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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-28
Translations of tho Bible.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sux-Sir Chris. pen.. 10
Tuesday's Sun. undertaking to reply to the letter
ofthe Rev, James +. sheAhan touching the i~nterrrefI.
ton OF the words search the Scriptures" dec!ares
The cannot forget the whole history OF the modern
development of freedom OF thought depends upoH
the Grandestt triumph OF the Reformation. the trAaslS.
ton OF the Bible by Covsrdale. Tyndall. King Jamss
and Luther
II this statement implies. a. It seems to do. taI;
TRANSACTIONS, OF the Bible were not made into The
NernAculAr before the trAn,lAtions by those l.Si
mentioned; II 10 therein false. The Bible had been
Translated into the vernAcnlAr before Luther tame,
Among other editions, in 1883 there came fluu. tss
printing press OF the celebrated German printer kc'
berger, an exquisite Bible in HermAn, illustrated Ny
Michael, Wolgemurt with over 100 woodcUts, STU
dentA or the period between the invention - ne
printing press and the outbreak Of the Reform Auon
know that the AIAcrity with which the art Of PurnnG
Was received by the Church and turned 10 pr1-i n
disseminating the Bible was as great a. ia the Rad.
ness OF our age to take advantage OF any modern a.,
coSery or Improvement. During thar ilme-a space
OF about seyenty-nve yeArs-there we're lOa printing
presses set UP in the city OF Rome. The fret work
from every press WAS the Bible or at least the Gospsak
POET HKHHr. y, T.. May a. u. W. HoLAAA
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IL.

The caron OF the New Testament itself began
very mach as the canon of the Old Testament
had begun; IL unfolhed aud enlarged itself
gradually with the growth of the Christian
Church. The Four Gospels constitute the first
layer OF the New Testament Gospel. They
had gained a consensus of recognition in
the Church by the middle of the second cen-
tury: prior to Justin, who cites them AS author
itative. and represents that they were read in
the churches alongside Of the Old Testament
prophets. and 10 Tatian. who compacted them
together in his Diatessaron. to be the official
gospel OF the Syrian Church for sevcral genera
tons. The next layer Of the New Testament
canon was the Thirteen Epistlts Of Paul IRo-
mans, l., ii. Corinthians, Galh tians. l.. II. Thes-
salonians, Philippians. Philemon. Ephesians,
Colo.sians, l.. ii. Timothy. Titusl and the mar
rativo known as the Acts Of the Apostles. 10
these writings Inc Epistle TO the Hebrews
was generally attached in the East. but
not in the West. This layer Of the
canon had certainly gained universal recogni-
ton by the close Of the second century. Athird
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have its voice so far AZ possible In questions
not settled by the two previous methods.
Even in the Talmud may be found tho germ
OF the higher criticism. For therein occurs tho
question. How Ia IL possible that Moses died
and wrote the words. And Moses died there1"
The answer Is: 1t is only unto this passage
that Moses wrote afterward, Joshua wrote the
rest" The query Is also pressed. How is 1t
possible that Joshua could have written the
book ascribed to him. seeing that II Is written
there. And Joshua died ?" The reply ia:
Eleazar finished It," The rejoinder follows:
But yet It ia written there: And Eleazar. the
son Of Aaron. died" The reply Is. "Phineas
finished IT," Then ensued the inquiry. Could
Samuel have written the book attributed to
him. when II is written there: And Samuel
died. and they buried him in Rama 2" The an
swer Is that Cad. the seer. and Nathan. the
prophet. finished II. Josephus and Philo. on the
other hand. made Moses. by prophetic inspira-
ton. the author Of the narrative OF his own
death. A more ancient authority than the
Talmud. and one OF more historical value to
Christians than Josephus. is the Apocalypse Of
Ezra. belonging in date to the first Christian
century. printed among the apocryphal books
In the English Bible. and used not infrequently
by the Fathers as II It were inspired Scripture.
This tradition represents that the Law and all
the holy books we're burned at the destruction
OF Jerusalem by ACKNOWLEDGMENT and lost that
Ezra. under divine inspiration. restored them
all and also composed seventy others. which
comprehended the esoteric wisdom needed for
the Interpretation OF the twenty four. This view
OF the restoration OF the Old Testament writ
inRs by Ezra was advocated by some OF the Fa-
theirs. Clement OF Alexandria says: Since the
Scriptures persisted In the captivity Of Nebu-
chadnezzar. Esdras. the Levite. the priest in
the time Of Artaxerxes. King Of the Per-
SLAMS. having become inspired In the exer-
else OF prophecy. restored again the whole
OF the ancient Scriptures" So. also. Ter
tullian. Chrysostom. the author Of an
ancient writing attributed to Augustine and
the heretical Clementine homilies. Another
common opinion Of the Fathers is represented
by lren@us: During the captivity OF the peo-
pie under ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. the Scriptures had
been corrupted. and. when. after seventy years,
the jews had returned to their own land, then,
In the time Of Artaxerxes. King Of the Persians.
God inspired Esdras. the priest. OF the tribe Of
Levi. to recast all the works of former prophets,
and to renstablish with the people tho words of
Mosaic legislation" So. also. Theodoret and
Basil. Jerome. the author OF the Latin version
OF the Scriptures known as the Nulgate. saya.
with reference to this tradition: Whether
you wish to say that Moses is the author OF the
Pentateuch or that Ezra restored 1t Is indif-
ferent to me-" 1t would. in truth. be difficult to
discover a consensus Of the early Christian
Fathers In regard to the authorship Of the his
torical books Of the Old Testament or other
questions OF the higher criticism.
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SOME NEW hooks.
The Higher Criticism of the Bible.

