Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-05-02

Of the bible, proposing among other al'eTa-
lions, to substitute immersion fur bop'ise.-
The great body Of tina, sect, howevrr, ap-
pear To discountcnance the change, fact
we are glad to note, for if one denomina-
iion translates the Scr piures 10 suit their
peculiar views, others will initiate The ex-
ample, and in consequence there will soon
bo as many versions of the H"ly text as
there are rival sects. Brown University,
the great collegiate institution of Il le Bap-
lists, is, we understand, opposed to the
change, SO that, af'er all, we do not think
j, will be carried out,
We doubt, in lcol, il anY version of the
Bible could be produced, even in this age,
equal to the present one /, for il would be
difficult to obtain the cooperation of the
s,me number Of able ,ransla,ors and a
few men, how ,ver learned or eloquent
could not possibly make 50 eloquent, Il rel
bic and correct "A version. Compare the
authorized translation with Wickliile's,
, with the Elzabethan Bible, or with Lulh-
er's, and how percep,ible is the advantage
it possesses. md the reason is that the
present version was the work OF many
hands, each translator working on a sep
erate part, and the Whole revised carefully
before being published. Never was any
work translated with so much labor, and
mover, therefore, was any rendered SO gen
orally correct.
1t is true that there are passages in
which words elsewhere obsolete arc used.
, 1t 10 true also that subsequent inves,ga-
tions have proved other passages TO have
been mistakenly translated. Blu, these
are evils which foot-notes can remove, and
= much as some persons o'jecl to "notes aud
comments" upon the Bible, foo,-n ties are
less to be feared, we believe, than a new
version. 1t is very certain that no other
translation in any tongue, approaches ours
in beauty and subllmiy. To give just
version of any book in another language,
it is necessary, not only to translate the
sense correctly, but to alter the idom, and
indeed the whole cast of the thought, else
what is eloquent in the original, becomes
fiat and il sipi1 in the trans alton. The
editor of the New York Sunday Alas,
himself Hebrew, exhibits this in a iorci-
bic light as regards the Scriptures, by CIV
ing in late number OF his paper, specl-
mems of the authorized yer,lou, and Of a
literal translation. AS thus
AUTHORISED VERSION. sEw VERSION,
= Isaiah, chapters LII, and LIN.
= How beautiful up 7. How wished ipl
nm the mountains are are the feet that bring
the feet of him that eth tidings over The
bringeth good tidings, mountains, proclan'ns
, that pubsheth peace; peace and good tidings
that brngeth good It'd that publish salvation
ings of good, that pub saying unto I'on, TIA!
lisheth salvation; that God reigneth !
saith unto Zion, thy
God reigneth
} 8. Thy watchmcn =. The voice oi tn,
sh,ll lift up the voice; guards riiscth sOuuC
with the voice together of praise in unison; 10
shall they sing; for they surely they shall be eye
shall sec eve to eye when witnesses when NE Lore
the Lord shall bring a. shall rcnstatc Zion.
gain Zion.
g. els despisrd and ,. lie Is dcSp'sed an
rejected of men, "A man whhhphlch iIoiH men
ofsorrow. and aca,,ain- a man nf sorrows, an,
,.d with Grief; and we has experienced grief
hid rs it were our faces and appears AZ IL wei'
from him. he WAS dcs- ~ hdc ms tars from uS
~ n;sed and we esteemed dcspscd and we dl,
him mt not notice HIM,
R,, he uas wound ). But he has bec
al c,r our ,ransrrrss- disregardcd, such wcr
;o,x. be pts bruised our transgressions; h
for our iniouities; tho was depressed, sue
4 chastsemcnt OF our were our ihllh'"S ."
nc,cc ,sgs upon him, praceable instruction
I'd with his striprs we were his means, and u
are healed. ms ass1c'a,'oh We ~
ccvc salvation.
PyopsrJs. chapter XIV.
o. Fools make mock 8. Evil doors coa
=, ain. lint among the over their trcspasscs
r;,b,enus there is favor. but amongst the right
eous there IL reconcilIa
ton
IL. There i, "A way IL: There Is wa
which secmeth right which scemeh to be- sa
unto man, but the end isiactory 10 man. y
thereof are the WAYS OF the end thereof leat
death sometimes 10 ues""
ton.
81 He that despscth 2l. lie that dcsplset
HE no;ghbor sinneth; his neigh or sinneii
l,,, be that hath mercy and he that iaYors ii
an tho moor haupy is he meek is praiseworthy
"a. Righteousness ex- 81. Equity exalte'
altcth nation; but SIN nation; but generoS'
!, rcproach to any of nations is a SIN
people.
From these examples and they mlg'
bs mul,iplied-it is evident that the al
thorized version is mere smooth and poet
cal than the literal one. In fact, the Enl
Iish Bible, translated under King Jane
;sas near what the original Is, as !, is po
sible for any version in another tongue
be it is neither too literal, nor too ire
the Just medium is preserved, the sub IN
" and beauty of The Hebrew are nain,al
ed almost entire wi,ho 1t any material
parture from correctness. But, If the
was no other reason, we should object to
new version because i, would tend to alt
our Ian; ;urge. The Bible is now the sta
dard of our tongue, which 1t preserves
tact once alter this version, AMI the ];
guage, like that of France and other
,ions where there Is no unol,erabe v
sion of the Scriptures, will change, a
change, and change, until one century
be unable 10 read even works of the +
aoJi,, Db;Iu BuiIetin