ian sus secuaces y discipulos? Se levantarian a una en
tropas numerosas para sostener el honor de su preceptor, y con el fin de
dejar en su justo lugar a su amado maestre, recurririan a sus escritos
originales, manifestarian en su apoyo los manuscritos, apelarian a todo
linage de argumentos para acreditar la ilegitimidad de aquella edicion, y
emplearian sus declamaciones y raciocinios para ascar los medios rateres
e ilicitos de que se valia el catolicismo.'

Hear it in Gath! hear it in Gilead! hear it on the hills of Israel! yea
let the furthest corners of the earth hear it! The _principal chapters_
of the Bible are not those of the New Testament, which contains the will
and words of the Saviour, by whom we are to be judged--not those of
Isaiah, who foretold so beautifully and distinctly the coming of that
Saviour to the world--not those of Moses, who wrote of things in their
earliest date, and so nobly depicted the progress of the creation,--but
those of the books of Tobit, Baruch, etc., books which the Roman Church
itself has called apocryphal, and the greater part of which exhibit an
internal character of spuriousness which precludes the possibility of
their being the offspring of inspired minds, though they contain some
things useful and instructive, such as may be found in the writings of
the early doctors, who however never claimed nor were deemed to possess
the gift of inspiration from on high.

Let me here ask: what is to be discovered in the chapters of Tobit, etc.,
of first rate importance to the Christian in his worldly pilgrimage, or
which serves to corroborate and illustrate other parts of Scripture?
Above all, is Christ crucified spoken of or hinted at, as in the
authenticated writings of the Prophets? If not, what is their value in
comparison with that of other books of Scripture, even could their
authenticity be proved?

Now to that point. This Christian ecclesiastic calls with a loud voice
upon his brethren to prove by pamphlets and writing the divinity of the
books of Tobit, Judith, etc. Yea, let them accomplish that--let them
bring sufficient evidence that these apocryphal writings were held in
veneration by the Jews, that they enjoyed a place in the sanctuary along
with the inspired writings, let them show that they were penned by
Prophets, above all _let them produce the originals_--and the Bible
Society will immediately admit them into its editions. Why not? I am
not aware that one point o