The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-17
DELICIOUS INTELLIGENCE AND IN
CIDENTS.

A~'D ~
CIDENTs.
The Jews are proposing to hold confer
leeto discuss the relations Of Judaism tot the
uces of inidelity, which are so rapidly IN
creasing.
Two of the Chinese members of the Pres
byterian Church in Oakland. Cal, are taking
theological course in Lane Theological
Seminary, Cincinnati.
Mr. Moody's sermons have been translated
into Arabic. Protestant missionaries In Sy-
ria read extracts from them every Sunday
evening to their converts.
The "Jewish Messenger" says of its folk
lore: at would be extremely beneficial if
all our customs at house of mourning re-
ceived scientific and satisfactory explains
ton Many of these have degenerated into
superstitions, which most are too timid to
inquire into, and slavishly follow as ifthey
were part of the Sinaitie revelation"
Rev. DR.. Cuyler says, in the Congrega-
tionalist, that a vital question is tn; small
attendance at religious services. cit re-
quires but half an eye to discover the alarm
ing fact that this attendance is steadily fall
ing of both in the cities and in the country,
both at the East and the West. Forty years
ago it was claimed that one-naf OF the pop
ulation of the city of New York were either
wholly or partially connected with some
Protestant congregation. Now only one
fourth of the population are ever seen in any
Protestant place of worship" DIR. Cuyler
adds that, en- the first Sunday in October,
the fifteen most popular churches in the
city, capable of seating 10000 persons held
only 10000.
2. kentucky preacher rose to speak, and
opened the Bible. The first verse that met
his eve happened to be, 1.-The voice of the
turtle shall be heard in the land" "Breth-
rem" said he, sat first sight one would not
think there was much in this text, but, on
little consideration, you will see there's
great deal in it. Now you all know what
turtle is. If you have been along by pond,
you've seen them setting on a log summing
the nselves. Now, it is said, the voice of
the turtle shall be heard in the land But
the turtle hasn't any voice that anybody
ever heard, so it must be the noise he makes
N plunging off the log into the water.
Hence we must conclude that immersion is
pleasant, and that immersion will become
universal"
The New York Herald says; 1t is nonsense
to say ''theda of miracles is past, for it is
the same omnipotent God rules the universe
now as ruled it at an earlier date, and it is
not for us to dare decide the special period
at which it may please His Divine Majesty
to work miracles through His servants or
through His own special will. The whole
matter comes to us in a nutshell. The
power is with God, and when we see that
power work the miraculous effect we must
believe the testimony of our senses, or else
act like the manwho denied the existence Of
matter till dagger was thrust into his hip
iant. However, as we said before, we repeat
now, that we suspend our judgment in re-
.ation to the Knock apparitions and others
till the Church solves the matter.
Mr.. Josiah Copley, in an article published
in the Presbyterian Banner, says OF the
Canterbury revision of the Bible: "Let 1t
be borne in mind that this is not so much
new translation as a revision of the old one,
that it is made in the light of several ancient
manuscripts which were unknown to the
former transatOrs, and also that it will
bring the sacred text into harmony with our
language in its present advanced aid per-
fected state. Nothing more. Were the
new version divided into chapters and verses,
as the old is, it would require pretty close
Bible student to distinguish the one from
the other Still thousands of the present
generation will maintain that the old is bet
ter and will cling to it, while others will
welcome the new, because it will be clearer,
more in harmony with the original, and with
our own language as it is now understood
and used"
An interesting collection CT Bibles was
recently exhibited in London, which COM
prised copies of all the editions that, because
of peculiar errors of the printers, or from
some other reason, have been known by
strange names. Among the Bibles on exhi-
bition were the following: The Gutenberg
Bible-the earliest; the Bug Bible, A. ID.
1854; the Brooches Bible, the English lam
lily Bible during the reign of Queen Eliza
beth; the Place Makers Bible, from typo
graphical error, blessed are the place-mak-
ers," instead of "peace-makers," A. ID 1862;
the Treacle Bible, A. ID 1868; the Resin
Bible, A ID. 1909; the He and She Bibles,
A. ID. 16l1; the Wicked Bibles, from the
fact the negative has been left out of the
seventh commandment Exodus Xxx, l4).
for which the printer was fined f300, A. ID.
1881; the Thumb Bible, one inch square and
half an inch thick, A. ID. 1910; the Vinegar
Bible. A. d. III; the Printers Bible; the
Murderers' Bible. A A. 1901; the Caxton
Memorial Bible, wholly printed and bound
in twelve hours, A ID. 1877.