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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

No critical scholar now defends the words about the three heavenly wit nesses," in the fifth chapter, seventh verse of Johns first Epistle and I am all the better reconciled to giving them up, because I never had the remotest idea of their meaning.
 That some accident very early befell the closing chapter of the Gospel of Mark is evident to every scholar who is cap- able of weighing evidence; and 1t is cer- tain that there is something wrong about the last 12 verses. I do not preach from any text in the passage. nor do I quote any part of 4 as a proof text. But l still think that pr. Gregory is too conh- dent when he decides that the whole passage Is unquestionably spurious Vest colt and Hort went far enough when they put the passage into double brackets thus expressing the opinion that it was very doubtful if it was any part of the Gospel of Mark. And this, l think. is Just what the external evidence proves.
 The story of Tischendorfs discovery Of the great Snaitic manuscript is well told; but no scholar can afford not to read Tischendorfis own story which Is as interesting as Ia irst-rate novel Our author is grea uy in love with West colt and Hort; and l must confess myself his rival. A man who makes 1t a point to read their Greek Testament through twice a year cannot help falling in love with those noble scholars.
 To sum up: If our author had left out nine-tenths of his "theories;" nineteen- twentieths of the obscure and insignih- cant authors and manuscripts that he names; nlnety-nine e-hundredths of his suppostions, and all of lis guesses, he aIl,, I,aIf as large and twice as valuable as this. But, then. that book would have sold for only $. and this sells for g. There is phllosophsAgn all things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

Scarcely anybody but a most deter mined critic is likely to read this book through, for the sake of the style; for that is dull, dry loose, heavy obscure, involved, inaccurate and inelegant. The great scholar is strong in Greek, but weak in English What to do with the word ''only' Is a perennial puzzle to him. After reading his book twice through, I can recall no instance in which he has put 'only" in it's proper place. His Eng fish recalls a classmate of mine at the University of Virginia, who escaped Gessner Harrison's red ink that Is, wrote Latin exercises in winch the great phlologist could find nothing to correct; and yet that youth spoke the English Of a corntield negro. Very few and very weary will be the general readers who struggle through the BPS pages of this scholarly treatise.
 On the origin. history and use of the word canon" our author gives us nearly six pages: when some two or three sen- tences would have been enough to satisfy any reasonable demands The word is interesting and important; but why Start it at home and chase it in the
 dark
 Through Gaui. through Greece and into
 Noahs ark?"
 "Canon'-or rather "kanon'-was a Greek word. meaning a straight rod. Such a rod came to be used as a measure, like our foot rule; and so the word got the meaning of a measuring rule. From thls meaning it passed to that of rule for conduct, and thus came to be applied to the collection of sacred books which the Christians held to be the rule of faith ana practice.
 At page 51 we are told that Paul had not a sign of a commentary out of which to draw his sermon and not even a writtetn text" This is putting the case too strongly, for the apostle doubt less had yoluminous commentaries upon the old Testament; and he certainly had Hebrew and Greek texts of the Old Test
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That 1 could not have written such a book as Professor Gregorys goes with out saying. It by no means follows, how ever, that l should not review it, and even criticise it. When J. H. Mills was editing the Biblical Recorder he pub- lshed a vigorous criticism of a musical entertainment in Raleigh. The musical director replied that the music was bet ter than MT. Mills could make The edi- tor rejoned: True, but irrelevant All the grocers in Raleigh could not produce an egg, but there is not a grocer of them who is not better judge of eggs than is any hen in Wake county
 Again: During pr. Sam Johnsons time, an anonymous poem appeared in England, and created great sensation. But a particular passage was obscure, and some puzzled reader asked Goldsmith to explain it. He failed to make it in- telligible, and seemed not to understand it himself. The gentleman then took It to Dr. Johnson, under whose lucid crlti- cism it became perfectly plain, and proved to be an exquisite gem. "Dr. Johnson" said the gentleman, you wrote this poem" "No," replied the doctor, T could not have written 1t for my life.' Then who did?" "Goldsmith." But Gold smith did not know the meaning of this passage No" said Johnson, "it was not his business to know. It was mine" What do you mean, doctor?'' T meal that he is a poet, and l am critic"
 Professor Gregorys book gives us an immense amount of valuable informa- tion, drawn from a vast variety of an- cient and original sources. He certainly has pondered.
 "OVer many quaint and curious
 Volume of forgotten lore.'
 Moreover, his spirit is devout, and his tone conservative. No small part of the contents 1 had read befora-in various other books; but still much of his work was new to me; and l can recall no other book that so fully covers the ernI1nd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
"velvet" for Uncle Sam.

