
q Union Society including the Bap-
lists, but at present the Baptists DO
not belong to that Society" Then,
certainly, the Baptists have with
drawn, If Mr.. N. be correct, and the
words of Mr.. L. squarely say the
thing that isl true. Let us hear Mr..
NJ. still further upon this point.
"There was nothing left the Baptists
| but to arithdrQW." If the Baptists
have a Bible Society of "thcir oCn,"
! I am unable to sec the point Of mis-
representation.
Mr.. M. continues: ar Mr.. b. will
look ipto the New American Cyclic
pedia, he will find brief
history of the American Bible Socie-
ty, and in Vol. 8, page 23l, lie will
find the language he objects TO, pre-.
cisely The same as given in my form
er communication" In turning to
this said Volume, l was not little
surprised to find that the course Of
tire \. 3. s. was fully sustained, and
not a single apology offered for the
Baptists.
In order to avoid n garbled quota
ton, it will be necessary to look at q
sentence or two preceding, and one
following the words quoted 10y Mr..
NJ. The "a. C L. 3. Society" was
established in 1887, and incorporated
by the legislature of New York,
April 18th, 1S4S. IL was formed by q
secession Of the Baptist from the
American bible Society. The design
of the latter Society was stated at its
organization to he the dissemination
of the Scriptures in the received rer-
sions where they exist, and the most
faithful translations where they may
be required. The latter clause left it
to the discretion of the managers to
decide what versions should be
deemed worthy Of patronage, and in
the exercise of this discretion they
refused aid to the existing Bengalee
and Burmese versions, because the
Greek word Baptizo was translated
in those versions by word CORES
pondng to the English 'immerse.' /"
Here IL is plainly stated that it was
left to the discretion OF the man
ayers to decide what versions should
be deemed worthy of patronage"
Hence Mr.. Mason is far from being
correct when he says that the A. B.
S. was guilty Of "violating her SOL
emn pledge to the Baptlsts."
Mr.. NJ. seems disposed to repel the
idea that the "Mormons, and those
sects which deny the Deity Of Christ,
heartily cooperate with the Baptists
in the new version" He ncverthe-
less asserts that the "Disciples" are
engaged with them in this enterprise.
Among these disciples" are found
the very persons to whom referred.
Or. b. Jeter, Baptist minister, and
author Of high repute in his dcnom-
ination, i'm his treaties upon the
rise, progress, character, and influ-
cnce of the sect Of christians called
Disciples" says, p. 500: "But am
not yet done with this foundation.
1t is quite too broad and comprehen-
sive. 1t sustains, on its ample sur
face, not only all Christians, as de-
fined by one taught from heaven
but crrorists of almost every class
and grade. Arians, Scacinians, Uni
versalists, Materialists, Shakers,
MormOns. together with many who
are ignorant and superstitious, pro-
fess as firmly and consistently, as
Mr.. Campbell himself, TO bciiere MQt
Jesus the NdTcTcne is The Messiah"
Thus we have the interrogatory OF
Mr.. NJ. "Does the cause of truth need
such advocacy" fully answered Ivy
his venerable and distinguished
brother, Or. J. =. Jeter.
Mr.. NJ. finds it necessary to say
that he "distrusts his (B.'s) knowl-
edge of the Greek text" This ap-
pears to Ivy standing argument, Or
deynier resort upon the part of i'm
mersionists. DIR. "A. Carson, in his
large work relating to the question OF
baptism, takes his stand against the
Unanimous authority Of the lcxicons.
Origen, one Of the learned Greek
fathers, renders BGpto, from which
Bdptieo is derived, by the word
sprink!cd. DR.. c. replies: '.Aiisap-
prehcnsion of the meaning OF the
passage, it is much more likely, has
substituted Sprinklcd for dppcd."
This mode of reply is very easy for
those who have nothing better.
Mr.. Mason pretends to say that
"The present version never was
faithful to the original writings OF
the Apostles. 1t is but n revision OF
that which preceded it. The Latin
Vulgate, the Roman Catholic Stand
ard, was the basis of the revision
OF course no proof is offered for this
SANDER against the commonly re-
eeived version. Forty-seven men, of
the most profound learning, were ac-
tualiy engaged in the work of trans
latlon. They gave undoubted proofs
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