New-York tribune., 1882-03-05
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

TITO. The American Bible Society has refused
its aid in sending out Dr. Judson's Burmese
Bible among the heather because 1t translates
the word bqDt-o by immcrse,' though it is ac-
knOWledg gcd to be an accurate and scholarly
version. Ihe Nelr- York independent insists
that for the Bible Society 10 reject this render
ing is 10 say to the Burmese You may he
either kept iu ignorance OF the meaning of q
certain word of Holy Wut. OF YOU shall not
have the Bible from us Gentlemen OF the
is not a right thing 10 do The only question
you have 4 right 10 ask Is whether the trans
laton Of Dr. JudsOn is faithful 10 the Greek.
II 1t is not condemn X; 1t l. Is, then publish It,
no matter what parties OF COu'IOVerSldll>ts be
helped on hiudered thereby lOu were not ap-
pointed, gentlemen, to watch the Interests OF
tontcudlng sectS, bnt 10 circulate correct trans
latiOus of the Scriptures and for You to refuse
to circulate given version. not because II Is
incorrect, but because II may have certain
effect on certain controversies, IS violation Ol
the solemn trusts committed 10 your charge.
Alas for the rarltv of Christian charity, eX-
claims The Boston WdtchD,0H, when the pom
derous cathOhcity of this great Bible society
Is restrained and utterly stopped IN ITS Out2o-
lugs because single word OF scripture Is not
mlstransated, bat translated. We sincerely
believe that such cathoicty is fast becoming
ettete. 1t must be that there are venerable
men who have come down from Il former gen
Grafton In the management Ol tins society men
who are not modern enough 10 forget that the
body of Christians whom they thus ALLEVIATE
from their fellowship are not the small, uu-
scholarly, contemplate sect which they were
once held to be. Cur Wendell Phillips Wlttlly
recalls the days OF the standing order Bap-
tIst minister was then little better than negro
he says. The five points Oi MASSACHUSETTS,
deccncv were 10 trace your lineage 20 the May
flower, graduate at Harvard College, be mem-
bcr OF an Orthodox church, pay your debts and
frightcn your children to sleep by saying
Thomas JeilcrsonI But times have changed
when a standard work on COngrcgauonallSm
traces the model of our Repubuc through
Thomas Jefferson 10 a Virginia Baptist church
1t will not be long before those -taunch lnheri-
tors Of the traditions of the standing order
who now stand at the helm of the Bible So
ciety will be gone. Their children will not
perpetuatc their folly by refusing 10 give 10 the
heather that noble version OF that NOBLE man
Dr. Judsou-that living section broken on
from Plymouth Rock that it might form the
foundation of one of the most widely
useful missionary enterprises the world has
ever seen. In its present action the Bible so
cicty does not honor itself. 1t cannot dishonor
the Bdptist>, or support its charge OF non
cdthoHcIty against them
ANGLICAN CONVERT, AND THE COMES
SIONAL.-SOme of the London newspapers are
taking notice of what The UhtehqU EtgleT
calls "semi-public indl,cIc'l0n.' Not long
ago, it appears, Nh Rutherford smith went 10
confession to the Rev. Walter Cooke Robin
son. an eX-AEglican and priest of tie Pro-
Cathedral at keu>lug,Ou. The ordinary Toy
maItles were observed. y case OF conscience
was submitted by Mr. Smith 20 Nlr. Robinson,
and, abs0lutou being given, the "penltcnt let
the box. 1T /, here, probably continues me
Whitehall heCier IN stating the case, that
Father Robinson, with mistaken zeal, thought II
necessary TO give Mr.. smith his card, asking
him to call Oh him the following Monday morn
ing. At that interview Father Robinson asked
Mr. Smith TO repeat what he had already saId
in confession. The 'Ucnltelt, rightly or
wrongly, imagined that hc was still making
communication su6 siJitO. IL this lt appedl-
he was mistaken. Puzzled and peIplexed, Mr.
Rutherford smith sought an interview with u
eminent London priest mot a convert, who a.
clarrd that he could accept no statement on Sc
wcighty "a subject unless written aud signed 10y
the person making It. lie warned Nh. smith
that the punishment for Such breach OF the
stallion. would, Pf.Jsr{y 'fHWt' fH me super
added ucndlty of formal degradation and COM
.mard to retire to "A monastery. Mr. smith per-
severed in his statement, and made statutory
declaration before "a Commissioner OF Oath~. he
matter became public in ecclesiastical circles ;
and tie ENGLISH Roman Catholics were thrilled
at the idea even that iapSas hRga1 might
have been made in a matter OF such grave m
pOrtaucc. The appeal was sent 20 Rome III que
course; and the Propaganda referred the
matter To a committee Ot Clergy 10 bc 1p-
"a
his usual wisdom, determined thar, rs the tault
of Father Robinson arose merely from lndd-
yrrtcucc some lOOphOlc must bc found 10 no
crate good and Jealous priest from 50 dis
astrous charge. In the end, Nr. rutherford
smith withdrew the petition, aud the matter
WAS adjourned sine de- Replying 10 some
structures passed by a Roman Catholic Journal
upon am article published In the columns OF the
The Whitehall RcyjCW in connection with this
case the latter says" It j notorious that er-
Anglican cuTatcs have become the eiVdHfS
fcyytbIpS of the Roman Church in England and
instructions have been sent from the IropA-
ganda to prove their vOcatlono and, above all,
10 examine them thoroughly in Moral theology
before allowing them to take their seats III the
box"
The FRIEND Of IRdid says: News has inst
reached lis of a religious movement IN Eastern
Bengal, which has excited considerable interest
i'm evauyelical circles. lt l. sand that number
of native Notwithstanding 10 seNela
thou,ands-Of the Roman Catholic connection
desire. for some reason OF other, To become
Protc,tant- There Is a Baptist mission IN the
but they decline tO ION the pap
fists because they will not haptZe their emil
drcn. We have not been July informed as 10
the causes of this large secession, but We pre-
sumo it had it, origin in certain disputes OF
which We heard some months ago, among the
C,tholic- of that part of the country. II IL NOT
for Us especially On imperfect lnlormatlon' 10
pronounce Judgment, but we ShoUlu uOupJ il II
isA movement over which even good Protest
ants have much cause To rejoice. There have
hccu one or two similar incidents m other parts
of the couutly-Onc. we believe, IN Chola
Naporc-aud no doubt it Is the dnty OF the body
10 which such sccc,>ouists migrate 10 do the
hest for them they can; but unless genuine
religion, conviction is at the bottom OF the
movement. the less said about the triumph OF
truth over error the better.
The Ntthsdist thinks that Senator Edmunds ;
Utah bin give, the polygamists a distinct and
trcmeudou, advantage by lcgalzing their mar
riagc, for the purpose of legitinizing the chill
drcu. 1t protests that II IllegltlmaIe children are
to he Ieeitimizrd in Utah, il should be done all
over the Union. Elsewhere, il reasons dis
race attaches 20 illegitimate offspring; why
-L-.,ll th.. ntlsnrlnN of nnlNgAmOMs maIrlages