Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-15

Az. DOrEM. Aanagfng 1Aissrs
WEDNESDAY, JUNE Is. 1881
TAIuAoE AAD TEE nlnLk
Reverend Do Witt Talmsge. mot map
propria.sly termed the clerical noonts-
bank. delights in . sensation. Were he
No. able to a.trse. public attention to
himsslf he would b out Of his element
.,,oes,hsr and die from lack OF mental
.u.,su..os. He 10 only happy when BY
some exaggerated eyration in the pulpit
ar eoosntrio plantations from the ros-
trum. some unreasonable and ouuandish
ssssvsrauons. he succeeds In drawing
The attention Of both press and people
toward Tsluass. Henry Ward ss'eh'f
Il snietsd Q good deal the same way. but
II more moderate and effective. Hs has
the eool sound sense to see and spprs-
eis.s the superiority Of the new Bible
ysulou over the old. and the certainty Of
it, ultimate preference and adoption.
And therein he makes . Sensational
point BY promptly and publicly dignity.
Ing his preference for and unqualified
Endorsement Of the nsw vsnion. Tai
mage sees this. and triss to make his
Sensational point In the opposite dirso-
ton, and boldly does he proclaim the
revision Of the New Testament 10 30 .
RELIGIOUS Outrage. Avsek ago last Sun
DAY, In New York. he preached . red
hot sermon on the subject. He said:
We srs In The midst Of great agitation
e-oussousnt upon the new revision OF the
Soripturss, We had . translation 1I6
ysars old, embosomed In the warmest Il.
{eotions OF all the good 81 earth. inter-
stocked with the best secular literature,
snd pronounced by the wsbstsrs n
WaahfpRton Irvings - the masterpiece Of
Enelish prose. All Christendom was sat
iaAsd with the translation except . lev
doctors Of divinity. TIT
church and the world have the famous To-
viaion before thsm. We are asked for our
verdict. There are many who do not want
40 pposs the ecclesiastical ring. for each
dsnomipaion has such . ring. n there
Il NJ much bossism In the church Of God
A IN The world, and monopoly would rule
the Kingdom Of Christ II ID could. - IL
rulss the money market and Legislature
Of ths world, Nine hundred and ninety
nine out Of every thousand regret In the
dspth Of their souls that revision has bean
attempted. and look upon IL - . deseora-
Zion, and Q proclamation. and . mutilaton.
and Q religious outrage. am willing 70
taka 10 - Q commentary and TO stand tire
spesuully on my bookshelf. behind other
human opinions on the word Of God. but
70 put Ii upon my private stand or In my
family room or on my pulpit q . subsu-
int for King james translation. ! never
Win. I nut my hand ON the old book and
taks the oath Of allegiance. 90 help me
God.
With oil due respect for the fxsd opin-
ions and rsvsrsntisl ideas Of the hun
drsds Of thousands Of good old Bible
readers generally. whose religious dsvo-
tion will not allow them to open their
syss to the belief that the Bible vas not
edited and printed somewhere up In the
sky. al practical people will agree that
Talmses 10 making himsslf ridisuloas.
he 10 Tslmasieally oonsists6t. however.
and rsjoicss in having created another
Talmaaian sensation. The same srgu-
msnts that hs makes use Of now would
have been Just a. reasonable. consistent
and appropriate two hundred and ssv'
snty ysars ago. II directed against the
Kind James version. Al to that matter
the same areumsnts might be used In the
condemnation Of any trsnslation Of the
Bible % . sserilees. thus making tie sin
10 even read II except In the original
Hebrew or Greek.
The great MAS Of intelligent and pro.
erssivs people everywhere realize the
idea that in . work Of such importance
70 the religious history and v~sll-bsins Of
The world, the utmost correctness and
adherence to the truth and nothing but
the truth 10 required. and that the trans
lation Of the Bible should Be- absolutely
perfect. or a. nearly 90 - possible. A
the world progresses In knowledge. al
ancient works are constantly subject to
review, criticism and correction. and
whatever 10 found to b wrong. must and
will b. made right, regardless Of settled
idsas and antiquatsd proolividss.
The present revision Of the New Tee
lament has certainly been made BY the
moot learned body Of men and scholar
ever engaged on any such work. Tai
mage, In his attack upon their work,
simply goes Il blind. % to speak. and
sviness . rsirsshing rscklsssness Of ai
scholarship or common sense. But thu
world will wss along all the same, -
eardlsss Of either the Bible or Talmass'
and periodical rsvisions and rstransls'
lions Of the Scriptures will be made fol
thousands Of years after Talmsgs u
dead and totally forgotten.
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New York Tribune: General Grant
makes an astonishing mistake whom hs
says he suspects the Newspaper ridiculs
Of Conklins 10 '.instieatsd BY the White