The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-03
Words and Phrases Net Found In the
Bfbfe.


For several years past the writer has
boon asked questions verbally and al
SO by letters from the lurgest part OF
the United States, Canada and even
from England and Germany, aud be-
low are answers to the most promt.
nent questions asked, and the most OF
them arc not found In tho King James
version of the Bible.
One thing is singular. and that Ii,
when question comes through the
mail no stamps are sent to send the
answers back. The writer for several
years back has stopped answering any
questions unless stanps arc furnish
ell. for II the trouble is not worth that
much he doesn't desire to answer
them.
Another singularity IL, nine out of
every ten questions asked Ia where ts
''giri' found In the Bible?. The same
veree that has this word also has
"boy." and both only occur but once
In the Scriptures.
We now propose TO give list Of
words not found In the Bible. with
other information, and II any one can
lind what we say Is not there we arc
willing to giva,one OF our books to the
first person who finds That we are not
right.
Some may think that We are taking
Ia good deal on ourselves, but we think
mot, as we have studied the Scriptures
for nearly twenty.three years and have
been seventy-one times through the
Sacred Word.
Words and phrases not found In the
Bible:
Deathless, disembodied spirit, dlsem-
bodied soul, endless woe. eternal suf'
ifering Is conscious misery, everlasting
woe. immortal soul. (the word immor-
tai, with $500 other words, only occur
but once each In tho Bible.)
Cleanliness is next to GodlinessT'
Cthe word cleanliness Is not In the
IBible)
''God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb"
Never dying soul"
4 winter shall become like summer,
! There ara In the city OF Wilmington
hundreds that believe they are in the
Bible. We have never seen them yet. A
ipassngc is found In Genesis s; 90 like
this: while the earth remaineth, seed
thine and harvest, and cold and heat,
and summer and winter, and day and
might shall not cease"
j 20 Lord. hasten the time when q ma
.Ition shall be born In day." (The fol
lowing words are found In Isaiah 60; 8
shall the earth be made to bring forth
In one day. or shall nation be borr
lat once?"
i A preacher that we know of wher
preaching, often used the first words
quoted. Once In q social talk. WI
ltalkedon the Bible. and the phrase was
mentioned by me to him as not being
found in the Bible.
II must tell the truth, he got some
what passionate and said he knew
more about the Bible and forgot mort
than ever l learned. / told him
wanted to know the truth Of the Bi
bile. l would give him one of m,
books for his trouble of showing mt
where 1t was. He would not take thu
trouble, and may be to this day still
believes it is there.
"rhcre will be- weeping, wailing ant
lgnashing of teeth"
Words not found:
Baby, bison, cat, cent, crocodile. dol
liar, economical. grandfather. hippo
ltamus, steamboat, ferryboat lie fount
once. steamship, vegetables, tobacco
Ambrose, George, William, Frank
Henry and Charles are not there.
The word happiness is not found II
1.-THE text of the Bible.
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found In the book OF Esther or tn
songs OF Solomon.
In the book OF St.John the word fait
is not found.
In the book of Acts the word 'love
lis not found.
Chicken" is not found In the OIL
Testament, but there Is "hen" there
Frog, mice and mule are not meL
toned in the New Testament.
In the New Testament, the age q
death of woman is given, and In til
whole Bible the age of only one We
man at death is given.
There IL no word that commence
with the letter tx and the only le
ter of the alphabet TINT don't.
Many believe that the word "Xerxes
lis found.
In reading of the 70 tribes, the trib
of Dan was left out-Revelation ~
cha pter. Why this was know no
unless because they were the first t
openly introduce idolatry. Man
quote this passage of scripture in thl
way: For i know in whom / hav
believed.
God Is consuming fire."
For the Lord God is a sun and
shield. no good thing will be withheld
from them that walk uprlghtly."
Yea, though ! walk through tn
valley and tho shadow OF death, etc.
(1his is not right
Not one person In hundred repeat
a the Lords Prayer as 1t Is In the Bible
a The word Charity gospel.
= church and religion" is not found L
. the Old Testament in the texts.
s Glaymont, May 2, 1893.