New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-16
UNITARIAN WONEN'S ALLIANCE.
DIR. SAVAGE TALKS ON WHAT WE BE-
LIEVE ABOUT THE BIBLE"

A largo number OF women assembled yesterday
morning In the Church of the Messiah at the
monthly meeting OF the New-York Alliance OF
Unitarian Women.
Mrs Keener the treasurer. reported member
shin OF nlnety-seven and balance in the treasury
of s156 Mrs. q. W. Smawood read the report OF
the Postoffce Mission. and several interesting lot
ters were read from the recipients OF reading mat
ter in the far West. one writer stated that she
lived thirty miles from a railroad and fifteen from
A postoffice. Almost every letter made speciai
appeal for copies OF DR.. Savage's sermons.
Mrs Pierre VI. Thompson read report ~ the
work being done by the Ladies' Benevolent Society.
Forty garments have been made and given 10 tho
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Chfldren
The members OF the society have presented 10 DR.
Collyer on his seventy-fourth birthday The HIS
tory OF the House OF Blackwood." by Mrs. OIL
nhant. Margaret Ogivy." by J. NJ. Barrie, ard
The Ayrshire Homes and Haunts OF Burns
lotter WAS read from a New-York business woman
asking for Information as to the reports OF Dr
savages talks. and stating that the only notice Of
them was short in The New-York Tribune.
At II o'clock DR.. Savage began his address On
What We Believe About the Bible.
.orhe popular idea about the Bible" he SAID
stands in the way of religious progress more than
ANYTHING else In the world" He sketched brishy
the growth OF the belief in the absolute infallib-
" of the Bible which in early times extended even
20 the belief that the points inserted in the place
u
snired and that every word and every letter was
a direct dictation from God. This doctrine how
ever has been considerably modified even In the
orthodox church, where it is generally allowed
that many errors have at different times crept into
tho Rock Many eminent ministers, he said, accept
The Bible now as simply masterpiece OF htsra-
ture. .,,. - -
DR. Savage then spoke Of the authority we have
for binding out when and whore the different books
OF the Bible were written and stated mat there Is
M original manuscript OF the w1ltlug dating any
earlier than the fourth century. He described the
manner OF the TRANSACTIONS, and showed how the
errors had come, in many cases. Simply through
= no religious bias of the man who was tFanslating.
lie gave the following as the correct order IN Whlch
no books OF the New Testament were written.
md The order in which they should follow so az
70 get an Intelligent understanding Of then:
.'1hsssa lonians Galatians. Corinthians and Ro-
mans were written before any or the gospels.
Then came Philippians and II Thessalonans. These
we're followed by the Gospel OF Mark. which was
written IA fragments; after this Matthew, then
Enhesians and Luke. Acts. | Peter. Johns and
hides Epstles then Johns Gospel and the Epistls
~ lanes ard lastly the II Epstle OF Peter. which
was not written until nearly the end OF the second
century. "A 49, -, -. a..
THE present arrangements OF inc DOCKS OF the
Bible in the King Jamess version are simply .
whim OF the first plbllsher
Many questions were asked and answered by DR..
Savage at the close OF MS address, wnlch was the
fourth of the present series