THIS REVISED BIBLE.

Kumara Times, Issue 1530, 23 August 1881, Page 2

THIS REVISED BIBLE.

“ Can you tell me, sir, what effect the revised Bible is going to have on the community ?” “ A salutary effect, I hope,” replied the managing editor.

“ But has it been adopted yet ?” “ Yes, I reckon so. The people will take it as a substitute for King James’s edition, and it will soon become popu* lar.”

“ Now, suppose there was a lawsuit, in which some of the witnesses had been sworn on the old Bible, would an oath on the new Bible be binding on the witnesses yet to be examined 1 “ I don’t see why not,” said the editor. ' “ Just so. But take, the case of a man who committed a murder the day before the new Bible came out, while the old Bible was in operation, could he repent under the new Bible, or j must he be hung under the old edition 1 In other words, can a Bible operate ex post facto 1” “ I should most certainly say yes to all those propositions.” ; “Very well. Now suppose a than repented a year ago. Under the bid Bible, has he 1 got to repent again under the new, or does the repentance merge? Are a man’s rights mnder the recent edition subrogatod "to i- i: the ; •■■■revised';; edition-? '■ ' ■' • ‘ “ I guess they are ” says the. editor, laying down his pen. ■ “In other words, you esteem the new as a legal substitute for the old, and just as soon have it. Do I under* stand you so ?” “ That’s about the size of it.” ** Then let me sell you a copy, bound, in Russia 1 leather, gilt edges, sid& and 1 hack, only 2 dollars 75 cen& net, or—— : ••• But he fared forth suddenly add uti*', expectedly, and the exterior atmosphere ; absorbed him. v “ ••• The fact is while the mew Bible trill suit thb ordinary emergencies of life; it' never will do for a managing editor who has to read letters from politicians, ’ spring poetry, and demands for cOrrec* tion in the next issue." He’s got to ‘ have something with hell in it, plentiful supply.