The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-06-30
Religious Notes.

The Methodist missionaries O
Italy have been organized into til
italian Methodist Conference.
They say they have gone to Italy t,
stay.
A Georgia Baptist (AIfredShorter
ofRome ,Ga.) has recently given$1O
to aid in building house ofworshil
for the cOlored Baptists of his owl
town.
Bishop Doane, of the diocese O.
Albany, has written a pamphlet Il
prove the exceeding great wicked
ness of marrying the sister of a de
ceased wife.
"The American Version" of the
Bible, to be published by Ford
Howard & Hubbell, will contain the
connections aud substitutions of the
revision arranged by DR.. Roswell
d. Hitchcock.
At meeting OF the domestic and
foreign missionary society of tie
Protestant Episcopal Church OF
America in Rochester recently, il
was stated that there were 10000
Indians within the Arctic circle, TO-
COO of whom are Christians.
The Westcott and Hort revision
of the original Greek New Tesla
ment, which has been long expected
by scholars and which was consult
ed, probably in the proofs, by the
reYisers of the English text, will soon
be published by Harper & Brothers.
The same firm will also issue an edi-
ton of this Greek version with the
revised English version printed on
opposite pages.
Mr.. ID. L. Moody, the evangelist,
believes that a Sunday school teacher
should use question books in the
preparation of the weekly lesson,
but should not carry them into the
class. AT the recent Baptist Sunday
school convention at Brattleboro,
Vermont, he said in his vigorous
way: 81 wish these question books
were all swept into the sea-" The
teacher, he thought, should get so
full of the subject that the Bible
would be the only book needed.
The "new" New Testament, says
an English newspaper, is selling on
both sides of the Atlantic by the
hundred thousand, and from the
point of view is an unde-
niable success, especially as "all
rights are reserved" In the English
church a dispute has arisen as to
it may or may not be used in
the pulpit in lieu of the authorized"
which it seems is after all no /
more authorized in the legal sense of
the term than any other translation.
One serious fault found with the
new version by preachers of more
denominations than one is the fact
hat some of the alterations in the
ext will make it necessary for them
20 revise many of their old sermons,
DR. write new ones.
One of the most dispassionate
pieces of advice to those who with
'ut proper thought jump at the con-
fusion that the Revision is a failure
S found in the independent. That
PAPER says: "But what if yOn do
lot like it? What difference does
hat make? The Bible was not writ
en- to please you, but to instruct
vOu. The business of the revisers
vas not to bring out a translation
hat should be accommodated to
'our likings, but one that should be
to Gods Greek text.
f it suitably translates the Greek
ext their work is properly done and
hat Is an end of it. 1t NAV not suit
-ou, but why should it? Paups
'eautiful hymn in praise of charity,
IS given in our old English version,
nay seem to you much more beau
iful than PauPs Greek HYMN in
,raise of love but that question
vas not before the revisers. Their |
BUSINESS was not to select the most |
ideas, but discover PauPs
IDEAS and put them into English. |
here is just one question for you to |
SIX, and that is not, does the new
please my taste or my |
heOlogy? but, is it correct? Does |
represent Gods word Ill the |
ireek? The fact is that great part |
f the complaints against the revis-
On is directed squarely against the
'ible. 1t is opposition TO God. 1t
J rebellion against His revelation.
is will worship, a pride and con-
cit of the will that prefers what we
mink God ought to have written
bove what he actually did write,
hat sits in judgment on God and
lis revelation