The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-22
SEARCHES WORLD
LOOKING FOR AN
EIGHTH BIBLE
Professor Sumter of WycIiffe
College. Toronto, Returns.
From Asia Where He Has,
Beenln Quest of Such a Book

Robert S. Sumter, M. A., of the facul-
ty of Wyc1iffe college, Toronto, a co.
worker of the famous Goodwin Smith,
Toronto, Ontario, is in town and stop
ping at the Metropolitan hotel. He has
just arrived from Manila, p. l.. where
he was engaged in Biblical researches,
and prior to his visit to the islands he
was engaged in the same work in India,
China, Persia, Arabia and certain por-
lions Of Asia Minor. In all, his ex-
plorations have taken him almost four
years, and his anxiety to get home to
Toronto and see his family is easily
Imagined. When seen last night by
I h e G. o b e Prof. Sumter said:
1T has long been thought that there
is in existence the proof that an eighth
Bible existed, or maybe still exists;
and 1t was In this connection that L
visited Asia and the Philippines. You
know there are seven Bibles, of which
tnEre are complete specimens extant.
They are the Koran, of the Mohamme='
dams; the Tri Pixies, of the Buddhists;
the Five Kings, of the Chinese; the
Three Vedas, of the Hindoos; the
Zenda Vesta, and Jewish and Christian
Scriptures. .,n
Il greatly doubt If there is a more
absorbing pursuit in the world than
the search for Biblical lore. Men have
been known to brave dangers that 9TH
without moments thought /, myself,
nave gone through places and faced
conditions that make me shudder. now
that look back upon them.
Tell you something about what I have
found! Well. to tell the truth, 1 found
very. little; and what 1 did find is for.
publication by my publishers. so that to
ten you ANYTHING would not be very fair
willing to talk about these scriptures for for
there are many matters of which / can
speak, and matters, too, that may be of
interest to your readers.
Koran the Most Modern Work.
:, For instance. it will be interesting for
fhoran Is the most recent work, dating
from the seventh century after Christ.
In construction it is the least original,
t pe!ng put a compound Of quotations from
and the Talmud. The Tri Pitikes con-
TAN Suoilme morals and pure aspirations,
and their author lived and died in the
sixth century before Christ.
, 1T may also be interesting to know
that the sacred writings of the Chinese.
f called the Five Kings, cannot be traced
Jury before our era. In this connection
the word kings means a web of cloth,
from IRON the fact that they, were originally
life. ~
THE Vedas are the most ancient books
AZ loAi5udS0 VI the f1lUOOOSs DuC,s ac-
cording to late commenta1aa&Atla,sno not an =
tedate the twelfth century before the
Christian era --s-----
1.-The Zenda Vesta of the Persians IS
reckoned among scholars as being next
to the Christian scriptures, the greatest
and most learned of all sacred writings
Here again the twelfth century before
Christ. which must have been very pro-
life Of great and brainy men, comes into
prominent notice. for it was in this cen
fury that Zoroaster, whose sayings the
ZHnNa VPSt9 contains 1ivnd
The Eddas, semi sacred work Of the
scandinavian peoples. was first given to
the world IN the fourteenth century after
Christ. .r7s5.as--,4.1.. - -
Moses, who wrote the Pentateuch
lived 1900 years before the birth of
Christ. and this proves that that portion
OF the old testament is at least 800 years
older than the most ancient Of all other
sacred writings"