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2 • jwai^ THK i ^m- The grond tomplos erected, erectdna of we been willing to deviate from this order , bo able soon to report progress In the trans- words entirely, while the question after 'thd*, «¦„..;"*" rf^L^,45u?» /

Jj^T projected, are beyond doubt of paramount which haB been adopted after maturo .de- lation of the Old Testament. »storaUon of the^ta^om of forael^ no| I

^....S^fe^^ Fm

portance

to. the cause of the American ^^off^S The essay on

baptism by F^.Dr Armi-

t^&S&A£^&^^Uy/ ^Tti/f iR t f 'Tf a Wnfii iixQ

Israel; Bti

U more

important , probably, are pared ford the press. Genesis is now in the tage, annexed to the "Quarterly," is alto- Jesua with his disciples are changed alter "Pll /J»aS^Jjrf/JS<Ilm the men wo recently gained , the learned progress of being printed , and wo have the gother out of place. It is a sectarian dis- wards in "inany

,» .«br- '' several'' days.. Ji^i^l J !^\r----^i£ci rabbis which werp called from Europe, to pleasure of exhibiting to you the first * ».,:„„ wi,iLivP, aS little trouble- and This account,Js ? ^markable detnonstratio n

¦ '¦J &ff i!8$&m$fflm Wr P«ach to our congregations. Within a eleven chapters. These will, enable you to *°ri*UqV f ? \\ ^V ^W ¦'wWs>!i§v V short time there have been called from appreciate the.mdrite oftho translation rind -thousands who love the Blblo nnd cberiBh.

^ n^' ' ¦ ¦•Tf .' « Furone the Rev Doctors MoSar

the general forms and beauties oH^^ ^ ««* We pu rp ose or f it the connection of zdeos,

Soa .c o , . . . . . BM &r^psr|ss

vii's saAssi' 'o. rf rr-ns: is«t«?« &! to Philadelphia, Kleeberg to Louisville, and the Old Testament presents move subjects not care lor either Immersion or baptism, out of the holy ghost, so ihejresurrected;'

CI5CIHKATI, FEIDAT, DECEMBEE 7, 1866. Kronik to Chicago, gentlemen known not for Inquiry, or more difficulties demanding The fact Is, that immersion always was the Jesus must dwell principally on this prom-. only as accomplished orators, but also as the highest qualifications r.f a reviser , than practice of the Jews, in receiving prose- we. In the Gospel, it being his chief lriten-

TKBM8 of suBsciuiTioN. prominent scholars and writers of inrnort- the first part of Genesis. The varieties irnd L " tion ta describe the marvelous end of Josus.taBAKL.TK .per annum *J no P™lm,c"' ?Tn„ "" "J,! th ' J\U™d peculiarities of diction ; the condensation 1-vU's'

»» being foretold in Scriptures, and thisDeiicka h . n 200 ance. rho influence which those Reverend 0f thouirh t ¦ the number extent and iin- £, , , i must be the principal theme of tho resur-lsBAB*rR Asi . DKnou A r. , t.. oii B iid<i™«s w gentlemen are expected to exercise on the Dortanea of ob eels - thr 'formiiilnrv celeb- S'i.KOTino Points oi-Compass^-A learned rented one. he main object of the Eva-nge-% t:

Hi n«° C°» l^™=Z=Z '£ development of Judaism in this country, X of estlffi1 ^,' pressio,™ ; the

1 .vorld- ™ *«*»:• " '»

^^CXblXtXu lisl* V° ™rrate "».IT* o/- JeSllS, °Vho Ibctkotuai., Mabriaok anu fcsebai. not icks will certainly bo fell , in a short ' tiirfe. far wide disputes about the signification of ->orth nnd South is clwagieeaoie, »"nl

" whole that he appears therein in such a light |lnX$%£&£A™p n«trnty wi beyond their respective congregations. It .particular words and phrases, present ob- rom ^ f j^^^^i^ ZT iolZnThZr cll ZZacTik^Sjr^'J ^^^W^'

wiirult

imat^y make itself felt in the de- '^

^ ^ i ^1 Kb"

™ hen^pZe6lt°is othenv The

^^^^%5 rf^tf§^^^Bbj kctki. M/isi -ficmiTH. -Wo win not return ro- velopment of the religious idea in this ' Ji„ ' -fa J . b cause of this phenomenon can obviously their preceding authors on the same topic.

eetcd mnnusuri |)t«. country in general. Let us have twenty ., ' . , . . . be found only in that great magnet which This accents for the variety of narratives.RATES OF ADVERTISING, more rabbis as wo have now about twenty **e l0"0WlnS passage, on page 9, in ro- lB forrnedbylhe earth with its atmosphere- and speeches ou .and after the resurrection.

