North Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1867-current, 1869-07-14
WHOLE No. 665.
Analysis OF the Bible.

The following analysis Of the Old and
New Testaments may be interesting to our
readers:
Books in Old Testament, 80; Chapters,
o2o; Verses, 2s.2l4; Words, 529, ,439
Letters, 2,72S, ,lC0; Books in the New
Testament, OF; Chapters. 269; Verses,
1859: Words, 1871, ,255 Letters, 338, $50.
The Apocrapha has 1873 chapters, 6,OSl
verses, and l25. .ls5 words.
Whole number of words in the Old
Testament is 3,7ls,665.
The middle chapter and least, is Psalm
III.
The middle verse is the 9th of Psalm
1ls.
The word "and" occurs in the Old Tec>
lament 35, ,543 time.
The same in the New Testament also
occurs 10, ,6S4 times.
The word Jehovah occurs 1856 times.
The middle book Of the Old Testament
is Proverbs.
The middle verso is I'd Chronicles,
chapter 20, the 18th verse.
The least VERGE is Is: Chronicles, chap
ter and lst verse.
The middle in the New Testament is I'd
! Thessalonians.
The middlechapters are Romans 8 and
IA.
The middle verse is Acts II, l7th verse.
The least verse is John IL, verse 35th.
The 2lst verse, chapter of Ezra, has
all the letters of the al phabet.
The 10th chapter of the 2d OF Kings,
and chapter 81 of Isaiah are both alike.
The name Lord is found 6,962 times in
the Old Testament.
The name of God is found 2,725 times.
The name of Jesus occurs 925 times in
the New Testament.
The name Of Christ, 555.
The word Selah is met with "a times in
the Bible.
The word Eternity, but once.
The double asseveration, verify, verify,
is to be seen 50 times in Johns Gospel,
and nowhere else.
There are oil interrogations (?) in Job.
The phrase "and God said,' occurs 10
times in the FIRST chapter of Genesis.
The name of Jesus and Christ are nei-
ther Of them found in the Sd epistle Of
John.
The wsrd Fore-ordained is mentioned
hut once in the whole Bible, lst Peter,
l:20.
The word Perseverance is mentioned
but once in the Bible-Eph. 6:lS.
The word Atonement is mentioned but
once in the New Testament.
The word Election but 6 times in the
Scriptures.
There is no mention made in the Scrip.
lures of Adams Fall, Original Sin, nor
The Covenant of Grace.
The words Everlasting Life are men,
toned but once in the Old Testament,
Daniel 1872.
The word Predestination is not once
mentioned in the Bible.
Sprague, the rich old Chicago repro
bate, who wouldn't marry his Amanda,
and got assessed 100000 for playing off,
has, beyond doubt, the worst "spells" Of
any veteran sinner in that ungodly city.
The old January writes to his blooming
May in this style
CHICAGO, April 81, 1866.
I cannot write much l cannot see one
Bitt aut of my Eys Got the ariseplact
weary Bad lit is Getting Beater have 2
Letters from you Butt cant see to Read
them wont trust no wone to Read them
or to write for me don't know how you
will Read theas Lines lit is All Cess work
feal well if my Eys were the sweating
is just going Down moy I worship the
lord geasus for the Laws of god must bs
obeyed after Put this Letter in a
will Gett sum wone to duet. E. S.
This assassination Of the English Ian
guage passes through long list of letters
-one of which winds up as follows:
0 Lord who art in heaven bless our
harts and be with US and guide us ant
protect US.
A 100000 verdict was cheap enough