Arizona republican., 1902-06-09
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 THOMAS JEFFEESCN's BIBLE.

Best ice cream, choicest fruits. AIiilers.
 THOMAS JEFFEEsCN's BIBLE.
 Representative IIeatwole chairman of the house committee on printing was asked yesterday the nature of the publication known as the Morals of Jesus of Nazareth prepared Dy Thomas Jefferson. which congress has recently ordered printed. He was also asked why congress should be called on to have the work printed. h an- swer to tine inquiry. MT. HeatWole said:
 A great many years ago congress purchased all O. the books and manu- scripts Of MT. Jefferson and placed them in the library of congress. and congress has attempted the publication of ali of the works of Mir. Jefferson. complete. This little volume was not published at the time of the author ized printing of Mir Jefferson's works by. congress; it was. not then il the col lection. This book had been retained by Miss Randolph. who is at present living at CT nelr Charlottesville. Va, and she now has in her possession the four original COT as of the Bibles from VI book. which ,xcited more or less discussion GuI g the last few days, was sold to co gress by Miss Randolph and is now the L. tionaI museum, where it is l--pt as a curiosity.
 ] MT Jefferson has becl unjuStIY crit icized in regard 10 this e-ary book, and ] in justice t0 him it silU. II be made ! public. ReDreser -ative Lacey of Iowa. about q yes ago found this book unde. ! lock and ey in the national museum. and wrote q short article describing it. which was printed in many papers of 1 the country, and tl-e result is that ire quent requ -sts hay been made for the publication Gf the book. these requests coming la sel- from ministers of the gospel on ,'' Jne hand and people in terested i memory of Thomas Jef- ferson on T other hand. Accordingly MT. Lacey ltroduced a resolution in the house oviding for the publication of the W =. It was carefully consid- cred by house committee on print ing and ,vOrably reported. MT. Jel- ferson, in his late years. was in ire quent correspondence with John Ad- ans and in that correspondence Mir. Jefferson suggested the preparation Cf the morals of the Christian religion, cCllated verbatim from the four evan gelists. and in the most reVerenu spirit he has prepared this little book. Thr effect of it is most excellent. and is one of the most convincing proofs ci the Christian religion. He has pre- pared this little compendium in Greek Latin, French, and English. He has not used single syllable or punctua- ton mark that is not taken lii rally from the gospels. He has done it eu- tirely without any Words of his own
 No one that examines this littla vel Ume, whether he is saint or sinner. vii
 rise from his perusaI having a lofti-.
 idea of the teachings of the Savior.
 '-There is but one copY of the bCos
 in the world. and that belongs to con gress. The object of having it prirtej was to lay the beck open to the world
 where it, can do nothing but good
 There has heen some misapprehensin.
 in some quarters as to the scope of thi:
 work and any criticism upon this pub
 lication has been wholly upon misap
 prehension or lack of Knowledge c
 what the book really contains
 The preachers of the country ar, flooding Mir Lacey of Iowa with re , quests for a copy of Jefferson's Bible ; They ara writing me from every where" said tha IoWau yesterday. ." have ore request from Paris and an
 oth-r from as far west as Salt I-al1 City
 There isn't even semicolon in it explained MT. Lacey yesterday, "tha !, is not found in the Bible. The e.cus I for printing it now is that the govern . ment has printed all the works O
 Thcmas Jefferson. except this on5 ,. which was owned by private partie
 when the other books were repub
 fish cd"
 The government printing office wi
 not complete the work for some tin, yet.-Washingto Post.
 FINANtJAJ. EFFORT.