THE OLIVE BRANCH. NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1827. God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of the least. It is natural that young men, owing their elevation and consequence in life, to what may appear to them a generous and spontaneous liberality, should It is not because I find any difficulty in the consider themselves bound to promote the views and above text, when applied to the Messiah, that interests of their patrons. It is thus that the soldiers of is to Christ, that I object to such an application ; this standing army of the church militant are recruited nor is it for the sake of opposing popular opiand prepared to operate as agents in the secret but nions; but it is because that I think such an apsteady system of ecclesiastical ambition. There is an plication is totally unwarranted from the text ardor in youth that seldom tires; and counting upon itself; and especially when it is considered in the zeal of these shoots of the orthodox faith, dispersed its connexion with the preceding and following over the entire face of the land & in constant correspond-verses; as I shall proceed to show. That whatence with the prime movers of the system, the charge of ever is implied in the appellations given to the SECTARIAN CORPORATIONS.-No. 3. their education in comparison with the influence they child born, or the son given, spoken of in the In our last we pledged ourselves to set forth to the have & may have over the minds of the people, is a mat-text, when correctly translated, is all true when nation, the dangers which may be justly apprehended ter of no consideration. It is a link in the plan, that by its from the strange but eventful combination of the clergy operation rather recruits their fun, than absorbs them. of the orthodox faith in the present day. Schemes These pious young men, with sanctified looks, and habit. have been devised to reach the pockets of the people, ed in black, have their parts assigned them in the general which have been the more successful because they scheme of contribution; and they perfectly know how have been supposed to have proceeded from motives to acquit themselves in their several vocations: some that could not be impeached; from a pure desire to in-are busied in spreading Tracts, for which they collect culcate the religion of Jesus, and to disseminate the scriptures of divine truth far and wide throughout the world. Under this specious and imposing mask they have proceeded in their career of ambition for the last ten or fifteen years. It is observable that nearly all these reverend gentlemen greet each other as friends their sectarian differences are laid aside; and the whole body combine to bring about a project which they know would be a vain effort for any single sect to attempt. The maxim that a house divided against itself must surely fall, is familiar with them; they know that a clerical aristocracy is not so easily established in a country whose civil institutions all forbid such a state of things; and, therefore, if it be brought about at all, it must be the effect of preconcerted plans. These people approach their object with great caution; but there is no question their aim is a church establishment; a anion between the civil power and the ecclesiastical; an alliance between Church and State. Having once ⚫ffected this darling object of their ambition, and being thus authorised to call on the civil power with impunity, to further their plans of selfish aggrandizement, their point is gained. But two very potent engines of obstruction lie in their path; the one is the freedom of the press, and the other is the liberal doctrines of the believers in Universalism promulged through that medium These meet them in every direction, and thwart them at every turn they take. They are considered by the hierarchy as a stumbling block; and how to overcome this palladium of the rights of the people, they know not; it is a desideratum with them to discover the clue by which they can dissolve these bands of difficulty and find an inlet to public opinion, not through their reason, but through their prejudices. To this end they have resorted to the means which is now familiar with the the money; some in watching the progress of liberal This is but a faint picture of what we shall hereafter present. We are now only sketching the drapery of the picture; we shall give the outline with a boldness that shall show, that no consideration whatever shall deter us from the task; and as long as we continue in the belief, that there is in this country a settled plan so to order things (no matter through what channel) to connect the ecclesiastical power with the civil, we shall adhere to our promise given in our last number, and enpersevere in exposing their wicked designs. We shall public. That is, of educating, annually, a batch of pi-But before we can arrive at that result, it will be neces deavor to point out the danger of sectarian corporations. ous young men to the ministry. These theologians, being once enlisted in the cause of orthodoxy, know