From the Philadelphia Record.
 "The increasing habit of using souve- mir postal cards is inuring to the bene- fit of the government in one way not~ generally understood" said postofhce attache. Many persons who have the habit of mailing souvenirs or picture postals are accustomed to putting stamps on them that they even stamp i. the ordinary postals which already have stamps printed on their faces. We see the effects of this practice every day to the extent of hundreds of doubly stamped postal cards and. what with the increased receipts from cou- venir postals and this little gratuty thrown in, Uncle Sam is getting few dollars that are real velvet"
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about all that can be usefully told about it.
 Athanasius about 367 A. D., is the first writer who had our canon in full, and who accepted the whole collection as "ca- nonical" He was intensely eorthodox 9 if denounelng "heretics" is to be counted as orthodoxy. Still, why should we accept his dietum on a matter of this kind? I do accept our whole New Testament: but it is not of the least consequence to me what Athanasius thought about it.. The question, if settled at all, must be settled upon grounds very different from the mere opinion of a post-Apostolie Ia ther." It is not at all probable that Atha- nasius knew any thing like so much as we know, or may know, about such question as this.
 Our author abounds in hypotheses-n- deed they are super abundant with him. Ip speculative philosophy, and even in exact science, these cannot be avoided. Newton said: "Hypotheses non fingo"- l do not frame hypotheses-but to these same hypotheses he is indebted for no small part of his immense reputation. Kepler's laws were once hypotheses. But, granting all this, the business may be overdone, and Professor Gregory over does it. He reioiees in the potential and subiunctive moods; and tells us what may. can, must, might. could would or should be- or have been, rather than what is or was. Now for plain sailing there is nothing like the indicative mood.
 Our author does not seem to know what "a theory is On page 322 we read: 'I must describe a theory of mine. It is a mere theory, or hypothesis, or fancy as to what may have happened. Should we some day or other come to know the facts. they will perhaps not agree with the thory at all." Now theory is a view of the facts, or of what are under stood to be facts. A theory without the facts is nothing but a random guess, and our authors theory" Is just that.
 pr. Gregory's treatment of the Text
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

ament, which he used very freely in his sermons and in his Epistles.
 Dr. Gregory has mot the most remote idea who it may have been" that wrote our first gospel. And yet he gives an cient documents which convince me that Matthew was the author.
 He holds Tertullian's opinion that Barn abas wrote the Epistle to the Hebrews but adduees not a jot of evidence to prove 1t. l hold, with Origen, that God only knowsg the author. Without giving a sign of a reason he holds second Peter to be spurious. l do not believe that so impudent a forgery could ever have originated among the Christians of the apostolic age; and I have been very especially impressed with what seems 10 me to be Peters stamp upon the face of this Epstle.
 In discussing the divers names which the early Christians gave to our Cos pels," our author gives us much curious information. Memoirs" was one O the earliest and really one of the best names. certain lawyer called the New Tasia- ment an instrument We see he' that the>tendency of lawyers to us0 their technical terms in ordinary sgeeeh is nothing new.
 Professor Swing tells us Of a lawyer who was so matter-of-fact that he had never read a novel His wife put one into his hands to beguile the time, when he was recovering from a long illness. He devoured the story with immense gusto, and then said: "I'll write a novel myself" So at it he went; got his hero and heroine into charming bower, in a lovely garden; gave the "declaration' of the enamored swain. and then pro- ceeded: And the party of the second part answered substantially as follows. to-wit;''
 Dr. Gregory deyotes too much space to chasing that will-o the-wisp "the Gospel according to the Hebrews" Clement of Alexandria, Jerome and Origen knew this Gospel; but we do not: and this Is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

