New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-03
NEw.yoRK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY DECEMBER g. 1880

throueh the impulse and The labor OF The great h
| farmer beote the Reformation" How TAR he hlmseli
translated It's books Is nos wholly certain. .h"' @
AZ larol ia pJIs puted. Harmony OF thr uVsps'
A., Ssatnd seems 10 have led The way 20 bo rest.
the Apocalypse with It's Dccss,ri atrciion i w. nc
hooks 70 engage his hand. Ohdfs followed most OF the
New Testament being rendered Dy hmsei' nor1, oo
| with n rial mid from frlenda; ihs On I"Ai .nl''t
wroh,bv m good part by Nchois Hereford m intimate
friend aud conborer WIN nm ne 6eS od rio rest To-
have bceu suddenly arrested III tl, W. - v,,T,
hsvr been done by another ptohaDp pv Ny'iisS thu
or course r tie TRANSACTIONS had TO De niHe II , .
IN of Jerome The Hebrew and Greek being almost
unknown II was other words, the version oi se,
mn" h rn,na,nn,rea that Jerome had had early Greek
manuscripts oar Ter than any known untll t,,,
WEI ~ tod Snt rs one remove from the originals,
while his perfect acquaintance with me Latin eofic
| nnnl. opportunity to make his TRANSLATION e,prk,e
and iu as an English equivalent. ne oao and
probably as early. az the latest a. A. I ~ k,ilsd
Pm. WvcIiGc himself no doubt. was aware that the
ork bad becu too randy done its highest value or
best effect ami planned tho revision, at ono; Io h
KeSyev p mas four years after the masters
death OF this nearly quite hundred ano MY man
uscripts remain IN whole in part, many written on
churches, or The wealthy ana not Icw pea[- n, n6
tncy hurried in times Of tr9nble Al these %r nG
written vii forty year. alter WyciineS heath anu
II remember what careful destructive soaIcm iV
them was made I'm The OF persecution now many
the sea- how many snriveed IN me nrTs d
war, how many were burned win thosr wno M" q, "n
thrm public squares. now many probably wail 10 p7
discovered, shall see how exi raordnnry thelf mum d
Der FIRST must have been Only spirit lhteuse ~"
determined coud have driven 50 swiftly so many PeuS
| INFLUENCE on THE LANGUAGE.
OF the Icct Of this translation on Tie EneiSn
language many have written The judgment OF Leeh'er
| Il undoubtedly jusi-that 1t marks epoch IN the
development Of English language almost as much
~ Luther's TRANSACTIONS does in the history
| Of the German tongues The Luther biple
| opeus the period OF the new High Ger
man. wyclih,'s Bblo stands at the head
| OF the Middle English" THE moro recent historian
Of the English people speaks OF him the father OF
our later English prose- Forms OF expression stu
familiar In our version come directly from nun 40 the
beau aud the mote tramplng OF swine aud the rend-
ing OF dogs the Comforter for PlraceIe the Saxon
| exclamation " God forbid" Mr.. Marsh may state tne
matter 700 strongly When liz calls tine accomplished and
| dihgeut Tyndals ''merey fu-gr0Tn Wyc ie adding
that not only rous The genera! grammatical struc
ture OF the oder rson but more of Is elclto- vral
combinations and. what Is more remarka1ie, even the
rythmc dow OF lis periods II may he SAID IN rrpY as
1t has been that much OF what common to INC YER
came into both out or TIC Vuiglr, by winch one
that what Mr. Marsh vel calls tbe sacred au eiIgqus
dialect" winch has continued the language 81 devotion
and OF Scriptura tran aIioa 10 tue Present day WAS
first established In England By TIE WyclHe version;
| aud hat what Mr. froude has characterized
as the peeniar genus, Of mingled tenderness ana NAL
esty Of Saxon simplicity and proternsural grandeur,
which brcathes through tho latest Trans stoh ua9 us
| CoveriaIe Rogers Crsnmer. the Geneva rausutors.
