The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15
Valuable Papyrf, Buried Since the
Second Century, Uncarthed 100
Miles South of Cairo.
PRESENT GOSPEL NOT CORRECT
NEW DOCUMENTS SHOW mac
CURACIEs IN THE TEXT.
Genufneness OF the Papyri Not Ques-
tiOned-An Begin with the Words,
"Jesus Saith"

LONDON, Nov. 14-Many hitherto I'M
known sayings of Jesus Christ have been
discovered in Egypt by archaeologists who
have dug up papyri buried since the second
century. 100 miles south Of Cairo. DR.. Ber-
nard p. Grenfell, who has been engaged
in Egyptian excavations since 1894, at the
general meeting OF the Egypt exploration
fund here yesterday, gave the following
details:
Accompanied by Dr. Hunt, DR.. Grenfell
found a rich tolemaic metropolis at FL
Hibeh. The bulk of the documents from
one mound consisted of a collection of say
ings of Jesus. They are all introduced with
the words: "Jesus SAITH" and for the most
part are new. The ends of the lines, I'M
fortunately. are often obliterated. Appar-
emily all the sayings were addressed to St.
Thomas. One of the most remarkable is:
Let not him that seeketh cease from his
search until he find. and when he finds he
shall wonder; wondering he shall reach the
kingdom. 1. e.. the kingdom of heaven. and
when he reaches the kingdom he shall
have rest"
DR.. Grenfell remarked that enormous
interest would be aroused by the discov-
cries. on account of the variati ons they
disclosed from accepted texts One variant
of the mystical saying. recorded In ST.
Luke, ''the kingdom of God is within you
was of great value as the saying in the
papyrus appeared in quite different sur
roundings from those attributed to it by
the evangelist and extended far into an
other region. According to DR.. Grenfell
these sayings formed the new gospel which
is additionally associated with St. Thomas.
An interesting variation OF the gospel
according to st. Luke. eleventh chapter and
f1fty-second verse C'woe unto you, law
yers. For ye have taken away the key
of knowledge; We entered not in yourselves
and them that were entering in ye hin
deredO reads in the papyrus: "Ye have
hidden the key OF knowledge, We entered
not yourselves and to them that were en-
tering in ye did not open'
Another fragment contained discourse
of Christ, closely related to passages of
the Sermon on the Mount. and n CONVEX
sation between Christ and his disciples, in
which Christ answers a question as to
when His kingdom will be realized saying
when we return to the state of innocence
which existed before the fall"
valuable find was made in papyri.
written in Latin. giving the text of the
epistle to the Hebrews and epitome OF
Livy's six lost books. This with other
papyri covering the period 150-137 B. c.,
threw much new and valuable information
on the history of the world and marked
the recovery of hitherto lost classical lit
erature of Egypt.
quaint instance of business methods
in vogue in 137 A. ID. is shown in the dis
covery of an amusing contract whereby a
slave boy was to be taught shorthand for
40 drachmae. The payment was arranged
on a thoroughly business-like basis, 4C
drachmae down, 40 on satisfactory evidence
of progress and 40 on the attainment OF
proficiency.