Thofoiiowins aro tho cstabtlshea ratcB forthe lB- in this country, and we can do justice to sard to the preservation of the Old Testa- thnt is, terrestml magnet>te™ ^J^^ .They Intend merely to pove^hat lie rosehafTtk. the ™i^ of lainel in this omintrv ^ne meat, deserves republication : ml magnetism exerts on certain persons, from the dead , and-to let him say things,fcomm u, i»ervcar 8 „00(00# the cause of Israei in tms cot ntry, espe- > i . bofch heart

. d otherwise, who are sensi- Wfcicu they thought proper he should haveii " „ '' , ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ 175,00. cj ally if they, could be. induced to united "The Old Testament, written in their tive a' peculiar influence wonderful enough ¦ aid; Each wrote liis . Gospel iri 'this mau-squnro.dcuincsnmon tb,

^ . • .

^ • 4 ;. ;,2;»»- action and English preaching. language, was intrusted to the Hebrews, t0 disturb their rest; and, in the case Of ner j . hig owj ! circleiJii drderito rouse and1

" o " • • »5.»2- The most superficial observer must ad- who were thus distinguished above the rest diseased persons, disturbmg the ^^sear' , 8<MK1- mit that American Judaism nroeresscs far °L0^J^cby th^

poj1^

10naa^¦¦ ' T-.. .. j t !I UUl ' ¦;, - , bf the mental' power. ^Tkere ate .persons thU ye migM believe th&t Jesusis the air istf

_, . . , rs. 7^^ beyond, the expectations of

-those who, a «Add Weii did they discharge the sacred whom T know, the head^of whose bed is;to ihe i&n of JQod t and that believing .ve might

Thbnlnmrol npharrmPnT quarter of a century ago, formed nnw eon- trust. The scrupulous care which they ex- the .JT'orth, and who, in order to wake 6acly, have life through his name.'? :Th"eycould^I I IV\) 1\JgA\j ( X\ U\j uai ll l l^l l li gregatlonB.. The past is an excellent ther- erclsed in copying the holy writings, has* avj ij revei-se their usual position m bed, impossibly -imagine - that: in future one

. "¦ ¦" mometer for the future. Therefore we can passed into a proverb. They,took every but without knowing fta reason-why, be- ^

ISAAC M. WISE, : : : EDITOR, easily nredict that, after, a quarter, of a - "Possible precaution to prevent the occur- yorid •'that they could jtlw.ay.8: wake ^y their conspicuous want of^ historical in-¦" ¦ ¦ ¦ ; . ,**iJ rJ fT„y Arn ^r^nn nnnr rY-pVnfioii a will ren<».; OrvperpetuatlO U.. Of ^TOrS

of W^^¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ • • . • - . . ' S&A«^^n SlfevSv

SI. ^npton. Philo and Josephus s ate,, that YycoHsa. I have ;it related; to ;w that- nt a; fro^^hat they intended prove. - > !

^_„_ ----,,„_ gmirnv ntf TTTOAT«!M outshine the ¦European , ones in . everj res- their reverence for .the sacred, writings was military hospital ' in Russia, there were We,U then also the flfth a^cbunt in the'THE PRESENT STATE OF. JUDAISM. pect^ especially in the influence on the for- , bo great that they- would suffer any tor- some sick-patients of highly sensitive nu- 'a KS:.rK0S; &S; ;The great temples of our .congregations, mation of the new religion , which the ments, and even death itself, rather than tures, and who wore rapidly Recovering. taintv'Wthe cohtrary 'lt'sTiawgI 'the storV 1

erected, erecting or projected, are an irre- American people are now in process of be- change a' single pointer iota of _ tliem. A when necessity compelled them to be, re- ¦in a fjiht Btlir imore';ttncehidn-'-^''flicker-:. - 'futablo testimony of the progress of libera getting for the civilized world, new, origi-