nosary to detail all the plans which are connected with the whole system. thing of the mystery which brought them there, or procured their education; but considering themselves, in honor and interest, as well as principle, bound to promote the doctrines and tenets of these sects; like hirelings, they do not hesitate for a moment to lend their aid to their teachers. This is one source of power that they have aimed at, and which may be considered not M. BIBLICAL CRITICISM. applied to Jesus, I admit; and perhaps those will do this." As this version of the LXX, I will not disguise the fact, however, that a were before him." And as a further evidence late London edition of the Septuagint, printed in the same mode and tense, Matt. xiv. 11, "his tion of interposition, intervention, or the like, Now what motive can any one imagine the But whatever be the meanining of these words, they were all applied by the prophet to a person whom he well knew, who was then born, and who had then taken the government upon himself, and not to a person who was to be born seven hundred years afterwards; as I shall now proceed to show. And in doing which, I shall give a new, but literal translation of the former part of the verse, putting down all the words which I shall alter from the common version in Italic, and then the correctness of my translation I shall support by the uniform renderinging of the same words in other parts of the Bible. "For unto us a child was born, unto us a son was given; and the government hath been upon his shoulder and his name was called, &c." Isaiah, therefore, is to be understood in the light of prophecy, or history, or both; these are my reasons for believing that Hezekiah was the subject of this scripture. He did set upon the throne of David, (which Jesus never did; for his kingdom was not of this world; that is, it was not a worldly kingdom,) and he "prospered in all his works :"2 Chron. xxxii. 30. So that after the signal destruction of the great army of Sennacherib," of the increase, and peace of his kingdom" there was "no end" while he upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice by a Tour xassis Toy asya from the translators could have had in departing so wide-present time and to the age" that is, during ly both from the letter and spirit of this text. his life, let that be longer or shorter; and thereIs it possible that it could have been all acci- fore the time is expressed by these indefinite dent? I am aware that accidents may happen, that Hezekiah, or any one else, could sit on the terms; but no Jew could have ever thought which, on close inspection, may have all the throne of David after he was dead. The above appearance of design! But if they thought terms, therefore, as used in the text, could not that no one would ever have the industry, and possibly mean any thing more to a Jew, than take upon himself the labor, to detect the fraud; during the life of the king. or, when detected, have the honesty or boldness to expose it-(unthankful office !—) then they might have had a most powerful motive; and a motive which possibly overcame, at the time, every other consideration: viz., this text, thus rendered, would be, as it has ever been, and is still thought to be, by all the orthodox, a very excellent one to make out, what may be termed, one of the angles, of a triangled, or triune God! For this purpose, it has no doubt been honestly used by thousands. It is time therefore that its translation and explication be clearly shown; and the hypocritical dress it has so long worn, should be exposed to the world. true That this is the appeal to every learned Jew of the present day. meaning, according to Jewish phraseology, I that these words are often used in this limited I could bring an abundance of testimony to show But the fact is notorious to all who have examsense, in the scriptures, if it were necessary. ined the subject for themselves.† When the calamity that was to come on his should be carried into Babylon, &c: posterity, was predicted by the prophet, that all ah congratulates himself in the thought, that he Hezekishould have peace during his own life. Hence he says, " Good is the word of the Lord, which thou hast spoken. And he said, is it not good, Now for a justification and defence of this plication of the text? Answer. I can only xx. 17-19. The Septuagint, here, reads thus ; It may be asked, then, What is the true ap-if peace and truth be in my days ?" 