The New York herald., 1871-09-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
September 3-FOurteenth Sunday
After Pentec0St.
The Religious Schedule for Tc-Day-Heraid Re-
ligious Observation-Disclosures notes
Personal and General.
Religions Services To-Day.

Mr.. Thomas Gales FOrstcr VIII Spcdh bcloic tNc
society OF Sprituasts at Apollo Hall at halfpast
ten A. NJ. and half-past seven O'Clock +. NJ.
Rev. Fred Evans will preach IN the Central Bap-
tist church, West Forty second street, at nallpa
ten and half past seven O'CLOCK
Elder James Bricknen will preach for the Beulah
Particular Baptist church, West Fourteenth street.
at half past ten and half.past three O'Clock.
Rev. Robert Cameron will preach in the West
Seventeenth street Baptist chuycn at hali-pas ten
O'Clock A. NJ. and halipast seven O'Clock p. NJ.
Services IN Grace church at eleven A. NJ. and
four r. NJ
Rev. DIR. Carter will cficate In The Church of the
Holy Saviour, East Twenty fifth street. at half past
ten A. M. and five p NJ.
Services in st. Thomas church, by Rev. MI. Nor
gan, at hali-past ten A. M. and four p. NJ.
Rev. w. w. Newell, Jr., pastor elccr, VIII preach
morning and evening, in the Forty-second street
Presbyterian church.
Services will be held In the North Presbyterian
church. corner OF Ninth avenue and Thrty.lrst
street. at halfpast ten A. M. and haIf-past seven
p NJ. Preaching by Rev. Mr.. Frazer.
Rev. DR.. Robinson win occupy the pulpit OF the
Eleventh Presbyterian church. Filty-ffth street, at
past ten A. NJ. and half-past seven p NJ.
Rev. Ii. d. Northup win prcacn III the West
Twenty third street Presbyterian church at half.past
ten A. NJ
Preaching in the Central Methodist Episcopal
church, Seventh avenue, at haltpast ten A. M.
and quarter to eight P. NJ. by Rev. Andrew
Longacre.
Rev. Dr. Richardson will preach in the New Eng
land Congregational church, corner Madison avenue
and Forty seventh street, at hali-past ten A. III.
and half-past seven P. NJ.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, West Thirty
fourth street, win be reopened. Preaching by Rev.
John f. Goodman at half-past ten A. M. and half
past seven p. III.
Preaching in ST. Luke's Methodist Episcopal
church, Forty-f street, by Rev. c. S. Narrower
al halfpast ten A. NJ and quarter to eight O'Clock
Pm.
Rev. Mr.. Lee will preach at the Fifth Universalist
church, Chckering Hall, East Fourteenth street. at
quarter TO eleven O'Clock A. NJ.
Bishop Snow will preach in the University, wash
tngton square, at three O'Clock p. NJ.
Is There Original Text of the Scriptures 2
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
Referring to the columns OF your paper OF the 2oth
ult, under "Religlous Intelligence appears letter
from correspondent t''R. BIZ on subject much
discussed OF late, "Is there an original text OF the
Scriptures ~
Your learned contributor and commentator,
think has unwlttingly made some misstatements
which should he corrected, calculated as they are
TO mislead many OF your general readers, who have
mand TO investigate so erudite subject themselves
and who are consequently. notens rolens. necessi.
tated tc leave the matter in the hands OF others pos
eess1ng these requirements
The Gospel according to 81. Mark only contains
sixteen chapters, but this evidently is clerical
error on the part or your correspondent when he
calls attention TO the seventeenth chapter as il NAV
have arisen from typographical deviation on your
part In placing his communication in type. The
chapter r. b. refers to Is unquestionably the six.
teenth. The eighth verse, however is neither
omitted I'm the Sinaitic CodeX nor in the Vatican
Codex rs he states-dnly the word Quickly" The
verse commences 'And they went out quickly and
1ed from the sepulchre." The following verses from
the ninth 10 the twentieth, which terminates ST.
Marks Gospel, both inclusive, are, however, in
neither OF these manuscripts, but they are In fhe
Alexandrlne COdeX, when was presented in the
1G2s by one Cyril Lucar Patriarch OF Constantine
pie, 10 Charles j. OF England. This manuscript is
posed by savants 10 have been written about the
beginning or the middle OF the fifth century. These
eoncludlng % verses OF st. MARI are likewise to be
0. the Coptic and Syrac, III many OF the Latin
manuscripts and in the Gothic version. True Fuse
bus, who dled In the year A. ID. $40, Estates eX-
pressly that in nearly all the trustworthy copies OF
MS time the Gospel ended with the eighth verse; and
with this OF all existing known Greek manuscripts
only the Vatican and the Sinaitic now agree.r
Again the seventh and eighth verses OF the fifth
chapter OF the First Episte General OF st. John your
correspondent states are only 10 be found in an
ancient manuscript In Trinity College, Dublin. They
are TO be foundi in all three Of the manuscripts
nave mentioned namely in the Sinaiflc manuscript,
In the Vatican manuscript, IN the Alexandrlne
.'ln heaven the Father. the Word and the Holy
Ghost; and these three are one.' "And there are
three that bear witness in earth"
The text tllen OF these two verses reads thus
For there are three that bear record the spirit ana
the water and the blood; and these three agree III
one"
The highly accomplished scholar, Constantine
Tischendor discovered in l544 and 1859 the Slnatic
nEIn I'm G.nt of - Ensha rtpa Mr,..nf
Slna aud he thinks 1t not improbable (Which cannot
be the case wth the Vatican mauuscripp tnat ii rs
Emperor Constantine directed TO be made Tor Dysan-
tium III the year sJl under the care OF Eusebus of
C8sarea. Ilschendorf presented IL to the Emperor
Alexander H. OF Russia and IT is now i'll ST. Peters
buTg.
OF the Vatican library, which dated from the year
1475. Whence II was acquired Is nol known
That new edition OF The Holy scriptures is
needed, even imperativey demanded, VIII not for
one moment ga.nsay Cur version, commonly called
the authorized version, was made irom manuscripts
all or later date than the tenth century In copying
and reeopyiug the sacred writings OF the Apostles,
since their origin, no doubt many an interpolation,
many an alteration, and possibly many a so called
emendation had been mace by the monks, from
ioiosyncracies. Whetner therefore, the manuscripts
were entirely trustworthy from which Erasmus, IN
matter, / think, absolutely demanding the most
diligenl and learned investigation.
In the perusal OF this communication you win de-
tect me, TO some extent guilty OF plagiarism, In
borrowing from the writings OF Tischendorf, which.
trust, both yourself and your numerous readers
will not only overlook but pardon / should nave
made my letter more dlffuse had not feared too
great tresPass upon your columns ana Indulgence.
VIII finish my letter with q paragraph from the
writings OF Tschendorf relating to our present
tnorlzed version OF the New Testament, which, 1
think, Will be by means lnappropriate:-
pounded as II was the Greek text. at that time
accepted by Protestant theologians and translated
with scholarship and CONSCIENTIOUS care this version
OF the New Testament has deservedly become an
object OF great reverence and truly national trea-
to the English Church. The German Church
alone possesses in Luthers New Testament trea-
sure Of similar value"
Luther's translation made from the same
Greek text as the English version. r. .. H-C.
skeep Holy thc sabbath Day.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The remarks OF your correspondent 90 s.,uln the
HERALD of Sunday although, perhaps OF interest to
some appears 10 me OF very questIonable utility