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but not enough to get an average of
the number of bushels per acre. One
thing will be observed this season, we
will see the threshing done by steam
power instead of by horse power. 4
Bone dust has the credit of giving
farming business.
John Cogan has got his large bank
barn finished so as to fill it with this
Summers crops. We shall expect to
That business pays the more you give
attention to it. Who can not afford to
raise potatoes at dollor per bushel
Oats will not sell for less than their
worth as long as they are made to sup
ply the place of flour. Apples and
peaches will go at a fair price if any
are sold.
Rev. s. B. Shipman and wife spent
nearly week here calling on their
many friends. They attended theLawn
Fete in the yard of the Parsonage.
They left week ago last Saturday,
expecting to spend few weeks at
Windham.
The work of altering the text of the
bible has given liberty to many people
to express their sentiment if they will
lead in the pursuit of truth. Educa-
ton seems to take the lead in this en-
terprise, and no one can tell how far it
will go. If I know any facts I am at
liberty to tell them. One man has
published the testament with the
American notes added. This is only
the beginning. The type made me say
that it was possible that the rules of
grammar may have been changed"
which did not intend to say. There
may be some exceptions under the
rules, but the exceptions do not neu-
tralize the rule. If one class of people
is allowed to violate why not let every
other class have the same privilege. 1
have been looking over Tim. chap.
Is verse to see if could reconcile the
the revision to- any rule; L cannot.
The first line OF the verse may be trans
posed thus: 1.-THE mystery of Godli-
ness is a great mystery" Whether it
is connected with the other part of the
verse or not does not make any differ
ence in providing verb for each NOM
inative. A knowledge of Greek does
not give anyone power to form an
English sentence without nomina-
tive for the verb, or vice versa, a verb
for the nominative. In some places a
change of a word gives an unpleasant
feeling, as though the reading was not
as dignified as it was before being re-
vised. One such you may find in st.
John, CHI. 5v. "And the light shineth
in the darkness and the darkness ap-
in the tense of the verbs to represent
processes that ought to have been go
ing on at the same time. But object
to the word "apprehended." 1 know
people were short sighted, unintellect-
ual, dull, and perversely wicked; yet
it is painful to see SO degrading word
used in the place of hightoned COM
prehend. Ones feelings are cast down
in similar way when we come to the
18th verse;" But as many as received
him, to them gave he the right to be-
come the children of God; even to
them that believe on his name." Once
Christians thoughtthey had the power
to become the children of God; now
they think they have the right but not
the power. In King James transla-
ton it says: ITO them gave he the
power" Inskip may skip back into
the traces, and confess that he has a
right to renewal of the blessing every
day he lives, but not the power to en-
joy it. In the 30th verse you will find
these words: "This is he Of whom I
said, After me, cometh man which
is become before me-" This is ex-
tremely awkward. I see no need of
making such sentence. Yet this is
the work of scholars. 1t has been
studied in England, then sent to the
United States to be revised and cor
rected, and then it is put in the revised
edition. This occurs in the 18th and
10th verses. In verse Is. of End chap
ter you read: "And he made scourge
of cords and cast all out of the temple,
both the sheep and the oxen." Both"
should be with. In the preceding
| verse is told who were found there,
and this verse should read and cast
all out of the temple, with the sheep
and the oxen" 1t is left uncertain in
this translation whether the men were
driven out, or only the sheep and the
oxen. In Romans, CHI. Sv.; First
7 thank my God through Jesus Christ
for you all, that your faith is proclaim
ed throughout the whole world. PRO
claimed" is an indecent word and
ought not to be there. You may ad
mire some peoples faith and speak O
it with appreciation. But to say it is
proclaimed is vulgar. 18th verse, "ThaI
is, that with you, may be comforted
in you, each of us by the others faith
both yours and mine" This is not 6
bad sentence; the last clause is a repe
tition. This would do very well if il
were not very much better expressed
in King James testament. In some
places the revisers have made the read
ing seem more pleasing, where they
have put it in the form of poetry. In
some places perhaps they have made
some Improvement. In II Timothy
9 chap. 16v. you will see a great change.
Every scripture inspired of God, is
also profitable for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, for instruction which is
in righteousness /; that the man of God
may be complete, furnished complete
ly unto every good work." Every
scripture inspired of God," is as much
as to say that some scripture is not in
spired of God. This may be true. st.
Paul expected Christ to come the Sec
ond time during his life; and all inti-
m atinn Of that ia not inSniratiOn Of