?, 1? .te^^V^™^2^

.^^^K^W^ ' J*- ffcS- 5!5?': inS- ' We;must:pass 6ver to tte accowt« 0/ ¦

al religion amon|our people, and the. holy nal, frle and sublime, as the form of gov- ¦fcSg^ sSWttmTl S^TcS W m

'' M^^

iVV ij ^'iirob^y^a^m'^ttafclltlitoh.thi. r: zeal .vhich inspLs the mirh4ds of

¦

.. ScrS&^W^lnfSKh^^^to pious sacrifices of treasure, time , and ; ; . ' , ., , . '¦¦ ... . ,*. - . - .; ,-;. laidjvaste their^temple^nd city, cf^roved Sr wa^

^ quifkly as possible; wh-ere:. :dSleD|f

t5|suf & KS'nVeyeS' " ' V

/ .talent. InduTereutism, a moral lethargy MP17. :Tj) THE. MEW ,Y0BK . OBSERVER, all the sacrecV books which, he could find ,;, the heads of the-beds were to thenorth.. I, SSfe of-Si"event? still heS^ple «p-- so much the cause of complaint in many • . ¦ ¦ •: ^- ,. . '-.- >,T

¦ ., ¦ :,. , RP^ I33l

^d n deere^Pu.nishinS wtb Qie- ,hnondlar churches and, ' .b&V few- 'years' ' A friend ofours, in :New York, was kind aiate death -; all those who- did. not resign , chahgins their position from north to soutTi,, &^ ^ l ! ^^nkv^'- ' !

' . "¦ lll f o?5 o^'sSogues

'har toap!: too^Uto^eMusthe foUowing item from ^^^^^^^^n*

tothU of:west east-v = :. .. £ ^W ^ &&^W - ..

. pfared from our campTt^ Ivvely.discus- tte ^ Jowrrwl of Commerce:

^. -guSof^a?peSusmo?S.^om ; We cut the above; from the ^^.

0&- fui pf ^i^on»=w>J^JSi& &st> i - \;,*siohs,- for the last twenty -- years,- among " The Observer, pays .it is a sad fact, that . one t0. twa thousand manuscripts of these -server, and must add to it, that the Talniud, epistle . to the,:Qorinthlan3. (Xy

^S; to 8) he ;, -.

; ¦¦¦ sss& ssssssm :l «^sfasi ss -'3s^ffifSSSS: : m s*mss£&m ¦¦&&&£&&&&&&¦. *$: try to choose sides. ; Th0 liberty of con^ ing; Me^ifeand ih-miracles. - '^.They ^re Jld Co?enant^snl?atiS » " '

n

tbe

^ibo,Is"f layed ouUtlast;.

- ¦ scien"ce,-thought and" word; sd boldly used not all lsrael-whlch areof Jsrael"' ¦¦- ¦ , uia covenant uispensauon.., : ..

^ . , , ¦ , ^0^^;.Good, bye 1;; The, French .wiU. i ScriptureB^And that he'Wfeeen of . - Qw; • ..

* W tiin Tfiwiih ^reiq ' fiivorpVl' the" fast de-' '¦ Vr i : ti -; ^''- j ''"- '; 'iu i '¦' \ ¦ i "We hay'e: to add .to this,, that in the time , follow and: console\Nap;6lGqn,; that Mexico" pha^-theri-'pf .'the. twelve :':vA.-fterr that he ' :

,:-; we, in twenty- years, went far ahead of ^heless:a? ^ct it is, that ^ we'have.^eeh the . ^g-scenes as under Antioohusr were- re- ^i^^^^^^^ S^

-'' tb'vtiilB^pie^^r. L^^^aall^r..- -

. .: -¦, ISuropean sister congregations. . ¦;¦, ^t Jsraoute' iri thiBi eountry who had the «»aeted, without any, injury to the- Sacred . ^ysfery., Xf » W> &^?£^Ftf ™^ asleep. Afte^ .tiiat lie^was^seeii of,1 James/ ', v. This.fact refutes-"a wide-spread presump- morai eouxaee toVdisdvow in nublid Print'' Scriptures..- It wasVa.law for' e^ery Israel- .day in the ^Congress of the lUnltea;,-Wtaies.; .then of alltheapostles;/ : Andlast'of-all^he:,' . ¦ --.",:

