New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02

CONVERTS IN MID AIR. English pap'ls It,
port that at the convent OF MctamorphoSls on
line road from Janina to IarIs>a. there have
been discovered numerous manuscripts haiIliS
from the reign of AndTOnlcns ii. lills was
the emperor who assumed the monastic gdlD
and the name Of Antony, and after retiring 10
a costcr died in oblivion about TOUR years
ofterward in 1882. The volumes, ten III
number, are said to have been ALREADY read
through at Athens, to which pace thtS were
SEM direct from the converts. one oil thehl,
which is deemed the most Interesting, gives III
account of the establishment OF the twenty
" mrteoricr converts founded III the time Oh
the PalrologI, ten of which are StlIl cNtant III
Gliding the one where the manuscripts nave
lust been found. 1t was III one Oh iheSe 'ii"'
the Emperor CaYtacaZeHc tnlshcu his daNs rs Il
recluse having deserted the purple Tor the
gown of a monk OF st. Basil. The mcteorlc
converts were designed to enable deTotees 10
initiate in a mid degree, the example Oh ~.
simeon Stylites and, by raising themselves out
of reach Of the vulgar world, To practIse an
elevated form of worship III every SENSE oi inc
word. ANY visitor allowed 10 enIer must wrap
himself up in sort OF net let down ll0iu tne
stecu crag upon which the invent Is Dulll, anu
he hosted up the side OF 1t by the monks it tIc
TON. 10 a height of some three hundred feet
above the PLAIN.
The Rev. DIR. A. = Happier, missionary III
China. writes from Canton to 1 he AeU- ORR
ObSerrer: The British and Foreign DlOe
Society almost as soon us the REVISION oi the
New testament appeared, wrote ciIcuI"
LETTER 10 all missionaries engaged IN tfanolatlhg
in the languages in heather lands, t." CONFORM
IN the Greek text, adopted by the English re-
yisers The American Bible society nave
virtually adopted the same. III WilicS rev.
ruary, lSo2: All persons engaged IN DrhaIl
of this society III the work al translation OF lhe
revision are hereby authorized 10 adopt sucIl
Elevations from the Iertus heceptas as are
sustained or suggested ny the Lnghsh or
American Revision Committees (slc) OF 1881.
But why introduce all this diversity mo YER
Inns among tie heather In OH Christian
Countries the discussion viii not unsettle 1aith,
but if is different IN nrathen lands. why are
not steps taken To have IA committee c0lhposeu
of scholars from Germany, L ancel Engianu
and America to agree Oh iet'"e i'ooeP'uo ~
Greel, for Protestant Chrlstendom and when
Sbal he the text from which TRANSACTIONS snail
he made in Christian and hcathen lanus1 III
we do not take this preliminary STEP 'hete VIII
he a. many Greek texts as there are nations III
Europe, and the German, FRENCH, Italian,
Spanish and English versions VIII 9liiei amone
themselves, and there Will be a diherence III
The versions prepared by the missionaries OF
the respective Christian lands among tle
heather, Surely all the CONSIDERATIONS when
IaaJ ma 10 pray that all may be one shoulu
lead n Protestant churches TO take special pains
To preserve for themselves one scripture,
both in the original and then also In Iie seNeIai
TRANSACTIONS into the language oil every se'erai
country"
The Christian World London) thinks that the
Salvation Army is beraying tendencies IN t ne
direction of dJumperism." 1t says: IN W
Whit Monday. at the Clapton Congress o HAL H.
the younger members OF the army uAm ras ac "
e tas,T nsaTi by hearty bursts OF laughter and
tbe usual waving of pocket handkerchleis, In
th e ease of some of the girls hysteria seemed
TO be imminent. Even on the platform, one
young man. as he sang kept twirl,n SSe aJ and
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manfestly dangerous isplays of e1cit en- end
,nara however. Car from condemned NY the