The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1914-01-29


by making such charges they might
prejudice Protestants as we'll as Ro-
man Catholics against you. [ never
understood you as fighting organized
religion in general, nor do l see how
any intelligent man could SO under
stand it.
I wish to tell you some Of my ex-
perienc~s about religious matters
when / was q child.
| was attending a Sunday School
when about IA years of age and the
superintendent, Rev. J. A. Golden,
requested as many as would, to
memorize verses in the good old
book to recite in the Sunday School.
So it came about one day when I
had my verse memorized near enough
to recite. [ decided to look it up to
see if [ had it o. K, and To- [ got
hold Of the wrong Bible, for when l
turned to my chapter and verse,
there was not a word like I thought
it was. Now no one need not think
| did not look closely to see that I
had made no mistake, for my curl
osity was keyed to the highest pitch
to think I, child, had discovered a
mistake in Gods book. So l went
good Christian as ever lived, but of
course only knew about these things
as she had been taught by the
preachers, and the King James his
tory Of the translation, therefore she
told me that in the revision of the
Bible under the direction Of the
King, that such things as were
thought not to have been written by
DiUjnn II cDi1afioz1 Lea
SO | had gotten hold of one that had
not been revised. So I tried to be
satisfied with that but never could
exactly.
[ now have a Bible in my possess
sion which has been in the possession
Of one family; handed down from
father to son for over 125 years.
This old book has lot Of things in
it not found in our modern Bibles,
among which are some chapters
which were in the original book Of
Daniel, giving Daniels exposure of
: the old deceptive priests in obtaining
living for themselves and families
by deceiving the king into blieving
that the God they had made with
hands was living God, and eat 4 0
sheep and flour and wine enough to
So Will LI0 9U SuS0D. buC Wu0n
night came these old priests and
their families slipped in by a private
entrance known only to themselves
and took the rations which were put
there by order Of the King and used
them themselves. Now if any one
will read this narrative Of Daniel,
then read the balance Of the book Of
Daniel, they can see how it was that
those old priest deceivers were so
anxious to get rid of Daniel.
What puzzles me is, why this part
Of Daniel was left out of our modern
Bibles. 1t certainly was once a part
of it, as it is chaptered and versed
and referenced just like the balance
of it. Who left it out? and what was
tho object?
| want to give the devil his dues.
I am informed by a man who lives
neighbor to Roman Catholic that
they still cling to this old Bible
which has these old narratives in it,
If the Protestant clergy cut this
part out, what authority did they
have?
If they claim they were inspired
to do it, why does not that give Joe
Smith the same right to say he was
inspired to write the book of Nor
manism; and that cussed priest the
same right to say ne was inspired
to marry himself to that poor de-
luded girl and when he sees she is to
become mother and his sin is soon