Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1881-06-18

mr.. TaImage Declares IL an out
rage.
Thc Rev. Robert COlIyer Points
out Many Changes from the
Old Version that Were
Necessary TO Truth.


NY. world
Mr.. Talmage's tabernacle was
crowded yesterday morning tt
several hundred persons were CO.
PEELED to stand up in the aisles al
passageways throughout the 81
vices. The text was the sixth a
seventh verses of the sixth chap
Of III. Samuel-"And when tn
came to NachOn's threshing fiS
UzZah put forth his hand to the a
of God. and took hold of it, for I
oxen shook it. And the anger
the Lord kindled against Uzza
and god smote him there for
error. and there he died by the 4
of God" The Ark of the CoVens
the speaker said, was the IN
sacred box ever made. 1t v
death to touch it unlttwfully,
Scriptures telling US that Il
thousand and seventy persons w
stricken dead in an instant for HI
ing shown some irreverance to
The ark Of God was being dES.i
by oxen from one place t., LOU TfoL
when the oxen kicked hand ~ =,
stretched forth lie had no r;a-
touched the arlIave to-day Sa,-Te
to do it. "K Of the Covenant
ehest-oly Bible. 1t contains n
Is 'le laws, the spiritual mann
OF weak and suffering hum.nif,
LET not the hands of criticism or
arrogant pedantry touch that art
remember the fate of Uzzabi w
nave translation of the RihIe tbo
Is two hundred and SEVENTH &c ea,,'
on ana that was pronounced h,
ueiI men as Webster and Washinc
ION irving the great masterniace :
InSilsh prose. In all these WOO ),
eliIS translation has proved sstisfac
aOIy 70 all Christendom. save snG
except a few doctors of divin f'l,U
WO companies of revisprS 49,
tngllsh and one American var.l
formed, and after WORKING To- J, +
years they have at length 1anncT 5
WA, wat tney are pleased to call fbI t
EIsed New Testament. Rntnne Y
English publishers kept a tioSsrlp n
os the copyright, refusing aToners v
Vi american publishers to IKE lne h
PIolcatlon simultaneous 1otn V
sues sues OF the ocean. Q.st ni dnI. v
copies were sold the .Tst Gay t
some say, indeed, thas"9 1lllll0 ms $
were sold the first Q 9ays. 10 b
you suppose that to Hnlliions OF I
people were suddeAy seizeti Win I
desire to search - Bible for the !
first time in Aeir lives ? No. i
These books vat to homes where =
the old Rihi holds an honored =
place. t do1ot regard the great in =
terest that Sas-shown in the revis- :
ion as a fvorable omen for Christi -
anity. what have they been doing ?
with oyf boOk?' the people asked. Z
The Rptists were anxious to see = =
how ne texts bearing upon INNER :
sion lad been altered; the Episco- y
palms were worried as to apostolic .
succession; the Presbyterians as to u
election; the Unitarians as to future = :,
and so on, each sect | v
after its own kind. Everybody II
rushed out to buy and inspect the :;
novelty. Some said, sit is good ~
while others declared that y
they would have to have it year :,
Or so before they could make up -
their minds. When that time is Z,
up they will think what almost =
everybody else thinks Laughter. -
There are rings in all denOmina- =
lions, just as there are in politics. =
The voice of the quiet scholars of p
America and England has not yet ~
been heard, nor has the voice Of.the :,
people. When it is heard, l feel Il +
sure that ninety-nine out of every :,
hundred of those who read and ~
.hink will pronounce the revision a -
dissertation and an outrage. As for ~
myself, am willing to put it on the -
shelf with my commentaries, con- -
,Ordances and other works of pure =
y human origin; but into my pull "
pit or family worship it shall never =,
(Applause). l put =
ny hand upon this old book the -
King James Biblel and take this 81
solemn oath of allegiance, so help -
ne God :" Here there was loud 81
applause and AIr. Talmage request :,
ID to be heard in perfect silence. ~
There was a ripple of laughter now ~
md then after his request, but no ~
more applause. :, -
"WeIl," he continued, these ~
gentlemen have been y,
It work for ten years tinkering at ~
he Word of God. And with what - -
'esult They announce that they ~
nave discovered no new doctrine. =
Why, then, this shock, this loosen II
NC of the faith of Christendom in
he Scriptures d? 1t is too late NOW N
o revise or retranslate the Bible. Le
IN the time of King James the ),
food Book was scarcely scattered
lmong the people. Now there are D'
,Ver SOC, 100000 of copies in their y
hands. This revision wars on the -
liturgy of the Episcopal Church u
md makes il untrue. 1t makes the u
on the tOmbstOnes of =
,ur dead untrue. In a word, it up u
cts our whole system, and that u
without a particle of use. Many OF -
he rsYiSers were far from being the 0l
Dest scholars in the countries they
High offices in the %
church do not always signify great ~
ID. ID. and LII. ID. are fe
Dften the baggage on a very slow ~
rain. The gentleman who selected ID
he American revisers knew little III
n nothing of the attachments Of ~
he men he selected. With the eX- ~
,epti0n of four persons, the AmeFi-
AN reyiSers are unknown outside of N;
heir own little circles. could call cl
he roll of 100 scholars better than OF
NV of these revisoPS, save the rev bI
,rend WOOlSey. / look upon the W
evision as literary bOteh, ] re- in
lounce and reject it because IT IS = oil
mechanical failure. One OF the ia
harms of the old Bible is its sub w
divisions that enable one to find go
What he wants without trouble. d;
But look at this-here is one para n,
.raph one column and half long, be
nd embedded in its very midst is ds
hat shortest and sweetest verse, w
Jesus wept." Why, those words tn
hould stand out alone, where they m
you'd be sure to strike the eye he
The throwing out of the headings TX
hat told the subjects treated of in La
he chapters was also a foolish tn
hing. Altogether, the work is a V,
n0St amazing triViality. You 1t
must have a better control of your W
ense of the IudicrOUs than L have Dr
# mine if you can read some parts iii
f the book without laughing. New No
vine i'm old bottles-iOr bottles On
cad 'wine-skins.' Wouldn't it be NJ
lst rs easy to explain the bottles sti
5 the skins. SHOW me penny re-
aid Christ. once. What do the re- te
Users make him say? Why, lin
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