Now that public attention has been directed
20 the admission OF q distinguished Biblical
scholar to the American Episcopal Church. IL
seems desirable TO set forth. for the purpose
neither Of classification nor OF condemnation. but
simply OF Information. the principles. methods
and results OF the so-called higher criticism"
TO which the Old and the New Testament have
been. In recent times. subjected. To that end
we avail ourselves in Mo present article OF the
large octave volume. comprising some 700
pages, and entitled Thr Study NJ Holy Scrip
tvre. By CHARLES AUGUSTUS BRIaGs. D.. d..
tSoribners). This book Ia an expansion and
= REVISION OF a emaller volume published
IN 1903 under tho name Of biblical
Study. It's Principles. Methods and His
tory" The material Of that treatise has
been made the nucleus OF much new
data. 90 that the book before us has
grown TO be fully twice the size ~ the original
work. The chapter on the canon. for example,
has been expanded into two chapters and the
chapter on tho text into four. The treatment
OF Scripture considered as literature has been
greatly enlarged and several chapters are de-
voted 70 a study Of the Bible regarded as his
tory. Two chapters are added which deal
with particularly interesting questions, one on
the credibility and the other on the truthful
ness OF Scripture. With theihelp Of the author
We shall here endeavor to indicate alike the
alleged achievements and the limitations Of
The higher criticism to show what II processes
10 have pulled down on the one hand and what
u claims on the other. to have left intact.
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VII.