ture in every shop window. her work the admiration of all.
 But Florence Nightingale was not contented with one great effort. In England she began to plead for eff cient nursing. She begged women. of education and opportunity to devote themselves to 1t, and she aroused the opposition of the leader of society, Lady Palmerston, by the attitude which she thus took. The great lady said that the Nightingale Fund was hum bug. The nurses in the hospitals" said this society leader. "are very good now. Perhaps they do drink little, but so do the good ladies nurses, and nothing can be better than they. Poor people. It must be so tiresome sitting up all night. and if they drink little too much they are turned out. and oth- CTS can be got"
 The typical hospital nurse in Miss Nightingales day was of the Sarah Camp order; the coasest and most nn- trained women Vere usually engaged, and their habitual drunkenness had be- come proyerbial. while dirt and disorder was the portion of every hospital hospital ward. Indeed. so bad had the character of the nurse become that no
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

Florence Nightingale, the heroine of the Crimean war, and with no woman could this new precedent have been more appropriately set.
 The story of Miss Nightingale is Known to every land reached by Jlvil- tzation. but 1t may not be generally known that, like all pioneers, when she entered on her course of action 1t was as much misunderstood and as much maligned as that of every reformer. iThe war office was against her, the prime minister of her day was against her, and the difficulty of her work can scarcely be imagined.
 Not woman nurse had ever been employed in a military hospital. The class of women who had at one time acted as nurses was so bad that the war office had decided to send none out to the Crimea. After the battle of Alma the condition of the wounded sol- diers was such that the whole country was scandalized, and 1t was at that juncture that Florences Nightingale came forward and volunteered to or ganize nurses and to start for the seat of war.
 Aftere much difficulty the war office
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29
CANON AND TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT-By

nNHIs is the title of book recently
 publishedNby the scribners. The
 author, Charles Rene Gregory, lament exegesis in the University of Leip- lament exercises in the University of Lelp- sig, and is evidently a very able and learned man.
 Boccalini, in his advertisements from Parnassus," tells us that Zoilus, the famous Greek critic once presented Apollo with a caustic criticism of an admirable book. Apollo asked him for the beau ties of the work. The critic replied that he had been attending only to the errors; whereupon Apollo gave him sack of un- winnowed wheat, and bade him pick out the chaff for his reward
 That most brilliant, cratic and untrust- worthy of American critics, Edgar A Poe, will have 1t that the god was in the wrong, because beauties that need to be pointed out are not really beauties, for beauties that are real will always assert themselves. His criticism Is not sound. Our best treatises on style-Blairs Lee lures, Kames' Elements of Criticism, Campbelps Philosophy of Rhetorie-all de- vote much space to pointing out, explain ing and analyzing beauties of style; and what judicious reader would have it otherwise? If rhetoric and criticism con- sisted merely in finding fault they would not be the noble studies they are gen. orally supposed to be.
 Do not imagine, however, that 1 am set for the defense of Apollo; for, in truth, my opinion of him is not high. A person of his position should nave had more sense than to allow S rattle-brained boz to assume the reins of the chariot of the sun, drive it pell-mell over Africa and so near the earth, too. as to singe the hair and blacken the faces of the natives, thus making the negroes, and causing us of the twentieth century such world of trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

decent woman cared to enter the pro- fession, and if she did. 1t was generally the signal that she had lose her char acter.
 It was Miss Nightingale who changed all this; 1t was Miss Nightingale who rendered the nursing profession one of the most honorable in which wo- man can enlist. and who placed the trained nurse side by side with the medical man.
 Today the woman who has just re- ceived the Order of Merit, whose services have been recognized spd whose life-work has made history, lives in little house close to Hyde Park. She is in her 8Sth year and has not left the house for 12 years.
 The soft contour of the face and the quiet, peaceful brow still remain, but she has abated none of her interest in the nurses career and 1t must be to her a wonderful comfort as her life here softly closes to know that she has been able to transform the hospitals in all civilized lands, and has brought al- deviation from suffering and restora- ton to health to tens of thousands of her fellow creatureA
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

