New-York tribune., 1907-12-31
FIND SAYING OF CHRIST
OTHER ANCIENT BOOKS.
Lost to the World for Is Centuries
Ozrned by Detroit Man.

Chicago Dec so-a new saying of Christ. lost
to the world for thirteen centuries and found IN
Egypt was given TO the world for the first time To-
day by Professor Henry A Sanders. Of the Uni
versity of Michigan addressing the members OF the
Archaeological Institutes. in session at the Uni
versity of Chicago. The fragment IS part OF an oiu
Bible dating back TO the Moslem conquest of Egypt.
and on it's face is authentic as 10 disarm hos'ie
criticism.
The long lost fragment belongs in the sixteenth
cbapter of the GOSPEL Of St Mark, and follows the
fourteenth verse 1t relates the story of Chrsts
appearance following his death, to eleven OF n1s
apostles in Jerusalem
With the verse in the Bible reacs
St Mark 1614a: And thew answered saving that
this age OF unrghteousness and unoeiie1 Is I 9hues
the power Of Satan. who does not permit tne til8 %
which made impure BY the svD spirits For TO c9 f
reason, reveal thy righteousness now they s SAG 10
the years of the power of Satan has been fulfilled,
but other terrible things are at hand. and wa
in order that they may return to the truth and sin
no oIf To 1tretibIe ef eH glory Of righteousness
which is IN heaven.
In discussing the new verse. Professor Sanders
said:
This newly discovered paragraph was known TO
ST. Jerome and the first few lines of It are cited
in Latin translations It has long been maintained
that verses s to 20 of the 18th Chapter OF
Mark were additions to the Gospel Dor
rowed from some other unknown Gospel near
the end of the second century iiuS ho" .A'hiAN
script probably presents the original form OF tha'
part OF the lost Gospel which. mutilated. was
added to Mark. The reason for the omission is
quite apparent the new verse contains the STATE
n1ent that the destruction OF sin IN the "oro Is
at hand
This idea is found In the Epistles Of Peter and
Paul. but the four gospels do not have it. and It
is avoided by the later Church writer's
Professor Sanders declared that the new found
manuscript also contains what is known as the ht-
urgicsl ending of the Lords Prayer
The text found. he said. by Charles L. freer
OF Detroit who travelling in Egypt and search
ing for additions to his art collection
Detroit Dec 3O-Charles T.. Freer, of Detroit
art collector, student. traveller. has IN his posses
sion unopened volumes which will constitute
great addition to Biblical lore The vehuHi pase''
buried for centuries, are being transiateo as ray
idly as possible by Professor Sanders
The story OF their discovery is still unknown 10
the world, and will be made public only When INC
results of Professor sanderss researches are pub
lished, which may be two or three years hence
The fragile leaves were bound IN book form
Opsnng them and Joining the bro-ten fragments
is delicate task Allaof his spare time Tor nearly
a year has been spent by Professor Sanders az
MI Freer's home, putting together the DTS OF
veum and reading the inscriptions. din1ned ny
burial in Egyptian sands for more than thousand
years After the leaves are cautiously prieo apart
they are placed between sheets Of glass and pho-
tographed
The covers of one of the books bear the portraits
of the four apostles, Matthew, Mark Luxe anu
John.
Mr. Freers manuscripts the first bearing so
directly on the history OF Chrsts life 10 be brought
to this country. They antedate by several centu-
ras many OF the writings used in the present
Scriptures
Professor Sanders's revelation OF the newly dls
covered quotation from Christ Is the first pub
Iished intiuat;on Of tho finding OF the manuscript
Speaking of these discoveries, Nh Freer said-
The fragments OF hundreds OF pages or manu-
script written in Greek on vellum. are locked IN
NV vault Their significance and posi- sibtlities are
lirnitless Their effect the Christian religion
cannot estimated .
The made public before the Arcnsoiogieali
Institute in Chicago is only very small part OF
the contents of the books Professor Sanders has
i,Ist started his Investigations. and what VIII De
brought forth is beyond conjecture