The first TO suffer In the United States for
accepting some OF the conclusions OF the higher
criticism was @. H, Toy. who was Professor OF
Old Testament Interpretation in the Baptist
Theological School at G~reenville, s. C, In
1875 he was forced to resign because OF his
views as to Biblical criticism. but. in the fol-
owing year. he was called to the chair OF Pro-
lessor OF Hebrew at Harvard University, where
he still remains. More recently charges were
brought against DR., Charles A. Briggs, Profess
sor OF Biblical Theology in the Union Theo-
logical Seminary in the city OF New York and
the author OF the book before us. He was
tried by the Presbytery Of New York, on the
ground OF teaching that Moses is not the au-
thor OF the Pentateuch. and that Isaiah IL not
the author OF part OF the book that bears his
name" The Presbytery Of New York acquitted
him on the plea that these opinions did
not conflict with Holy Scripture or the Vest
minister Confession Of Faith. subsequently
however. the General Assembly OF the Presby-
terrain Church OF the United States found him
guilty OF heresy in these particulars, as we'll
as in some others. and suspended him from the
ministry. The Presbyterian denomination In
the Urtted States thus committed itself to the
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liefs respecting matters OF fact. because the
premature and violent correction OF such
beliefs would have been more harmful to
His work than their undisturbed continue
ance would he. In this. MS in many
things. the correction OF erroneous opinions
might well he left to time. But this suRges
ton Is less satisfactory than the other hypothe-
sis" To insist, in n word. that the use OF a
name must always in the New Testament in
dictate authorship is to go in the face OF literary
usage at all times. and against the usage Of the
New Testament itself in the case OF Samuel
and David. and. therefore. probably in other
cases also. such as Moses and Isaiah.
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tits acknowledged by meteorologists that, even
with the finest thermometers. IT is very difficult 10
get accurate records of extreme temperature,
and on this account such observations in general are
to be regarded as only approximately correct. In
this light, therefore. It lie amAtter OF interest to kn-V
that the lowest temperature on the face ot the earth.
so far as the record goes, was taken at werchcjanss.
in the interior Of Siberia, Jan. is. 1888. viz, 10
degrees and a fraction below zero; this place is in the
latitude of the pole OF cold where the earth is frozen
to the depth Of about one hundred feet. and In the
warmest season 1t never thAws. The lowest temper
ature on record in the United States is "a dC
grees below zero. viz. at Tobacco Garden, Y D.
Greedy. the Arctic explorer, recorded eo degrees
below zero OF Fort ConRer. on Lady Franklin BIy.
ON another occasion, in the Maricopa desert OF An.
IONA. his Thermometer in the shade ran up to ia do
grees above. The highest temperature recorded 10
124 degrees and = fraction. taken in Algeria July II,
1879. A lucifer match dropped upon the burning
sands OF Sahara will catch nre.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19
Brigadier General Fred f funston
THE GREATEST HERO OF THE WAR
Amonu Is
merv Colonel of
THE GREATEST HERO OF THE WAR

Cen. Funston, our latest American
hero. seems to have been dare devil
from tue first and not only do the JUDI
liant Kansas papers TEEN with tales of
his boy hood prapks but the America
press, east, west, north ana south,
RINGS with accounts OF his daring.
From Alaska to Cuba he has wander
ed in search of adventure and there
needs no genius of Kiplipg or Steven
son to make q thrilling tale of his
bravery. ,
The Philade lphis Inquirer thus tells
of his latest triumph: Col. Fred Fun
ston. of the Kansas volunteers,is little,
only five fest high. Sheridan was lit
tie. So WAS Bopaparte. He is red
heao ed. end all his life he has been
doing daring things. Once he made n
Journey of ], 500 miles down the Yukon
river 10 canoe and escaped with his
life by one miracle after another.
Miracles seem to preserve the lives Of
the few men who act as If they despis-
ed death. For nearly two years he
ed twice aud crushed by his horse, he
fell into the hands of the Spaniai ds.
On the outbreak of the war between
this country and Spain be was appoint
ed cOlodel of the Kansas reglm-ni.
Three times now Colonel Funston
has swum across rivers in the Philip
pines 10 the face of the Insurgents fire.
The third time was q short time ago.
when he sw sm the Rio Gr' nde river,
with one cod of a long rope between his
teetn, holding his revolver with one
hand above the wafer, and swimming
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

indigestion, which, added to the ma
laria and the effects OF his wounds, left
him in very bad condition when he
landed here. For three weeks he was
in q hospital and when he came out he
weighed but 80 pounds.
Shortly after he had recovered his
normal health and energy the war with
Spain broke out and be offered his SER
vices. An opportunity was given him
to go on Gen. Miles's staff, but he chose
rather to accept the command of the
Twentieth Kansas, after he had failed
of recognition in his project to raise
regiment of rough riders. On his way
to the Philippines there was long
wait in San Francisco. where Col.
Funston met, wooed and married
young music teacher, all in two weeks,
and she accompanied him to Manila.
In the fighting before Malolos last
month he found himself with part of
his command on one side of the muddy
Marilao river aud force of Filipinos
on the other side, who had good posi-
ton and were CALLING our troops by
their constant fire. Calling for volun-
teers who could swim, Col. Funston
selected twenty men, tolG them to fol-
low him, and, holding his revolver up,
swan the stream. The men put their
guns on logs aud followed, pushing the
logs. On the other side the little force
charged and captured eighty Filipinos.
He was the first man to enter Malolos
after the capture.
To creep acrossa half destroyed
bridge spanning q hundred yard
steam, with only five companions. slide
down one of it's piers where the enemy
had cut away the Orders and swim
ashore in the face OF a deadly fire is an
achievement it would be difficult to ex-
Gel in the annals of recent warfare, says
the Providence Journal. The advance
of the Americans to this point, it
should be remem bered, had been ac-
complished under distressing cOndi-
tions. They had fought their way
through q dense jungle to q space In
front of the river which the insurgents
bad cleared fof underground. Across
this open tract they had to push on to
the river directly in range of the Fill
Pine forces entrenched on the farther
side of the stream and at considerable
altitude from the water.
The American troops-volunteers
from our western states-pushedp pluck
lily over the open space in front OF the
river, and then q csll for a handful OF
men was made to force q passage OF the
stream. Colonel Funston himself led
the little band, while the main body of
troops protected them as much as pos
sible with fusilade. Across the iron
Orders the six men crawled, down the
last caisson they let themselves, and
from that point they "swam few
yards to the shore and crawled up the
bank, the little colonel leading the
way to the trenches, revolver in hand,
while the few remaining Filipinos
bolted."
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

