The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1870-07-03


Bible. They say that there viii besen.
average Of one word changed. in every
verse, and some verses totally omitted.
Now, though we are NOT In tie ring, We
cannot allow such proposition to pass
without entering our protest - logieians.
What right has Protestantismsto nutilate
its rule Of taiths From the dayssf Luther,
all good Protestants have claimed that
their rule of faith was the Bible. Ourt
present Elglish version has been constaait-
ly used as such ever since, without 6oubt
or hesitation, anA is it now to be said that
John Knox, William Penn and JoAlE Weuk
ley were born and bred in the IN - Of
darkness, and never had access to t1e true
Rule of Faith 9n ~
just think of the time-honoredss dssaints OF
the Msyflower, and those holy men Sf the
early days who burnt witches and Quaksrs :,
and then insinuate that they tuiltH their
faith on wrong Biblei It is WIN f6r thsse
modern innovators that those urdStsaints
of the Blue laws and cropped. locls are
safely under ground. They would soon
teach them the value Of stout .cords'And fat
if they could be present, again
in the flesh. What the wrong Bible l.ksA
And those terrible words that have to sb4
changed, yea, even one in every ve1Iss
What are they going to change thsm tsf
With what awful mystery is Ills future
fraughtf Maybe these new words will
make new religion Of it. Are they iuIs
portant wordsf If not, why make % sao-
mentous a changef Why agitate 4he
whole world of dissenting Christianity 1iS&
q adread of the errors which it my have.
entertained Why force SO many millcn
of poor people to buy new Bibles3 No TIC
changes must be important; in fact, some
verses are to be left out altogethsrs s
But even this may be permitted H our
Bible makers will guarantee Ms thEt II ShAu
be right this time, that when the spirit of
the age shall have sufRciently changed, q
will not become necessary TO make an0tAek
and accommodate is Also tosthe :
ideas Of the generation then - ling. *
How uncomfortable Al tfissq 1f this
Bible is wrong, why may NOT the next. hStas
much SO When shallswsSSsr got it right
And if it is the only rulssof faitb, how can !
we rest satisfied until We do get it rightf
Then comes another source Of inquietnde
to sincere Biblicans, in the chafacteF and
motives of the men who win hAve this
work in hand. They 4sre to bsgsimply
learned men, whether christials o. merely
orthodox or libef svangelis%
cal OF rubrical. Even that maas = the cloven
foot, DR.. Newman, has besn ssisd 70 lend
! hand. The result of all this viii slshply
b that these parties will never agree on
anything in the world except the erroneous
of the present Protestant version.
Dr., if they do make new one, twill
please nobody. =
What then Z The old Bible wrong and
lew one impossible, where is the I" Rule Of
Faith ~ sssl q
The only chance is plan we long since
recommended to sincere and logical Pro-
must all learn Hebrew and
5reek. In no other way but this can they
lave access to their only Rule of Faith"
or though it is infallibly correct in the
original, its translators are not vested with
hat divine prerOgative, and wfll make
very grave ones. In I
act, the sects will base their separate exist
'nce chiefly on differences of translation;
very great linguist will have sect Of his
'wn and every church distinct Bible
eparately edited and published. Every
will then be virtually Pope or
nfallible interpreter for his own coterie of
and we shall have, on an extend
ID scale, the old maxim exemplifed of the
'lind leading the blind.
This is the logical result of Professionalism,
nd it is only by giving it time and oppor-.
unity to work out it's false premises to ab-~-
urd but natural conclusions that its dupes
will be made to discover its real character.
The time must come with every yelled pro-
het of u blasphemous creed that his own
'rogeny will tear the veil from his frightful /.
eatures to cover their own deformity.
Professionalism mathematics the Church
f Christ, and is therefore plasphemy.
is prophet is the spirit of human pride,
nd that veil with which he hides his revolt :
gaipst lawful authority is pretended de-
otion to the Bible. When his bantling
rood shall have grown SO lusty that>each
ne dares to proclaim himself the sole
wner of the true Bible, they will virtually
ear his veil into fragments and share it
mong themselves. Then his deluded fol-
will ~