¦¦.¦¦' - . ':t ion>tt'which-the-;T.almud''already;hints^ the belief to a coming Messiah and iitmir-. itertb write a copy of the Pchtateuch, ' Pdr-

; Amiexatiodi is unadyiaable^, occup^n^ w^'^nof

m^also,^of^^^ ; ^. viZ:;that^udAiani:;can ai0Ui'ish 6nly iri a acies a3 .dcctrmesXJud^^ " TaSlls that he has heard (liot to^speyV

. state of oppression,; wMich^rces the ele ^ . ^ , ,>

; ments together :ljy,external .pre83ttro, and neitliel>i tind- this is the strength of our po- edtic. The Mtssordh preserved everv let ^° ^° °:?" ^SS : ^ent appearances of Jesus after' hls resUrreci-; ¦¦ i :

. ' preserves- thtf ohildre^of Israel as1 a. com- aition -Truth rmist triumnh^vithbuf mir- v " \„ - I t^i ^ . f ¦ T^ i .Anyholy tbe cause of .freedom , ebrates a, ti ^^elbro p^f (who

is-ideiitiai/with't . ^- mon brotherhood, by the: pommon Buffer- SL rfe SS?S^X s^txlumph.'ii thf .defeat: of ppleon ;3, ;G6phas), ; the^^^ *f

•¦ ings.. This, is evidently ^iot true. Our |S*uXS the yer^words wtf letterede^ ¦;.

. charities are here and toWbn a. grander 5?£ffSaU spiritual Sth wSch the larB^and ^he small letters used in ther ft]1; lle cannot overcome the^ens of; Renan.- b^^ ;.s cale and/mor, emc^ tLn ;thfceyer ^^: republic,n;senti-

-^i Sl^S^S^S^S -- '< f t

wero;.our temples are more magnificent ^ Israel's sacred shrine. ' The truth of Moses . conld not be used for public reading. The ments of the ^exicans.. . ; 'rine- appeared. J Cbraparihg : this - accountlimd better frequented by thq free sons and and the- Prophets5 requires no iniraculous numerous quotations, in the rabbinical lit- ¦

. . ¦ .

"ao«!ES • " TVith :that o f , tlio Gpspels/ it^ -agrees with)':'. daughtei-s of Israel thari^hey'yrere. by the -evidence-for" ts Wnflrmatiori • it is self- ' er'ature from • the Bible .are scrupulously - ™T V- r - - ' . ,one'i. ¦IP.thojnrst^^ ¦;%

wretctieo! and oppressed inmates of ', the .evident aU intelligent minds, the whole correct.: Errors ;in^the- Old' Testament are , In the supplements to

.; j; ^

Ohettoi :Front.personal.cto next to iih impossibility; ^ \ " .a'da) Fr ^ p adc.^b^ ass'esy ono a Jud-Ass,S^ i^^^^ S^' ^ ' V:add that the devotion also is decidedly of a consent 6f, all .enlightened, nations given to - The circumstance's

1 are quite diSe'renUn and the other \a" Jac-AS3,:are:.fluarreling on appearances "and f forty days;'' :and sug-?- .. -

higher and holier, nature' .in' , our modern the :Laws and- doctrines of the -Hebrew regard 'to the New Testambnt The' repbrt^ -th'b lritegriby.'of their: respective business gest's -.niore. 'app.cariiaces ihanVPaul .¦¦¦I ^''temple^than^tsyer was;iu tb^ old ,?yna- Bcripinres', andHts wonderful: preservation before us admits^ on na™ 10 the ibliowin--

; establishments; /Jac'mak^an^s^ofhiih- tioiis;;;;According"to;the GpspeW^u^ ,;- / :$gogiie. . Classical rmusic ami classical ser- throuBh-oll the revolutions of the world : ? ° us.aamits, on page io, tfte loiipwing.. -^VVr." -..,= , ,, ^ y . :, ,;T -^ , h; p

¦ . appears ,to --it woman pr :wometi;.'J Paulj . -mons never i miss. their .aun.j .th^y edify/^ equaUy so--.

^

lf>*>s

'^?ar. f^.