2 Kings, translation, I shall state the following facts. state my own impression, from all the light"Good is that word which the Lord spoke. The non was born. Out of the many pas- which the scriptures afford on this subject. The There shall be peace in my days." Thomson's sages which might be given, I shall only give child born and the son given, whose name was the following where the same verb will be found, called Wonderful, &c. was probably Hezekiah, Gen. iv. 26. "And to Seth, to him also there the last and only good king of Judah, who livwas born a son, and he called his name Enos." ed in the days of the prophet Isaiah; and unFor the Greek verb, see also Acts vii. 20. "In der whose reign the great and mighty army of which time Moses was born." Many more ex-Sennacherib, who had defied the God of Israel, amples might be given; but it is unnecessary. non was given. The Hebrew verb will be found in this sense, Num. xxvi. 62; "there was given them no inheritance;" Josh. xxiv. 33; which was given him ;" and many other passages which might be named. It is used in the sense of he gave, about 186 times in the Old Testament. As for the Greek verb, we have it was destroyed in one night, as we are told, to translation. That there is no longer a king on Greek, in both passages. Sam.vii. 13,16,24,25,26: xii,10: 1 Kings, ii. 13,45: ix.3, &c. prepared to say, that Isaiah ix. 7, was not ful-ship with all the lovers of the TRUTH, of every To the Rev. orthodox Clergy throughout the United States, and to all the learned throughout the world. spe For the Olive Branch. “NOTICE." Editors. Gentlemen,-You are hereby respectfully Messrs. Editors--In passing by the Univerinvited and humbly requested, as you have salist Church in Prince-street, last Sabbath cial regard for truth, and the welfare of the hu-morning, I observed, posted up by the door, the following man family, and particularly of immortal souls, at heart, if you discover any error in the above statements, to point out the same, clearly and distinctly, for the benefit, not only of the writer, but also for the world at large. K. In relation to what was stated in No. 12, page 94, col. 2, we have received the following from our highly esteemed brother H. Ballou, of Boston, Mass. 119 beg they will call to mind the homely adage- DEATH OF PRESIDENT HOLLEY. The New-York papers of Friday announce the death of the Rev. Horace Holley, which happened at sea on the 31st of July. Mr. H. was on his passage from New-Orleans to NewYork, having with him his wife and son. Some "The person expected to preach in this place If the greatness of man be properly estimated this day has been COMPELLED to disappoint us. by the capaciousness of his intellect, we may The Church will not be open till next Sunday." truly exclaim, " Verily a great man is fallen." This is not the first time that a similar notice Few persons could ever approach Mr. Holley has been given. I should be glad to be inform-without perceiving the superiority of his mind. ed whom they expected; what right they had to His views on religious subjects were liberalexpect him; and who, or what COMPELLED him much too liberal for the age in which he lived, to disappoint them. I have always understood and for the mass of the people among whom that Universalist ministers were very faithful in he passed a great portion of his life. fulfilling their appointments. In a letter, dated August 18th, he says, "you men of narrow understandings and contracted AN OBSERVER. feelings, objected to what they called his "pewill permit ine to suggest in relation to what culiar notions in theology," without ever imayou seemed to request in the Olive Branch, that the Eastern brethren should either acknowledge gining that these peculiarities might possibly be or deny, having given authority for what was that "The Hudson River Universalist Associa- As a pulpit orator, Mr. Holley lived without a It is stated in the Evangelical Repository the essential attributes of truth, not perceptible to the dull vision of ignorance and prejudice. publicly read in the 1st Universalist Society, &c.; that as to myself, I never hinted to any tion will hold its next session, on the 1st Wed-rival among his cotemporaries and has left none one, that I believed that said Society had donenesday and Thursday in next month in the city that approach his standard within measurable perfectly right in relation to you; but I did of New-York." This is a mistake, as will be distance. give encouragement that I would visit said So-seen by the following ciery &c. Fervently praying for the unity of the Spirit and the bonds of peace throughout our whole connection, for the special tokens of d:vine favour to the several Societies in your City, and to you and your present charge in a particular manner, I remain yours affectionately, "Rev. ABNER KNEELAND." MISTAKE CORRECTED. Extract from the Minutes. Xtems. Boston Courier. GREECE. The news relating to Greece is of the highest interest and most gratifying nature, if we may be allowed to place full credit upon it. It is contained in the following paragraph, copied from the London Globe The Western Recorder of the 31st July "London, Monday evening, July 9th-The 1827, takes, as he supposes, a triumphant obit. Treaty of the Great European Powers for the uary notice of a fellow mortal who has descend-Protection of Greece, has been signed in En A letter from the Rev. THOMAS WHITTE-ed to the grave, and whose death was caused by MORE, on the same subject, dated "CAMBRIDGE, Aug. 18, 1827." After alluding to the circumstances, states the following: "If I am in any manner alluded to in the expression, brethren in the ministry, in the Eastern States," so