A NEW BIBLE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10423, 27 July 1895, Page 5

A NEW BIBLE.

A parcel was recently received by the librarian of the Dnnedin Atheusum Waring the following inscription :—" Oshsiie. From the'trmtee for the"children of Slialam. Dona Ana, NeW , Mexico, U.S.A." The parcel when opened was found to contain a book of considerable size, which purported to be" a neW Bible. This was accompanied by a number of booklets giving selections from the "Bible," aad a leaflet describing how and under what circumstance*? the boolt -was written. The" book is certainly a remarkable one, and some idea-.of lfc-j scope may be gathered from the title page,- upon which the following apPfr ßd~-' Oflbs Pc- A new> Bible, in the words of Jehovih and his angel etnbss?adore. A sacred history of the dominion of the higher and lower heavens oa the earth for the past 24,000 yearn, being from ihs submersion ot the,contui«ht of Pan in the Pacific Ocean, commonly called the flood or deluge, to the Kosihon era. Also » brief history of the preceding 55,000 years, together wi'.ha synopsis of the cosniogonycf the universe • the creation of planets, the creation of man! the unseen worlds, the labaur and glory of gods and goddesses in the etherean heavens, wtn iilfi new commandments of Jehovih to man in fcjl<S pressnt day," &c, &c. The preface states that " Oihape marks the beginning of the new era, the Kosaton era, the Kosmon church, without any creeds or worshipful gods, lords, saviours, priests, or preachers, but in which all people shall worship the great I AM, Jehovih." The book also indulges in prophecy, and from . '.he preface the reader le'arnß that a new people irto to ioherifc thtf earth. "Thfesc new people are to be Jehoviana, worshipping the Creator only, and they shall be known by the nsme Faithiatu. They shall be auli-warriora, Dbu-flesh-eaters, and &hsJl practise religion instead of pressing ifci workiag for others ond Dot for themselves. Through them is to be founded * new government, wholly uulike anything yet Jh existence as a government. Through tflein is the old competitive system of living to bo superseded; armies and soldiers are to bs dispansed with; -nor shall there be any more poor people on earth who have uot food and ciotbing sufficient." The world, we are told,: JS indebted to Mr J. B. 'Newburgh, a dentist, of New York, for this remarkable >, book ; and in the leaflet accompanying the copy of the book sent to the Athenaeum Mr Newburgli Bays: "Some two yeSirs ago [that in in ldBlJ 'Oahspe' was mechanically written through my hands by some other intelligence thsn rty own' He then proceeds to narrata how ~,a book cams to bo written. After investKating bpiritnalism for about 15 years, hebcra.n.e d« Ba ti«fied with the "commuaications and craved for the light of Heaven. I wished to learn something about angels would commune better with us if wo Thtai^Z 8 e%F hyßlCally ? nd spiritually. bntW r^.i"^ fi6Sh and fish, milk ufd I °f' "nd toojtto rising before day, bathin-* I where! S aad °°CUPy-Jrig ° Bffia» ™™ «X sunrise recounting daily to ay Creator m 7 directed toget a. typewriter "which wrwl. i, i, indifferent success. . ' .^ m m^ °^ light strack both hands "on the bacT^tWv went for the typewriter, for some 15^^ very vigorously. I was told not to re«S Ihlt was pr nted and I had worked nrSetffawS-t a.rebgioua fear of losing this new mZIS I obeyed reverently. The next moCn/ alao' before sunrise, the same power came and wrote (or.printed, rather) again. Qde morninri accidentally looked oufc of the 'window and beheld theline of light that rested on Z hahds extending heavenward like a telegraph, wi toward the jky Over my head wwe three paira of hands, fully matenalistd; behind me stood another anga!, with her hand on mv shoulders. My looking did not disturb tha scene; my handa kept right on, prmtins— printing. For 50 weeks this continued every morning, half an hour or so before Bunriae and then it ceased, and I was told to read and 'nub liah the book 'Oahspe.'" Whether or not that' is a plain unvarnished account of how the book i came to be writteD, the fset remains that it has I been written; and tliose who desire to know! what the book is like will no doubt shortly have ' %a opportunity of perusing the copy at the! Athenjenm. ~..-.-. j

CAVOUR CIGARS.