Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1892-04-08
mIsPRINrs IN THE BIBLE.
Not 50 Many in any Other Work Since
Books wore Printed

lu nn work that has been printed
au,' the invention oi the art hay,
th'fr been -p many mi,prints pcrpc-
tnt"d a. ln the lhhic.
Pope ~cvtu. ' caused an edition OF
\ulsato e. 10" published in Rome III
40" ',ofy proof 81 which lac had care
. fully "fr,ci,l him-, Il. and at the end
/ Of the volume hc affixed a bull by
Wlurh hc communicated any one
VIII" should attempt 10 make an alter
atiun in the text This book caused n
great deal ul amahcment-for the BIZ
llr w,- found to hc full of mistakes
and the pope IN consequence was
obliged to suppress the edition. A
'"lN 'i Il - u great rarity, and, of
,uuf~'. iotchr- high pricc. Brunct,
iu h- Manuel du Lihraric," says
that a very large paper copy was dis
ru.rd 81 At the sale Of Cadmus du Ii
mare ipr 1910 francs. The English
tih,c contains some very remarkable
mi-Itints la the edition OF 1854, at
The twelfth psalm. "Thc fool hath
sad ~ h. heart there is God" in
stead ut " there ,s no God" This cdi-
tion WIS suppressed 10y order of the
hing Ia another London edition
Otunf'u lG1jj We read In order
that nll thc world shall prcccive the
moan. II arriving at worldly riches" 4"
iustrsd Of godly riches" Even the
ailiiiun of Field. printer to tn" Uni
,ct.ity II Cambridge in the seven
tr"nth century. is full of misprints.
II - said lac received present Of
II hn irnm the independents to print
We frf "Nc' IN the sixth verse OF the
thifd chapter of Acts, in order to
mako u appear that the right OF
chuusing their pastors emanated from
the people aud not from the apostles :
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out
among you seven men of honest re.
port tull Of Holly Ghost and OF wisdom
yr iw'l may appoint over this busi-
ness la the same Bible in | Corin-
ihian-. "a - We find Know We not
that thr unrightcuu~ shall not in
hcr,t the kngdom Of God" At the
Clarendon press 1917 bible was
! printed which was known as the
Vinegar bible" ON account of the
title ui th, twentieth chapter of st.
Lake "a which the Parable OF the
Vine, ,ari b. printed the Parable Of
the \iu'I 'r'
Tho omission of the negative has
ucruffri more than once in printing
/ thr s,stnth commandment. This
happened ~ the edition published in
thc reign of Charles /. and for it the
| printers were summoned before the
high commission and fined f3. 900. The
same omission WAS observed in the
thirty fourth edition Of the Bible,
printed at Halle. which was coniisi-
catcd. aud - now great biblical
rarity. All scripturhl misprints are
net. ~ 49, have seen in the case Of
lirld. ihc result of accident. There is
another un record which hctrays n
deep. aud may add, most nefarious
design II was the design Of the
pfinirr'- widow IN Germany to upset
the whole system of domestic economy.
\ new edition Of the bible was being
printed IA her house. and one night
whrn all the wurkmcn were absent
she sruse from her comiortlcss bed Ga
osfman bed is never anything else
hui comiorilcss) aud proceeded to the
printing fuom, there to tampcr with
the type aud ialsiiy n text that had
caused her much trouble. Her de-
iunct better half % had, without
doubt, given her frequent cause
a. protest IN her heart against
that sentence of wuman's subjection
which IL pronounced upon Eve in the
thiri chapter 81 Genesis. TO rescue
her svs from it, false position she re-
solved Ia alter the relative situations
II thc parties, aud, taking out the first
tNu letters oi the word "herr," cum
ninFly replaced them 10y "na." BY
this moans the decree ran: "And he
shall be- Thy (narD fool" instead of
" be- shall be- thy (hcrr) lord" This
suhstilution. though submitted 10 in
domestic lii,-as. perhaps, was the
ca-"--waS not suffered TO pass by
those ~ho we're IN authority without
punishment. aud the widow was
burned ior hcrc-y Some copies of
this edition are sald 10 have been Sc
rtricd. aud are possibly to bc found in
th" private libraries OF few strong
minded women