The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-05-28
The Revised New Testament.

nation OF the remainder of the volume, with
the aid of Dr. Roberts excellent Companion
also published last weeks sufficient for
the formation of provisional opinion. la a
word, the translation-as tranSlatlsn-must
be pronounced gratifying success. 1t EN-
bodies the mature results OF the scholarship
of two centuries and a-half, applied TO the
emendatlon OF the text, and to the correction
of errors in the translation of what, IN any
view disputants may take of it, is the most
important of all books. Nevertheless the
new version may be objected to by the two
opposite parties among the critics those who
think, for example, that the Second Epistle
of Peter should have been left out and those
who think that the doxology at the end of the
Lords Prayer should have been retained
Matt vi, 49,. But with the question of the
authenticity of particular books, the trans
lators manifestly thought they had nothing to
text of the canonical books TO as near the
original as possible. And this they have
done. They have omitted, very properly, the
famous passage Il John V, :, 81, so that 1t
now simply reads: ''For there are three who
bear witness, the Spirit, and the water and
the blood On the other hand, while re
tanning the episode in John of the woman
taken in adultery. and the last twelve verses
of Mark, which are questioned by scholars as
uEliE no part OF NiiG bIlG iiAA NNNAf NilSA nave
separated them both by wide spacing from
the context. The other omissions are few in
number ami unimportant in character.
The removal of the headings to chapters,
which are a modern Interpolation, and the
printing Of the quotations from the poeucal
books Of the Old Testament III verse are de-
cided improvements while the division of the
text into paragraphs, instead of verses, makes
the sense more clear. These divisions and
plans OF arrangement have always been arbi
trary, the Nulgate, for example, being some
times divided into chapters, but not into
vel ses, each chapter making paragraph by
itself Il Is, however, when we come to the
amendments themselves Of the authorized
version that the excellence Of the work stands
out King James version was great i'm
pvovement on the Bishops Bible, but this,
Which will probably go by the name OF the
Canterbury Revision, being essentially the
work Of the Church al England, Is no less an
improvement over the translation OF 1911.
The Greek language was not as thoroughly
understood At that time as Il IS now, aud IS.
peclaly in the proper rendering OF the article
represented IN EagiIsh by the words "a and
( 1.-The" King James translators often made
+ mistakes. which are now corrected For IN
stance, the famous passage, The love Of
money is the root Of ali evil. now reads,
I ''The love OF money IS 4 root Of all evil,
which is, Indeed, sadly true; while the less
scholarly version gave OCCASION faT scOihag
F to some and perP.eXily for Others. Another
/ class Of emendaiJon Is that Of the substitution
Of modera words and phrases for those Which
have become obsolete For example, Acts
XXI. l5l. instead Of we took up our car.
risges, the neW version reads: "We took
~ our baggage, which makes 1t plain
i There il one word. saws Dr.. Roberts, mo,
..Hf .. a a. 81
has simply been tFanspiansed from Greek into
EaENsh 10 the revised Translation This Is
the term Hades, deuoiing the invisible world.
I Immense gain has becn secured ,H several
passages BY the adoption o. this WoFi. Thus
s Is Is very markedly % Acts j., -. where these
words are quoted from p XVI. in reference
20 Chr.sg 'Ih0s MI. not leave mv soul IN
. Hadss neither wiit Ibe8 give Thy Holy oae
80 sec eorrapijoa. The word He'll IS re
served In the revised ycfsioa ~ translation
Of the Creek wosI Geheaas, 10 she great
clearing up Of she meaning Of the various
texts where the eosd He'll nua occurs IN lAc
aa,boyiEsi version.
Where IN. term Easter occ3fs ia ihe Book
Of Acts txgi. 4 Is has been corrected 20 Pass
over. bat this Is OPS Of she changes which
alay be regretted hy soae. Ia she earlier
Earlsh versions the wsyd Passover was gen
orally fculcycd by rs real Easiish equivalent
Faster thas keeping alive = kn0N ledge OF
the uaiy Of the historical religions whose
great festival sccarrgd a. the veraaI cgaiaox.
