, 1881-07-03


The rate of the great pleasure grounds, is pc
| cultnrly advantageous. Pastor Adams mas ~
architects plans fos building aa hopes
t Epxc0pn Recorder
Some time ago it Was announced IN THE TRIB.
! uSE that revised New Testament in the Welsf
t language was about to be made. a committee
composed wholly Of ctEgymen, has rs eor+ oeen up, ~
| The subject The work will be carried ont on
| the principles and method OF the Engllsn r..
vision: which means, 1t Is TO oe presumed;
| In the enterprise with Church OF England ol'
| vines.
| One Of the hastily prepared books on REVISION
| says the Methodist, has obtained pecuiar us
tncion It is not very uncommon 1or t,i neWs 1;se
| and ub1e to read his obituary, The haste ~itn
which daily newspapers nre prepared TenaeTS
| such mistakes possible. But DR.. Isaac Il. Hall
| ia Il book On revision, reports as deaG one o.
the liyellest aud most ferocously healthy men
known to US, Dr Geor9e + crooRs; @ fene formefy "
Drew Theological Seminary
The Primitive Methodists at Frodtneham,
England. have II primitive way OF holding their
public breakfasts. Recently they had what they
cnlI May Morning Breakfast The chapel
was lavishIy decorated with flowers. plauts,
canary birds, and parrots. The first table was
ready at halt-past O'clock at which strnnsc-
~ early hour q large company sat down.. Alter
they had eaten IL sermon was preached The
next table was ready ut half-past :, when n tne
late risers and laygards came nong. me Ies-
tivities were kept up pleasantly for the greater
part Of the morning.
Considerable excitement has been caused BY
the substitution Of from the evil one 1or tne
familiar words Of the Lords Prayer by the re-
ment for the old translation. says the Independ-
E,t. can be drawn from the pOst-BibllcAl ltera-
ture Of tho Jews. The Karaites have u PRAYER
in which tile words occur, LEAD Us not 1nto
temptation, but deliver from the evl! event =
words which appear to be Tho prototype OF thoso
OF the Lords Prayer has often been NOTICED.
Almost every clause in 1t can be matched by
similur Jewish petitions, and the idioms are
throughout Hebra;9tic.
vestment cQnt:o' rsy. he asserts that the dress
Of the clergy Aad 1io distinct intention, symtol-
ical sacer.lotaI sacriucial mystical, but orig
whole continuity Of tho Roman Empire cru.
They were mt borrowed. In tho first instance.
" from Aeron.s wardrobe, or tue Fiamans VS. xes-
symhozc ideas contrary to those ascrib"d
them. THE Significance of these dresses. ne
declares, rests Oh no historical foundation. and
there il the wide distinction between their origin
aud the origin OF tho ecclesiastical veStneHts
OF other religions; the former we're intenngd'
not to scparslto the minister from the people,
but to make him In outward show anu appear
ance exactly the same.
Tho Rev. J. F. Newman now fayors revision
Of the sacred Canon, and says: we are hcstcr
prepared to say what books should oe cnmstd-
should be a convueation Ut representatives. OF
the whole Church to revise the c;lnon- -Ihere ~
q division of opinion us to some or tle DOCKS,
aud men Of tho deepest lenrniug and P'ety
would omit some books now considered canon-
fcui. They may be wrong in their Judgment
and future Investigation may be III proof. The
Old Testament canon cannot DC easily disturbed
vet there a1c many who would be glad to SEQ
Sotomun's Song omitted aid forgotten Inc
New Testament canon might bc increased Anu
doubtless IL Hood Ut light could be gwen 70 the
Church as to when, where. how, and by whom
each Of the sllcred books was Wsltteu NOW IS
the opportunity; the public mind Is excittd:
the attention Of the world IS called to the biole;
the people know Of no other revelation; thcy
request no other, but they 7demaut tho calm,
picty and learning entitlc them to the respect
full faith of mankind.
The Rev. Theodore L. CuT Ter in one of bis let
ters from Jerusalem suys:
"Every visitor to Palestine Is tempted to try
a little identification Of ancient sites On MS
own hook | have caught the infection. and
have reached q comfortable degree OF nssuf-
,ance on the following disputed points: FIRST.
believe in the genuittess OF the Hsthlenem
Chapel Of the Nativity rs the true sltc ,, OF ene
birth Of Jesus Christ; secondly. do not believe
ia the Church of the Holy Sepllchre as the spot
Of his crucitixi0u and burinl. The elevation out
side Of the Damascus Gate. near tue Gro1to VI
jeremiah seems tenfotd mort likely % nave
been bsth the scene or his crtcinxlon anu ~ lne
ascenicd fruul the green hill Immediately be-
hind Bethany, not from Olivet: It Is the SOUTH
eastern spur nf the mount of Olives Fonfthly,
believe that the Temple was built f1Eht over
tho .Kock,' and that the upper poo! OF SLOAN
Bethesda. Filthy, II the second wall ran m
side Of the spot where the Church OF the sepn!+
cEre now stands. then ancient Jerusalem m4st