, 1881-05-23

HENRY WARD REEC111:R.
Tho Rev. Henry Wurl 1}ecc,er reached
the ei,y last evening from Valparaiso, Init,
where he Iectnrph Saturday night, and the
reporter lonnl hin, nj Ito tirai,A Pacific.
"Wllat do you think of Tho tevislon" said
The reporter.
II haven't examined It." .
"Was It necessaryt to revise the 1}tblcT'
"Thero WAS Il necessity for IL. huve been
indignant at the American f3tbe Society fur
backing uE the track. Years ago they went
tn The great expense and labor OF ct,rrecttn1
simply the typ0graplica! errors which lal
crypt into tho teSt--tlley amounted to tlioa-
sands aud ttlousands-nnl published an
edition. And llisElop Coxo got uu OIL Ills
hind legs, aild solne Ut tho Preshyterians as
serted TINT tue l}ib!e Soetety wera nttackll,g
thr chsIrcl, aud su III, a!tl tic Society nckvd
Aown,, let the eslltioN. 20 out ut the
nlurkct lntl went back 10 the
Did acknowledgements yers'on. 1t
a, Mas tis S % br,isy II dc ' msIraio y nae of Of
the Scriptures; but fur men WIN did 6etieye
-wIti!uut that to stand t,n We lnve IIn urtE,u-
4nxy-to n'lntt tlnt Ill tho versio'l which Is
given to the common peopln tllu tnilltl aild
perverted II nj, ontsasc. TIte text Is obscure.
md lhey know It. 1t IL II Intsstatenlent OF
them, and they know 1t, M lt,ntter low s.lall
the particulars are. II WIS net nnly tncan-
really believed III thu divine Inspiration Of
the Scriptures. as they did. TINT l,ase my
cllurc,, Ur Eibte. N0w then cnt,,ps Il sot,er,
Nnl-ttg!ilate', tloronghsy.nrga.9izMl bntm! of
men III England, representing NJ ClrlAtlam
the salilet.,as xhse tnMay Of n!en rs
cnnth have been srcureA II, my period of tho
WorlA's h!stoly-alid they hnye .givoi ten
yesrs anti halt tn tile study Ht tllls question,
n not fSr f @ ,s saku e nnkInE kI j., s% , MyHfs!a M
sto,l; anh 1t Is not pt'ssihle nj course, tlsat
their work chi be perfect, hut tlat II is II
great atlrlli!e4. ul1 tho furN!rr versions hive
NJ rensnn whNteyur tn !l0llht. They llnve
without execution l!nye for Il lpng ttn:e nd
n,!ttell WIS foistct Into 1t, md did not bpiong
.,at wI 1T tsko away some OF 1ngersolls
!" YrS, u g.'os, deal of It,"
"llow, do yeu regard tho version as liter
nry production ?"
~ luycM't read it."
"p1 yo ,nHk w! ss aopted by the
Yes: generally, but sNnu will hold out.
But some vault hung bngK II tho trump of
thu resurrection, sO,llulttl. / think, geller-
nlly speaking, the churches will very soU,.
see their way tn Ntlnp, II.
=" | ttluk Str
"WIli you i,,lnpt It?"
"That WI! depend upon tho nctlol, Of n}y
church: II the rungrgatlun want IL ] will. y
other denominations be necessarily"
"ln tue highly urEanixen atta; but think
tho Congregational mud Presbyterian cl,urul,-
~ VII tAke It NJ. PrtshyterieS und Syputla
hlatIy l'resfyter!nn churches; Ioweycr, viii
do aH they see, lit. 'll,Uy aro nut b0Mli.t to
nsk ta Sy!,t yIaa, "r presoytery what hymns
"l!ow about the Eptscopallan churches !"
,u' "Aly impression Is tint they will acccp. It.,
'flIo rnsis'niI cHlllcs frunl lteRtlquartUts,- ~
from the l'rNlncn OF tic Archbishop vi
Canterbury, ,-uiasl afEle 0f tllosn engaged III
the work Hre aro. the ls,nst eminent Ep!sco-
laiun scholars tfler, and liere. It Inns buen
deye!oppd under EpEscopaiian a,,spicus.'
.,', "Whai :ln you think Of the Faith, hope,
at is einincntly propc1. hays used TINT
sakn aor' iwe'y;!lSS ySS Ssnss xs ~ fsaln5 ard 1 +,
put ycll OIL tlle renl tsnuKlt; ,yoa can,lot
n,gt',rrous sisposl.iol,, hut tl,o meaning E,as
Changed 81 t!at It Ih'S lesUlIis specific lilb
-w',l,id bs absolute IL il It'd hot IMciudftS
pilss!Dn rs well III ih:lletEeGllGe."
OF .iln,les' for 'hell' ~
DON'T think our n4oderl. l.lea Ut l,ell existed
III t!lilsD tlNys.n
''Wieru Is 'llAdrs."
~ hops sl!ali naver tlnd o,,t; 1t Is Que
nolMs 81 iK7f'"viy r. Vt anat which an or'
"Doesl't 'ilatlea' .t!sstroy locality !"
~ l!opSso. lbcliese III State rather thu,
BISHOP CHENEY.
r6n6rtHr rAtfr a hall nj 1fla1tttr i