far as it relates to me, the communication of the Trustees is a mistake. I conceive that the above request lays me under obligations to make this statement. I have not had sufficient means to judge which is right; and therefore have not been able to form an intemperance, because he was a Universalist. the Tagus, have probably, by this time, sailed gland. Three British ships of the line, from for the Dardanelles, under Admiral Beauclerc." Society for Mending the Morals and Manners of Young Misses-The President of the ReDied in Russia, Herkimer county, last week, public of Buenos Ayres has awarded three preHe was an Universalisi. an aged Mr. Filloe, by excessive drinking.miums, to be paid out of Government funds, under the auspices of the Benevolent Society, viz: One of $200 to the most moral young woman in the country; one of $100 to the REPLY. since, the Rev. Mr. *Absconded from Port Byron, about a year He was a father with-Young woman who makes the most money by opinion. I live at a distance from you, and out the title of husband, and had for some time love, to be given to the young female person honest practices; and one of $100 for filial have not attended to the publications on either side; which is to blame, therefore, I cannot say, and I have not said. "While I pray, dear Br. for your prosperity and continued usefulness, I desire also, most sincerely, the prosperity of the three Universalist Societies in your city. It is my ardent desire, that the most perfect fellowship and love may exist between these three Societies and their respective Pastors, and this, I doubt not, is the feeling of our brethren generally. We wish you all well. There is no need of our abetting the cause of either side; and whosoever is injured, let him forgive. If we could be, the happy instruments of a reconciliation, this would be all the agency I should ever wish to have in the business. "Yours affectionately, THOMAS WHITTEMORE." To all the above, we respond-AMEN. (See Prov. xviii, 18.) Nothing would afford us greater pleasure than to be in cordial fellow who behaves best towards her papa and mama-- Hampshire. The mine is of great extent, and Florida, for the murder of Major Saunders Do- Joel Hotchkiss, of Guilford, has been committed to prison on a charge of murdering his wife. A steam boiler belonging to an engine in a dyeing shop in Paris, lately exploded with great violence, and with a report said to be equal to that of a 56 pounder. The boiler was driven through a strong wall, into a eighbouring garden; and the fireman was killed, apparently by the concussion of the air; his body exhibiting no external marks of violence. SALEM; (MASS.) MAIL ROBBERIES. Martin H. W. Mahon, a physician with a reThe Alms House is situated on a farm, 1 mile from town. This farm consists of 85 spectable practice, and in easy circumstances, acres of land, not remarkable for fertility, been found guilty of robbing the mail of a letwho was post-master at Waynesburg, Ten. has though happily for the poor account, it poster containing lottery tickets. One of the ticksesses a quary of good granite and beds of superior gravel. of his soul"-his reputation. The post-master at New-York has offered a reward of one hun ets purloined drew a prize of one thousand dollars, which he sold for $700 in cash. It was a The farm produces potatoes, turnips, corn, desperate effort to procure something better, and all vegetables used in the house-the held out by the fickle goddess, and on the "hasurplus being sold for an amount which ad-zard of a die" he risked the "iminediate jewel ded to the proceeds of the sales of gravel, and stone, and labour by the Paupers, exceeds the whole cost of maintaining the poor by an average of $1000 per annum. The population of Salem is 13,000; the relief to the out door poor must always be applied for at the Alms House, and received there from the steward. Single persons, are TOOTH-ACHE-Lorenzo Dow has kindly furtaken to the house; a few, about twenty, re- nished the following cure for the tooth-achespectable and aged individuals form an ex-burnt alum, black pepper, and ginger, equal ception to both these rules. age The Salem Gazette says:The venerated Dr. Holyoke, entered into the Hundredth year of his last Sunday. From the health of his body and the vigour of his mind, life is yet a blessing to him and his friends. He preserves his relish for literature and society. We occasionally observe him passing to and from our public library, and few of his juniors devote more hours to reading. His eye sight is so good that he reads without spectacles. dred dollars for the apprehension of the person parts, add spirits of camphor, and dip a piece of proved effectual. A From the U. S Literary Gazette. Yon summits, crowned with verdure new, Where ocean's waves incessant toil. And yellow harvest smiles around; Shall smoke upon the altars high,— When earth as heaven, shall own his reign; And cleanse the heart from sin and pain. REPORT OF DEATHS. The City Inspector reports the death of 128 persoas during the week ending on Saturday last. Books for Sale. At No. 80 Prince-Street. £100 A Candid Review of ten Letters, coming Nature and Nature's God smile upon the union that is sweetened by love and sanctified large, and our pleasures take a wider range. by law. The sphere of our affections is enWe become more important and respected among inen, and existence itself is doubly enjoyed with this our softer sex. Misfortune loA strange aquatic visitor.