.f n -3* ^no^;np>hing^^Kwo^^n6^W i

¦,;;;:¦ ¦¦ ei^^-&^nl^^r^A^tBind' frlnvScM^vS SvS uo\S a- 9- *'^T' ^ -^S f ^ ^ ^ ^&^V ' ^

iirinciDle« ind nan RO one to feel the nro^- . ? * s^* :;

a«tuauy Prove "otl1^" imanuaCripts of-the New-Testatnent, all o'f, does the same ithing precisely,by .replying disciples., m

^tho leld, ;or. on^^eir^ay toinrmcipies, ana cause one po ieei ine pres- ing to.: anybody who,.has, not, seen them, which were written in Greek * -A. time J . - ¦' ¦* - - w' vl„-i/i nj irioa rto tWIv Emmaus, which two Gospels conimtfriieate.c;

., . " enco of the Almighty. The ^fty: dome The m?luSeife^ho longe! in miracles,, ffiv ^^K^^^^cffi *¦ th°: «*?»? \ ¦'&*• ^^S S*StK .^^^^^^' ^^ '

' "':exercises an-ennobling and,sublime effect however pious priests, may.weep over the tianityj when the great .body of those.who gentlemen ,to-keep.within the ,unguisticai. tigned; by• titko al6ue;,the 'a*b>arance' toi! \

.. ¦ou,the::min 'd^an-efi1»t.wMch.^m..become universal depravity^it wants rational evi-- professed ,the: name of Christ .were not so- bonds of common decency. >; -. L . " Jam'e?; alone ^m^nt^^'by^one; - Tbe l ¦ :¦-:

' . visible to ;th?,bbserver in , twenty years, in de'hce - and'all-aot^^ 'ini- -'''" ¦¦-¦"C ¦ ¦¦¦•.> ¦ ¦" .•. .—r— ^ ; V '.. .'5PP,iaI'anc0,?rvJ^sus- :beforO ^.\hundred « .^^^m^m^^- mmimsm t SStSS S&aa.

mmm mi»mm ,:^ ^ ^ m : a¦t :«SS S ' wS

$*?& no lpnger,; except by a,few. godd Greek Scriptures, from the position ;of rev^ , • v; , HARTFORT,, :0.T.,. '; lSi ,, . ' thought of^by either *uke 6tf John.:'; Paul |If wo conlu prompt all,qur> brethren to natufed souls..who'stand.outside of Ihe fa- eferiee.witB which they had bee'n regarded, This is intended ?to caution-oUr co-wlig- says ,nothing about concpmibnt^'pircurn- li ¦'givo up their small congregations every- tional ringj) f eniightened.society. Our re- and, with'th% •e'xceptiblibfp.ortidng'selected. iriniats aeainst insuring -in that , company. staI1ce|,: nothing,; about the, opening 0f thel ¦'.where, and unite into largerones, especially :iigt0„i h^:n0thi gi^ for use 'in '.wotshipVconslgned'them'tb ne- The iristruc'tidhs to the agents.of that «om- s|P11 ber ;<ana . .its! ,ei tnie.ss,.n6t; a.,wprd;; > ; :in cities, where they. Bre in considerable arid,nhilosoDhV--oii'the ^ contrarv it is daUv . gte.ot andt;«.bliv;ipn. :' And-to '-t hese;:p;ortion8 pahv contaWa-clause,-m which ,,it-is e . J¦¦ '¦ numbers, as in NevV York, Philadelphia, SSbWprSrr^

Sly stat^to ''Avbii)= JEwsi?' unless % . J^^SMMs f fi -

¦Raitimore Alhanv Biiffalo '' Cleveland ^n^

aPy

taf)S^33 0t mi terim.enb, 0f tlieh. 0wn,.by theahs of which'various Uents should personally, know- tkem. ^^ «^^on j of .the .resurrection,; which :^t- ™ et T? ZYkJ £nTnaVJ „ fto ' tbereiore, we feel, duty bound to emanci- corruptions were introduced- ifito ^later Z^ts howevei, take , risks of Jews ; but f g am can not be hannonteet} wU^eUher o f f: \ .Chicago, fet, Louis, New .Qrleans_ and else- pftte ourselves from the childish theories, manuscripts of the New Testament. The wfSor' by the forme,- f ive, atfd:pnly increases.the cbriUwhere ; and move them, to build latge, and libe>ate our . sacred heritage from the reverence for God's word havirig.yiolded-to fi-re. th"e" agents, to 'clear themselves of the, . lumon'and contraaiction;.' . ;_ : " - . " , ?,lofty and .elegant ..temples, have classical Teproach of an antiquated system. If the regard- for - the :dogmas of the church, it is eha'rL'e'.of violating orders, must give the f 1 >.?w.rriB ^°£a°' °f ¦ ¦ PP?*?

