The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-06-21
THE JEFFERsoN BIB.E.
The Collection Which Congress
 is Abut to Publish.

Baltimore American.
 The Jefferson Bible. in few of the attitude of various denominations throughout the coup. try. ss reflected in Baltimore by the protest of the Methodist Episcopal preachers meet ing against It's publication by Congress. prom ises to become a subject of widespread inter est Whatever the final action of tho Senate. 9,ere 1me will be given n the pnbe through prvs. publishers in lithographic form. and there VII undoubtedly be great demand for one sss the most interesting of. what may be termed na-
 The title of the book is The Life and Nor als of Jesus of Nazareth" small volume compiled textually from the four gospels. The iiginal volume has GA pages Is bound m red morocco by a Richmond bookbinder. and Washington. but this one volume being in ex- istence. The volume was not included when Jefferson's library vas sold. but remained in quently sold 1t, to the. Government for S4oo The book is kept under lock and key. and Dr. Cyrus Adler Of the smahsSnisn. % ,S ,tinn. s h of Jefferson. except this have been published by Congress, and, the omission led to a search @ho S ass ss saSes Ser%s se s Sss sistant Librarian A R. sponord. Of the Con- gressional Library.
 clear mind appreciated the teachings of the founder of the Christian religion. He con. esivsd the idsa Of n sSndensns , 'hs Sone e Hg in which everything of supernatural character should be omitted. on the grounds that the
  would lose nothing by being separated f.om the miracles and wonders with which they are accompanied in the text of the Gospels to Charles Thompson:
 T. too. have made a little book from the same materials. which I call The Philisophy of Jesus It is a paradigma of his doctrines. made by cutting the texts out Of the DOCKS and arranging them on the pages of blank book in a certain order of time or subject A more beautiful orprecious moral of ethics have never seen - If had time would add to my little book the Creek Latin and
 On Oct. 3l. 1919. Jefferson wrote from Monticello to William Short of the same sub- ject. saying. however that he had no cppor- tunty to complete the book But with one foot in the grave" he concludes the letter. these now idle projects for me:"
 and reproduced it with great care The book is a duodecimo volume of eighty-tw3 douels onv S4 ss shouss sse on tss
 hand he pasted the clippings in two columns. first in Greek and then in Latin. On the right '' the English M 5 m in the he last % column. There are marginal notes in Jefferson's own handwriting. with table in front, giving the pages ana citing the chapters and verses from which the clippings are taken
 The scope of the book Is indicated by the title paFs which ns Is in JesTsoms saItwr.ns Extracted Textually from the Gospels in Greek Latin. French and English In sedition under which Jesus was tried. A map Of Judea is attached convenient for reference. and the whole bears evidence of the conpiier's care and characteristic eatness.
 He has omitted everything of a miracul -us nature and has confined his clippings tc the pure teachings Of Jesus. He has clipped from all of the Gospels using the verses which make the clearcst statement where the texts practically the same. but inserts texts from all of them. to include The entire teach ings of the Savior. The result Is unique. In a clear. lucid form. apart from all surround ings of the supernatural. appear the words and moral teachings of Christ.
 In the concluding verse of the work he takes John l9. 42 and Matthew 27, 50. and G m pines them. clipping out all the plain state ment of the burial. The result is as follows
 John Ie, 42-Thers laid they Jesus
 Matthew 27. 6o-s and rolied great stone to the door of the sepulchre and departed.
 So he leaves Jesus buried in the grave. with out making any reference whatever to the ''resurrection and the life"