-On Thursday ses half its anguish beneath the soothing influ-sale, on the doctrine of Universal Salvation afternoon, about five o'clock, says the Nor-ence of her smiles, and triumphant when sha- among which are the following, viz.Kneeland & M'Calla, $1.00 folk Beacon, while several gentlemen of this red with her--Without her what is man? roving and restless being-driven at pleasure by in four Books. Book I. Demonology. Book II. The Light of Truth, and pleasure of Lightborough were amusing themselves upon a romantic speculation, and cheated into misery Hellology. Book III. Improvement in another fishing excursion, near the Rip Raps, the by futile hopes-the mad victim of untamed head of a huge animal, resempling a pump-passions, and the disappointed pursuer of fruit-state. Book IV. Systems examined, kin, both in color and smoothness of sur-less joys. But with her, he awakens to a new face, more than twice the size of a human life. He follows a path--wider and nobler head, and having eyes about as large as the than the road to self-aggrandizement that is bottom of a quart bottle, suddenly emerged scattered with more fragrant flowers and illufrom the water, within one hundred yards of mined by a clearer light. their boat. The unexpected and unusual appearauce of such an object, produced both alarm and surprise with the party, and for in front of which several horses were tied, stopA wag passing a livery stable the other day, several moments, they were awed into si-ped suddenly, and gazed at them some time lence by its novel and terrific appearance. with a phiz indicating the utmost astonishment, English, $1 50.-Kneeland's Lectures, deliver After looking steadfastly at them for and then addressed the owner who was stand-ed in Philadelphia, 75 cents.-Ballou's Eleven about a minute, it shook its head, and draw-ing near, and asked him "if he made horses"ing it under the water, moved towards Cape Henry, leaving a long wake after it, which a nautical gentleman, who was of the party, describes as very similar to that of a whale. ANECDOTE. Make horses?" said the knight of the broom and curry-comb, "No! Why do you ask such a question ?" "Only," replied he, " because observed you have several frames set up." 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The translation of the Bible above || No. 16. work of Jerome, but composed from his version, from the old Latin versions, and from translations of particular passages from the Greek versions; which perhaps was done with a view of conciliating those who disliked Jerome's work, or adhered to the old translations." ANCIENT COPIES OF THE BIBLE. Next to the ancient copy of the four Evangelists, mentioned in our last, we shall speak of an ancient Latin Bible, the transOur first object in examining this work, lation of Hieronymus, which is more an- has been to ascertain all that it says about cient than the present Vulgate, but not dif- hell; a point which we are now trying to fering very materially from it.-Through settle-and we find that the Hebrew sheol, the politeness of a literary friend, we have in the Old Testament, and the Greek hades, The authority of the Vulgate being conhad the pleasure of examining this ancient in the New Testament, are invariably ren- firmed by the Council of Trent, Sextus and scarce book. It is a copy of the second dered by the terms, inferi, inferos, infernus, Quintus published, toward the close of his edition, printed in the year 1512; to which infernum, i. e. terms corresponding with the Pontificate, an edition of it, March, 1589; are added very extensive marginal notes, by word HELL!-except 4 Esd. (2 Esdras ii. and although it was very incorrect, (for he the publisher, "Ioannis Benedicti," as also 29, of the Apocrypha,) where it is gehen- corrected many passages with his own pen,) an explanation of all the Hebrew and Greek nam, but this is not his translation, as we yet, "in the plenitude of apostolic power proper names used in the Bible. It is divi- shall show hereafter. and infallibility, he announced, from the ded into chapters, but not into verses; but It would seem then, that, in Jerome's chair of St. Peter, a corect edition of the the chapters are subdivided, which subdi- time, inferi and infernus, were considered Bible, and all the temporal and eternal penvisions are not numbered, but are distin- as expressing so nearly the sense of the He- alties of the excommunicatio major were guished in the text by double marks, thus, brew sheol, and the Greek hades, as to be threatened against any person whatsoever, and in the margin by the letters of the al- used invariably as a translation of those who should, from any pretext, presume to phabet, in capitals, thus, A B C D, &c. terms. Hence, if infernus signified a place alter it in the most trifling particular; and This is a proof of its antiquity, though not of torment in another world, he makes Ja- yet in November, 1592, Clement the 8th, so ancient as the copy of the gospels which cob say, "I will go down into a place of sent out into the world, from the very same we have before mentioned.