, 1870-05-28

fore theg not only hide the tzus lght, but No
unfre4uenuy hang out false one When
u said, At the beginning Of Cor. /, Il; TIN
the Co1inthiaos nsust not cez their bsethte
in gong to law With them, especially unae
'nyldess, the common resder is liable to IN
misapp1eheneions one arising from hta r.
sociat,ons With "ve1," snd the other witt
nintideh:r In reading the text, he finds TIN
TO veK ia to hArass, nos 10 provoke; az
that the inftels" are simply persons VIII
were not members Of the church. In Ii
caption to tha thirteenh chapter o
thls same letter, he is informed thai In ve.s
Is, be viii find something shout ~ths prels
ton Of charity before hope and faith; !" md il
turning to the pnssagc, he 1eArns that, OF th
three graces, faEhs hope, and charity, tn
greatest is charity. We read the hsak1iuKs O
Eph. v, and ara told, under ressa I
mot to eonTerne with the wicked, but, il
! The text there is Dothing said OF talkiuI
( everybody knows that ~converse," IN Scrip
tufe phrsseology, means intercourse. But IL
com non people do not know Il the people 70
whom Bible Societies arc founded do not knny
Il Children do not know it !; and it ia for jus
these p4rsons that We deraand this bette
Hblo.
Then,. tso, some Of these kaAds are iuapt
because So highly fguratise, For example
l Cor: III: ?: milk Is fit for chll1zsn." V. 7
"The old lesyen is to be purKed: out;' xiv. !
Prophecy u commended and areferred be
fore speaking with tongues, By acompsxiso1
drawn rom .susicas iastEztmens,t' = m. 16
"He shutteth rp bis epistle with dises salu
tations;' y Epb. Il 13: ''The complete armol
Of tha ChriStian, md how it ought to be- used
With one ezcepticD, thers are few 1audon
selections tom = s1ngle letter. Their absancf
would be better th&A their preseuce.
But more -senous AFFECTION TO thesastuz
mAries is theic docsu1nl hiss, ROM w..
tells the reader That ."Abrahaza:s faith M in
puted to him for fdghtea1mess." Ron,giHs q
J! In Eph- / 4 8 ne Me: informed that Psnl
I treateth Of eut1 eaeesS0a and adept5es7 ky
Haee." Now, al n34se' words hsve tho gaa-
2inB dngEnaac ring. aom< Of them, it ia tine
aSet found in the ts4t, ,bu4, In THAR tschnE
caa,sense, ths} belorg TO Theology - = sciensa,
and 10 = particular school sf thsology-Cal;
viatsm- 4 tAa Bible, = 1tttsut noee q corA-
men" Is the Protestant atx.4aArd than theas
auIAn11Etes are a violation Of the Protestant
,p110MpIe; and N undeuoz7hatia1sl society
publishing then, ia 8uleHof breach OF trust.
For czaszples Sappose thaa iu Luke xiii =,
inGtesdsof Christ preached :,e1sn&anoe upon
the'punt9hAsnt 81 the Gaileans and otheFs, !"
heading !" re neeest,sy or p7sssos' .hat
he nAll : emphstieafS IL peoples
bopk; md ahA masses nesda it,; snd de-
size it; ~ mar - Poaahls, TO tha ono
whiah. g T. common psoplo T" hsna 20 gladly
Aszha, wethink our Eaklish gble uassbt be
very mnch improved 2nd populutbed, 6y re-
Aesiag. the preseut ttanalation Of ita aurarhu-
Gus 'f1fds-its vnr&age, shall We sAy itS YER
bositJ II is well .ksaovu, though affron uni
versaeEy known, ths& the italicized wo1tls form
no part nf tie os7Hn&l knd s1thdtit4a&ve sext
introduced theusto' EA1rd f1ae re1Eean4slnst
md to aIpl2in ard .renaa1
intelIgiblr foreign iG4oms, The err4ts i4 il
tho e1ceA4; and r. jutkcious pruning Of tn
part Of tlsir work h#ouldsdd toboth tbs bsauty
and the strength Il cur a1callent ve1sior
Taking ~ these itaaics slong With hin, sf4h6s
daily reading, 1.-The uuleszned" gets a:con~
science co:seezui8g then1,. and superstition be~
comes tWia-saater u knowledge. The test4s
tecepEus iE amcumbsfed n the h2ma wAr,
sud has betu = sud gEssvsuse to the critical
student. Take, for example, the At1ditiou'of
words 10 st1 fngthen Orta g1Blain = santeDos:
The itaEcise lwords zsefwantiug IN the oafar
MES.
Matt Iii. EEs " Jesus sal11 su&o them, Havss
se undesatoo ta1l these thinges" Mark iii. S.;
q And he strGtehed it gnt, and his hand wa8
Restored, scho r. a. the. ottsT.r The copyiat
seems to have added these last wzzt1s to show
how exactly &C mplete; ths- mis.c.e waa. Mark
:. 10: " he enbeEeth in WHARF the dau1sel Vas
lying and he tick the dauskea BY the hand, and
aid . Ari.n;'a md s.right1Ay the damse.
aruse-" though verse ~ makes il clear thAt
e}9 dad clnlJ wss In q proatrato position. the
copsiss, fearing that = doubt rs to the posture
might spring up n the rssaerb mind before
rsschng the I'd verse, inserted "lying."