11™0 '?

music au4'cl.assical preachers ic:theiU; we observer considers this a flank movement not;Sujpris)ng that various otheradditions sufferers as much trouble as possible. f <£fn,8t»*M» ^u ' f ^Rf FS^^ 'y

are certain this would .be . the most6essen- against orthodox Cfcristiariity,^^^ That a company with such an.infanious o^aii. ^hat is alVhe^W^^mar-

ftint Wiofi r -wn, r.n«ir» -hp<»tf.-M nn th* naiwp ¦• /B .v- ":.." v" j " ' ~"' 'fJ> * ™ul^"UJ O depreciated th'e still later or more model-n breiiidice should be allowed to do public 7rrou8 w*v*' in fhe-Acts of the Apostles/

. tial benefit wo could bestow on the cause to lts opinion, and we. can only advise itao manuscripts. * E«?"sneaks^not well of public opinion , this event, is mentioned three, times (IX, l ,'^. '•- of Israel. ^

Wherever there are two or g0 and do the same. . >< Tt thePconimenceme.H of theProtestant rriTrancI

P|ermany ^^^more small congregations, unite if you Israel is the Messiah to the nations, it is era it Unhappily occtirred, that the basis of hissed but of existence. simply narrated by a thitd person; the ^ :possibly caii, sell your small places of " the covenatit people, the light of natio'is-" what is called the Received Greek Tex;t was -. , .¦'¦ __ : ' ¦ ": »« — next two tunes it occurs m speeches which tworship, and erect rnqnumenta to your re- we need rio personal Messiah. The proph- P^P^ed bv a-man whose high celebrity;as THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF tSLS' Elii nS^0

^]-"Sp^r^SeS^S ^ ^

JES US

OP NAZARETH . ¦

. ^S^^S^ffi Sff ! . :>and especially tor the beneht of the rising and it was fulfilled in Hezekiah, Joshiahu , sacrifice intesrit v to expediency. BeiriK — ' of Paul's conversion on his way to Damas- , .generation.". , . . . ; - . „, Zerubabel and his Children. We know anxiou s to anticipate the publication of the the sources KEViEWEn by gusta.p abolp Cus, Suddenly, at noon, a light . from /

If the excellent spirit now wide awake , nothing of the Pagan man worship; we put Compluienaidh Polynlott, then in the course wislicesus. Heaven so dazzlingly strikes his eyes that "among our breth.ren.produces hot the most our trust neither- in this nor in that man— of preparation by Cardinal Ximenez, and ,,, "TT^ ' ,- , ' ¦ iaUs- to the gnJund,.ivnd he. hears a voice ,: . . . .

- beneficial results, to the glory of God and God is oUr banner " Our Redeemer thi* having access-to very few manuscripts, and ¦ Jtoiitmuea.j . . caumg, baul, Saul, why persecutest thou !i' . Israel : and to 't rie hleaqiri^ nMiftm™)^. r , <¦ S¦ Tv! " , 1 'X those nil of late date, Erasmus: m'ade as As inexplicable as the contradictions .in rae t!? ; Upon the quest ion who the speaker v' 'Kult «a o5l?bffi^"tfS?S' L°;d of Hoa^^name is

thePqly

One g00d a text as he .c^uld' from his materials! the GospelB are, in^^ narrating thestories, 0f was, he^is told,

am Jesus, whoin thou rtno taui D can only be ascribed to our lead- of Israel." We know that our Redeemer Ixcept that ho added and. interspersed the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, the persecutest," Then he is linstructed to go \ers, ;our preachers; teachers and public lives- He was, He is,and He will forever ¦ translations of his own from the Latin vul- other parts of the New Testament on the to Damascus, where he should, receive fur- 1.writers.. If they fully comprehend the be, the Oae and Eternal God. " Israel is gate into the Greek, to supply deficiencies same topic only increase the difficulty. - . ther ordersj . The three accounts do hot ~age, its spirit and^demands; if they are saved in the Lord an everlastin"' salvn- of manuscripts, and passed off these addi- In the Acts, of the .Apostles ;I, 1 to 8.) it-'is exactly, agi-ee: The most .impdrtant and¦ ;;inspired to tho ' faithful performance of tion-'' what benefit could we exneo t of Lv tions and interpolations as the veritable stated Jesus appeared alrye in r^^

