Religious Tract Society Anecdotes 1 Thessalonians 5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. The following is an extract from a petition which was signed by 416 Roman Catholics in the vicinity of Tralee, the parents and representatives of more than 1,300 children, and presented to the Roman Catholic Bishop of Kerry in 1826: — "May it please your reverence, — We, the undersigned, being members of the Roman Catholic Church in your bishopric, beg leave to approach you with all the respect and deference due to our spiritual father, and to implore your pastoral indulgence on a subject of much anxiety to us, and of great importance to the bodies and souls of our dear children. We approach your paternal feet, holy father, humbly imploring that you will instruct the clergy to relax that hostility which many of them direct against the Scripture schools, and to suspend those denunciations and penalties which are dealt to us merely because we love our children and wish to see them honest men, loyal subjects, good Christians, and faithful Catholics. In short, permit us to know something of the Word of God, so much spoken of in these days." (Religious Tract Society Anecdotes.) Parallel Verses KJV: I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.WEB: I solemnly command you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. |
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