The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1879-04-11
TERRIBLE TROUBLES OyEn 4 TExT or
SCRIPTURE.


many month engaged in revising, alter
ing and correcting tho Bible 10 as tn
produce bool; that will suit the pecul- !
lar Christianity OF the ninet eenth cen
tury, bad stormy session recently in |
London, over very simple text of
scripture upon which neither the Ang- |
lican nor tho American "divines" could |
agree. The text in question IL to be
found alluded oin all tho gospels Of
the EyanQeIistS, occurring three times
in the XVIII chapter Of st. Matthew,
and allndes to tho denial Of our Lord by
81. Peter
''And Immediately the cock crow.
The Anglican ",lvincs" desired to
leave the text as they found it, but the
American pnr1ons werc determined 10
substitute the word "rooster" 10 ,eaig-
nats the male chicken, ~ as to have the
te%t read
'And Immediately the yoos,ey crow
But as the Anglican parsons never
Saw the word "rooster" in either John
ston or Walkers Dictionaries Of the
English language, they just secuted the
idea OF using such YanteeisIn in the
sacred volume, hence the convention
came near breaking up in II serious dis
tnrbance. At length some of the more
conservative parsons proposed that the
matter be laid before the most proni-
nent citizens, preachers and historians
OF America, so as To get their views up
on the correct rendering Of the text,
and circulars were sent To II large num-
ber of prominent men, many Of whom
responded, but We have room for only
tcw samples Of the opinions given.
Henry Ward Beccher thought that
the text alluded to his troubles with
I'ilton and Elizabeih, and that it should
read
And Immediately Triton crew. 70.
But the committee saw nt "A glance that
he WAS selfish in the iSatter, ~ they
I threw hiH advice under the table.
The next letter opene,l WAS from Bob
lnsersoll. who said be didn't believe in
/ scriptures, anyhow, but for the sake of
making peace among the parsons be
would give them his opinion. which
was that ,ie text should be made to
| read
And immediately the American Eagle
screamed"
This suited the truu- ! tlantic par
SONS first rate, but the Auelicans bluff
e,i their brethren bv fciuiua5as them
that "the Hnmcrie,n ileszi. didn't
heSist IN the lagu.tul.r iitas.7.." hence
he conidn't scream on The hocctsion
halludcd TO-" This put da,nler on
Bob IngerAuli'a text, and that MIS-
thrown unier the iabl"
The next document waS from Ccurrni
Grant who said h- Mas baiiy corkai
that ho vas not ia amy humor To- touch
on tes.ta u scripture. hut 80 L.. was q,
freeman or the city ot London hr dr
aired In accommodate his c3uui.yiuru
with his views ON ths important gses-
ton lie added that 10 dptbl the yris-
inal translators ssers ali wrou. IL thei-
application OF t!t.a text for tAe reason
that they did not have the en!igh;en.
meut oi the nineteenth century To guide
them; that at the time alluded TO the
jews we're having q jolly good time, SO
the text alluded to some kind Of mixed
drinks used by the Jerusalemitcs in
their carouSals and known as cock
tails" and therefore the text should
read
"And Immediately tho cock .tai;s few.
This puzzled some OF the Anglican
parsons, but Dean Stanley told them
that he had just returned from Ameri-
ca wher. cocktails" were the fashion
able beverage, and that Gen. Grant was
a good judge Of "slings' although not
an expert in scripture. "He is ia man"
said the Dean, "that although not elo-
quent of speech, yet he can drink in
every lingo in the world, from Chinook
to Chinese" So, out of respect for the
Dean, General Grants proposition was
laid by for future reference by the com
mittee.
The next letter opened was from Sa-
san b. Anthony, who said she could
clearly remember the occasion referred
to by st. Matthew, as she was quite Il
young lady at the time, and she remem-
bered having conversation with the
Jewish historian Josephus on this very
text. Josephus assured her that there
was no poultry whatever in Jerusalem
until the year POI Of the Christian era,
hence it must have been some horrible
man who cackled on the occasion, or
else mere "Romish" Invention. So she
favored the omission of all texts having
reference to the subject, and advised
the parsons to inject something strong
on women's rights in place Of such OBJ
solete and unhistorical fables
This letter met with great uproar rs
the Alglican parsons would not listen
to advice from such an antiquated f.
male, whilst the gallantry of the Amer
lean preachers compelled them to up
hold tire character of tho oldest woman
in the world, and one who had helped
them in their pulpits in times long past.
Finally, however, her letter was placed
on file for future reference.
The next letter was scarcely leglble,
but after long delay it was deciphered
as being the production of Gray, the
Oregon historian, who declared himself
a great admirer of the scriptures, nav
ing helped to print them in the Nez
Perces language in 1916, few years
after he discovered the jesuits and the
Hudson Bay Company hiding in the
woods of Oregon. His opinion was
that the "rooster" alluded to in hetext
was a Jesuit in disguise, who initiated
the growing of rooster so as to hide
his presence on the OCCASION, and ad.
vised the revisary COMMITTEES 10 make
: the text read