The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-06-09
LITERARY LuNACY.
TnIuinge,s Opinion Of the New Testamens Re-
si.isn-sersaea the Work in Rresklyn
Tabernacle Desperate E6ert 60 Find n
Text That Has Not Been '.Abstished.s

NEW YoRK. June 5-one of the largest eongrega
tions ever assembled in the Brooklyn Tabernarls
was present to hear Talnlase preach the revision
of the Testament, this morning In his introductory
PRAYER he repeated the words of the Lords Prayer
and started TO say, For thine is the Kingdom. &e
when he ended abruptly, renarking. Here We ART
commanded to stop lie chose rs his lesson Of the
day John ". hut he had read only few verses, when
he remarked Il don't think Ill read any more Of il
that has been abolished, or made doubtful" Then
he turned to John viii, and began reading concern
ing the woman taken i'm adultery, and breaking off in
the middle of the story he said iut that also. has
been abolished and III pass that" Turning to John
W, he read little, and then stopped saying. Il 90
further with that reading. that also has been
abolished. ] think / will have to turn to the Old
Testament, for the Old Testament Commissioners
have not reported yet and will not for three years
lie then read Psalm xix
In course Of the sermon. he said: 49, Nine hundred
and ninety nine of every thousand regret in the
depths of their souls that the revision has been at
tempted, and lock upon il deseeration, and n
Proclamation, aud mn:iiation. and religious out
rage. / willing to take il n commentary. and
TO stand if respectfully my bookshelf behind 9TH
human opinions Of the word Of God, but to put it
upon my private stand. or in nv family ro0m ON
my pulpit a substitute for King James translation.
never will; and put my hand ON the old book and
take the oath of allegiance, help me God lIoul
applause. | sm glad to know Lord Shaftesbury and
the Archbishop of York. and many other strong men
on the other side Of the anti-revisonists.
But supported by high authority authority I
here and now take my stand. fApplause.1 These
fifty men, after five years tinkering with the Word
OF Gosi, announce that they have not found n new
doctrine If il had been found that the translation
teaching any false ideas Of God of the soul,
of the future, would saw by all give us a
version, and put forth the Immediate and might
lest efforts for the organized Obferation Of the old
TRANSLATION. The world cannot afford to have wrong
notions ef God and the soul, and eternity. This ne
vision Of 1881 is depreciation of the 3OOOO0 600 cop
les Of tho Bible out in the world and doing their
work II assss the magnificent liturgy of the Eps-
eopal Church, and makes all her prayer-bOoks vast
inaccuracies 1t makes the inscriptions on the
graves of YOUR dead untrue. II reflects upon the old
family Bible. and leaves nothing certain save tho
record of marriages, births and deaths If this new
version succeeds, for the next few years you will
have to watch Your childrens offering of the Lords
Prayer. and jerk them up short before they over
the evil one into an uninspirsd doIology. Laugh
ter.
''lt is All Outand-out against all the religious
literature Of the ages. Who undertook this imperti-
nenee on the other side of the sea! know not tho
qualifications of the men who have done the work.
] understand that many of them are far from being
the best scholars Of Great Britain. l only judge
them by this Ii is pedantic caprieious and
false 10 the principle which they disclosed at the
-et would guide then namely, that they would
make no unnecessary changes. The work is n litera-
ry boch, which will be adopted if all the peo-
pie, fearless Of criticisms and rebuff speak out their
sentiments "-SpoeaI 10 the Cincinnati Commercial.