, 1870-05-28
SHALL WE HAVE A NOEE READ
ABLE RIHLEg

| We were tsked 70 6elec* 1o1u 1o& oouA ~
limit its influence and resdsbleness, We should
select the form in which our EngGsh Bible il
almost universally pablahe5<
/ What other book III put be5oKe tho reader IN
such guise3 Here We have poetry printed as
prose, and prose printed ~ p0esfJ; !ongs u
vofred, and compacted logical ssusenee6 cut
up into epigrarnmAtic fozns; sd sinpae,
chi1d-like narrative, which, in tic original,
flows as smooth and clear as n,esdDw streAm,
damned, rendered turpid and internsttent By
ionnnerabjs distractions OF vetees. In al
othet books the paragraph e1as VII tho
sense; in the Scriptures, ~hate7ep the sssse
may b, every limo or two 6rings tho EckdeE
to halt. The Sign Of the paragraph II
indeed pred1ed, but it serves no pI.c-
! teal purpose, and IL positive henish-
Should We dare 70 treat any othar book
so III? DOB Quizote OF Robinson cEu-
soc would never eyer, hITs s,o,o ontISsd iSs h sach
Imagine Pope's . Lind" printed ~ We print
| Isaish Dissect 'esamson Aeonistee" n JOY
] is dissected! Bow long would they snryiv6
such mutiAtions One hsH Of our Scrip
tures Is poetry-K poetry Which brings its
Characteristic that it Ewes even IL The prpeAic
moods into which it hAh been run in our
Bible II read apprecaatine1y the ear may
catch tho tones Of the Hebrew Muse; hlt
when shs eye turns to see'her fair fosm, fln
marred beyond recognitor1 Before the hap
are11 tbin. tnn.e g,vs TsS - e,,rpt ~
nauatVe., tte ov 81 fancy. the chain4 n res-
souiDg, md eTen the mechanism OF E11zanat.
Aud then, as l to ayHAsats the evils ok these
numerous ind mept divisions, svel ainse the
~ ;tssif. 1T. ~ ;,an;r.n,, H., 1;t, = -
apothegm.
Then, again1 1t il printed in na,zdw wicohnns,.
a. II it were cheap novel or peNBpaper';.
. aad these co'Q1aHs ara q tnotehed md scored:
tossa 20 y ~ I'sa tn@ Ioneefaan or te' 5on m
Observation-Disclosures s..u - cGaeaiEsaa aaf
H+as,o s1,ns f5.ts rstH m1 ;,,taas,,e - sas 5esa
liz deslsred w thst ::asnes.r s eoaH oompfsssna aa
! stSnt q ths ne pnEes0ins N ~ rss
vsras IL ~ s,t4IsIa.ths, " cusp'eF ~
m,n ,sonh - }nnn3 T. trrnr... ~ Fsni;,.x t ..s
tInt,s.nds Il thay couS :dnrs h.1e e IT, aLS Is
encs in reslnc Pan1's r1Sai 1atlsr az ' TsPe+;n
wrote il iasteed Of resdinr K n nrinters foS-
H. j. u II 'yh~ss L,,rs,aS .sSg6 pt.useos "
When ,xsm.s Mordoch ,,nt3:.h.s X. t.usa t.sa.i.
ion ~: fhn pesht;1n r ;.ss1fvs.s ~ 's.nn 1S.a'
4 whn ,;ad tnnwn H. s<-;r 49,. ~, LII
m :" butthsd for forty vfss. assn o,,1y IT. II.
dfsjecta nasn6Yu, sa they lav scsttere m m
and down ths co1ur,ns al orr R;bss, m 1es3
ino tb,t. rars;on ~ ~ n.-.rSsn5
fo9m. n.1 to.ns: & The mhss: sa.ra5 FL
pnv Rook ~ ma conIdn't ~; 5n,r~ r..5;nr.
it." We d, not Tondar n bis e,,ahna;.sn sss 1oss
until that dsy rnrnaiped tbc val nnt,ksn
avxv" in tha raaiain0 nf the Nets Tas. .rnar,4
We Ire suye~ irDjctsns or Tbssp1x slo4,55
ba II eot n',f = IN n,4r bba ~ stx,a ~ raoMa o
,to,,ld rery sot,y1 uiye n ras;i3s t5sm M T1
house in Bogton or New Ynrf c6,,ss rsIrsn,nS U "a
capital enouoh ID msfe sueh N aiii}ssn' = nnc.
cesa, WhAtever they might lnyisN: m Il [
ia tha way Of pansr biipdiar, print. ar i1ln.tra-
Hou, They roIla f,N gf;N-bo1, f;ons ~
press. ss tIley- vcuta deserve. an1 nrIt iha;ne
manisea vo11{d vant,oor9na ~ Il sscnr;cs.;t;sa ~
literature" and a. vAynarhs a}on0 fTns raa5
OF fojjy. And "a x3eTata nnhjishaI. 80
the Dantist Union' ,anI Hhs Rsitish .na,Eo,.
Bible Boc;etv. nr3,t rn;1,;ans - s.r4.
solumes. md 1istr}fste and sa1i than !, s16o ~
Won AK rhy tie nacnla @ nIr1 item i .' sna s,eu
reaa ,beu, ~ 3.ecIpnsassop ps IVY .nen ana asen
ZOE = because ~ e. there 'gnothng better within
.nea 1sssn ~ tae mAses :;oetaase It 70 QseinE
70 70 aauuy lekhte1, ma pecause II Is th1-
iolt Elple, 1hdispensshtb to every rel-reg,-
ua1ea oousehoia. ,.-..