OTl6Hy.
Il was tired of the rotten politics
and tired OF the rotten town and tired
of the rotten sheet and ready to go,
anyway; so 1 thought I might just as
we'll wake the place up and let 'em
know l was alive before 1 left"
Another: Funston was out of job.
He drifted iuto the railroad business
aod became conductor on the Santa
Fe line. One day a cowboy full of
rum became ram geous in his car and
lying down on his back In the aisle
began to shoot holes in the ceiling.
The little conductor kicked the re-
volver out of his band, ysnked him
along the aisle and threw him off the
hack platform. The cowboy got up
and hurled piece of ballast, which
broke An end window, then started and
ran down the track. with Funston in
hot p rsuit flinging ballast as he ran,
until the fugitive distanced him. He
got back 10 his train, sweating and
Dreathless and half an hour had been
dropped on the schedule. The sup
erintendent made inquiry about it and
the conductor explained.
1T WAS all right to throw him off. ="
said the superintendent, ''but what did
you go and chase him for?"
81 suppose 1 was mad" said Funs.
ton. "Wonldn't you be mad if q man
threw a rock through your Window
"Probably: but don't do it again, u
said the superintendent.
A friend got for him the Office of g
Job to hunt botanical specimens in
Alaska for the agricultural depart
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19
RQIGADIER GENERAL FRED FRNSTON.

with the other hand. The Filipinos on
the opposite bluff fred at him steadily,
but m ed their target The Kansas
man with one SOL Ter who bad accom-
panied him, then pulled raft bearing
ten soldiers across the stream, and they
in their turn Bulled other load+d rats
TO the iusurgent side. Colonel Funston
then led charge upon the insurgents
flank, aud the Filipinos fed from their
stronghold, VIII CHI they had believed
inaccessible, and ssraightwsy asked tor
&c armistice.
Funston. though a good Kansan, was
born in Ohio in 1866, but WAS taken 10
Kansas soon after. He Is a son OF
s.Fogh orn" Funston, a farmer, at one
time @ ,ngressman from the Sunnower
state.
William Henry White, the writer OF
Jolly Kansas stories, and an OLD &C
ouaintance of FunstOn's, tells OF his
early life: HE is not afraid of any
thing that can walk. One; the towns
bad COON tried TO run over Funston.
The darky weighed pretty nearly 2OO
pounds, aud was '+crapper' with
razor record. Furston WAS Eve feet
three and weighed about Dipety-hve.
He .blutfed' the colored brother to q
'ssandstill' and went for q warrant aud
marched the boss bully through the
main streets of Lawrence at the point
of gun"
The New York Suns stories are OF
similar tenor; in1S87 Funston became
CITY editor of the Fort Smith Tribune,
q stanch upholder of the local dem
ocracy A few days before the election
the editor-in-chief went away, leaving
the paper in FunstOn's hauds. He had
been getting pretty weary OF the dem
ocrats, and his first act when he was
put II control was to write an editorial
stating his opinions with degree OF
frankpess which left no room for mis-
understanding This engaging open
miudedness did not appeal to the
worthy democrats of Fort Scott, who
set about showing the young editor the
error of his ways by burning down
the Tribune building. Funston gather
ed his staff about him and prepared to
defend the place, but the editor-in
chief hastily returned in answer to ur-
gent telegraphic summons from his
friends and apDeased the wrath of the
demncra by a hastv issue, explaining
edi,orisliy what bad happened. Nat
urally, young Funston did not retain
his lob. There WAS talk of tarring and
featnering him before he could gel
away from town, but he oidr't evince
any haste in leaving. Instead be wand
cred around the place with his ncse il
the sir, looking for some OF the alleged
ringleaders in the proposed scheme.
When friend asked him why he hat
thrown away his situation by PRINTING
such an editorial, the young man sal'
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