of the New Testament Is (always barring the style) an admirable piece of work. He has gathered his material from the best and most authentic sources, and has handled it in manner which will de- light every real scholar who follows him. Not even Westcott and Hort have ex- eeled him in his treatment of the story of the unclean woman in the eighth chap ter of Johns gospel. He rightly decides that the story Is no part of Johns text, but that, nevertheless. It is undoubtedly true. Indeed. the story Is from 150 to 200 years older than our oldest manuscript of the New Testament; and the transac- ton related is one of the most Christ like in any of our gospels. It is so ut- terly foreign to the spirit of that ago that it is impossible to believe that 1t was invented ;.and it is to be accepted as true, because Vhis is the only way of ac- counting for its existence. Nobody in that day would ever have imagined that Christ would act as that story says He did act.
 Our authors discussion of the Received Text cannot be too highly commended. Erasmus is largely responsible for that text; and he confesses that he did his work in a headlong way. Indeed, for a part of his text he had no Greek manu- Scrlpl WnateNer, put trdHSldtcu- the uH- classical Latin into his own, slipshod Greek. The expression, Received Text ' was nothing but a publishers advertise ment of a bad edition of the Greek Testa- ment.
 1 am particularly pleased to see that Dr. Gregory does full justice to the labors and abilities of old Jacob Griesbach, who was my principal authority in matters textual before Westcott and Hort. It is marvellous to note how often our latest and best critics confirm Grlebachs read ings He had a wonderful instinct for getting things right; and his notation for valuing the various readings is the best that I have ever seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-29

ONDON, December 2s.-The Order
 of Merit was instituted in 1902 - by the present king, to be a dis tinction conferred upon those eminent in any department. Up to within a few days the members were Lord Rob- erts, Lord Wolseley, Lord Kitche ener. Lord Raleigh. Lord Kelvin, Lord Lis ter Sir William Huggins. Sir J. D.. Hooker, John Morley. James Bryce. Admiral Seymour, Admiral Fisher. Field Marshal Sir George White Sir L. Alma Tadema, Holman Hunt George Mere dith. the Earl of Cromer, the Marquess Yama gata, the Marquis Oyama and Ad- miral Togo From this list death has just removed Lord Kelvin, and to, 1t the king has added Florence Nightin- gale.
 The years have accustomed us fo fh c fact that no women have hitheiHo> <e1n considered worthy of any distinction of this sort. no matter how great their achievements. But 1t has remained for King Edward to break through this time-worn attitude. and. to his credit. to bestow the Order of Merit upon Miss
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-04
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
Terse Newsy Paragraphs on Doines
Among Producers in Various States.

James A. Pollock & Co. bankers and
brokers, furnish the following, received
over their private wire this afternoon:
Boston wires: G. & A. and s. a. L. COM
bined product for May l, $40 tons. Al
louez output, 5?5.415; Centennial, 2s0
595 pounds; Franklin, 3S1 tons.
Boston News Bureau says: The first
annual meeting of stockholders of the
Butte Coalition company. formed a lit
tie over year ago, will be held this
afternoon at Jersey City at o'clock.
The manag cement will issue today its
first annual report which will be "A
very favorable showing as a result OF
one years operations under the pres
ent directors. The following directors
whose terms expire will be reelected:
Phillip l.. Foster. Chas. d. Frazer and
Chester A. Congren,
Boston wires: Franklin Mining COM
pany output for May was 762. 900
pounds OF mineral, a decrease of 1888.
900 pounds over the same month last
year,
Boston News Bureau says: CRANKY
has declared a regular quarterly divi-
dend OF , per cent and ! per cent ex-
ira. Three months ago per cent
and per cent extra was declared.
Books close June Ia, reopen July 1,pay-
able June 20.
san Francisco wires Francis Mo-
hawk declared regular quarterly div-
dend OF 10 cents n share, payable July
/; books close June %.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-04
LINCOLN STRIKE
CONTINUES BIG
------------------
Twenty Foot Vein is Uncovered
For Distance Of Fifty
Feet.
CARRIES GOLD AND SILVER.
Company Has Five Foot Ledge, Also
This VIII he Opened mp Thor
oughIy Later

