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THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH
BIBLE.
BY PROF. THOMAS CHASE," OF HAVEL',
FORD CoLLEUE'LI "S. S. TIMES."
•
Nothing - is inore. marked' in the
early history of Christianity, than
the fullness with ~ whieh all the
churches :accepted the principle that
'the common people, in every com
munity, ought to have the opportuni
ty of reading the Holy Scriptures in
their own vernacular tongue. This true
that the New 'Testament was written,
and the Old Testament bad already
for several centuries been translated,
in a language understood by the edu
cated and higher classes the world
over. But this was not, enough:
Obeying the injunction, " Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature," the , first Chris
tians strove also to enable every
human being to read, or to hear, the
written revelation in words perfectly
intelligible and familiar, such words
as he heard every day in his 'lame.
And so the New Testament Was
hardly completed before it and the
whole Bible began to be translated ;
into Egyptian; in several different
dialects; Into ..Ethiopk, into Syriac,
in several versions; into Persian,
Arabic, Armenian, Georgian i r potkiFi
into Latin ' very early in the north of
Africa, while Greek was still the
language of the church at .Rome;
then several revisions of this Afri
can version, which are called the
".Old Italian," were -made, in the
north of Italy ; and finally in the '
fourth century Jerome, amidst much
apposition, made a 'lreviSiOn of the
y".ansiation of the New Testament,
and a new revision . Of the Old from
the original Hebrew (the former
Latin versions baying been from the
Septing,int), which gradually oven
their way to acceptance and their
present title of the Vulgate. A' fekv
centuries later. translations or the
Bible were "Made into Anglo Saxon,
Slavonic, and Frankish The prin
ciple at first universally accepted,
has in later times been upheld by the
churches of the Teutonic races almost
alone; so that, as far at least as re
gards this importalt matter of
and practice, they are now enti- :
tied to be called Catholic and apoi
tolical ; a fact' which is attested oho
by their moral superiority to churches
in which the Bible is undervalued.
As early as the . eighth: ,century, the
Psalms were .translated into Angle
Saxon, and at about the same time a
version of the Gospel of John was
made by the Venerable Bede, who
finished the task only with his life.
Ills last siekneis had come on in the
spiing of 735 ' • he had itranslated
those words which were,Jprobably,
the conclusion of the -gospel in its
original formi: "These- are written
that ye might , believe that Jesus is
the Christ, the Son of :God ; and
that believing ye might have life
through Lis name ;" one more Chap
ter, as Cuthbert, his. faithful' scholar
and .scribe, reminded ! liiih; remained
to complete the work. "It is easy,"
Bede replied ; " take thy pen and
write quickly." And so he dictated
his version of the final chapter "(which
was subsequently added by the evari
gelist,) and, after giving orders -for
the distribUtion of some little keep
sakes among his friends, engaged in
cheerful and holy conversation. At
length his eager scribe reminded
him that there was still another sew ,
tence to translate, the attestation
(perhaps of the Ephesian elders) to
the genuineness of the Gospel
(xxi., 24, - 25). "Write quickly," was
the response. ' , The boy - soon said,
is completa "
Bede- replied, "thou bast said the
truth ; all is ended. Take my head
in thy hands • I would sit in the holy
place in which was wont 'to pray,
that so sitting I may call :upon my
Father,” • Then, resting upon the
floor of the cell, he chanted a hyran,
and his soul pasSed away While the
name of the holy Spirit was Still on
his -lips. , •
After the Norman Conquest, and
when the -English langhage proper
first came into- being, ;there were
days of inaction and suspended life
in the church. The Bible was read,
if read at all, only in Latin, and by
;ecclesiastics. Many of the priests,
'although they mumbled - the words in
their service, knew not their mean
ing, and could not translate
.them.
When, however,. the. fourteenth' cen
tury had ' opened, the nations of
Western Europe ghee sign that they
were outgro*ing the narrow tutelage
of, the Roman Church. Modern
literature_ sprang into life,• the
wolka of Dante and Lis two compa
triots, - and of Chaucer; - ,and -the
awakening intelligence and , indepen
dent spirit of the timesAemandetl
reform in the 7ehntell;' and the' freest
access the unndultersted trutlis"-Pf
the Bible. _ .• - .