meDt.
That's ell right" said the young
man, but as my botanical knowledge
doesn't extend much further than
knowing violet from a sunfower.
don't think I'd be u valuable collec-
tor
Nevertheless the prospect was so al
Turing that he set to work to learn
practical botany, and in 1892 was in
Alaska. He went over ChilkoOt Pass
in late blizzard, struck for the 1nte-
ri"r, reached the spot where Dawson
City now is, aud started down the Yu-
kOn alone in canoe which he mad
built. His canoe was caught in rapids,
split on rock, and that would have
been the end of Fred Fnnston. but for
missionary who CHANGED to be going
along with some Indians who saved
him. That winter he spent with In
dians, hunting and exploring, and
when he returned it was with store
of highly comprehensive and valuable
botanical material. His one criticism
of Alaska was that it was a magnificent
country but pretty lonely.
His next venture was in Cuba. Co
mez gave him commission, and be
became second in command OF artillery
, unde Osgood, the famous Cornell foot
| ball half back. He,,made record for
bravery at Guimaro, in October 1896,
where his chief was killed, and he took
! command. At the head of his artillery
| men and with dynamite bomb in his
| haud he charged the Spanish works, IN
| the assault which terminated in their
| surrender. At Bayamo he became a
| cavalry officer temporarily, because
| there was more for cavalry than for
| artillery to do there, and was shot
| three times, but such was his en-
durance and physique that he was
ready for more fighting in short
time. At Las Tunas he managed the
| Cuban dynamite guns which wrought
such havoc among the Spanish troops,
and was again wounded. At the same
time his horse was shot and fell upon
him badly injuring his hips. Wound
| ed as he was he hobbled to headquar.
tiers on lie arning that fifty prisoners,
guerrillas who fought on the Spanish
side. were to be executed, and begged
for their lives. The petition was re-
| fused.
| Enraged at the barbarity of the Gu.
bans, Funston swore that he would
never strike another blow in a cause
| that permitted such an outrage, and
! thereupon resigned his commission
having fought in twenty-five battles
With letter from Gen. Garcia order
lug transportation to this country fol-
him, he went to the coast and fell IL
with q plumber of Spsniards. AS i
didn't seem advisable to be found will
papers signed by Garcia upon him
Funston ate the letter. 1t gave bin
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19

Fresh eggs, two dozen for twenty-five
cents at the Ell Paso Grocery.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-19
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The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-12-28
BACK WITH FEVER
David Hing, Inc Dawson News
 Lad, Returns m.

David Ring, the Dawson City newsboy, who passed through the city some time ago on his way to the Klondike capital from a triumph tour of the coast as agent for a special edition of a Dawson paper, fell i'll with fever while on Lake Bennett, and was brought to Skagway yes terday and taken to the railroad hospital.
 The Rev. J. A. Sinclair. pastor of the Bennett Presbyterian church, brought Ring 10 the civ and saw him to the hospital. Ring has but one leg and at no time Is he rugged, SO the extraordinary pluck he ex- hibi,ed in undertaking the long winter trip to Dawson was a topic of considerable in- terest locally. However, Ring had nc fears and considered the trip among the least of his troubles. He had crossed the trail during the rush and made his way into Dawson. Ring Is hopeful, and al though weak and emaciated, is still plan ming new schemes.
 He and his companion had eamped Sew eral miles below Bennett City to walt fol the lake 10 freeze, and while there he be- came i'll. The other man has gone on tt Dawson with the team and stock of pa pers with which they started.