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ynE RevIsERs. WORK.

Ola T~ssamsas-A Heavy Demand FOR
shs Work.
LoSpox, May l7.-Among the lighter
touches Of the revision Of the Old Tcsta-
ment are those that occur In the we'll
known passage which Is here given ~ re.
viseds "But know that my Redeemer
livcth and that He shall stand up a. the
last upon the earth and after my skin has
been thus destroyed yet from my flesh
shall see God. whom I shall see for my
self and mine eyes shall behold and not
another."
Arother well-known passage In Ecclesi
astes becomes: ssRemember also thy Gre
ator in the days Of thy youth. or ever the
evil day come. or the years draw nigh
when thou shalt say, have no pleasure
IN them The change here Is srcmcm-
her also," for remember now;- with an
other variant, ssor ever the evil days
come.r for "while the evil days came
not The alterations In the case Of
Genesis have already been given, and for
the sake Of comparison the two conclud-
ing verses from the Old Testament
may be extracted from each YER
sion. The authorized runs thus: ssBe-
hold, win send you Elijah, the prophet.
before the coming Of the great and dread
full day of the Lord; and he shall turn
the heart Of the fathers TO the chill
dren and the heart Of the children to
their fathers, lest come and smite the
earth with q CURSE The revised rend-
ers IL: .Behold. will send you Elijah,
the prophet, before the great and dread
full day Of the Lord comes and he shall
turn the heart Of the fathers to the chill
dren. and the heart Of the children TO
the fathers"
Among the minor changes may be
quoted: .sThe foolish scoraed the guilt
Offering, for the fools make . mock at
SIM
The witch OF Endor now sees only "a
God" not gods" ascending In Pro-
verbs, naughty person" becomes -
worthless person."
swine Is mockcr. strong drink Is
raging.- becomes swine Il q mocker,
strong drink = brawler," In Daniel, s.As-
tonished for awhile" Is used instead OF
s.Astonished for enc hour
The substitution Of modern words for
Archaic expressions has only taken place
where the word was not only obsolete,
but to the public unintelligible. "Coat
Of mail, - for instance, Is substituted for
ssbrigandine," in Jeremiah Ii 5, where
the Almighty promises to raise an armv
against Babylon. land against him that
lifteth himself up in mis- brigandine."
For the word s'cockatrice." there Is given
s.bssillisk," with ladder" as the margin
al alternative. "The wimples and the
crisping-pins = mentioned In Isaiah i'll p,
have altogether disappeared. "Eme-
A. G. g.
sshumors." .sHabergeon" is rendered In
Exodus xviii as coat Of mail,- and in
| Job xii IS s.the pointed shaft
AMERICAN WORK
The connection Of Americas with the
1 revision remains TO be noted IL Is ex-
1 planned as follows in the preface: The
1 revisers had already made some progress
1 and had in fact gone twice through the
Pentateuch before they secured the CO.
| operation OF the American Old Testament
Revision Company. The drst revision Of
l the several books was submitted TO the
| consideration OF the American revisers,
| and except In the case Of the Pentateuch,
| The English company had the benefit OF
| their criticisms and suggestions before
| they proceeded 10 the second revision.
1 This second revision was In q like
i manner forwarded to Amer.
| lea, and the latest thoughts
| of the American revisers were In the
hands Of the English company ct their
| final review In every instance the sug-
i cestions from the American revisers were
/ treated with the same consideration as
| those from the members OF the English
4 company and were adopted or rejected on
their merits. The preface adds that those
l points on which there was ultimate dis
| agreement are placed on record in the
| appendix, filling sixteen pages. Tie
| American emendatious 30 recorded are
chiefly directed toward undermining the
| translation by the omission of obsolete
forms. both Of the language and spelling.
CONSERVATISM.
The DaHy Nsrs says: 1.-THE rcvisers
| nave erred, II they have erred At all. On
| the side Of obstinate conservatism rather
than on the side Of rash innovation"
1 The AfhsReum says: "1he revision Is .
| literary success There are no preten-
sions 10 scholarly completeness, and
| practically no alterations In the texture.
The rcvisers can be congratulated in the
/ wisdom Of their decision on declining to
make new text OF old ss the other com
pany did with the New Testament"
HEAVY DEMAND.
The rush for press and authentic copies
| Of the revised Old Testament Is unprecc-
dented I'm England.
The Pail Mall CARTE states that the
| London correspondent Of q great New
York newspaper offered $500 for simply
. sight Of IN advance copy Of the revised
| Old Testament AZ one Of the University
publishing houses. The officers having
the printing In charge were obduratc In
refusing to accede to the correspondents
obstinate request The correspondent,
the Gazette says, was authorized by his
paper 70 spend $4,000 In telegraphing
the main features Of the new version.