, 1881-06-19

BALTIMORE.
THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE containing the
new version Of the New Testament compl etc
has heen received. and I can but say that any
newspaper that will publish complete COPY
OF the New Testament in any one number
deserves universal patronage. l think with
sou that Chicago has Il live press.
Complying with your wishes, I will say
that the new version is decided improve
mcnt upon King James, both as to arrange
ment and conformity to the original. Still it
is not perfect Take, for example, the Greek
word Hddcs. This word occurs in Matthew
Ii, =, and xvi, Is; Luke ", Is, and xvi, .;
Acts ii, 1881; I. Cor. Nv, 55; Rev. l., IS. :nd
ri, 5, and Sx., 13-14, and is translated hell,
always excepting l. Cor. xv.. IS, where it is
improperly rendered grave. Hell is the
English SYNONYM Of the Greek Hades, and
I1ades is the equivalent of the Hebrew Sheol.
The meaning Of one will then determine the
meaning of every one Sheolis translated in
the Old Testament He'll rhirty-one times,
Grave thirty times, and Pit three times.
Sheol literally means rapaclous, Unsuitable
1t is derived from shoal, to ask, to crave. It
Is the equal to the Latin orclls rdlAuE. Sec
Proverbs xvii, 20; Isaiah v, II.
- Sheol is not a place, but rather state or
condition Of 4 place. Unlike tina. -graxe
tkenyer), which is local and may be plural,
Sheol is never so used. There is but one
Sheol, and that everywhere. It is a state
Snot plaee) OF darkness and gloom dob, X.
1sa-, xxxyiii.,. lS). 1t is not IL place or state
OF conscious happiness or misery, hut state
Of unconscious silence and inactivity. The
Greek equivalent, is l1adeS- IN the Septua.-
Of sixty-three. Originally it may have meant
tile grave, but all are hot in the grave, yet
all are III Slieol or 11ades, it came in time to
designate the unknown state OF the dead, IL
respective of their condition. SheOl com
prellends Keaver, the grave, but not vice
Hades is derived from % a " "aspirated s'ha,''
not Or priyitiye, and "idien," to see,-hence
the unseen, the dark unknown.
4 e:ate) of deepest shades, unpierced by human
The dreary regions Of the dead, where ali things
are forgut-C. 1TeslrU-
SheoI, Hat1es, Hell, all mean legitinately
the dark unknown. concerning which the
most piercing eye and acute ear can get no
information. \ state where there is
No sense, no sound.
Where utter nothing dwclis--PolIoc1-
In the few authenticated resuscitations
from deaths dark domain or the confines of
Hell that are recorded in the New Testament,
a significant silence concerning the inter-
1egnuln prevails. Why is this, it the dead
are conscious: Let the Bible answer. Eccle.,
tx. 5.
In all cases where Sheol in the Old and
Hades in tie New Testament occur, they
signify the yeak-helpless-t1e dark ull-
known: Now, Uades las its equivalent in
the A1,g]o1Saxon uelau, to hide, to conceal,
and our English Hell. and though Dr. Camp
bell thinks IIades should never be rendered
Hel1..: it; was because modern theolGglalS
have: perverted harmless word. With pop
ular Superstition we have nothing to do; we
use it til its Scriptural sense as the representa-
tive Of the Greek Hades. No theolOgian need
hare any trouble in understanding or i'll ey-
planning those terms to the l1neducated. But
the revisers bury this biblical term III the dark
recess Ut the Greek language, and on this
subject the English reader is left with
out revelation, for in every place
where Hades is translated in King Jame*'
version it remains untranslated in the new |
version That death and hell are OCCASION |
ally personitied and addressed as conscious, !
active entities is true. but because death |
shall feed on them" (lsa XIX, a, and
He'll hath enlarged her tnepllishsoul1, or
stomach to grind to dust IT'S ylctiilsn ttieh, |
ILL.,, 19), we are not to conclude that DEAN or
He'll is a physical, carnlvorous monster. Such |
personificatlonS are common ,aa 10 an lanEnases
eSpeclalty me Heofe%, wtera l1qnltai!ls i aau a1
He'll sing ana clap ulell nailas Slsah;. w. i;1)'
where blood cries 1or 'eHgeAIIcfi sHen.. W.
~, Wnere Trees cHoose A!n:o tvut!Fca, i ~
14), and all nature IS 1naae actlIe an1 vocal;
And SO in The CLASSICS, oneol, Iaues, .ulu
He'll are made tu1nnltuoas Win tneir ouIno
inhabitants. Ntverule1ess, IL ltlua.ns tlue