. • : • their duties *b 8praaaiarid,'elevate

,tHe re SiniTi Wh X, „S< £T%^« r,? i / Greek words dictated by the Holy Spirit, to the apostles , and he did so for forty-days. Uiat according to one,-the; companions of r

i;Lv^,7.f TZ% °Pr

7aia,"l-eieva!:e the. re- . Messiah ? We do not wish to go back to For a ]all(i. VMiod 0f veirs circumstuncos These words presuppose.a larger number Paul did hear the voice, but saw; nothing .ugion ot Israel, uie knowledge of its htera- Palestino, or to submit to any king; what have directed the suspicions of scholars to of appearances of Jesus to1 his disciples extraordinary } and according toithe other ' •

ture, ana tne beneficial influence of the godd' can we. expect of a son of David ? We this extraordinary corruption of the Greek than either of the Evangelists , mention, they did -not hear the voice, bnt they saw yWord of God ; if they are wide awake to are the children of the house ; wo go to no text bv Erasmus, but it is oiily latelv that who, aside of the additional chapter to ; the light from Heaven. |the sacred can^e entrusted ttt tbeir care and stewards need no guardian req uire no the absolute proofs in the case have been John , have no more than three appearances The three accounts, of eoutse, are the t

.¦:¦ cultdvation; twenty years more will tell a mediator and ask none to dead our r,,,,™ brought to light by" the discovery of the p ost mortem, nor have they any hints of work of the j iuthor of Act-s. The contru- femlffhtv talo of the^vinJ ZZ l JZt

Zi meamtor, ana osk none to pieaa our cause

mfln °gcrirtt which he prepared for the any more. As regards the post, mortem diction quoted shows how little.credit these <^Sfl„in« 5 r f 8 P 7, "*? g°" Wlth our ^eavo»lv ^Owf-

Wo are of ™»n^*'" *P™ the cCas and inter- communications, we are told that they re- accounts deserve, as is also the case with «¦ ^ m^cs f :J n^mon:the: yelop- Israel. The only difficulty

is, that the Ob- SotaUons^whSl^ he iiUroKd Some of lated to the

Kingdom" of. Heaven, Wd it the enlarged speech of. Jesus-in the third ,ment ot tno religious idea in this country, server survevs Judaism through Christian these faults ho corrected in his 'fourth edi- appears from the whole tenor Of the narra- account. The whole story,-as. if is, has , 'no\junder the- congenial sun of freedom , with mycroscopsj which are artificially reversed , tion , in 1527, after the publication of the tive and the opinion of the narrator, that more value than other marvelous stories;;the special protection of the Most High. to lessen Judaism and magnify Christ-inn- Complutensiati Poiyglott ; but , others still J^sus spoke much and repeatedly during

^ gryes urno account

of the vision which *It is true, we are still, here and there tv • therefore thev scethlnL n a t'evers (1 remained and vitiated the toxt nsort bv the the forty days to his disciples ; all of which PauJI actually.had. It will be bur task to 1L

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nerGI°rTe' I'nBy seein)nBs l n a ievcls^1 t,.n n=wfr>vs pmrfovprt lw Kimr inmoq i' is new, and unknown to the Evangelists, ascertain trom his own-epistles, whether he :»checked m our progress by the remnants position . We need neither miracles nor hnnslatoi B employed by iCnig James.

