The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-17

way Of holne The uncean shall no. pass
over il. but /; shall he for those. The way'arng
men, though fools. shall not err therein. Sc"
Nohammed uses much the same phraseology
substituting Paradise for Zion. songs and
everlasting Joy uron their heads. OF the jew.
IL interpreted by the Oriental adorned therein
with bracelets % gold and pearls: and their
ve.turc- therein Il. e. Paradise shnl lie silk :"
which Is certainly more direct AMI convincing
10 the gentle savage NJ mi siouhry enaehvor
than the 10y" which the most sEil'ul COM
meutators INTERPRET 10 mean the custom OF
wearing crowns or chaple,s 81 flowers. or
amounting the head with oil on festive occa-
sions; and. OF course. used a'tcrward In the
spiritual sense.
II Ia dNcdt to un ierstanh The value Of quib-
bling over the meaning Of one verse as does
tenth New Jersey" when there are SO many
much more vital 10 the Christian scholar.
The reply Of Christ. Matthew xv.. "a. may
have been intended sImpy to interest spec H.
cally those with whom h" was brought In daily
contact. aud des Gnch TO attract attention to his
future work. IL must he remembered thar we
have no authenticated written copy OF the
GOSPEL 10 rely upon earlier than from about
lSo-2oO D.. and many ambiguous passages
may have bcen purposely introduced for po-
litica and other motives For instance, tho
nrst written book OF tie New Testament that
we have Is |. Th.ssalonians. A. D.. SO. and the
APOSTLE soemnly adJures w.. 27l that the
Epstle he read to the brethren Zee also
l. Corinthians. l.. /: II. Corinthians. l..
I: Colossians. w.. 16: Fphcsians. l..
! Galatians. t.. /; I Peter t.. Il. and We find
proper reading OF the vulGate version Of Mat
thew xviii. II should he 'AcQuaint the con-
gregation," whereas the King James version
has II Church" Tho question arises would
Christ have used "ecclcsIa" to signify few
people. l. e.. heads or directors? Would he not
mean the particular assembly to which the
parties balongel2 Again. Acts Kill. 4. Bochart
says that the season called Faster, and observed
as a Christian festival by some churches. was
not known when the book NJ Acts was written.
and no authority for its observance can be
found IN Scripture The verse should read
1.-THE passover" The origin Of Easter Ia from
pagnnsm. probably the least Of Flora. and
we find its observance through the ages
IN the annual display OF more or less
beautiful creations OF tho mlllner on the
heads OF our wolnenkind on the day commen-
Grating the announcement: The Lord Ia
risen indeed" Tho controverted passsg. In
]. John. VT. Is another case In point. For
there are three that hear record In Heaven. tho
Father the Word and the Holy Ghost, and
these three are one" There " not single
Greek manuscript written before the sixteenth
century which contains Il although 1t Is found
IN the printed edition II WAS not Inserted on
the authority OF the Greek man uscripts. Luther
would not admit tho text into his German
Bible: It Is not In the Codex Alexandrinus or
the CodeX Vaticanus. Sir Isaac Newton. Prof.
Person. Travis and Mlchaelis among others.
have written on tho point Should not III
Peter. l., 20 read. mo scripture prophecy err
plans issJ2" Assure lily the Prophets did not
understand fully their own predictions. but the
transators knew their mission.
Mr. Robert Lawrence shakes lance at DR..
Savage because Of the assertion that God Ia In
all men. pagan and Christian" and then starts
In TO instruct us that without religion which n
We cannot hope to attain to union with God.
God" says Sir Isaac Newton, exists neces-
sarily. and by the same necessity He exists al
ways and everywhere, Hence, also, He must
be- perfectly similar; all eye. all ear, all brain,
oil arm. all perception. intelligence and action
but after manner not at all corporal. not at
all ike men: after manner altogether un-
known to US but we adore and worship Him
only on account Of Els dominion. For God.