Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-05-30
The Revised New Testament.


The Revised New Testament.
WHAT THE'FREACHERs SAID ABOUT 1T YEsrER-
DAY.
Yesterday in several of the churches OF the
District reference was made to the new version
OF the Testament, and In some the revision
was the theme OF special discourse. Last even
fng Rev. DR.. PitZer, president of the Washing
ton City Bible society, delivered before his con-
gIegatiOn sermon from the text Prove all
Things; Hold Fast That Which is Good Qst
Tnes., ", 2l0 After stating that there had
been so versions OF the Testament made. he
said the present one was neither inter -denomI-
national nor International, out was the work
OF close corporation In the Anglican church.
However. the version was very creditable
piece OF Workmanship; but he did not believe
that Ii would ever Supercede the King James
version. he would Ike 10 see the American,
British and foreign Bible societies request the
religious denominations all through the world
10 appoint delegates and form an inter-den )ra-
national and international committee. which
could produce revision that would bring Ali
Inc branches OF ChriSt'S church together.
At ST. Paui'5 English Lutheran church Rev
Dr. Domer the pastor, preached from Let the
VOID or God Dwell In You Richly and with
WISDOM" Coll i'll, 10y, and referring TO the
revision ne Said 1t was dect15d improve nenJ
ever the King James version, and. moreover.
monument Oh Gen0mlnatioDai cooperation such
as the world never saw before.
In the afternoon there was quite large con
gftgatlOn ar the Memorial Lutheran,cnurcn
add Rev. j. g. Butler preached from Nehemiah
VIII, ., caused the people TO UNDERSTAND
tie law; and The people stood In their nlaaa ;,
and Rev. III, %, ''He tLat hath an ear let him
hear " hat the spirit saith unto the churches
In the course OF bis remarks he sketched the
former reVtslons and said the present revision is
necessarily better than any yet made. Per-
maps some or the changes cannot be wholly
appToved;butft must be born In mind the sole
consideration In making them was TO get nearer
the truth.
at the Church Of the Ascension In the morn
Ing there was large congregation present, and
Rev. Dr.. Elliott spoke of the work OF the re-
visers. and said the Bible remains, for all prac-
tical purposes, totally unaffected. AS to the
adoption OF this revision, that must be the
work of time.
The Vermont avenue Christian church was
wei filled In the morning. President Garfield
and his mother were among those present The
pastor, Rev. +. d. Power, took for hts text
Genesis !, 8: GOD said let there be light, and
there vas light" After an eloquent review of
the work OF revision, he saio: Every one must
judge for himself how we'll the work has been
accomplished by comparing the two versions
He had no predictions to make as to what shall
be the hold upon the people of the new version:
Dut as for himself, he regarded IL as the noblest
monument of reveTent and united Chrtsrtan
scholarship of the century,"
Yesterday al the wedenborgian church. on
North Capitol street. Rev JabeZ Fox In the
morning preached from Luke 1923, And In
hell he lifted up his eyes, being In torment"
The topic OF the discourse was as to why
Hades vas used IN preference to hell After
some remarks on ithe revised version, he said
The story OF Dives and Lazarus was most likely
literal statement OF the fact, and If 1t was a
parable it taught the true doctrine That mar
ration illustrated that Dives could not have
been In hell. the final place for the wicked, be-
cause ne could see Lazarus and the angels and
also colVersed with Abraham They were all
evidently In a place intermediate, and such
place or stare the Greeks called HadeS He
enumerated all the passages In which the word
HadeS occurs, and said it could not mean hell
He said the two committees had a conflict
ABOUT Hades and hell, the Americans Insisting
on the restoration OF the important distinction
between Hades-that is, the spirit world or the
realm OF the dead-and Gehenna-that is, the
state and place OF torment, or hell-a disItnc.
lion which Is obliterated 10 King James YER
sion. He said that Hades was the theater Of
the judgment, which commences Immediately
Uh Tue resurrection Into that life, and expressed
the hope that the new version would precede a
general and intelligent belief in a world of
spirits and true idea of the Judgment.
Transfers of Real Estate.
Deeds In fee have been recorded as follows:
J; r. olmstead 10 George b. Blake, subs. 65 to
Ghas. Lowell, sub. "A, So. lT9; $4,000 A w.
Lucy Lucy s H. DGatOP 70 M Ry. ~ So 2s q 492
So 800; A Robinson ia lou ~ ana H.
crime Robinson, PIT. 81, 50 557; s.. f. Totten
TO the +. S. ard T. Company lot 10 and NJ. "a
30; s41; sl2 so, ": u: Ward. trustee: toll Hickey
l. Tree, sub. !. so. 163; $4,000.
PROJECTED MEDICAL LIBRARY.-The Ra,t,-
more Sun OF to-day says: DR.. j. NJ. Toner of
Washington, ID. c., has offered his medical
HpIaJ, VI ZZUOO volumes 10 the Medical and
Chirurgical Faculty OF Maryland upon condi-
ton OF their erecting nre-proof library
building and calling the library after him.
DTS. : Ian p. Smith, Eugene r. Cordell, e. Z.
&. Wilson, Frank Donaldson, /. E. Atkinson
were appointed by the society committee TO
consider the subject OF erecting a suitable
Dundlng Tor the library, and to DEF rise ways for
raising the necessary funds, about So, 900. At
recent meeting OF this committee Ii was de-
cioed TO advise the formai n OF q stock COM
parry, with 2Oe0 share at $40 each. There
seems 10 be 10 reasonable doubt as to the sue
cess Of the undertaking.
ASSAULT WITH A MALLET.--In the Police Court
t,o-aaS, John Albert was charged with assault
,ns eoiored man named jeremiah Matthew'S
n nno stated that he went into Mr.. Aloerts
n niienSeIy, On 2Stn and streets, last Saturday
tnsans 70 Ses some beer. and another man came
IL 9 III Ieu lor peer, and then told Albert that
arsn1d ~ .onVJ W pay Tor IL, when fight
ensued, ana Albert struck witness several
Times on the head with q large maller enttinr
Ia lail. Va w oA' .