^he last command of Jesus, post mortem, informs us on. the subject; In ^is Epistlef/ot .yio ortno^qx

sclipol, .whose hesitations Messiah in our religion. Christianity can I The repor t then tells us, that better and t0 j,^ disciples, is Here, not to leave Jerusa- to the Galatians (1,11, &o.) he declares that ;reta'rd Hh& ^onward ¦ marfeh -of- "Messianic not do without either; therefore, orth odox I older MSS. have been discovered, and fac ] em • to wait for the promises of the father, the Gospel which he preached; was notideas, and it is thought proper to respect Cliristians think we are In tho sumo di- \ similes procured ; but we are not told how which they had heard of him, and which atter man, because he fiad not received ititheir pious Habits and observances So it lommn i , », A ¦ . ¦ " ""- 4 soon after is called the baptism with the of man ; ho was taught it "by the rovela- :,

. is; «Ull- tlMy wwSoMw?v 1*;v2vn >< — old they are. It » eortaia , however, that ho[y. ghost. The disciples "then ask him tion of. Jesus Christ^' when; it pleased

' ' us no triinhi* t lP+ulU ¥hi£*' i y

F * nwn uniTB 'itowm /miomBTv no manuscript of the New Testament exists whether he then would establish the King- God to reveal his son in mo," which hethat our^[^La ^J f ^ understand TEE BIBLE UNION QWBTEBLY. fpom ft dntu dom of Igrnel . , ut h6 _refu8e3 lo answer brings in connection with his sojourning in "

' of Zn 4«.#t-*lftft>t :tto snbe The November report of the Amor iPim There is -mother difference between the tll5s impertinent question and consoles Damascus. Then, he also tells ini his^secondor reform or innovation , that it Is not nn WWo TT „iflrl „ ,ln ^v,,0<. pnmnil<11 . „.:,, '" , atiotncr ditterence between tne

h hope upon the holy ghost. Epistle to tho Corinthians (XII, 1, &a.,)accomodation to stvle,6f -fashion or -i pre ' PftmPMet compiled w i t h MSS. of the Old and New Testaments. The He then charges ttem to be his witnesses about the vision he had on his way to Da-sumptuous game with the holiest' treasures B^at ability and circumspection, contains New was found exclusively in the hands here and to the end of the earth. mascus. He says' there : ¦', I will come to

; . of .Israel ; let ttomundorsfiina that roform many an item worth knowing. In regard of priests who did with it as thev pleased Although it is justly supposed that the yisioiis and revelations-of the Lord., Iis identical ""nunaorstanu Uiat retoim npw version of the Old Ti><«triniP t it th , ™|

lj rieats' wll° aiu ^

uu 1D as lney pieusea. 0r of Acts is identical with the Gospel knew a man in Christ about fourteen years

m tion m l ?i T !h P^orvatlon aifd clevn- to a ",ew verslon ot

°

ld Twtometu, the The 0ld was in the hands of the people who ™fi£ according to Luke, yet in these ago (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or . , "

P ' ' " , 1 Iuust ^e done in order to report says, on page 30: . preserved it scrupulously. ¦ points theawo accounts differ. The exo- whether out of the body, I can not tell ; £L uZ , ^„

r^ason ni,(i rol lKlon .life ' and Juda- "Circumstances of aggravated affliction , The Bible Union , it must be admitted is getic dissertation of Jesus onJhe-necessity God knoweth) such an. one caught up to the " >

^J ism, the demands of the hP^rt nri rl thn in tho case of one of our revisers, have pro- , . , , . '., Sf his passions death and resurrection, as third heaven. And I knew such a man , /&XS bratar and thev will corLn^ I ~*J£l venfed H8 from lavinS before V<J " "t Viii s ,,ni,, S il good work, and deserves consul- ' ™arl^ by Lnfce. as the main portion of (whether

in the body, I can not tell ; or out . 1«KwJ-k • wit l» wen of honest mnti™J ™

co-operate anniversary ahy compieted book oi thc Old eraiion and encouragement. We hope to -what Jesus said p ost mortem, is not men- of the body, I can not tell ; God knoweth;;) J'f &TW&'evory Sabbath lmZ \ Weseenoarly Testament. Our desire is (o commence i tioned at all in Acts ; and the points in How that Ac was caught up into parad ise,:\ {\5r 'f\ th( .nnV i,hV -^¦ .' ¦ -i3 -V xY»P &ssgs to this I with the publication of Genesis, and pro- , *o,iiiy thai nn Munuscri pt of timt ace lias reached ,fri,1>h this later account agrees with the and heard unspeakable words, Which Aw noitlSML^^theory before

us ,n

?he

p^vs- of tho temple, coed in order with tho Pentateuch, hurt ^. rgchonoorft reachcnoi to tbe&htb century. ^lr of LaK are narrated in different lawfid fo r a man to utter " - ffi^