Il nasI be aimiued, koSSyss, that the Greek
uord EilJrAa, oughs alWays 20 be rendered BY
. oae aud The SAME expression IN EEElish 4
mote serious slice;iea lies against the trans
lasisu Of tie Greek wuri fgapr by Love, ''
inssoad Of, as w The aashotaEe9 ysrsioa. CAar,
ny The Wofd Love has 80 tsaay shades OF
meaning tAas The good old wori charity bad
probably better have bgsa retained, or else a
psgaparase, such ~ Christian Affection,
substituted
Amons miaog eusada,;0as sAe following
are happy ana as'ns eas 'h0 sease more
clearly.
oHsprisx Of vipers.
II thy Fgbg kand ease 5hec 10 s.smbi,.
Be ne; anxious for yoas ste, What y5a shall
cat
The Iabor,r 1, verthy Of his food.
II BIS son shall ask him isf loaf, will be
give bim = stousF
The psoF have good ,idiHs. preached an,o
thea
New vine ialo old ~jne skias
That Where@itA ihoa mixhsesi have been
profiei by ms Is gives to God.
Doth not -FOUR master par The half shekel
He that Is balhed ncedesh not. save to sash
his feet that -, from the dehiement Witch
has bees contracted since leaving the bath 5
II any maa destroyed lnot dcieth The
temple Of God, bim shall Gsa destroy.
Destructive heresies .iassead Of damBable
hereaes.
Usually thc woEl nAuna;iou is rendered
Condemnation, though s8nesimes JHdgaeas.
Perhaps the most awfal passage-oae which
has prC.s ~ = sigGbi4ng block 10 mRHy teEd9T
cuuseiences LA the Whole Bible Is that IN II
Thsz, H. 10, u, which reads ia the auioFizcd
version -"Fof tins oAase God shall seud
ihe-n strong deiuslon, that they sh0uid be-
ieve q lie; that they all might be damned,
&c. ln the neE Translation It reads Per
this cause God sesdcih lhem q working Of
error that they shoald believe a lie; that they
all might be jsdgel,' sc. The famous pas
sage. Cor, H, -, new reads He that
Catch aud dsiakelk, sssetA aad dgiaksth
Judgment aulo himself, Il ha discern not The
body
Il has bees feared BY some tha. the fne
rhythm, the swing and cadence Of the sen.
leaces wiih which 81 English speaking people
are familiar would be lest in the sew YER
sion, bat this IS very seldom the case. Ia
deed, in some places, al improvement will be
noticed. as for example ia their syna-
gng1ss tsey Eili scogggs yog; yea, and beiors
governors aud kings shall ye be brought
Those who are unfamiliar with the facts have,
in some cases, had more serious aPpre-
hension, namely. that the alterations wOald
be OF a revolutionary character But such is
not the case. "N0 doctrine OF faith, as Dr..
Roberts Justly concludes, SIS ia the slightest
degree affected. False supports OF lmp0r-
:aut doctrines may be removed, and true de-
fences Of them may be supplied, but that is
all.
Looked At mofely 10 ReT4Fy pQiai otYlew
tbs work may lie pr0H0Hneed marked sue
cess, aud i will be held BY uany Of the pro-
foundest scholars that readers OF the Scrip
lures IN tue oxfrrd version have nov the
oppQrtunliy Of making themselves acquainted
wlih the New Testament, IN . form more
nearly representing the primitive text than
they ever had before. -! 'biiddeLaAfa ledger
New YoRK'S .EsTHgTIc LrSACr.-A New
York correspondent writes THE aesthetic
craze seems to be at its height. A single
flower Of large size is now worn on the waist
Of lady's dress, not bunch, because 1t is in
agreement with some rule OF high art. An
other freak Of fashion Is to wear an embroi-
dcred butterfly on one sleeve OF dresS
JewslFy ssems 10 ran Ia tue FORM OF snakes,
lizards and the claws Of birds. pretty girl
wears bonnet made of silvered silk, with
leaves and flowers OF silvery material fastened
TO one side with silver turkey claw. What
are called ''theatre bonnets' are made eP.
ligsly Of flowers. lne waFR ~ = lsay OF