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uco,,v thu, John = - not; as he seems - lhl''


nj, nr,cje on Col stones letter. peculiar to ie
Rible bu; /. found III ell the Catholic t'nn'a'on' !"


~ Cera.nlv: the Catholic English versions O
the Bible. bsing translated from Inc Iulga'e' oi
,.,boIic Iaaa yersion. wherein his fsssase tfsi
had = local babita,ion, contain it OF course Il
T., will look again at our article OF SATURDAY, ~
,iIl see that we made the statement ne refers 20 III
r4fntjpe the assumption OF Col. Stone that hips
James's version is tie Protestant b'oie -si
,s.upn,ion which does violence TO the spirit anu
essence of Professionalism. The Bible as 200 sa'
il and not as any set OF have rendered H. l. '-''
Protestant standard. and whoever declares 'ia' :"
oariicular version Is in like manner 4i'ior'atN =
makes himself Pope. and ha Church or parry m
allb!e, while decrying preiensions 10 ln'HilD''.'


Let no man pretend to mistake OF misstate the Is
sDe. The assumption Of Col. Stons wfich we
con,royert asserts that have Prsa""'fH"H'
National Religion and that tbs i'o!i=Ion Is '"c
Protsi,,,,t. il, The narrow sense winch ne gives 20
,hattertn-iuztas Spain Of Austria L Caihoiic-aDd
tat not The Bible as revealed, but as translated b;
Tic learned men commissioned by kins Jumes IS
the Sacred Book Of that Reii.iOn-thai 10 peter
another translation object 10 erfois IN inns =
heresy or schisu from the National fsoiig7oI''
These assumptions justify persecution ard civil DIS
ability for Faiths sake-nay, they are no~ put ior'n
for that very purpose, So regarding lhem' we
should be uniaithfll 10 our American Constitution
and to the cause OF Universal Freedom, II we CID
not resist them Bu, we do not say, and have never
said. that the Received Version OF the Scriptures i
not as good as or even better than, any Other IN eX-
i.ence: that is purely Theological question: 10
be discussed by ,heologians. But the assumption
Of Political predoaiinance for any Religion OF
anv translation OF the Scriptures Is fatally at wal
with the genius OF our Free Institutions IA