The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1883-12-12

HNol OF. country Lne H0Io8Iina or Isaiah
GiNl ana the Pale tnn OF jos. Qul becomes
PhlIstIo. the land of the phlgdnos Mount
hphrdln lJOen.t xiv, dO ts che "nilI country
of Ephraim;' and Samuers father was an
Ephraemte, NOT nn Ephrothito, from EphrutA
" Avn thnt work for hire are sad ut bp1rt'
said Isaiah dX., lO, but this worldwide aum-
may vl Ile llle ol lne pooG Wnlcn mlsnL wen
pc taken us the key-note I'M the study of all
local problems is rendered by the twenty-five
J0cobites, "all that make eluiccs and ponds
for FISH" The woe denounced by the same
prophet upon "the nation scattered and
peeled whose land the rivers have spoiled"
reads now upon Ntho nation tall and slnNcn
whose land the rivers divide" The men GUST
into the fiery furnace we're bound in thcir
trousers, their tunics, "a commal and their
mantlcs'-not In their coats, their hosen no
commU aud their hats One Of the most mo-
ticeable of the changes is IN jobs dcsorip-
UOns (Xl., 1929 of the hippOpOtumuS: His
Maker gives him his horn tswortl," says the
writer, OUt the old version puts it: He that
made him can make his sword to approach
unto him. "BehOld he drinketh mp q river
and hasteth not; he trusteth that he can
draw mp Jordan into his mouth is nonsense
If not drivel, What lob said was this:
Though q river swells, he Is not afraid
Fearless. though Jordan washes TO his
He could swim. Isaiah has suffered more
than any other by translation, and the changes
that are made particularly In the xviii
darkness into light The reader Of the En-
gish text can see that two writer's were en-
gagged on this poem.
The mistakes in the meaning of single words
have been the occasion of errors that would
he amusing elsewhere than sacred text God
did not command the Israelites to borrow
from the Egyptians, but To- " ask for gifts.
Huldah did not dwell in the college Ql.
Kings, xxi lN, but i'm the second ward.
Ruth carried her barley i'm a " mantle" not in
q "veil" The psulmi5t does not sing with
the harp" will play with the harp he
nor does Isaiah call 10 piercing but both
consider it fleet" HabakSuk did not de-
nouuce those who loaded themselves with
thick clay tthe masons), but those VINO
loaded themselves with the pledges Of the
poor the puWnbrOkcrs and the shameful
spewing' threatened upon the glory OF israel
was iguOmiuy" Deborah dIu no, praise the
Lord for the avengers Of Israel, but for The
" leaders of Israel. Abram went to the
o9k t not plain am OF 5 MoFsh % & samson 5a Te1I
lots with flaming torches are less easy to
recognize than ChauOts with flashing steel
and cypress lances' are better weapons
mortar is too stately a term for whitewash,' ~
and so is wild beast of the island for the
ordinary "wOlf." lsaiahs satyrs' were
nothing but goats and his dragons but
THE SPIRIT IF NOT THE WORDS.
Sometimes the transat0r5 caught some
thinr of the sDirit though not the words
cushions for the Snuclllos' lboylng gloves,
and pillows to all armhOles,' both imply
pad but we know what is meant by the one,
while the other needs translation " Hunt
souls to make them ty,' and hunt souls as
Birds are not so very far aT art i'm words
merely. FlagOns of wine hos ILL.,, GER
tainly come from "cakes of presaed grapes"
and 'the brook of Egypt tan Insignificant
stream bounding IL on the northeast. sounds
something like "the river of Egypt the
But it IS in the grammatical construction
that the new version is seen to the best ad-
vantage lhe old version reads lPs. X, A.:
"God is not i'm all his thoughts" that is, he
never thinks Of God. The new version is:
"All his though are There is no God -
absolutely the reverse The omission of " to
wit in Josh. XVII, 1, also reverses the mean
ing. The tranSlatOrs rendered Ps,, w., l8:
" God shall hear and aiiiict them. Because
they nave no changes, therefore they rear
not God" But this is not what he said, and
not what he meant. "GOd shall hear and an
sirCr them who have no changes, and fear not
Him i'm wrath, not i'm mercy w., 10. David
did not address the Lord as God of my
righteousness but as my righteous God.
The goodness was Gods, not David's. The
misunderstanding of the possessivc gave
many blundCrs for correction: God of my
mercy" for "my merciful GOd;" the throne
OF His holiness for His holy throne; them
cNaltars; "ye My flock arc men for "ye
men are My flock"
WHAT A CHANGE OF TENSE WILL DO.
The verb was constantly mistransated, the
present or perfect Cons5 being taken for the
future. This changed the language often
from that of loving faith and hope to dog
matte assertion. 81 will cry; he will hear; the
Lord viii sustain me, is the language Of the
believer at all times. 81 cried; He heard; the
Lord sustained me- is bald recital Of fact
without significance reversing the lllusIr0-
ton, by the change from the past to the tut-
ure (XNEvii., lW the trdnslatorS spoiled the
whole article of faith Since "He helped
49,, ,,1d doIi,.oro5 tLer, IIa will dali,-ar
them from the wicked and save them"
In the work on the Old Testament, as well as
in the New. Che, finest scholarship has been
shown on this side of the water. For strength
the American revisers have far Outwe ghed
their British brethren. They have shown that
i'm Bible scholarship the New World can sue
fHfl IS D D o.
ginning to the end of the work the American
committee has been radical, brave. iCOnOCl0S-
tic the British committee conservative, eau
tOus and care 'uL Nothing could be done 20
change the old reading without the consent of
both committees, and the result has proven
that the combination was an excellent one.
Yet the spirit of the American committee is
conservatism itself compared with the wishes
of many piOus and trusted scholars. Many
changes that they have urged have not been
proposed; and the result is a work that the
most timid mild may receive without fear that
any change has been for the worse.
DIFFERENCE NOTED.
To illustrate clearly the difference between
the spirit of the two committees there lis q
notable example i'm the New Testament, a
printed iu brackets, with the marginal note
that it is found i'm the ancient MSS This the
Americans wished cut out The Interpolation
was palpable But the cautious BritOns
would not have it. 10 might not belong there,
but it might belong somewhere and there was
no place to put it. It's omission from the
Q
accident Tt was dear to many hearts. The
proof was not positive.
Both committees agreed that the necessity
for every change must be clearly and deli
nitely proven: both agreed that every doubt
must be given to the received text; both
agreed that no change should be made that
could be avoided; but with one the English
text was absolutely human work. They used
human Judgment upon it It was nothing to
them i'm making mp their opinion whether the
writer was Isaiah or Homer. The proof of an
| interpolation or mistransatiOn of either poet
was precisely the same to them, and to be de
] temined by the same means. The British
/ committee never entirely divested itself of
! the idea that the English text was a sacred
| one; that proof Of an error was not to be
| shown I'm the same way and by the same
methods employed I'm revising the text of HO-
mer Proof sufficient to change the text of
any secular writer was not enough. They
/ almost wanted a sign before they would ap,
/ prove.
/ This has kept few tIining errors-errors
/ that will soon be admitted by every One-still
| I'm the work. But, after all, they are not OF
] importance, and they are marked in the
/ American editiOn.-RDchcStCr " ~ POSt-EU
I press.
Gems OF Thought.
1t is not until we have passed
through the furnace that we are made
to know how much dross there is in om
composition. Cotton
] Thou .Evbo snoffnr, with ono I,ord