Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-17 00:00:00

was condemned to die by a decree of the Emperor Char!'" tht
t°,i,
theFi sfthicfreed s
r t heasiopl etruerrie
stn. e translating,oTfh,
enemies
f G printing,od Christ,an t] p usbnldi shoj
prevailed, yet Tyndale ptssed'away in the midst of vicr/j
i essi
for before he expired, no lees th .n fourteen editions 0' "f
versioa of the New Testament h of bean Welshed, the last o_
which, being the first edition of the English Scriptures es.:
printed is his native country, was passing through tha Preof
hero during his incarceration. On Friday, the 6d,
October, 1536, this good and great mao, `of whom the vo,r4
was not worthy,' all who may well be accounted the 1,05A`e.;
benefeetor of the E tgli h people, was brought faith to
Being fastened to the stake, he cried out with a feeveet f
and a loud voice—' Ism', open the eyes of the
England 1' He was then strangled, and burnt to BP'.
In the faith of Christ,' says Foxe, 'he died with constall
and now restetb, with the glorious company of Christ's naarld
obfletsbseedtirynoins trhyemiLtoarndd.
nAnd
ty r thusf
modu,cho f
William tho
T 1 iyren daati':,:t,ll;
for his notable pins an l tray til, may well be called 'ho.
Apostle of England in this our latter age.' Foremost does
ever remain in that class of Ged's faithful and iattcf,'s
servants of whomMil'on said, they have entered that reVi
where the, uedoubtedly, that by their labours, cour-e18,1;
prayers, have been earnest fur the common good of cell!,
and their cenatry, shall receive a'sove the inferior orderief'''',
blessed ; and in super-eminence of beatific vision, shall ell7l
inseparable hands with joy and bliss in over-measure for el° ,
In reference to James's translation, the anther obseritels;
"The great aim of a translation of the Bible into Englito
should be to put the English reader as far as possible into
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position occupied by the reader of the original text. ;le
being the aim, whatever con laces to that aim shoeil'id
observed. Wherever, then, the original Hebrew or 1-1
repeats a word or phrase, there the English represent:oo
once carefully chosen in view of all the instances and all
fac's, should be repeated, in order that the English reader ri:o,l
in his English Serip'ure, behold, as in a mirror, the is
original. Hence the rule is uniformity—the strictest unit°
ity ; word for word, Orate for phrase, idiom for idt
sentence for sentence, should the English stand over agsito
and represent the Hebrew or the Greek. This, we say, jAbd
rule ;—deviations may be necessary. In a second or a wtse
instance, the English used in the first may be less suitable tj,
some other expression ;—proper exceptions must be alto ,h
We maintain, however, that exceptions are to be regarded 00
jealousy ; and the principle laid down demands Ote',
avoidable departure from uniformity should be adroitt:o
Judged by these considerations, James's translators me'i t;
declared to have failed of their duty to a lamentable elle
nor can they be justified, even on their own principles. 4.1
simple truth seems to be that they were aware of t"0
translation being a kind of literary mosaic, in which difelliie
had its perfect work,—a piece of ecclesiastical patclaw°4',,4
shape and colours very various ; here a reading, and thero
reading ; taken, this from Luther, this from the Vulgate,,thet
from the Geneva, and this from the Bishop's Bible ; and e'',o(
by their own or other's hands, sewed on the old gaveleillis'
Tyndale's text, They were, we say, aware that their CO%O
of many colours ; and so, in their prefice, put forth an es"tvis
for diversity in wording and phrasing their translation. l 3 for
would it have been to allow tile fact to pass unnoticedicet
though in time the true character of the translation cool'
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fail to become known, "tiny would not then have Iknoss
answer for a made-up defence as well as patchwork translab-ry
Our concern, however, is with the work rather than the vcci.ti
men. Is the work such as it ought to be ? Can the lOr'o4
improved? Most faulty is the work in regtrd to the poito
which we now speak ; mere faulty is it than can aPY-.JO
except on a careful and critical comparison of part with rby
and of the whole with originals. A great and mast val:insolf
improvement would be gained by the English readers, -
the necessary uniformity were introduced into the Bible.°
Upon the arguments ani facts which he has broug,
forward, Dr. Beard maintains his demand for a revisi°l3.o
"We call for a commission of enquiry. We say than English people have a right to know whether their Bib' isol
fixed and unchanging unit, or a perpetually varyieg, t 44
indefisable so:nething. We say that they have a rigiih-ese
know, on unquestionable evidence, what changes have ",gei
introduced, and by what hand. We say, that the e11,,a601
which have been made, are so many calls for a grand 131-1
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assize, which shall take the matter out of the han„"i
individuals, whether learned clerks or un'earned Pnreete
And as in this mutable everld the Bible cannot be free meet
change any more then other earthern vessels,' so we fa tf
soy, that our law-makers ought to appoint a standing o°l-
tee, whose business it shall be to supurin:end the print
the English Bible, and wa:ch for the conservation °Lee
purity and integrity of the revised text. It might, in aau7ise
be desirable to take measures for securing a periodical red Xlo{
of the text, if only to keep the text side by side with adv3geire
scholarship, and preclude the pessibili'v of there being, a': nd°o
a great divergence between the Bible as it is and the 13ib'°'
ought to be."
