The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-11-29

read and poss sss this scripture
that some gave five marks
/ about SPOOL some more. some
less for book; some gave a load
OF hay for few chapters Of St,
James or st. Paul
/ The work Of Wycliffe preceded |
that Of Luther and Wesley and |
must be considered as the antici.
patton OF the Reformation. Wy |
cliffe died in 1884 before the vio-
lent hands of enemies could be
placed upon him but forty years
after his death his bones were
exhumed and burned and the
ashes were thrown into the little
River Swift. The words of Fuller
are appropriate: "As the Swift
J bare them into the Severn, and
the Severn into the narrow seas,
and they again into the ocean,
thus the ashes of Wycliffe is an
[ emblem of his doctrine, which ia
now dispersed over all the world. "
His was pioneer work. Some Of
our familiar passages OF quaint
form originated with him, Q. &.
"the beanie and the mote, = "the
depe thingis of Cod" "strait is
the gate and narewe is the waye."
The description Of the 'parsoun"
in the Prologue of Chaucer's s
, Canterbury Tales is said to refer
to Wycliife. A beautiful tribute
it is. A couplet is given;
> "For christe's lore and his apostles
twelve
e He taughte and first he folwedo it
! himseye."
II. THE BIBLE or WILLIAM TYNDALE.
& The first printed Bible in En-
q glish was not issued on English
i soil. This was preceded by cop
: les in French, German, Dutch
y and Italian. For half a century
the power OF Caxton's printing
. press had been given to the cir
n culation OF other literature before
it became the servant Of the Bible
g in the yeInacuIar.
William Tyndale was born in
i some little. western town Of Eng
land in 1884. He was educated
3 at Oxford and Cambridge. His
: early inclinations led to the study
Of the Bible and when a young
: man he formed the purpose oi
Is translating it into the language
j. of the people. To a bigoted, ig-
q. norant priest he once remarked
1T God spares my life, ere many
years | will cause the boy who
driveth the plough to know more
q Of the Scriptures than you do.
/, This idea had a formative influ.
a ence over his plans, and was no
!. the mere fancy of a dreamer mol
,e the idle boast Of fanatic. Will
n the hope for help he applied K
10 the lord Of London but with NJ
,e success. Realizing that there wai
r. neither room nor sy mpathy TO
him in his work Of translation hi
became willing exile that HI
might accomplish his mission.
In 1924 he took up his residence
y in Hamburg, Holland, and begal
= the publication Of his work. Blu
se the city authorities were not ia
pc vorable to his pursuit, and inter
70 fered, warning against the impor
Y tation Of the "pernicious mer
us chandise" being sent to tn
~ church dignigaries in England
az However, the noble worker couli
r. rot be stopped, for in the mex
Hn year we find him at Worms
% Thousands OF copies were snug
eir gled into England, and notwith
az standing the diligence OF churc
ne officers into the hands Of the peo
p pie these copies we're placed
us Whenever these enemies Of God
pc word, though protesting to be il
lse friends and exponents, obtaine
% a copy Of this book it was prompt
hu ly burned. A scheme that brougf
eh reward to Tyndale was execute
Y by his friend Packington to whol
iiu the Bishop Of London applied *
a plan TO prevent the entrance {
the book into England. Wit
the bishops money Packingto
ffe bought the supply on hand an
these were burned. The pre-
320 continued its work and the oppc
nd nents Of the book soon saw thi
rd. they could not destroy it by burr
at ing. BY the treachery of oI
* whom he had befriended, Tyr
the dale was betrayed into the hant
in Of the enemies, and was bufnt
ted at the stake on English soil {
IN Oct. 9, 1896, while at the san
wn tune, probably not unknown
em him, his New Testament was b.
1u- ing Issued Tor the first time