~. AnJ one Wno naa DeeEHa. nea1ner of . iata~
lules Ae leau Vefhe-a1ous; cannoe help know
ng what lmp1ng, halGnK1Hocea,s It is,~-how Il
The sense IL ooscured, Std al spirituality
aes,Rataear ny tae verse mntzaasaon3. The child
nSarfAolS reads sccoTdnE to these d.
visions, dropping its voice, 'and, nth it, the
sente At the end OF each Fersa- Than, tho
next fsauer peg1ns, not With She tcHe and In !
dection o. continuity, but az Il \ new idea
zero introduced; and 70 on 1ostho end Of the
napier, Y, Il u hardly neceasar3to H35 that, IN
tas not tbs afree course" fo- which va are
aught to pray; nor can it .'be- gloraed" IN
such treatment: Or, il one :hsa> no such
iomestir experience IL this, ias:him 20 to
as 'ar schads., n 1hleh the DiR4 is tns7
% impossible 70 resist the ccnvietioa that
he arbitm.y DIVISION into chapters md vezsee
8 n very 4er1ouH mistake The rassona who !
nost need to be assisted in the r5Ading of the
voTd, y. md 70 whom it should be n.ls !" sweet
nd tho nnl"ttered are they vbose7booka are
bus narTsd md naimed; while, for
he Greek scholI, ne print our: TastA- | ]
3enta - We print other books--df I
idlng thsx1. By the sense anassooording
? the sense ,s1d N the printing, :iupart to {
rem the aPpsarance Of other bookss II
Tut few examples Of these VersediSMiDne
ccording to--1hAt shall we say mot the sense.
ut. perhaps, the ioltings Of Robert Stephen.'
orse on The road from Lyons to Paris. will
bow how arbit-aty and obstructive Ekey ne.
AXE passage from Pauf'a first Ie.ttr tot
i-4a:
4. thank hy Cod always on yoEE. behalf,
or tie grace off, God which is giyca-y you by
esns Ch1ist9
s. That in 5varything ye are enrIrhed by
in, i al utteks1ace, and (in) ail knosIsdge.; ,
6, Even As the teHtmoDy Of Christ Haa con-
r1nei ID youi u
7. So that ys coIna. behind in no gifts wait
g tor o. the ecsI1g-of q our Lord Jesus CHRIST:
Aai ye may 80 hlamelsaa in the day. .os our
9!d Jesus Cnrfsf-
SoW, lnaEane thW sentence, fH-vial IN
,eHng, napataous- N mpyem61&,. and '
scm u an,aa1. ~ ssnstes 4Sa palsel!ea o7a anon8
!. b,t tesne.s eat hoso 1aoa OF tee senoo' a
nAt must oeeoma OF ~ W.. cup
ose yo3.E tesaer y M nae s1d the Sane ape1snn,
" ~ ullsslle7+ta ~ 4AeN cnat ne VIII get The =
.loe sense eaaI o1 anhse hve Apbo1ss11 thaths t
" ootu w taey "ers p1antea IN tns Hollow e
z 1ahanl nII 1otm y
:. arsea .nan1 x ~ e. tto e; as5 On your behalf
n ~ ~; = y Ma .ta ovaassas ye Ee snneheH
~ ln ~ a. A. utssiaaea. ,; ~ N AZ ahoWieden
'9n ra ~ ms M IL esnu,on5 o. Lh1ist VA sonh1aad
.x.94. Nv ~ ~ 'nss W sense nemna y mo Rnt;
sr,st ~ w1,c 'ab ab,1i aisa VI ont A.n sesas
1shl y y; WHY. snA1 atso conhim you unto the
w. lnAs 1aasy pe aAmeaesa IL IAe NJ c& | i
r ,r.i.o Ltu .at1'as sItas :31..as 2naass.
a. ;rst.sa - ist1 ''o4 ~ e- oe' nal
y.c;one MsrE nj 49, how an a. - 49, advaa . u;e
,esa HS;s:nn 1na1S, 9eetn 1o% Kin, - ps
9 select ,a .na.' n 3qlmased pafen Aeals a ~ - ths
;a%1s,tIlSeseHataon 1a,I j. sot befo1ohe rslAr in
y MapH ,o7t, 5s I'VE i,sa ac.s: ...;n
~ 9as',e ae9 81 /. 6l9ad o. sHelse years b
y sud had spent q, thst she had, t
~ ~ HAs heeAIhe ps1seti WI tsaos 9few Woesa,
~, ssa mns,s has: saa h.a neala es Jesus caae In
e e.. qtsss IS oeh1na M ahd t9uchea ~ Fa1nant. c
~ ~ aoT'sao o. saia, l nay, put touch hla !
1tnes, ~ saaG ge "ao'e: j
~ - ana 1eASheNAy me FOUNTAIN Y q her > 4
epa ~ Maa aasu ~; ana Bie ielt insQh:') body
r. ~ sne ,S 1as neasea .. eaes: :Pla8nat. E
1nt petnape hG 2sf'e q tise baoiR. VI serve
~ ,,,. sAe q%nshea15 % q oaS Vafhe-Ayassoos, ,
y, olG s aga@ly estote us u.an; the, ps!aoiea OF
noka;; LaJa paiaoae -saonlaeee N Ns.A.- ?
~ " s,'Sa .s,s t, ~ y, REsals Y .niae
!, sse @ eaoa$es o. asesc1 c1nH nam INTO ys1ses,
Y ~ 91s ~ 4nAu u u; ene ~oaaa sonko5 snneang
g., frd2IAAC6. G1Y1GtrR I,