The Washington herald., 1907-06-02
A LAY SERMON.
BY a LAYMAN.

BY a LAYMAN.
The Bible is defined as "The sacred vol
ume. which contains the revelations of
God-the Scriptures OF the Old and New
Testaments"
/ do not think any man or woman well
educated who is ignorant Of the Bible.
1t has thoroughly interviewer itself
with our daily speech. and we are con
tinually using scriptural words. phrases,
and Illustrations without being the least
conscious Of it," says the Charleston
News and Courier. This IS quite true.
The main part of our legal structure is
founded on the Bible. hence lawyers
should be familiar with it. The best Of
English literature cannot be read intelli-
gently without familiarity with the Bible.
How could one appreciate Milton or
Shakespeare, or even Byron. or. i'm fact
any Of the great English poets, unless fa-
milar with the Scriptural imagery of the
Bible?
In the many prints Of the Bible typo
graphical and other errors have been
made, which have given distinctive names
10 certain editions. What is called the
'Breeches Bible" gets It's name from the
print of Genesis. iH.7, which Is as fol
lows. "Then the else of both of them We're
opened, and they knew that they were
naked, and they sewed hgge tree leaves
together and made themselves breeches.'
The Bible known as the bug Bible
derives its name from the following
Psalm Xci.5 80 that thou shalt not Hede
20 be afraid for any hugges. by night or
for the arrow that flyeth by day This
Bible was printed Iu London. In lJ5i. The
''Ireacle Bible derives its name from
tie following. printed in IT, in jeremiah.
Yh,2-. Is there uo treacle az Giead; rs
there no physician there2' The "CoycD-
dale Bible, Of 1886, has the same verse
rendered thus. rs there uo rosin in
GiIead2 Is there no physician tbere?'
Rosiu and turpentine are good modern
remedies. This reading gave name to
the first dual Bible printed in l5a
The word translated treacle was trans
lated In other editions. ros.n, trpenuue,
and lastly. balm
What is known as the "Place-Makers'
Biblo' was SO called from the verse. Mat
thew. v.9: Blessed are the ulace-malcrs.
for they shall be called the children Of
God. This misprut occurred in tho
Geneva Bible" iu its second edition. in
l5fl Perhaps some Of our modern poll
ucians would like this word 20 remain.
The Vinegar Bible" is so called from the
heading. "The Parable of the Vinegar Dr.
instead OF The Parable of the Vineyard"
duke. XXI
The Wicked Bible" gets its name from
the leaving 0Ut of the negative in the
Seventh Commandment This edition was
printed in 1884, and the printer was fined
. $500 for his negligence.
The Prosecuting Printers Bible gets
/ its name from a verse psalm. cv.x.Ifu
+ thus rendered: Printers have rerserGted
me without % cause For printers
read princes"
The Ears % Ear Bible" had this mis-
. print Matthew. xiH.@: "Who bath ears
. 90 ear Iet him hear" THE standing
Fishes Bible" has this .Ezek. xvitlm.
And IT, shall come 20 pass that tha fishes
shall stand upon t." For fishes read
fishermen.
The Idle Shenherl Bible" should have
had idol instead of idle. The "U.seha-ea
. Bible gives from ! Timothy. v.g. OF dis
charge thee before God Tho .disr
should have been omitted.
The "Wlf- HataU Bible gives Luke.
N.y.21. thus. "If any man come t0 me and
hate not hie father Yea and his
own wife also" This reading NAV be
found iu "a Bible printed no oxford iu 1Vu
What is known as "Raheka.s CameIs BIZ
bIa' has this Genesis. NNiv.fH. And Re
hgka arose and her glImaIs." instead OF
cher d8msels" The Religious Bible" is
$50 called from Jeremiah Iv.T. Because
she hath been religious against ue seiata
The Lord For religious read r.aeu.oas.
There are ether editions of the Bible
containing errors which have received G.s-
rret.va names. but cit ls only because
the Bible i- SD pure and So holy thatrh,=a
ineoHgruites and mistakes are noticed
They resemble spots on the sun. which a1
not impede either the SUMS 'iEht or heat. -'
A copy of the BreaeIes Bible has been
found iD Manchester. England bearing
two uf Shakespeare autographs This
Is dated 1913 II was sent Co the Brit
tsh Museum. Some years ago Mr. john J.
Garden. of Prospect Va. had i'm his pos
session a large Huguen0t Bible printed
iu lfl- It's preface was written Hy John
Calvin. The entire Psalms of David are
/ i'm metrical French. and an set t0>musfr.
The Commandments and Songs Of Simeon
are also metricaIly arranged. and set TO
music
In these DAYS. when persons who aim 90
he considered intelligent and wau-read
form classes for the study. Of every author
of reputation. might it not be well for
them now and then 70 organize classes
for the study of the Bih.e2 ktaey would
devote as much tine in trying o. under
stand 1t as they devote 90 Browning or to
Ihseu. or I'm trying 20 solve the question
OF Hamlet's sanity. or any of these mod
ern riddles of literature they would adj
vance their education far more. and. i'm
C-dontalIy, improve their minds i'm the
knowledge Of those things which belong
TO their eternal peace.
Learning the Arts of Peace.
From tfe san Francisco Chronicle
There is no better preparation for good