The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-30

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when the battle has opened with
sin and unrighteousness, and we
are asked to stop and see if our
swords are hammered out correctly,
or if we cannot replace the tassel on
the hilt with handsomer one. In
this Armageddon OF the nations we
are told to hslt and discuss the def
mite and indefinite article. Never
has there been a time since Christ
was born that was so inopportune
for revision ot the Scriptures. /
reject it because is shakes the faith
of a great multitude in the Bible.
Infidelity has bombarded the Bible
for centuries, and has only sue
ceeded in driving it further into the
hearts of Christians. Religion has
not so much to fear from infidels as
from mistaken friends Of the Biole.
The reyisers begin their work by
proclaiming through the newspa-
pers that they found forty mistakes
IN the sermon on the mount and TO-
600 in the New Testament, and that
there are 10000 different readings
thereof. Satan takes those sta
tistics and with them overthrows
the faith of many. / believe this
revision will sow in6delity into
more souls than the thirty eight and
forty-one together can argue out of
it should their lives be as long as
those of the pstriarchs of the Bible
combined.
The great work of the past two
centuries has been to have people
understand that the Bible was the
work of God-the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth.
The Ievisers say that none of the
10000 mistakes are important.
Then why all the shocking of the
peoples faith? Be careful, gentle
men, that while hunting rats in the
cellar with torch you do not set
the august temple on fire! Since 1
first heard of the revision ten years
ago l regretted it. What l say
may be derided in high places, but
l am putting into words the senti-
nents of more people, felt more
strongly than were aroused by any
other one thing since the round
world dropped from the hands Of
its Creator. These are only the
mutterings before the storm. Hands
off from the word of God!
reject the revision because it
opens the door for revisions innu-
merable. In the back part of the
New Testament there are twelve pa
ges of practical protest by the
American members against the re-
vision of the English and Irish re-
visers. An advocate of the revis-
ion told me the other day: "Of
course we are to have another re-
vision, and another and another"
Revisions will come in swarms, in
herds, in flocks. The Baptists will
have a revision; so will the Episco-
palians, the Presbyterians, the
Methodists. Perhaps 1 shall issue
revision. daughter Chris
tianity will finally go into parox
Ysm of revisions, and nothing intel
ligent. satisfactory or appropriate
viii be left in the Bible or the
prayer book save the ejaculation,
GOOD Lord, deliver us!" Re-
newed laughter.) Why, these re-
visers have actually put their hands
upon the music of the angels over
Bethlehem. If the angels on that
Christmas night had known that
they were IN the hearing of the
New Testament committee don't
think they would have sung so
loud. The old version reads:
peace on earth and goodwill TO
men," The revisers haze it, "Peace
and goodwill on earth 80 men in
whom He is well pleased" All The
rhythm gone, and the Christmas
choked until it is black in the face.
{ (Laughter.) l wonder if the breth
reu cannot be induced to hand in a
revision of "Handefs Messiah;"
whether they won't chisel few i'm
provements on ''Powers' Greek
Slave" touch up the sunrise, or
split hair 'twixt north and north
"eSt sIue! heneWOu SubSA'
Meanwhile, l have some practical
advice for private Christians. Hold
on to your Bible. The old Bible is
good enough for me; it is good
enough for you. II you have
money to spend do not spend it in
copies of the new revision, but buy
Scott's or Clark's or Burns or Jaco
bus or Alexander's or Stewards or
Bridges or Plummer's Commentary.
Three hundred million copies of the
King James translation are not to
be crowded out by four million or
ten million copies of the new revis-
ion. 1t will take more than seventy
one revisers to revise the memory
of whole generation of Bible read
ers. The Bible in your houses is
the Bible that will be quoted for all
time to come. 1 call upon all prI-
vate Christians, all teachers and su
perintendents of Sunday schools, all
ministers of religion whose utter
ance is unterrified, to be quick in
protesting against this scholarly
proclamation. Speak out now. or for
ever hold YOur peace