, 1870-09-04
1IisqnotiuK the Bible.


The eloqucnt Bishop OF Ozfurtl, 9s1n1i1rlJ
known IN England by the somexhas d,sre-
epectful 8otriqt4et Of 'Soapy sam, conferred
upon him by Punch, toll. = good story or N
old woman who, baEing adopted Httlo EiA
ehe v'sa 16 ysars OF age, VIA thea fortaken hE
her prpA.9s whom netghoot'nF far.1-touse
enticed away to "bctter harsclf.' On being
condolea with On this ungs'tsful aoandon-
ucnt, ts symFsteiztng ff,snas, me % ola roman
That such thiu5a must happen: You kuowtt
il sid there, sTraiu mp child, aad away he
do co."
.choia1s whose t,uota,iona Of Scripture, or
jnt}irect reference to it. though hardly 40 lu-
tlicrous, a1e cot very much moro accurate
than that Of Dirhop Wlberforce's Anciant
dame. One scarcely knows whas to make Of
Horace Walpole's cen.uxion Of Cain and Ssu-
sou, in ONO Of his letters to = c1sr5cal FREUD,
too. paccgyrizing I certain nobls, but Child
lees couple, in their Eden-hke existence ut
Nuneham ~ DO not know tho Paradise on
who may comfort the:naalyes With having no
children. when tllay .reco1iect that the fiEst-
born committed murder tcith ne jdtcboae Of
On ass, y deadly weapon I am sure" Tho
italfcs-wilateycz they may be worth-sre VAL
"What aays Timothy 2" is tho query Of tho
Introducing the word. OF Saint Paul, = sHay-
ing god and rainent, let us ba herewith con-
aHe who tc,npers the wind to the shorn
l.mb" sounds 20 purely scsiplural that tho
distinguished American Is~yer and ntataa-
man. Daniel Webster, may perhaps be par
dou.d fcr depriE1ng. Lsurease s:s1ne, tno.
ti,oIa1ip, md asexsbea il to ths ssriptnr ~.
There alc. pe1hap1, many nubc1ievarn who.
upon tealiug tnis stateusnt, Ell search tneir
Dibles u1ideI the &ane halluciaAtion Nhicl
- - trk kS.uS
ss will be ir1itleAs labor:
Tho ecitor Of 4 xelI-Iuovn Engliah Journal
compiiu.ented Lord Caestetdeld fot his eeusi-
bic remark that !" cFil communications corrupt
discon,sing in ehspcl in tli. city, took osca-'
sion to mention the many tria1a and difficult
ties which often Ind beses Lis path - But,~
aaid he, "in the midas u :dl my difficulties,
An led 10 pesaevere in the good wotk b5 tha-
following psaasgef Of Scripture coming into
III The wellsnoun ea4ayts. .nd cite, william
Hszlitt, asc1ibea to +" The Samaritan -wtoeref
that may be-the publicana prayer, which he.
Y Leigh Hunt tells Us Of Shelley; that .ths.
wa : student of the book Of Job, aud that Tor
his Christianity he went to tho gospel Of 81:
ansli. li osSolna aed her lo5, thss: Il
| the fond mother lid mada 80. some
lille shirta for h,m.~ when he loft home to
stay with bis rich .srsndlath bur when
her Eli came to sea the widow, ..thay were re-
placed BY much finer tinen-n - !:
Tho versatile aud <izacious Char1es Dickenk
also s.n1nhles in h:s ScEiptarzi a1lusionA. Dr..
Hlimber, the Echooltn2sta1 OF Brighton, to
whose tender mernies Paul Do1nbey il con-
signed, having occasion to set an imposition,
does 20 in these terns: ''Johu.on
viii repeat to ne tomorrow runrn-
ing, before breakfast. without book,
and from the Greek Testament, the Flint
Epistfe Of st. Paul 10 the Ephesians." Rather
hard upon Johnsou, but it would hare been
still mora difficult II Or. Blmber had inPosed
upon hun the Secoad Epistle, for where 10 tne
NoI3d could Johnson have proc1Ecd Sopv
In an earlier fiction bJ tbe sa1ue distinguished
author occurs the following cut9ous passages
1.-The only Scriptuul adnonlnoa tnM halph
Nicklety heeded, IN the letter. "3e hnoW
thyrelf.'"
| scbotarshin Ii not incoDeiderahle, patmita
hinnseK, ia oue Of his AutoEoEr1phica1 sour-
cn;rs ~ travels in England, to make North
! nrhrisn N Puritan" +" who yeaxned to convert
him. refs. to Korah, Dathau, and Abaram Al
lie isrored three upon Whcm tho iosJ fnrn-
ANOTHER accomplished French E1iser-M. de
Snict Deuve, whom .sa!erddy Reuie.cer has
prorounced tho frat Of living ckitics-spcaka
| OF CaHbe1s attention teiuS f1ed hy ycsse
1 in Saint p1uI.s Third Episla to the Romans.