Iessea ta s''' e. ,,ses3. T tszs w si.h pns. tse1.
:lsdxp and sraerauous sdAitsons; and
Lhe" tsns!atozs, who ~ the modern
copyista, have 31peE1dded their super
tuouA and cheap >Engliah: additions; and,
rom undar tliis-, double covering, the
A'ord ct God gives fexth, in Eazry p2aces, hut
mutBed souud
yn soms cases + difference OF: :idsnra requires
n additional word. For example :: We cannot
.ori opunetG the hind" We must sdd
eyes, Esd therefore our translAscso render
'sa]in erlvi., 9, "The Lord openeth the
yes II ts ,bd3 bind aa!3n Rss they sspos e for;
athe,' Hndera than hslps. It: teaches that
here arc two classes OF persons in whom men
re temFted TO trust, "princes and "the
ons Of n:sn," and suggssta'A climax Of ideas
d which "a Ron Of man" is:.s raexe trust
1orthy reNaoce than priuce' Tha Douay
-ersion IL better, beca1se ,it5puts. The Two
htsseE ius opposition, TINS contrasting man
nth Iel 10 .st-
Psalm hl13: Through fed NJ abAli do
aliantl,: tsr he IL is tha3 shall ttssd down
Psalm lkziv. II: "No good, (Raasl NIL he
ritbhoid trrm: them that walk upHghtiy."
Thing - aids neither to tEofurce nor clear
ees Of tfa original. How 1nuek' better to
Iha lord IN Sun md shiea7,
The Land .M give grace and ghr5f,
No good Fat hc withhold from. thsss that
ak urri ghsty-
Marx V, 40: = And he departed, ~-*
nd sll (r1leas did maryel." TIE, addifson Of
men" fs notmeIely useless, but il il wrong,
he text doe3ro teseh that tnan .uniEerssl[y
saryelled, bctony that the -inhabitants Of
le DecaI;olis nx1elled. Tha,ssme Hsd Of l
HoE is c'2mnaHhed md peEpetusted in Mark
.sted I'm peoples for al (mea( counted John
prophe4."
Another f4nssi.e superdury: is sseeztaia."
lark Iii l.: "a (ceTtuin) MN planted
,neyasa." Nov, thare is no partiaI,lsr indi-
idual rei'eEed to in tho o1ismal, and yrt the
lark VII 25:. "a (eertain) womAn," in TACT,
Was a.. uacartaln person. aad 50 the Greek |
aA it, Conscientious Ctuden +doas not know |
2ese italics IN his Concordance
How mach the eagarnesa sad iu1portunitY |
the afflicted father is mAuad in the follow |
Ms * .:a5: HHe fell at his: feet and be-
+ lieth At the point of desth. (Epray Aee) |
N e, and hay thy hands On ber.,r
14uxa xiii "a; land when, Jesus saw
OF, be, called Ger TO hm), aud said /
ito hett Woman, thou art loaaed from
line indrnity," Jesus. called to her,
ecause abe could not 80 to Him. until aho was
ea!ed, for :" she was bsRed together, sid /
ould lr: nowise lift up he7self."' ~ The Greek |
Jesus IS first speaking the Prom
'ed sid to the helpless cripple. aud then lay
e Ills healing bands uFso14 hat beat fofza.
he. tRauslato1s, By their italics, lead us to sup
Eis1 feet before she couA;he. s'1astle straight."
t. L. needless to multiply examples; !; they |.
ar1st themselves into. tho eYa from every t
age. Our citations hate been only from the (
salzns and GospeIs-the ainplest and most.
read parts Of. the Scriptures. Re-
I'd useless conjunct;ons, abound to mar tho
esntF of the !ettet-Prsaa and to obscure, ob>
rnct, and pervest the aenna Of the authors.
IAa Last change aQgReatad xH N fmproEe- !
lent npon our present: Bible is uniformity, in |
1elkng proper nAmea., This may seem:
p ~ matter, p md, lg many books, il would b
ID Of Proper names | ~ names
! persons md asEass ct pl.ees. It is g s&crea
ographicM nod. geographical Eazstteer.
here ars upvaras Of fonr thousand yp1uPez
L1nSa A14 1ts p1Ha&-~QN3~tHQIQ 2d mA1y a8 tDe |
hole number baqneakhed to US BY elsasic an
guilty.
Wherever nazRaa have been ideu.ised q be-
nging to The. SANG individual, unless there
special reason far two or mora Ways OF (
Yelling, thay should, for the consazt and ben
1t Of the plain reader, be aiwayss spelled uni
'rn1ly. Nhen AaFsn. is chxugea14to doraaan,
.me msn's r4me differently, 30 also of I;
arah and aari- Rut why writs, The King Of
yro sonqehsAs Hiram, snd: then, again, |:
urara Why is it necessary sometimes "a |!
y thss 5ssa1s Nzs the son Ct: Nae, and thsn,
gain, that Se.n was the sog ot Noah Wing,
heo Wa read the New Tsstament, must we
y, Elias Hiseus, md Esaias and, when
9 read the Ola TeAtsrnent, always he
.!sfaI ts esN Ezyah, E2tatA, 1ud lsan1a +
ny not spell thes na3pe Of these
roRhete the same way u both TestAneuts2
9hnf}Y AynP s,f77fsa Kka;RS 1y,k Tsa;nh.