The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-29

revelations II Cod shs scriptures
Of sh- old and S.- Tossameais
do net shias ans ssan or ~ofnaa
well .aaeas.i ~ho IL lgnpraat ~ th~
! aihle
IT has thoroughly sntegsosen IT.
self ~ith oar daily speech and ~e
are continually using srrip,aral
~ofds. phrases aus Illustrations
1ithou, being The lesat ron@stosis Of
A." says thu Charleston >e~s and
Courier. This IL quite true
The usain part II our legal stfuc-
tur. In founded 90 the bible. hence
lawyers should be familiar With II.
The best ot English literature can
Rot be read in,oiIigently without
familiarity with the bible. How
could one appreciate Milton or
Shakespeare. or even Byron. or. In
fact. any Of the great English poets,
~nnless familiar with th. serlp'nral
imagery of the blhl.F
| In tn. many prints 81 the bible ~
biographical and other errors have
been made. which have given distine'
tive names IL certain editions. What
Is called the Brooches Bible" gets
its name from the print OF Genesis,
Iii Z. which is as follows. Then th.
else OF both OF them were opened
and they knew that they were naked.
and they sewed figge tree leaves to-
gether and made themselves breeeh-
es."
The bible known as the Bug Bi-
Bile" derives It's name from the fol-
lowing. Psalm xci 3: so that thou
shalt not nede to be afraid for any
bugges. by night or for the arrow
that flyeth by day" This bible was
printed in London, in 1861. The
"Treacle Bible" derives its name
from the following. printed in II, in
jeremiah, vii 20: lis there no ire
acle at Gilead; is there no physician
there?" The "Covendale Bible OF
Iob' mas thS ~ &C ta
thus: lis there no rosin in Gilead?
Is there no physician there?' Rosin
and ~turpentine are good modern
This reading gave a name
to the first Dual Bible" printed in
1903. The word translated treacle
was translated in other editions,
turr,nnfinn an3 lnaflV In1y,
What is known as the place
Makers Bible" was so called from
the verse, Matthew, We: blessed
are the place-makers, for they shall
be called the children of God" This
misprint occurred in the Geneva
Bible" in its second edition, in 1861.
clans would like this word to remain.
The Vinegar Bible is Sc called
from the heading, The Parable of
the Vinegar" instead of The Para
disc of the Vineyard" duke, XXX.
The Wicked Bible" gets its
name from the leaving out of the
negative in the Seventh Command
ment. This edition was printed il
1881, and the printer was finet
5000 pounds for his negligence.
The Prosecuting Printers Bible
gets its name from a verse psalm
icxix:16D thus rendered Printer
have prosecuted me without
.,,u., - To- t,rfntapct rood Atnrtn
ces."
The Ears to Ear Bible had thi
misprint Matthew. xviii 43) "Wh
hath ears to ear, let him hear TIL
Standing Fishes Bible has thi
CEzek, xvii: 10) And it shall com
!, to pass hal the fishes shall stan
upon it," For fishes read fishermen
The Discharge Bible" gives froI
Timothy. vel: Discharge the
before God. The dis" should hay
been omitted.
The wife Halter Bible give
. Luke. xiv %. thus: II any ma
come to me and hate not his faths
Yea and his own wife also.
. This reading may be found In a b
BILE printed at oxford In 1910 Wh'
Is known as 'Ecbeka Cancels Is
BILE has fhis lGeuesis, Nxtv.Gl
And Hcbeka arose and her Camels
4 INSTEAD 1T her damseis The n
IIEiuus UlhI, Us SCI called from Ser
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