The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-25

But surely the Bishop does not need to be
reminded that the one Is translation, the
other not; that II the Bible Is classic, i
IL such In the original tongues In which Il
was written, and not Ia Its English trans
lation, with lis tinwarranted verbal ditler.
eilees and archalsms and thousands Of I'M
perfect readings, involving some four hun.
bred differences Of meaning. Bishop Coke
may prefer to commit himself In advance
against the new revision, but when he
says there Is no occasion for any revision,
he simply occupies an tinLenable position
and lessons very materially the weight oil
his own influence. Weare glad to believe
that, 10 the merits or dement's Of the new
revision what they may, the Bishop, In
his present extreme position, will have the
concurrence OF but very few OF the sChol.
ars within the pale Of his own church"
Bob Ingersoll leCtured at Detroit tho
other night, and in the course Of his re.
marks said that he had heard orthodox
people wonder why God did not strike
him dead. Here the speaker Strengthened
himself back, and with all the emphasis al
his command, Numbered: "If their doc.
trine Is true, God ought to strike me dead!
II one word that say leads one soul TO
perdition, l hope He will strike me dcad!
"a minister told me once, that II did not
believe the Bible ] ought not to say so. !
asked him II he believed II. lie said he
did. ltold him ! didn't know whether he
did or not, for q man who would advise
another to lie might lie himself. And |
shall die without ever knowing whether
that man believes the Bible or not"
A writer In tho Christian Register suggests
that the Unitarians dispense with all such
orthodox benedictions and Inscriptions, as
the baptlsmal formula and other scrip.
lures which arc peculiarly associated with
orthodox doctrinal views, and used as
Christian watch.words. The t4HtGrian Re
riew replies to this that to lay aside such
symbolic watCh.wolds would be Ike hid
Ing away the American flag as unessOntial
TO our patriotism. We arc not merely
theists with philosophical views Of religion
growing out oil our bOliOf In God. Our
lottiest faith, our strongest convictions Of
duty, our most vital affections and our
deepest religious emotions are so assOciat-
oil with the lifc and person Of Jesus, his
death and his resurrection from the dead,
that In giving up such watch-worls We
cut ourselves of from that which gives
our Christian faith It's peculiar charm and
power. 1t is evident enough that the
right and loft wing Of the Unitarians are
considerably apart
They have a church scandal Of ponsId-
cradle magnitude in Catholic Belgium. II
appears that the city clergy have underta.
ken to say more masses for the relief Of
souls from purgatorY than they can fur.
nish. For only one mass day can be
celebrated, except on certain holy days,
and do the best they can with the aid OF
side chapels and like DEVICES, the priests
are still badly IN arrears. This has led 10 the
employment OF q "mass agent" who con.
tracts with the city priests to have masses
said for them by the rural priests ut half.
price, and the middle.man has cleared
81 100 or thereabouts in three months.
The Belgian Chamber has taken the mat.
ter in hand and DECLARES that the priests
shall not take money under i4lEe pretense
Of furnishing an equivalent they are not
able TO pay.