On this page
-
Text (3)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
Intell % gen 6 e .- * Mv . Hefider&oii arid the Bible Society . $ gl
Untitled Article
* ' * * ,. ' ¦¦ . * Mr * . Utenderson ana the JZiblq Society . Mr . HBNrc ^ ttso ^ i , the author of a € t Journal &f & R <*« ideiic # ill Iceland ^' Avfrgge cdflritfxkm iiritl * the Bible Society i& well known , h&s tfcftttfOtuied tfee con * - aifexiott / ashafc al 6 a 13 i » , ^ PA ? Atte 0 i 4 i Wtio
Untitled Article
was tinited with him in a niissia }) fr ^ ai the Sacietyr to Persia * This step 1 ms e ^~ cited a great sensation , especially as the character and ekemnmaticefr of the $ e qspr tlemen are a sufficient warrant for tlieir being uuder the influence of conscientious < niotives . The-- occasion of their s « ices $ ion is the pertinacity of the Bible Society Jii
circulating against their remonstrances a Turkish Version of the Scriptures-which they believe to be exceedingly con upC . This Versioii was primed at Pails in 1819 ; the New Testament fwm ^^! Version of a Renegade , a century and a half ago , a Pole by birth , whose original name was Albertus Bobovius , or Bavovsky , a » ni
who on embracing ; Islatnisru , look the name of AH Beyy—and the O 3 d Teatar ment chiefly from his MSS ., deposited in the University of Ley den , an 4 tent by the Curators to thfe Society . Mr . Henderson points out some of the egregious errors ( as he esteems them ) of the Version * , several of which , he says , must have beeti
designed to favour Mohammedanism , mid to oppose the doctrines of the Trinity atid the Deity of Christ * For instance , Joha L 38 , Lord is interpreted Teacher , . Uj ab admirable improvement , " ( says Mr * Henderson * not quite in the spirit wftich the Bible Society professes to c ^ er ^ h ^) t ** for a new edition of the Socintaii Testament 4 V
-Rom . X 6 12 d f * The , $ ame L ^ rdall / s ^ -pears" ^ we are told by Mr * H . ) # com > - pletely in a Mohammedan dress- — the Lord of all is one / Could this version of the words , ** ( he asks , ) * possibly have been made with any other view than that i > f opposing the doctrine of the Divine Trinity ? We have oiily to add to' ife , * And Mohammed is his prophet / to render the confession entire . " But the
instance on which Mr . Henderson lays most stress , and which will excite most attention amongst the supporters of the Bible Society , must be explained in his ftwft words , with his own italics and capitals . , ** The passage > however , which seals the deaths warrant of this translation is Rev .
xxii . 8 , 9 , where the Lamb of 6 © d him > self is intmduced by Ali Bey , as forbiAding his disciples td worship him I ! ! : * f fell down to-worship at the feet of the Lamb ; but he said unto me : Beware thou do it not ; for I am thy fellow ^ er-^ ant , and of thy brethren the prophets , and Of them that keep thre sayifagg of tb | s hook i Worhip f he Divij * e MAjestv /
When I first read this passage ^ I conceived it possible that the woird Lamb uii ^ bt have been * substituted foif Angel fry There inadvertence ; bht aftet- reflecting o ^ ii tlie othet passages , where there is evidently an etfbrt naade to dinriihish the glory m the ! Saviour , I ft ^ el uo hesitation in prcvnouiiCing '¦ ¦ \ v to W desighedf /^ This e » -
Untitled Article
^ oziue , a 3 heet , entitled f < Missionary # toifelfei whibhis , ia fact , of the nature : of * religious newspaper . ^ This puMicatioii Has been very cautious iti announcing the rise and spread of Unitariarii ^ m i& the East Indies : Bat the fact
cannot be wholly concealed , and the last Number , for February ^ contains two passages which reveal unpleasant tidings for those that are trying to propagate Calvinism as the only Christianity . The following is from the Journal , of a Mis r sionary at Kidderpore : ^ ^ Kie congregati on s at Miezapore freqirentfy cotisi ^ t of persons who possess a scanty ; knowledge of the Bible , and are led away by Socinian principles * We halve found more opposition from these
persons than even from professed idolaters . For whilst the latter only inquire * which df tli € j two systems is correct , * the former declare they have forsaken idolatry , and at the same time despise the religion of Chris t * ' *
But the following extract from a letter from Bangalore is still more important , as verifying the reports made by William Roberts , the Native Unitarian Missioriaary ai Madras j " Thdre are some tracts written in
Malabar , which are distributed among tV natives fey Socinians ( or Unitarians ) . v fwo oi these lire printed and & Pfajefr Book with supposed arguments against Trinitarians , and directions how God is ta be worshiped . I believe their congregation ait Madras amounts to nearly one
hitridi'ed natives . They decidedly oppose % hto fooleries of the Church of Rome , ai 3 wella ^^ hd idolatry of Heathens . Some gb&d fiaay ire ^ tiU frdm thid ; but we i » ay be mt ^ that when this error has dim e i ^ he work Ibr- tvhlch it is permitted to ofttssim a place in Christendom , it will Bibk never more to iise . There are two
native Socinians in Bengalore at present ; one of them had excited Some attention both among the Catholics and Heathen . Sathuel Flavel lias had severaKconverissttJotid with hltn , atid he ( the Sodftiati ) liiife Written to Madras for further infor-Tt ^ tiotv , aiid for an answer to some of *! i £ pa ^ ages which Samuel has brought foirwcfcfd in defetoce bf the truth . Who
\ vOuld have exacted that disciples off tlils sefcotol should be di ^ igeiitly employed in diffasitig their poison in a heathen Und ? Vet so iib i »/
Untitled Article
vol . xix . n
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1824, page 121, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2521/page/57/
-