King James's reyisers have all contributed something
It's early ustre and the nal revision for which we now
look with all the which the most untrng scholar
and IN much Of he charm OF linguistic combination, on
| he primitive foundations OF 300 years since
TIE INFLUENCE on LIFE.
| How vast the Impression produced by the version
which thus burst into use language but ON life in
the whole sphere moral. social spiritual, even pot
cal experience who shall declare! TO the England OF
his time confused darkened, with aim outlook on this
world or the next, the LuttcrwOrih Reetor brought
| the supcrlailye educational force. lie opened be-
| fore it, through the Bible, Ions avenues OF
| history lie made it familiar with the most enehant
ing aud qurkenng sketches OF personal character ever
ueuciled He carried 1t distant lands aud peoples
further than crusaders mad VITA Re0ar further
than Aifrcd's had wandered. 1t saw again
the CITY Of Palms in sudden and heard the ech
oee OF cyInba and shawn from the earliest temple The
graudcst poetry became It's pOsscsson the sovereign
law on which the blaze Of Sinai shnc or which gOwed
VITA se-ener lignt OF Divinity on the Mount ~ Bea
tudes Inspired minds came out OF the P5t-MUses Da
| TO reach by this version he longdesinng Engi-h
mind Il gave poasAnfs the privilege o. those wno has
heard isans voice o; those VINO hdd Sc IL the heaven
opeued by the River OF Cnebar OF those VINO had gath
| rred before the L" tenll-s made with hands which
crowned the Acropol= Ihey ioOked INTO inc iacet OF
apustles and martyrs OF s"ers aud kDg., and walked
with Abraham IN the morning OF time They stood face
Ia face autd these pages with one higher than ALL and
the Kngl st lie ever lived on the ear th became near
I'm rank that Of ds10n, NO touch OF power which
| did not Cypress. Not only AGAIN, N lurld
| SosiI. not only again were divided
| and fountains made to gush from the Iocas-
ened earthly hills Again, as aforet me. The Lord Of
| Cory walked as brother frGm Nazareth ana Nom
Iirid 90 the Mount which burned with peaceful spieh
a. shaving the peuitcnt his cross. waikiug with
mourncrs the tomb. From the para lise of the pas
tie uaradlse above the vast y stretched md gates
~ sst we're brightly opened above the and murky
| ekIrs The rhouc.,s Of men re carried up
tbo1 rs of God, now hrst articu,ute 60 them Tue
inyiT English roof was lfird In hcguts beyond
tnc stars. Creation Providence, Redemption appeared.
harmonious with each other and narmOi ious Win Eter
nal Wisdom; Hight snot t0r@arI Oh the history OF he
| world a brighter hght on the vast and Immortal expe-
rence the soul the bands Of darkness broke apart
o., ours tins Influence was not felt by many minds
rrrhaps cot in ruiness by any. But IL
forth at home IN ELganii ~ hnhle' 10 stly IL smote
with Irresistible energy on The ings aud teters Oi Pcu,
tisal rule. II contributed force OF EXPANSION and
upft to every SOU on Which us qhlchthlhg pe'Sing
fen II became an instrument OF popular liberty as
well as Of elevation and grace personal souls
| Tnere was the English Renaissance. Leighton and
| owen nd Jeremy ayior became possble aitetward;
| 1ud Wordswurth, and R0beu Burns. Celestial forces
| Mingled fheucelorth. vally, widely with human
OF en- in erriptcl. never ceased. TIL IL nnal
neyItabe lrliiiOn in the perfect liberty OF The Scrip
! lures IN En2lanu
wYcufFE's LAST DAYS.
The subscqncnt months OF Wyefo's life were Ike the
| stormy afternoon, whose Turbulence ceases, whose
eIooue are scattered he sunsets golden tranquility
An ecclesiastical assembly at London-called by him the
EARTHQUAKE Council" because il was shaken by
bic OF the plaue-condemned his doctrines him
untouched apparently because Of the spi Of the Com
mons oxford repealed or eyadod tho attacks repeated
upon hun. nut la-t yielded To 4 royal mandate, aud
his long connection with it closed. In November
| A. d 1882 he seems 10 have agn defended his doc
brlure the Provincial : ID IN London ana
10 nave escaped personal assault. the weight OF his
character fin the country was too great hi- following
Wa 100 aige to be challenged without danger. yIguT-
ous memorial addressed 10 Parliament against the Eng
lsh crusade Urban one Of hs last publ PAPERS
| tnongb many br.e tracts written distributed
10 the cnd of his ME- and his sermons went forth
leaves on the wind. Three hundred OF them still re-
man.
| he expected martyriom, AMI Others surely x
pected IA for him. Blt h. Was OF That iron temper
which fire hardrus into ste ais cOuTAg mounted with
| occasion aud found true III his tine
evcr had urrn, " the uea the rWOtd tn0 nearer 10
God" In Of fact IL never subjected to blade
or brhnd He wrought III patience a. MS rcci0ry. max
ing n "A crufre Of mpuls- To- England. e stood
convict Us thOuvh m Pope again cite him, and ever
the powerful John OF Glunt fell from side. til
stroke OF par, ysIs a second time hi. he