The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-16

d lasting habitation." In the revisio
n these two verses read as follows
q "And the Lord commended the III
/ just steward because he had don
2 wisely. For the sons of this worl
! are, for their own generation, wise
: than the sons of the light And
, say unto you, make to yOurselve
friends by means of the mammon {
unrighteousness, that when it shal
fail, they may receive you into tn
, eternal tabernacles. In the
PARABLE OF LAZARUS
and the rich man, as told in Luke
the word "hell" is changed to Hade
so that the verse reads: "And il
Hades he lifted up his eyes, being
in torment" Without having tht
entire revision to examine, it is i'm
possible to say whether the WORD
"hell'' is expunged in every instance
where it occurs, and the members o.
the committee in this city refuse to
give any information on the subject
but here are too cases in which it is
stricken out, and the presumption
appears has been abolished by the
Committee on Revision.
The story of the
POOL OF BETHESDA,
as told in John v, is materially
changed by taking from it that
portion which relates to the mir
aculous powers Of the water of the
pool In verse 3-'In these lay a
great multitude of impOtent folk, of
blind, halt, withered, waiting for the
moving Of the water, the last seven
words are stricen out, and verse +
"For an angle went down at a GER
tain season into the pool and troub-
led the water whosoever then first
after the troubling of the water
stepped in was made whole Of what
soever disease he had"-is omitted
altogether. Acts XII, AZ, "And the
Lord added to the Church daily such
as should be saved" ismade tOread,
"And the Lord added to them day
by day those that were being saved. "
In Acts vii, 81, "And Philip said, if
thou beievest with all thine heart
thou mayest. And he answered
and said, l believe that Jesus Christ
is the son of God" comprising the
eunech's profession of faith, is ex-
plunged, as is also the expression
"Let us not fight against God" in
Acts xiii, 8. In Acts xvi, %,
"For as I passed by and beheId
your devotions | found an altar with
this incription: To the unknown
God. Whom therefore We ignorantly
worship, Him declare [ unto YOU"
the latter part is made to read, "To !
an unknown God What, therefore |
ye worship in ingnorance that de-
clare | unto you"
In the trial of Paul before Agrip-
pa, recorded in Acts XVI, some
rather important changes are made !,
in verse "a to 29, inclusive, and the
that Agripps was almost
persuaded to be a Christian by Pauls |
is dispelled. The verses
in the present version are as follows:
'And as he thus spake for himself |
Festus said, with loud voice Paul
thou art beside thyself; much learn
ing doth make thee mad. But he
said, | am not mad, most noble .
Festus, but speak forth the
WORDS OF TRUTH
and soberness. For the King know
eth Of these things, before whom
also l speak freely; for l am per-
3uaded that none are hidden from
him; for this thing was not done in
a corner. "King Agrippa, believest
,hou the prophets" 1 know that
,hou believest. Then Agrippa said
into Paul, "Almost thou persuadest
ne to be a Christian And Paul
5aid, II would to God that not only
,hou, but also all that hear me this
lay, were almost and altogether
,uch as ! am, except these bonds"
In the revised version this scene
s described thus: "And as he thus
made his defense, Festus saith with
loud voice, "Paul, thou art mad
by much learning doth turn thee
o madness" But Paul saith, II
IN not mad, most excellent Festus
Dut speak forth words of truth and
oberness. For the King knoweth
f these things, unto whom also l
peak freely; for l am fully per-
uaded that none of these things is
idden from him; for this hath not
cen done in a corner. King Agrip-
"a, believest thou the prophets ?
know that thou believest" And !
grippa said unto Paul, "With but !
tile persuation thou wouldst fain
lake me Christian" And Paul
aid, II would to God that whether
18th little or with much, not thou :
My, but also all that hear this day,
hight become such as l am, except :
lese bonds"
The above examples of the text of |
ne revised New Testament, which =
ave been given to the public in adj
ance of the meeting of the Convo- :
alton of Canterbury, give fair ?
lea of the character and scope Of /
ne ten years work which has been !
one by the two committees in Eng I I
md and America. But little doubt :
pressed by any member of the
)mmittee that the ConvocatiOn will I
oprove and adopt the new version. |
Thether other Churches than the '
hurch of England will accept it is ,
question to be- decided in the fu- I
Ire. !,
A special from OwensvilIe, KY, ]
the 9th gives this account of the b
orrors endured by an invalid lady T
1 the preceding Thursday night
Gorge Pierat, a bachelor, aged 20
ears, lived with his sister, Mrs. Eli b
Ibeth Goodpaster, some years old Ii
), near OWensville. Pierat' had il