The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09
AILEIuYx, NOR nALLELUJAH.
Hhilslujah Described a. . spurious aud
Barbarous word.

BarbRrous word.
To THE EDtToR OF THE SUE-Sir: In the
very interesting account Of the worlds rarest
Bibles In last sundays SuN. IL IA stated that
t the end OF both the Old and the Now Testa-
ments In the Gutenberg Bible. In the General
Theological Seminary Mt New York. the in-
minutor and binder added transcription which
IL trahslated Hero ends the first part. DC.
Thanks be to God Hallelujah /"
The last word. however. which the lllumnntor
and binder wrote was "alcluiu." not HALLE
lujah. From the time Of Christ Mp to tho time
that this Bible waa printed and for the greater
part Of century aiterward. Christian cnrs
we're never offended by the barbarous word.
halleujnh.
webster's Dictionary gives the following
quotation: In those days. as 80. jerome tells
ua, any one Az he walked In the fields might
hear tho plowman Mt his hdNei,udhs.' tShnrp)"
81. Jerome never Haid that He said the
plowman at his dHetuids" Would It not be
better for writer's 10 put the word just as II WIS
The STANDARD DIction91ry gives "hollelujsaIh" as
Latin than forcalling Dewey or Mckinley lats
latin, because Some one has nnt their nn I,
Ii tho second place, this word " hHil"mnh'
gould rot be derived In my rational. manner t
iran Hr resk 1Sr tH erohp. tRS use
by putting a smooth braat hing over the a. and
there is ncithorj as a letter nor as sound in
Neither L. there q in Hebrew; The Hebrew
letter in this word is Uod, which should he
Tx. oHr so i" SF on rahsr SHs"
syllable. i good dcrmnn. but it Il bAd English
the preferable form. with "hnlleluJah" as n,v9ri-
ant; Certainly any one who has kpowlciCGs
Tor il is absurd to write Jah' and tkSn have 10
add some explanation to show that Is not to
hs h TS Eqsn s IKE
the negro glory, glory, halleIpiahs." as
they ar. usually pronougSsd lyldrHHhN and
whoooop ufa may @ay"G well f sn"SSsh Tr r
tera for the sort oi battle charQc chorus OF
n0H" a mot ? ~Sd . .pns F
should ~ Hebrew letter be J" reprcseniodbya
Two or three centuries before, Christ. when
The od Testament was translated from H.
Version represented the sound Of the Hebrew
,Gas rh ib Sv;r hGh they put 9e
ina Of i before it. st. John uscs "nleuLa" four
times lAroc. or Rev. xix |. 3. 4. 49, He tolls
Ssd h he he % s.GS Hn
living creatures rraisng God and saving ale:
luis' which be GneIls a'wnys never ,,Es,. tna
nunciatlon Of Abol Matt xiii. -: Luke ii.
~. which begins Win this letter. and which
hs calls ABEL, not HinHeIn ,or,,, .,
Sarah Gal iv.. ~. whose nam" hngins With
ne. calls her Agar not Hagar. aud ~ Paul
was learned Pharisen who know how to pro-
nounce and smell Hebrew c"rr"cty An will
admit that the vnst majority ot tho Jews Mt
and before the time Of Christ said alleIuia =
that Christ ami His apostles and III" whole
Christian world until IN" time " the R"forma-
ton said ,nlleuia;| that the great majority ot
Church and sOWO. 900 n Greeks. "Allrluiah"
is the only spelling given in the an
iclula" has large .ani h"noroi place, in tho
Anglican hymnal The Church Hymual. which
IL largely usci in this country nv Pedestrians.
has NJ least n dozen hvmus in which " aeuia'
which hanujah' Is founI. Even II II were
pose ibl" to prove which II is not, that the
Scribes and l'harisees or even MOses said hal
leluiah." would that he sufficient reason for
putting ourselves at Variance with, Christ and
His apostles md the majority ~ tho Jewish
world in His day. and with the majority Of tho
Christie world rast and present. and with tho
multitudes In heaven dR"vclations XIX. who
all give praise to God in that beautiful musical
word "alleluia ~
The authors ~ the Genevan version in 1857
tried to impose ''halleluiah on their Prot estnnt
Protestant version. IN 16ll had respect enough
for the APOSTLE III. John 70 throw out this and
put in his own word " aleluial"
The authors o. the revised version N 1891
most objectionable OF all forms :, hnllemJah"
but it ia 70 he hoped that they will stick to the
form In thoir aut horIzel version and not strike
a discoriant note in the united harmony OF
cart" an" heaven by S"o osrFn F. smTna.x
PocANT1Co HILLS. N Y, July D.