, 1870-05-29

Ally ~ knk - lilo AASIAuEct OK G1FlQluH INTO
squares nuggles gem to see its beau
ties? Jet these '.apples Of gold in pictures
Of silver have suffered, and are dn1y sufer-
ing 1t the hands Of our Bible publishers, out
RACES which no one would dlTe to inaict on
Esop or kIummAcher.
In the divisions into chapters, the same f.
tAlity to the sense often prevails. Sometimes
these are 80 uas-aprppos that nothing but the
reverence OF the intelligent reade1 saves them
from ridicule but what tends to excite the
Hdicule or contempt Of the learned, may be
blind to mialead, or barrier to stop the un-
le..ped- IN In -, illustration st of our 70:
Tue angel, As told IN Joahua, chapters w. '. and ID
II How does cur Bible gre III They cut it
in two. One part is left in chapter v, and the
other part is found in chapter vi, tho 9Th
chxpssr ending With the edifying words,
"5oshnA did 10 :" that is, took on his shoe,
OF the full import Of the n.srative. the reader
and the same is tue OF the readAr Of the
sixth chapter. Unless reAd in connection,
they cannot be understood. In Isaiah tho dread
significance Of more than ono Of bis "bu1-
eens" is obscurcd By these arbitrary interup--
be printed Is distinctly By Itself a. psalrn
OF DaTid. But the Burden Of Babylon
is cut in two-patt is IN one chapter,
part IN another; whila tbs Burden Of Fdles-
tina is tagged to the eud Of chapter nv. - an
4pPcuaA8o ~ tue 01s5ufn q 6doy0s1- In
chapter XII, three distinct prophecies con
corning three different countries Ara rolled into
one It would Be far less u1ialeading 70 print
three psalms in one chapter, than thus to coz
fuse and confoUnd three prophecies OF the
same character ia tbs cutting Oh Of the twenty
first chapter Of Acts from tho tweuty-secood
chapter The former. Ike sensatoa-novel
published in parts. breaks OF in the midst
Of the interest. Ihe same offence ia re-
peated 1t the end Of the twenty-third
chapter. OF course. no such unworthy
motives influenced Stephens, who happily
WAS only heavier jolt, OF : mora hazardous
stumble, that broke the thread Of Luke's nnr-
rAtve in these uost inopportune p1aces- The
Hb1e is ahousshold volume, given to the people,
md for private reading 1t il read, and heard
read, dozen timea - often s i is used for
printed IN The interest Of the people, rather
than in the interest Of the polenic- What
defence eau, be made for amputatiuR
the last part Of the eighth chapter OF
Mark, and adding to it chapter n-2 It is the
CONCLUSION Of most touching appeal, "the
man who pe1petrated it robbed the eighth
chapter OF that which did not enrich the ninth,
and made the former poor indeed.
There is another change which. II mads,
wonld greatly improve our Bible, and greatly
commend it to pl'in peop'G3that y
In EeIG1HQCE ~ t4a OK
the chapters These s1contsnts1
sre OF no more authority than are the divisions
into chapters and verses, md jet they are 40
fully and As scrupnloualy printed as il they
formed part Of the inspired text. They are, L
not s1perAuity in themselves, Jet, IN their
supe1abund1nce, they become such, IN
the issues Of the American Hble Sociaty-
one Of whose copies lies be1ore ma, Il
Is sAfe to SAY that one-tventeth Of ths
matter consists Of these "a contents md
this exclusive Of the Two running titles 1t Fac
lead Of each page. In volume 60 uumb1oue
and cumbesscne - our Hble is, when printed