The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-03
bme Of the Startling Changes
That Have Boon
Made.


to those who are familiar with
10, ono Of the best known portions OF the
BILE, the changes made will be nothing
Is than startling. All the strength n
|auty Of ths wise kings words are brought
! % they have never been before. but all
ligious sentiment ia conspicuous by its sb-
nee.
One of tho earliest precepts OF pious
achers, sacred among tho memories OF
lildhood, Remember now thy Creator in
@ days OF thy y~outh"-for this and other
ually familiar passages We shall look IL
in. Here il the song from the ninth
|rse or she eleventh chapter to the end ~
will appear:
it rejoice, O youth. in thy childhood,
Id let thy heart cheer thee in the days OF thy
ak in the ways Of thy heart.
III in the sight of thine eyes, ."
Anish moroseness from thy heart.
at keep away evil from thy ttesh,,
Dr childhood and manhood are ~tieeting.
bmember thy we'll in the days of thy vigor,
10 there come the daya of evil.
which thou wilt SAY l have no pleasure.
10 Is daraensd the sun, and the light OF the
Id tie moons, and the stars,
nd the clouds return after the rain:
hen the keepers OF the house trembie. "
i'd the men of power bend themselves,
be grinding maids cease "a
IA the ladies' that look out through the lattices
are darkened;
be doors arc shut toward the street,
8 riseth at the voice Of the birds.
nd all the daughters OF song arc brought low.
. is afraid OF that which is high.
nd fears are in the way; .+aAg.
be almond tree bloss ometh.
10 locust crawleth along with diftculty,
he caper-b berry breaketh up. .
he silver cord il snapped asunder,
he golden bowl crushed in.
he bucket 1t the we'll shivered. &
md the wheel breaketh Town at the pit. .,,
an is going to his eternal house.
nd the mourners 60 about in the street. sus
Anity of vanities. saith Eccleslastes, ~
III is vanity. and all that is coming is vanity.
The si1 concluding verses of the book, AZ
bund in the authorized version, and which
pntain among other things the injunction,
fear God and keep his "oommandants, for
his 10 the whole duty of man." are omitted
htirely. All the religious sentiments
hich in the King James translation are
%lroughout interviewer with philosophy the
,ost %opicurean Prof. Haupt regards ~ in
trpolations In direct opposition to the
kaehinps Of ecclesiastes and evidently
rittep to weaken the force of the authors
ords.
.The conclusion of the whole matter" is
ot ''Fear God and keep his command
ksuts," but "Amuse yourself while you are
oung and try to be in good Spirits. Do
hat you feel inclined to and enjoy what
leases YOU BYE. BE NO hermit Or ascetio,
ut do not ruin your health" The OPEN
ag verse of the quotation given from the
asis of the ~well-known German students
pnQ, ''Gaudsamus IRitur." which was orig
hally q penitential song Of two stsnzas.
The word ''well.'' which Prof. Haupt
Institutes for ''Creator.' he interprets as
heaning ''the mother of thy children" and
efers to a similar idea in Prov. ". 1918:
nnning water out of thine own we'll. 80
hall tho fountains be dispersed abroad.
Evers OF waters in the streets. Let them
9 only thine own and not strangers with
bee, 90 shall thy fountain be blessed and
hon shalt have Joy of the wife Of thy
outh." ..g4
The sun is the sunshine of childhood
he moon IL xsymbolioal of the more tenn
ered light of boyhood and early manhood,
khile the stars indicated the sporadic
Moments of happiness in matut Q age. More
nd more the number OF rainy daysancrease,
Int seldom interrupted by bright moments.
Ind when we are going down the hill there
no sunshine after the rain, but the clouds
sturn and everything seems painted gray
The keepers of the house are the hands
nd the '.strong mem the bones, especially
he backbone. The grinding maids are
he teeth, and the statement that the ladies'
hat look out through the windows ats
arkened ia IN Oriental metaphor to ex-
}ress the fact that the eyes begin to lose
heir lustsr and the night becomes dim.
Advanced age brings retention, 10 that the
oors are shut toward tho street. Because
lis sleep 10 short The riseth at the voice OF
he birds" and whom hearing begins to
all all the daughters of song
10 brought low. He is afraid
I that which is high; no hates
b climb a hill or to go up stairs and breads
long W ak. His hair becomes white like
he blossoms Of the almond tree just before
hey fall. The LOCUST crawleth along with
ifficulty because the ohrysulis is opening
Ind when the caperberry breaksth up the
oul il freed from its earthly shell. The
liver chord 10 the spinal column and the
kolden bowl the brain. When the bucket
It the we'll il shiversd the heart loser it's
bower to ptopel the blood Through the body.
nd when the waterwheel breaks down the
Whole machinery comes to a stop, and this
)toppags means dissolution.
! have not personally communicated with
he gentleman who il to translate the Song
}f Solomon, but l was assured by Prof.
{1aupt's assistant. DIR. Christopher johnson.
writes Frank Atkinson in the Pittsburg
Dispatch, that in the American Bible it will
bot be given a religious Interpretation. 1t
will be- treated AS a dramatic love poem.
perhaps the only specimen left of Hebrew
Dramatic poetry. The opening verses of
Eoolesiaates will be little changed in the
hew version.
"Ihe authorized version, in spite of ita
natchless beauty" said DR.. Johnston, 'is
obscure and unintelligible. Three CEN
qries of study. with vastly improved and
more scientific methods of reseaic oh, have
greatly advanced our knowledge of this
original tongues, aud, moreover. the Ian
kuags Of the Elizabethan period is now
loo archaic to be easily understood by the
average reader. Yet most people are &c
Familiar with the authorized version. al
many memories are associated with it, that
hny alteration seems little short of sAcri-
keQe. Indeed there are not Il few who vir-
Eualiy attribute TO the authorized version
Fhe authority of Inspiration. Largely,
however, this feeling is due to the obscur-
|ty Of the language, which lends itself
easily to a variety of interpretations, and
invests the oft-quoted text with n myHter-
|ous and oracular character specially at
f~ractivs to many minds.
1.-The revised version il an unsatisfactory
compromise. II makes, indeed, CO, tain
improvements; but at the same time, fol-
lowing closely the model of the authorized
version. and endeavoring to introduce AZ
few changes as possible, IL preserves the
krehAi0 character which rende q the latter
DO obscure. But the sAcredness of the
Pcurity Of Its language, nor does a proper
reverence for |. necessitnte the employment
bf any archaic disguise.
"Ths tranalators Of the revised version
Jay stress upon the fact that tho version OF
1911 10 an English classic. But the stady