Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-06-28
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Thc bible Preserved UnaltcrcG.

rhe Bible Preserved UnaltcrcG.
As 10 that part Q! tho Bale written L,j3r
the coming OF Our blessed Lo.l, called The Oh
Testament, tho following i:c:S arc to be boroc
10 mind:
lst. A copy Of the fve books Of Mosce,
called IeHtateUch. wa5madc bv The SamaritapS,
who, after the BabylOnlsh captivity (mtr, than
500 years before Christ Became tho rooted
enemies Of the Jews, 50 that aby aste"mCut
betSeen tie two copies cannot DO c1esttrtd
as tho work Of desgL; see Ezra III chsp. AID
John 4h and Slh CHAPS.
81. Nearly 800 years before Chris, ;Ea.s
lation of tho Old Testament iato GrecS. tE5
language then most coaeraiiy understood. was
begun by order Of Picleuly phiiad!lphus, Kin:
Of Egypt, and ii subsequent rcIg03 wa com.
pletcd auI widely circulated.
3td. "a comp iring this llclraw ElmafIyau
Peptatcuch, AID this Greek traJs a'on call.
tho SuptusglIt, We find then, substantially Il
agree with each ether aGL cur Bible.
iii. Such YVES the impression CO The mGd
Of the Jews Of the diTinc origin 0i their S3lIp
lures, that, according 20 th2 statements o!
Philo ani Joscphrs they woai1 suffer any
torture, or even death its!ii, rather than chaocH
a single point or iOta Of theD; aud . law Ra=
enacted by the Jews. which dea0uoccd him 70
b. guilty Of incXpia,c 10 who Should prc,ulu"
to make the sS2cst aitcrati1n 10 their sacred
books. They hsvc n-v,r dared 10 anncx t.
them any Historical narrative sinca the death
of their last prophet, Malachi. they clGss,!
the sacred v1umn with !ha su33ass0n .! thin
prophets.
5h. Our Lord declared ijv Oh Testamrn
las the Jews possessed i. in his t!Te) to be the
word Of COD, Mark 1T; AID adoptcd (Lnk1
a: h) the thretioli division Ct it into the Law,
tho Prophets, aad the Psalms, which the
Jews adopted to comprehend al Tie O.d T,a
lament SIS we nov have il: and though IL,
frequently charged the Jews With making tn.
word Of God Of nonc cilec: By their traditions.
lie never Gc.us,d them Of cOrluptlrg the tex.
9Th. The beck; cf the Cd Testament, whic'I
| we received as csnonc,I, are aeknoTedgcd b}
both Jews and CHRISTMAS to b. those which
existed 10 our SavOur'S i!mc; a1d by the cju
tcssiou OF both parties, they hivo been handed
down TO us Interrupted ard unchanged There
arc now cxtant over 100 manuscripts OF the
Cd Testament 10 the original language, aod
they have been proved by d.. keanicott, anu
other learned Hebrew scholars, to agree wIIh
each other 10 all Essential po!n!S.
As to that part cfthc Bible written djt"r IN;
coniog Of our Lord, called the New Testament,
il is important 10 remember these cjn.ldtr:
tons:
1st. 1t WIS very widely circulated, 50 that
any alteration would have been quickly dISc)T.
cred; for, before the middle CT the second ccL-
| fury, the greater part Of the books. OF which
| it is composed. WAS read in every Christian
assembly; aud VIC have the testimony, not ony
Of Chrisilsns but also Il heather writer's las
Tacitus and PIipY) that lh:ro were then vas:
multituies Of Christmas throughout tho world.
81. These writings were held IN the hlGhsst
reverence: WCrJ recaiVed 6s DTloc luic Of
faith and conduct, received as such, to the r.
,ction Ct many others protcndlog TO lnsplra-
ton and even to the exclusion OF those writ
ten by eminent Christians. as the E2iille OF
Clement. &c; received az divine by those who
were caIltd upon to lay down their lives II
proof OF their belief, and Vh>, therefore,
would tx,rli,c tie lr.atcst j :al0usy ever the
preservation CT thcs. writings unaItcred. THUS
nc learn from Tu7tuIIian ADD jerome. thu;
when a presb5tcr of Asia had published
SPURIOUS piece under The name Of Paul, he was
immediately Convicted, and notice Of the ID.
gerry was s0ou conveyed 10 Carthage aud to the
churches IF Atrci.
81. Tho New Testament is more quoted than
any other book ia the world, by q succession OF
writer's from the very time /; was written 10
the present day, and those quatallons agree
with our Sculptures Among tho earliest writ
er5 may be noticed Clement oil Rome lsnatu',
OF Antioch PoIScarp, cr Smyrna; lrer@Is,
CT Lyons IheophIGj. ct Antioch; Clement.
of Alexandra Origcu, b., ds,lple. and An
eu:lioc. Of Hippo; alSu AthcEagGras. the
AthcpiaD philosopher; aEd C:lsus, the Erlcu'
rcsn, srd bitter rucny OF Chrls!laDIy, whore
writings have been preserved with those OF
Origen.
4h. Very cucieut manuscripts Of the New
Testament are cx,ant, which, though made in
different and distant countries, vsry very little
from each Other Amons the ascIent versions
of the New Testament may b9 mentioned The
Syrisc. Egyptian, Arabic, Ethiopian, Aruic-
piap, Persian, Gothic Sc!avcnic, Apg'c .S.&on
and tho Latin FuIgato.
5:h As before tho cjmirg Of cir lord, Tia:
cacmi,y of the jaws AID tho SamaritaDs va,
oveTrulad to the preservation 0! the GA Tc7
tameot unaitcred 50 sigc, His advent H."
comfy OF Jews AID Christians, and the d.
visions 0! Christians amors themselves. nav
pregcRed ury cjuup'i0n CT The New its:a-
meut for Do alicraIoa C.u:d hsve been az
tempted by ono uhi3h would not hayh G,cH
quickly detected by some ether party.
Cities ial, klnguoms coulc 10 n2thins' C:n
rires fade G1sy as the smoke. Where are liz
books and laws written by lIycurSuS and other?
What has become G! ,hem and their writings
Blu. that 10 iyrant should have been able to
consume, no tradition to choke. 20 hereto ma
Iiciousy to corrupt this Book Of Books; that il
should stand unto this day, amid tho wreck ct
all that is human, Without tho alteration o.
Que sentence SO as 10 change the docrlac Taught
therein surely her. is u very singular Prov
deDce. claimiog our attention 10 most re-
markabie manrer. Again, | repeat. 'SeafdA
the Scripture" -John, jlh chap, %9th vers..
Why il baby like wheat? Recaus: It rs
FIRST Graded, then thrl-he1 aud 6naIly bcc)mrs
The n1Wer Of the family. Ana We would add,
sootho it with DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. II CO..
tains no opiates.
For fae nobby suit o! CLoTHlHd scH =.