-The order of torment to my son mourning" and Job press, another edition, differing from the forthe books of the New Testament are like prays that the Lord would hide him in this mer in many thousand places, and contradicours, except the Acts of the Apostles fol-" place of torment," till his wrath should be ting it plainly in not a few; and this, like low the Epistles of Paul; but the Old past! But after all, even if such a construc- the other, was pronounced authentic and Testament is different; the books of Es-tion was admissable, it would prove nothing correct, by the same infallible authority, dras, Tobit, and Judith, being before the in favour of endless misery-because God and guarded against alteration by the same book of Esther; the books of Wisdom and saith, (Hos. xiii. 14)" Ero mors tua o mors, threats of excommunication." Ecclesiasticus follow the Songs of Solomon, morsus tuus ero inferne." O death, I will and the prophecy of Baruch follows the La-I will be thy death; O hell, I will be thy mentations of Jeremiah, among the Canoni- sting. Or, according to Tremellius, (which cal Books. Before we say any thing more our translators followed,) "Ero pestes tuæ, of this valuable Book, we shall give the mors, ero exitium tuum, sepulchrum." reader some further knowledge of the trans-death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, lator of the text, (for the marginal notes I will be thy destruction..* were probably by a later hand.) Thus much for the infallibility of Popes! and we consider the infallibility of Protestants no better! but the time is come when every man must look, examine, and judge for himself. "Another edition," says Hamilton, was published by Clement, which also differed from the former ones; these Clementine editions are now used in the Church of Rome; and it is admitted, by candid critics of that communion, that they are susceptible of further emendation." With all these facts staring us in the face, can any one think it ther presumptuous or audacious to attempt a revision and correction of the New Testament ? "Jerome," says Hamilton, "is generally "Jerome (St.) in Latin Hieronymus, was reputed to be the author of what we now the most learned of all the Latin fathers. call the Vulgate, but we may observe, that He was the son of Eusebius, and was born its version of the Psalms is not his, (though about the year 350," [He must have been he did execute one which we now have in born sooner, or else he could not have been his works,)-and as he did not translate the son of Eusebius the Historian, but he those books which were not in the Hebrew might have been of some other] Being per- MSS. the present version of the Apocrypha, secuted "for being a Sabellian," he went to with the exception of Judith and Tobit, is Jerusalem, "where he applied himself to not his." See Hamilton on the Hebrew the study of the Hebrew language, in order Scriptures; who has given many proofs that been quoting, "we cannot follow the Vul"Although," says the author we have to recive a more perfect knowledge of the the present Vulgate "is not altogether the gate Latin, in every part, nor ascribe to it Holy Scriptures; and about this time [880] he consented to be ordained, on condition Greek hades, had been invariably rendered hell, in En- Rome, yet it is by no means to be overlook*We are of opinion, that if the Hebrew sheol and the the authority it possesses in the Church of that he should not be confined to any particu-glish, and Gehenna retained as the proper name of the valed by the Biblical student; as an ancient lar church. He had a quarrel with John of ley of Hinnom, it would have been much better than it version, it affords assistance in understandJerusalem and Rufinus, about the Origenists. a concealed place, or that of being buried under ground, ing the original, and contributes its share tonow is: for, as hell, primarily, signified nothing more than He was the first who wrote against Pela- it would have been a very proper translation of those ward correcting some mistakes in the Hegius; and died on the 30th of September, ought to have been, or else not used at all, it could not eaterms; and had it been uniformly used, as it might and brew text, for it undoubtedly has, in some 420, at about 80 years of age. There have sily have been misunderstood been several editions of his works. The then have always been drawn ftom its primitive and literal confirmed by Kennicott's collations." Thus Its figurative use would places, preserved its true reading, which are last is in 11 vols. folio. (See Encyclopæ- moral sense, meaning; viz. death, darkness, and of course despair in a Hamilton. |