The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-05

! q IUL1O ISI a 4LLlnS DLI1dl pldSS OS piO-
vided for him by those members OF the
church who have seDlchres.
''If any one desires that his body be
| treated with aromatics and unguents let
| it be done by the deacons in presence of
the priest.
IF the church has its own cemetery
and there is caretaker there, the bishop
should pay the necessary cost out of the
offerings Of the church. so that there
may be no expense entailed upon those
who go there
OF equal interest is the ordinance in
regard to daily devouons Prayers. -
says the viii, may be Maid either in the
| church or at home, and they should De
said in the third hour, since that was
the hour of the crusifxon, and IN the
sixth hour, since during that hour the
earth was covered with darkness when
the Saviour died, and in the ninth hour
in memory of the divine miracle of blood
and water. Prayers should also be said
in the evening, since then is the dawn
of new day. and at midnight, in mem
DRY Of the resurrection, and at daybreak.
since the rearisen Christ praised the
Lord at that hour"
The chapter in the win which treats of
sacrifices, reads like a chapter Of the
Pentateuch, so quaint and primitive is
its phraseology and so similar in many
respects are its rules to those in use
under the Mosaic law. Sacrifices. says
the will, are 10 be offered on the SAb6ath.
The bishop on that day is to offer three
loaves as a symbol Of the Trinity, and
on the following day, Sunday, he is to
off
represent in this manner the four evan
gelists. When the ceremony begins the
veil OF the sanctuary is to be opened and
Is 70 remain upon while the bishop offers
the bread 10 the priests, deacons, sub
deacons, widows, deaconeeses and other
privileged members of the church
The loaves are to remain or the altar
and first the bishop is to place his hands
on them and then the priests, the con-
gregation meanwhile observing a great
silence, which is only to be broken by the
words of the deacon saying the procla-
mats super Euchartsdam, which in Latin
reads: in coelum corda vestra-Si quis
odium contra proximum habet, recon
ciIietur," &c. cliff up your hearts 10
heaven If any one among you bears
hatred toward mis- neighbor, let him be
reconcned with him. &c
Among European archaeoIogists and
Biblical scholars the news of the Patri-
archs discovery has aroused intense in
terest, and several among them, includ-
ing Professor Funk, OF Tubingen; Pro-
fessor Bickell, of Vienna: Professor
Duchesne director Of the French School
at Rome, and Professor Marcchi. also of
Rome have thoroughly examined the
work and have written their views in re-
gard 10 it The document has also been
critically examined by Professor Ian
ciani, the distinguished italian archaeol-
ogist, whose opinion on a matter Of this
kind is of exceptional value since years
of training and Of assidious research en-
able him to speak with authority. AS to
his views and those of the other arch
aeologists IT need only be said that while
they do not agree as TO the exact age
or authorship of the document as whole !
the sentiment among them is unanimous
that the discovery is one Of great i'm |
portance.
That Jesus dictated certain portions Of |
this so-calIed will is believed by some |
to be very probable, if not actually |
proven.
In this connection il should be noted /
that the word testament or will ap-
pears not only at the beginning, where It /
occurs in the following passage, which
Latin: ''Modo nostis omnia quae sum
Tobis ioctus dunn vobiscum enem ct in |
DO quoque testcamento quod sum ira
let's gentIbus volntas PATHS mel adm
orilfbiter."
At the present time the matter rests
thus: All attafnable evidence goes TO
show that this document was written in
very early times, that a large portion
Il IL is devoted 10 the elucidation Of
Christian truths and doctrines, which are
entirely in harmony with the works of
Christ as set forth in the Gospels, and
hat the existence Of such a lost viii
" testament is quite in accordance with
IN old tradition, which says that Christ
rave many instructions to His apostles
before He finally assembled 10 heaven.
Professor Marcchi states the case
,iearly when he says: I'VE gladly rec
,gnize the fact that the testamentum is
# great antiquity, even though we are
lnable to admit that il is an organic
whole. or that II was compiled by one
uthor at one time. There seem TO be a
CIV discrepancies in it. and hence it
nay be that it was written by different
ensons and subsequently compiled into
the work In any case, however. it IS a
most important contribution to the study
t ancient Christian literature as well
S to that of Christian antiquities. and
therefore, its discovery at this time should
q welcomed by all who are interested
I these subjects"