News from Idaho brings the intorma-
ton that the Lincoln Mining & Milling
companys property at Pearl. Ida, is
now looking better than 1t has yet, al
though the properly has been a good
one FOR years. A strike was made some
time ago IN a CrOsscut run from the
bottom OF the shaft at a depth of 400
feet. This crosscut was run A dis
lance of so feet and here encountered
20-foot vein Of silver gold ore with ex-
cepttonally good values in both metals.
Drifting has been carried on east and
west on this strike and the vein has
been opened up for a distance of so
feet. The find maintains its width and
is as clearly defined rs anyone could
desire. Drifting will be continued. The
vein dips considerably and showings in
the shaft convinced the management
II was on the right tack when 1t was
decided TO sink deeper and then cross
cut The size value of the ore found
however. was somewhat better than ex-
pected.
A second ledge, i've feet IN width. has
been uncovered, but little work is be
ing done upon this, the owners desir-
ing to test the big ledge first When
first pierced I'm the shaft the second
vein was but 10 inches in width and
the ore was not very rich. At present
depth 1t Is much wider and richer.
This ledge is worth while and is n con-
trlhution 10 the mines general excel
lent condition. The property has l50-
ton concentrating mill right on its
ground. After amalgamating to catch
the gold the ore is concentrated in the
ordinary way and good savings are OBJ
tanned. The concentrates are shipped
INTO salt Lake, Local men are heavily
interested In the Lincoln.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-04
MINERAL VS.. GRAINS.
Increase in Production Of Former VIII
Onset Shortage In Latter.

Financial magazines are discussing the
prospects OF a bad winter pro and
con these days and is noticeable that
the growing mineral wealth OF tho
United States Is the ray OF sunshine
piercing the gloom. The probability of
a shortage IN crops Is not slight by any
means bat in view OF the steady in
crease IN mineral production the watch
ors and thinkers grow optimistic. The
probable shortage Ia the winter wheat
crop as estimated by the department
Of Agriculture viii not represent a loss
IN dollars and cents equivalent 10 tho
gains which the Increase In mineral
production win mean" Is what the
knowing ones say AS they watch the
dope" sheets.
George u Roberts. director OF tho
e. s. mine estimates thar HE Increase
In the production Of gold will amount TO
$500 900, 900 during The present year.
Wheat IL now around 81 per bushel and
even at this advanced figure a loss Of
100, 00O0 900 bushels would he more than
offset by the increase In gold produce
ton alone. The copper increase viii
offset the cotton shortage, should there
be one. IN the same manner The
world wide use OF electricity has made
copper ln constantly growing demand,
Prior 10 "bs' copper exports had not
reached the one million dollar mark and
last year they amounted Ia ssl.00o,00
These metals are demanding stiff prices
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-04
BIG PLANT STARTS.
First Section of Set of Twelve il Now
In Commission.

Now that the trial run has proved
the Utah Copper plant at Garfield Il
success from the start one section of
the mill was declared in actual opera
ton June l and is now grinding ore
in great shape. This one section is
one of set OF u, with a capacity of
500 tons each. A second section will
be in service within few days and
within a short time the biggest portion
OF the mill will be running The first
unit of six sections is virtually COM
pleted and ready for business. 1t will
be brought into service gradually. The
mill buildings, power plant and water
system are completed. Two standard
Coriss engines capable OF creating
$4,000 se-power are installed and
are now furnishing 1000 horse power.
The immense reservoir has been filled
with a supply obtained from a spring
only so rods away spring IL miles
distant has been obtained for reserve.
The first six sections VIII have a
total capacity of 5000 tons a day. The
railroad is delivering 1000 tons day.
a good surplus is being built up. with
the full mill with its capacity OF 5000
tons per day working Utah's produce
ton OF the red metal will be increased
to such an extent as to make her one
of the big producers. That the plant is
TO be enlarged, is more than probable,
II may be doubled.