Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-06-06
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
1ps INTEGRITY or THE RtWslosIsTs
ASSAlle0
ey Rev. 7. De Witt Talmlge ia his Ser
mon at Brooklyn Tabernacle Yes
terday nOn.ng-sO New Doc
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Chaos ard Old Night.
,suTllATlOs AsOA PROCLAMATION.


al, the r, yiscd edition of the New les
,,m.nt and, in accordance with the an
nonpcement, a vast number OF people
assembled at the Tabernacle to hear the
discourse. After singing and prayer. he
announced his subject and text as fol-
lows:
iec,-sThe Revision Q Mutilation and
Proclamation
rs,tII samuel vi and And when they
..I5s 10 SachOns threshiug door UELAh put
i,Tth his hand To ths Ark of Sod SnS 'oon no %
lie Lori was kindled against CZkah, ana TOD
,alte him for his erIOr.
The sacred chest OF Acacia wood
,alleI the Ark Of the Covenant, about
ionr feet by two. golden lidded, golden
hinged. and mounted OF two cheTubim
and made 10 contain the divine cove
uant. and at one time holding the bowl
Of wllderness mamma and Aaron's rod
that budded, Was the most sacred box
ever created. IL was in the presence OF
that chest God cOmmuned with the
Israelitas Improperly to touch that
box was death. All the people under
stood il. On one occasion fifty thous-
and aud seventy people lost their lives
hy irreyerences to the box. The cir
cumstances OF my text were these: That
precious chest was being transferred on
A cart drawn by oxen. Now, oxen
are an uncertain team, especially when
on lot day they come near shadow,
iur without reference 10 the safety OF
that VT ich they draw, they dart aside
ser the cool place. For this or some
other reason the oxen with this pre-, tou'
made. some sndden start, and the box
rarke,i, aud UZZah, the driver, put his
hand upon it. He had no business 10
touch thunder any circumstances. I'M
der the Judgment OF Col
Th's Driver Drops Dead
by the cart wheel. That hex long ago
parished, forit was contlgrant with the
ancient temple. But We have sacred
cbest-an ark OF the coyenant-the
Bible. Like the ark Of old ID contains
the divine covenant and the mama Tor
the poor wildernessed pilgrims, and the
rod of trouble that has budded into TIA
rant consolation and over il the mercy
-ea, It is so sacred that the
hands oi worldly criticism and the
Isnds Of pedantTy, and the hands OF
useless disturbance mad better keep oil
Of IL. Wrongly to touch that omuipo-
tent box-which is our ark of the cove
nant-is To die.
We are in the midst OF a great sgita-
Jion. consequent upon the new revision
a{ the S,liptures. We had a translation
two hundred and seventy years old,
embOsOmed in the warmesl affections OF
nil the good OF the earth, interlOcked
with the best secular literature and pro-
nouncsd by the Daniel Websters and
lhe Washington Iryings as the
Master Piece OF English Prose,
The translation at work blessing and
rrvoluticnizlGg the nations for good and
ALI christendom satisfied with the trans
alton ex,ep, a lev doctors OF divinity.
Rlttwo companies, an OH Testament
.ad New Testament company, have
lsen husy tor ten years changing the
hook. and a few dsys ago the New
Testament company launched the re-
sults of their labois upon the world.
Alter great universal advertisement OF
the intended book and the dramatic
withholding Of the book till certain
day. and then withholding il till still
iurther day, the work comes forth.
The Church and the world have the
famous revision before their. We are
asked iar our verdict. We all have
vote. The humhleSt person IN this
house has a vote. What do you think
Of ii?" is the perpetual question. Some
say, al like ii very mucn." Others say,
Il like il to a certain extent. others
say, IL want year to consider 1t.
There are many who do not want to Of
irnd the ecclesiastical Ring, fOr each de-
nomination has such ring. and there
Is "a much bossism in the Church OF
tod as in the world, and monopoly
would
Rule the Kingdom Of Christ.
iiit could, as il rules the money mar
kets and Legislatures of the world. There
are two voices that have not yet been
fully heard First, the Gnpretending
Christian scholarship OF America and
Eugiaud, is dIspleased more than
it can express At many OF the
changes made, and the other voice
Is the voice OF the great masses Of Chris
tian peOple-999 out OF every thousand
who regret in the depths OF their soul
that tits revision has been attempted
sEi who lock upon IT as a desecration
anS a PROCLAMATION and a mutilatiOn and
A Religious Outrage.
That lSst sentiment will come up like |
the sursas o. the Atlantic after tempest |
Of ten days. | shall give you my reasons
Tor rejecting this new revision OF the |
Scriptures. | am willing TO take II as a !
commentary and 10 stand IL respectfully |
on my bookshelf behind other human |
pp,nIons Of the word Of God. But 10 put |
i upon NY private stand or in my family |
roam Or on nv pulpit as n substitute for
kIngJSnes' translation l never will. /
put my hand on the old book and take
oath OF allegiance, So help e u d! L
am glad 10 knOg that Lord SaaftesOury
and the Archbishop OF York and many
ot0er strong men on the other side o.
the sea are anti n eyiSiOnists. But, sup
norted by high authority or no authority
here and nov take my stand.
These hity mea for ten years busy in
nhkeriug the New Testament sgree in
The statement that
Ihey Find 40 New DCctrine.
Differing on many other things, they
al agree here. Ii il had been found
that The Old translation was teacl ing
any talse ideas OF God, or the soul, OF
thr luture, | would SAY by all means
give us a new revision and put forth
immediate aud mighliest effort for the
prgAnlzed obhtera;iOn OF the old trans
'SIOa. The world cannot Gtford 10 have
wrong notions o, GOd, and the soul and
eternity. But the new version keeps
Az the Oil dOctriGeS Then what good
reason eoud there he for this disturb.
auee oi sacred association, this loosen
,uS Of the faith Of Cnristeniom IL is
10 a'e 10 recoastrucl the Blb'e. When
Dug James trans lAtiOn WIS made the
,h h,o'e Vas sparssly circulated book and
VIC enanSes made caused no wide per-
.uIoNion. Rut this revision OF Is is
uP'eeiation Of three hundred million
JoP,esGi The Bible out in the world and
,s "o,"E ther work IL asssiIs the mag
a,T 'ufent liturgy OF the Episcopal church
an. MAKES all her prsyer-books vast in-
,Laey' IL makes the Inscriptions on
'"g sr4Ses OF your dead untrue