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Newspaper
Chicago Daily Tribune
Location
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1881
Page
1
Religious notes praise the Latin Vulgate and report on the Fifty Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Home Missionary Society and the Third International Sunday School Convention in Toronto. It urges Christians to labor for Christ globally, with prayers for more workers and missions, and calls Christians to action and devotion.
A Chicago reader challenges the Revised Version as biased and flawed, arguing many key terms in Matthew Luke and John are mistranslated. The letter asserts genuine theory of incarnation and aims to show the Holy Spirit as divine power, not a person, while condemning modern textual errors across both old and revised editions.
Philadelphia Times reports Very Rev James A Corcoran D D professor of Scripture at St Charles Seminary endorsing the Revised Protestant Testament. He calls the revised edition a great improvement and a vindication of the Latin Vulgate, noting modern discoveries support the old Latin text while acknowledging the Greek basis of the King James Bible.
Dr Corcoran and Rev Dr Routh discuss the revised Bible, praising consistent Greek renderings and noting corrections to King James mistranslations. They flag retained doctrinal glosses, shifts on bishops and congregations, and debates over passages in Acts, James, Corinthians, and Matthew as Anglican and Catholic scholars weigh textual fidelity.
Dr Corcoran backs some revisions as honest and fair while condemning others as biased. He praises improvements over the King James version but criticizes altered terms like unknown and hades as misrepresentations to Catholic readers.
The fifty-fourth annual meeting will be held in Central Musical Hall June 7 to 9. The annual report shows 1,015 gospel ministers, 2,308 congregations and stations, 6,724 Sunday school pupils, 86 churches organized, 76 worship sites completed, 399 missionaries reporting 3,200 hopeful conversions, and total receipts of 266,720.41 with expenditures of 259,709.80.
The third International Sunday-school Convention will meet in Toronto from June 22 to 24. Delegates come from US states and territories, chosen by state organizations. Hotel rates are offered, with travel details and a program featuring addresses, conferences, and lessons across three days.
A meeting outline lists the Self-Training of Sunday-School Teachers, reports from committees on resolutions and missionary giving, and Sunday-school work across Europe and the Great West. It notes sessions on freedmen schools, Indian work, and a closing address “Whereunto this Work May Grow” with H. S. Vail contact in Chicago.
Summary of religious affairs including membership, endowment progress, and donations in Baptist and Congregational groups. secular and ecclesiastical moves in Old Catholic and Anglican contexts. updates on biblical translations, church politics, jubilees, and missionary appointments across the United States, Europe, and Asia. notable clergy changes and publications.
The Rev Dr McFayden has been elected chairman of the English Congregational Union. Bishop Simpson has sailed for England to attend the Ecumenical Council of the Methodist Church. A telegram from Rev George F Pentecost states he cannot preach Tuesday evening.
An American letter from Paris notes theatres and churches open Sundays, with anecdotes about Eunice and Sarah, a minister’s hat returned, Niagara Falls jokes linking to Chicago, and a Boston schoolteacher posing questions on sin. A sharp student points to a classmate as a sinner, reflecting on Christian training.
The calendar lists observances for June including Whitsunday on June 5 and related Ember Days from June 1 to June 8. Catholic listings mark Pentecost on June 5, with Whit and Ember Day fasts and Octave references, noting Ember Day fasts on June 1 and June 7.
An atmospheric, period tone piece references Farragut and the iron fleet. Mystical lines describe sunrise over battle imagery with celebratory and martial mood. The prose blends nautical and heroic motifs as it alludes to Union blue and Southern foes.
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