The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1881-02-16

| OLnlIIeu dIUOSeInef, DuG as a genefi
thing the omission detracts nothin
from the sense of the lesson. As a
example Of this, Mark TX 1916, ma
| be cited. In the present version th
verses read as follows:
"43. And if thy hand offend thee
cut it off: it is better for thee to en-
ter into life manned, than havin!
two hands to go into hell, into tn
fire that never shall be quenched:
GA. Where their worm dieth no
and the fire is not quenched.
"45. And if thy foot offend the,
cut it off: it is better for thee to en-
ter halt into life, than having TIVE
feet to be cast into hell, into the fir'
that never shall be quenched:
"46. Where their worm dieth no
and the fire is not quenched.
Verses A and 46 in the above are
entirely omitted from
THE NEW VERSION,
but verse 48 of the same chapter
which is in precisely the same
words, is allowed to stand. The
work is arranged in paragraphs,
and the chapters and verses are
printed in the margins. The famil-
lar headlines to chapters which
serve so well as a means of refer
ence are expunged This will make
the book seem strange to the ordin-
ary Bible reader. The text of each
gospel is thus made continuous in
the body of the book from the be-
ginning to the end, and in order to
find the subdivisions with which
one has been familiar the margins
must be consulted. The work of
translation has been very faithfully
performed, and the committees have
adhered scrupulOusly to the idioms
of the original language, instead of
the English idiom, as the
public was led to believe they would
do. The result is that the work is
very scholarly, but the text is not
50 plain as it might have been made
by a freer translation. The changes,
IN the whole, are not of the charac-
.er to create any alarm in the mind
If Christians. Not a single accept
I'd truth has been eliminated, and
10 special doctrine of the Church is
lssailed.
Among the more striking changes
nay be noted an alteration in the
Iord's prayer as rendered in Mat
hew, vi, 9-13. In the new version
he doXology is entirely omitted and
he prayer reads thus "Our Faith
I which art in Heaven, hallowed
e thy name. Thy Kingdom come.
'hy will be done, as in Heaven, so
n earth. Give us this day our
ally bread; and forgive US our
ebts, as we also have forgiven
ur debtors. And lead us not
ito temptation, but deliver us
'Om the evil one" The prayer
5 recorded in Luke Nv, 2, 3,4,
9ads as follows in the revised book |
Father, hallowed be Thy name. |
he kingdom come, give us day by |
ay our daily bread. And forgive
S our sins, for we ourselves also
'rgive every one that is indebted to
3. And lead us not into tempta-
on In Mathew iv., 5, where the
TEMPTATION OF CHRIST
related, the old version says:
Then the devil taketh Him up into
lie holy city and setteth Him on a
of the Temple" In this
erse "a pinnacle is made to read
5he pinnacle" and the change is
proper, since there was
lly one pinnacle to the Temple.
Very many of the alterations are
precisely such nature as this, the
9tinite article being substituted for
le indefinite, Ujce uerSa, Matthew,
l., 1-"Take heed that you do not
DUR aims before men" lis made to
,ad, "Take heed that We do not
our righteousness before men,"
hich is looked upon as a much
'Oader command, and more in ac-
rdance with the whole spirit of
hrist's teachings. In Matthew, i
X, 81, the entire meaning of the
xt is changed, but no new doctrine
put forth and no old one assailed.
the King James version the verse
ads: "Why callest thou me good?
here is none good but one that is
ID. But if thou will enter into !
e keep the commandments" In
e new version the verse is as fol-
VS. "Why asked thou me CON
rning that which is good? One |
ere is who is good but if thou l
ouldst enter into life, keep the S
!
The questionin Mark, viii, 36-37, {
or what shall it profit man if he I
all gain the whole world and t
e his own soul? Or what shall a
IN give in exchange for his soul p t
:-''For what doth it |
oft a man to gain the whole '
rid and forfeit his life? For c
lat should a man give in exchange i
his life ?" In Luke, tx, 35, "And t
an came a voice out of the cloud, d
ring, This is My beloved Son; L
ar him, " the new work reads, il
nd then came a voice out of the c
nd, saying, This is My Son, My a
1sen. =" Y
In speaking of Capernaum, Christ {
d, as recorded in Luke, X, Is, Is, a
the accepted version "And thou, t
pernaum, which art exalted to
aven, shall be thrust down to hell
that heareth you speaking to Q
5 desciplesl hearteh Me, and he u
vt despiseth you despiseth Me, and Q
that despiseth Me despiseth Him !
It sent Me-" J
The committee have q
CHANGED THIS PASSAGE n
y materially. It reads: "And t
u, Capernaum, shalt thou be ex- b
ed unto Heaven I? thou shalt be t.
'ught down unto Hades. He a
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