New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

ing letter i'm regard to IL surrender which he
claims that the revisers made and which he re-
CARDS rs gratutOus: " The great objection to
the new revision" he writes seems to be that
it does not revise enough. The enormous sacri
flee of a version that ruled even in hostile pull
pits and that had imbetldcd itself in our litpra-
ture and in our earliest thought il attempted
for the sake of changes the whole aggregate of
which would not pay for 4 tenth of the disturb
ing influence. by singular fatality, the
changes where they become grave are often
mistaken That i'll the eleventh chapter of the
Hebrews: Now faith is the assurance of
things hoped for. is either false, 70. faith is not
assurance or trliing, # it means that faith is a
form OF confidence and certainly ruinOus, for
1t takes one of the finest passages in the Bible
and just completely throws it away. The old
version is, The substance of things hoped
for; and it will not do to say, We have to fol-
low the Greek for the Greek means sub
stance twenty times where it means assur-
ance once. In the new revision the whole trihes
shameflily; in the old version have the
grand thought that faith is not 4 mere theOretic
trusting to dclivcrancc, but the substance of
the thing hoped for, itself. That is, we hope for
heaven, and heaven to the Christian means
holiness and faith is the beginning of holiness.
In other words, faith, like hope or like patience,
Is the exercise of the bettcGed nature, and, az
SUCH such, the evidence of the truth; as that in
JamcSS people chose the simplest rendering
UN)OstasiS, substance }, and thereby cnun-
ciated one of the very nohlest lessons. But our
object is with another text. Who would ever
dream that body of such men would weaken
the claim of inspiration, and just at such a
momrnt Grammar and precedent might de;
mand it, but neither of these can be appealed
TO. Our old version reads: All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God (Sccond Timothy,
Ill.,, l6). The reyisers have it: Every Scrip
turc inspired of God man would feel sure
they had some reason for such a surrender.
But when we come to seek it, it is of the
shadowicst kind. Ellcott is with them, and
SO Is Afford but, Of course, that cannot de-
eide. Our old version distinctly AYERS All
Scripture is given b. inspiration of God, and
Is profitable for d0ctiin and reproof.' The new
vcfSi"n with no various reading to appeal to,
takes the whole grip out of the sentence. and
though holy Scriptures were just mentioned
(vclsc I'D to show what Scriptures were meant,
reads Every Scripture inspired of God is also
profitablc.' The change is hard to bear. |
open the Confession ard this is the text ap-
pcalcd to- ! look at other symbols, and this
text comes first. 1t has been the very piece de
resistance IN the whole polemic And when |
see 1T cut down by u family of our friends, |
cannot contain my wonder. BY IL singular
Providencc, the previous cpistlc to Timothy
has like grammar We read in the old YER
nothing to be refused if it be received with
thanksgiving d., y. Why not read: Every
good creature of God is also nothing to be re-
fused believers in IA verbal inspiration, which.
after all, means nothing but plcnary care of
God to have the Bible true III all that il pro-
fesscs, must feel exceedingly panied that the
uprooting of the old book, itself dismal price,
should buy for trivial changes, like foot
stool of His feet for His footstool (Matthew
v, 5?), with even one such gratuitous surrender
as this i'll Timothy"
PROTEsTANTIsM IN FRANCE.-According 10
the Rev. Dir. Hitchcock, of Paris, the opportuni-
ties ut present for preaching the Gospel in France
are such as have not before existed for centuries
" The nasscs,' he says, :" are disposed to listen
TO Protestant teachers. The religious question
has entered largely into politics. Anti-clcri-
call>n II popular. The education of the masses
on Il broad and national basis occupies the at
nt ont -l1.,l,,
with its protanc dogma of Papa Infalihility.
has opened il gulf between the Church of
Rome and thinking. patriotic and conscientious
men which can never be filled up or bridgcd
over The religious regeneration of France is
prophesled rs well rs demanded, and it may be
looked for, us il should be prayed for and
tolled for The Rev; Leonard Woolsey
Bacon. IN an article on this topic in The Con-
grcJdf'On0tlst, gives some extracts from letter
written by VI. lola. the extreme representative
of the realistic school of French noyeists. to
enemy of France "Onr Republic he saws
:" Is threatened with an invasion of Pro;cStants
they sit in the Senate and the House it is
said that they are chosen 10y preference for
Cabinet Ministers. They sit there 10y the
benchful, tai king about their honor making
much of their morality, taking on the air of
beng sole dispensers of goodness and truth.
II they have their WAY France will he only a
larger switzerland, and will die in decade of
hypocrisy and ennu{. Give me rather the
Catholics, who have. at least, the love of art.
prropagandist zeal. After referring TO the
effective replies which have been made to the
article, Mr.. Bacon says: " The most sccDtical
minds will be- convinced of the excellence and
grandeur of movement thus Endorsed by NJ.
Iola's fear and hatred"
The work of the London Society, Central
African Mission is being pushed forward Nigor-
ousy, and within few years three stations
have been csiabshcd-Onc Ut lrambo on the
route from the coast TO Ujiii, another at ujiji,
and still another on the western shore of the
lake. Mr.. WO0kcy writes from Till: 1--WE
have Ia fight against fever and the climate,
which il no small matter. This and much more
Is beinS done: The natives are gaining conf
dtncc IN us. They sometimes bring us presents
of food and readily give us information. They
are gaming confidence IN our medicines. and
sometimes we have Il great many applicants
for help of all kinds We often have native
visitors. who take II great interest in all they
see and hear. They are fond of music. We
have often had crowd gathered round "a,
eager listeners to Mr.. Iutlcy playing his
mclodeon. BY and by we hope To bc able to
preach and speak To them freely i'm their own
tongue the wonderful love of Christ"
The new Immanurl Baptist Church of Chi
cago, the pastor of hIch is DR. Lofimcr. WAS
formally organized 4 few days ago. The So
cicty Will build church on the site formerly
occupied by the Michigan Avenue Baptist
Church, with which the most of its members
were connected. The Committee on Covenant
and Articles Of Faith presented its report, which
was adopted. The articles OF faith are made up
OF texts from the Bible. some of the verses be
lux taken from the authorized and others from
the revised version of the New Testament. Dr. |
Lorimcr stated that he had yet To raise $40 600
IN order To complete the church, and subScrip-
tons to il considerable amount were received.
Princess Eugene, the sister of Oscar H. King
OF Sweden, is deeply interested in the promotion