, 1881-05-23

SURF. culnplaints ~ utmost "trip Tits )mtItu,
mud lnhorln.'s paltpgrrar!Gr Ut al claim T. bc
Texardsd ~ a snun! MMl saEaclnua critic
Yet ttiia IL tho Mnstur critic uf tho nEc, tho
ltsc0serer Alni eutr,Mlni1r wlosa. researches
linye given the chief stimulus tn the revl*toi
., I'm l'lS nrefacn Ii nls ''nstoral Epistle*'
sp Elitt {; tiS yery sstY ~ a %n,* n, " to
tho stuslyof the SheMlttc langnaxes md NJ
tho yarsloi's t'lcrpli contained. antl nfso, nj
tiip G9tl,tc version: but he glyes us tleplor-
appnratus rcqulsit for a mastery ot sncl'
atildte3.. It II nnY Il common 0pfnl0n,' llr
tells l's, 'nlnollR many Oriental scilo9rS that
the lnng!lage Ut the New Testament n yet tn
is ,aust cnmpieto Illustration from Syriac.'
Nuw. what Ii. the stntn Of Syriac learning?
lin lnmentcd that Mt that ting there WIS n,
tNcrabla Syrtac lexicon 10 be had. bernstein
promised work; bit ie det without making
my progress In the publication, which wns u
hnvn hGen costly, ~ It Is bnaNtfful. Thu
rate. their material in llis own lo,,g.sxpected
work: bit wl>U pretends that any such atl-
vance has been made IN tllts brancf of SCI
ence rs cnull supply tho reylsers with 50
mystery of tho language Ut the New Testa::
nlcnt III. n mere grammatical point OF viows
How, then, rnn tic text they hnye COLI
stsestsa S oso @ ",nF Me Dat estsf A s ceanfe ss
tho utmost which this nKe could nttaln to "
What were illsltop Ellicott's hone*t con
victi9ns Mt TINT tfNie? lie owns his honest
az nt t for n thSrtalys hs4 S lSxsSn Sa
learning or 11ulIenistlc scholarship Even
IN En2!Rnd lle felt that It's superior learning
l,Rtl not yet been sufficiently dit ected to Now
ssR! Sloa5t It REVISION either hopeful or '''''ns'y
THE REV. IIERntC1< JOHNSON.
The Rev. 1forrIck Johl,sun, pastor Ut the
Fourth Presbyterian Church, was found by
TRIBUNE reporter yesterday afternoon IN
tic Bible classroom Of hfs church. After tho
class Ind been dismissed the reporter asked
tho reverend gentleman What he thought OF
tho revised edition of tho New Testament rs
published in Sundays TRIBUNE.
"1 car Give You my opinion In very few
Words" sail Dr.. johnson. II think It is n
grant thing, MD shall adopt 1t Mt once III
| MY church. / used n copy Ut It ut the sery-
leo this morning, Inv ch0rlster having
brought ono to lne out OF box that arrived
In tho city Saturday night. I hardly OK
pectesl to have copy Of 1t until tomorrow
morning."
"Do you think 1t will be generally adopted,
Doctor?"
"Yes; I am quite sure 1t will. Some nlay
object to Its ,lsu at first, but think 1t will bo
| accepted by everyone eventually"
"What Is your opinion regarding tho sub-
| stftut|on ot tic word love for charity ="
II like 1t. Love- is broad ard co,npre-
henslve, wlIilo tcllarity' suggests alnlsgv-
Ing. Whenever l,nyn occasion to refer to
TINT particular passage, ], a,n, Obliged to ex-
plnln It to- my pcnp!e, md think tho change
wl1l give IT. Significance that will be under
stuod by NIL without iii explanation"
do y0u regard the substitution Of 'hnles ;
for 'hell III the sulMe liEht?"
| Yes; think that IL nn0thor wise change.
You see lell, signifies II place of damned
spirits. while l,a.les means a place Of depart
| eli spirits. 1t really Is a place Of departed
spirits, both gootl and bnd, and That il tho
reason approve Of tho change. It gives tho
term a brnndcr mid inore comprehensive
meaning, Tl,at Change, however, is Of but
| nin1r lnlp0rtalcc."
"'r'son yon think, Doctor. TINT the work
has been improved l,y the revision 7"
~ 10, most certainly. thtMk tho learned
ncl who llsltl tho work III hand nro eHpabe Of
II. Mud they hnvu succeeded III explaining
nlany things III tile nnW edition that wtra
dirk anil obscure III tho 0lh. intend giving
+ my people talk Oil 1t next Wednesday, erell-
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