The question is still an open one, and should be des..4lf
studied. The decision must rest upon the nature 070
inaportanct of the deficiances which we stated to existl.l
our present version. Oa the one hand, the hypercriti;
cavillings of the pedantry cannot justify experinisii,t
legislation in reference to such a subject. On the tie
heed, the need of a full and faithful translation of toi
Bible must transcend erery other consideration. It is
tbv
better to risk disturbing for a season men's minds b/
the revision of some long-familiar passage, than to illwot
error to grow by usuage into fixedness, which 14110
admit of removal. It is a far more serious irrevreticeo•
allots. an imperfect translation of the Bible to bear tof
stamp of authority, than to question the correctness of
version, no matter of what human scholarship authori6:b
If the arguments of Dr. Board be left unalls`leran
revision must be allowed to be needful ; and recie;to
conducted, as it is sure to be, by learning and patient es •
and guided, as we hope it is equally certain to be, bi
reverent spirit, eannot be tco soon undertaken.

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Tan BOMBAY MAIL.—The Bombay portion of the I
coy
, mail has not reached London. This has occasioned
, siderab!e anxiety. °)
DISPATCH OF TROOPS TO INDlA.—Between the 101111/0
June and the present time the East India Company
despatched, or have chartered, 27,462 men, in 72 vel,-,ele
of which 20 are steamers, several of large size, and
altogether, have embarked 10,111 men.
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MR CARDWELL AT OXPORD.— On Friday Mr. C .4-
well was entertained to a g and dinner, in a men
oel
attached to Magdalen College. The company evasiaelt
large and enthusiastic. In his address he chide' (4'..00
upon the crisis in India. He also alluded to the Vele)
of Reform, but said nothing beyond pledging hinise
take a liberal and comprehensive view of the subject; 000
STORMS AND FLOODS.—The Times contains many "8-00
of the remarkable thunder storms which passed over
metropolis on Friday evening, and of damage dal:o.d
similar storms, and the floods which ensued in diffe'iri%
parts of the county. The traffic on the railways 10.01#
through Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire has been lAO
poled, and two accidents to trains have occurred on
Great Northern line owing to the floods. s atti
DEAD BODY FOUND, WITH £528 ON IT.—OD tie et'
afternoon last, the dead bcdy of a man was observed to
is ihe number, and on being got out it appeareof•
have been in the water for several days, and to be tbstholf
men appar( ntly about forty years of age. On the was'
being seached, £528, in American money, was 1°;;01(
concealed in a belt under the shirt, and the pollee ill/
charge of it. On Wednesday an inquest was held On eto
body, at the Town Hall, before Mr. Thorney, c°r°etieri
William Johnson, landlord of the Golden Cup, Ilel4-e4
street, deposed that Le had se,-:n the body of the deees-dol
and recognised it as that of a man he had seen every hid
since the Ist instant, until Thursday last ; he went t°
t'
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(witness's) house many times a day, and was never 6%belV
deceased told witness that he was an American, but, spa
ness told him that he was a "Norwegian Yankee: iis
deceased said he was; witness meant a Norwegian valf,,eso
been in America ; deceased spoke English well ;
had seen him with four or five sovertiges, and he (w"ler,
believed he was spending money freely. Thomas lA7;
ington, clerk to Messrs. Wilson, Sons, and Co., agerl'ech
the Courier, which runs between Hull and Christianss-oe
deposed that the Courier sailed on her last voyage he
Saturday, the Ist of August. about two o'clock, of
recollected a man coming to the office on the evenie,cet
Friday, the 31st July, about eigh', p.m., and got a tiencef
for Cinistiensend, in the forecabin by the Courier; itAiff
paid for is English money ; witness had seen the 13'01
and he thought it was that of the same parser]; 100 ''
passage was paid for be gave the name of., Thomas floe!eti
they supposed Ross bad gone with the steamer until 00
heard from the police. John Dalton, lodgingah°:d,
keeper, Humber-street, recognael the body of the deees,'„Ge
He was generaly drunk, but he had not seen him 01,-01
last rheas lay. He never gave any name, but said he
been to Ca'ffornia, and that he had not been in Neriol
'or thirty years ; he took to drinking after the Courier
left him. Po!ice Constable Swab), rave evidence oe
respect to the finding of the body. Witness had Writhe
board the Courier, and had found in a bag amongst tee
luggage which was understood to have belonged t° 00
deceased, a nngget of gold and stone nearly as large ah'icle
egg. Witness also found an address ticket, upon ItiSif
was the following—" London to Hull, Mr. Thomas a
passenger to Hull, Yorkshire." The jury then returned
verdict to the Effect that the deceased had been fc)tice
drowned, and that there were no marks of violence Ica
the body. Mr. Alderman Abbey, chairman of the w4tee
committee, informed the coroner and jury tbst
pad
money found upon the body had been counted, andeePpai
into the bask, to stand at interest in case any one Su'
appear to claim it.—Eastern Counties Herald.