MEM=
E=VMiI:MIMEMI
Iffl
Tlme will tell I
Time *ill telfi
ToWANDA I ' Bik1)1 1 011D COUNTY," PA., TIII4IgDAY: itIORMNO, 3141 4 1 - 11; 1876. 1
Of tills zeal fen' truth nndreligioliS
freedom, John Wycliffe . waS l the fore
most eximplar. The tracts in simple,
vigorous, English,.. in which' . he ex
• posed - the . corrupt doctrines .and
practides which. had crept into the
chureh; and. advocated purity and
nobleness of life and conduct, : soWed
broideast the seed which afterwards
ripened the ; reformation ; - but the
greatest service to our rase- and to
mankind •was his publication- 'of the
first complete' English Bible. A'
translatibn,;howeVer, not of the origi
nal Hebrew . ; and Greek, but Of the .
Latin Vulgate. It was' very neatly,
hve hundred'Years ago, that through
labors and those of hiS coadjutors .
the whole, Bible was first thrown'
open to the:lpeople in
.WordS which
for the most, partnre still intelligible',
even 'to, the simplest of those who,
speak
,our tongue.. Wycliffe* New!
Testament Was finished about 1380;'
the• Version of the. Old Testament,
;begun -by 1 tiffs .friend, Nicholas 'De , I
'Hereford; .',was 6)mph:tell - probably
by hituself, and given to his country
men before his death . in 1384. The
whole translation .was evised - by
John Purvey : aboutthe year 1388.'
.It
. 0(118 a - brat° thing iulthose daysl
to give the . People the , Bible. The,
study of the Bible is alwdys dreaded,
by those - who; desire to live-in their
-sins, And by those who in spiritual
things Wish to lord it over their fel-:
low men. Hew bigoted Churchmen
regarded it is liShown in these words
of one Henry Knyghton, a priest of.
those days': "'This master .1 olin-Wy
eliife translated out of Latin into
English the Gospel, which Christ
had intrusted i with the clergy and
doctors of ;the church, that they
might minister to the laity and weak
er sort, - , according to the cigcndy of
the times and their several occasions.
So that by this means tliC Gospel is
made' vulgar, and laid more open , to
the laity, and even to wOmen who
could read, than it used to• be to
_the
tmostlenined Of the clergy those
of the best: 'understanding! And so
the Gospel 'ye wel, or evangelical . pearl,
is thrown about and trod. Under foot
of swine." ' ' i i.
The prelatei launched their thun
derbolts, and in 1408, a COnvention,
nnder A rehbishop Arundel, decreed
and . ordained,, i" that no man here
after, by' his own authority translate,
any text of the Scripture into Eng
lish, or any other tongue, by' way of
a hook, pamphlet, or treaies, and
that no man read any such-Pook,
pamphlet, or treaties, now Wely cern- .
pased.in the On of John )Vycliffe,
or since, or hereafter to be set forth,
in part or, in whole, publicly or
private}y, upoO pain of gral.er ex
communication, until the Laid trans
lation be approved by the Ordinary
of the place, or, if the ease so requi re,
by the council provincial;"o it is
needless to add that the obtaining of
any such approval was impoSsible.
In 1415, Parliament enaetdd that
whosoever • they were that should
read the Scriptures' in their mother
tongue, they should forfeit land, cat
tle, body, life, and goods, frcirn their
heirs forever, and be condep, ned for
heretics to God, enemies to the crown,
and most errant of traitor 4 to the
land." Yet no 'pride of hierarchy nor
power of man could extinguish the
light that had been lit. .Cbpies of
Wycliffe's translations were secretly
circulated, and read aloud in' hidden
.places, sometiines in the :depth of
the night, to the consolation and ed
ification of thousands of soul 4: Men
gave £4O for a :singlc manuscript, or
a load of bay, for a few leaves of
James or Paul
. I
In spite of bigotry and priesteraft,
the Work of enlightenment went on.
" Greece rose from the dead,4ith the
New TestaMent in her hand."l From
1509 to 1514 Erasmus wits professor
of Greek at Cambridge .and, ihither
'came to' him,•aS pupil, froM Oxford,.
William Tyndale, greatest and best
of the. .innpy great and godd . men=,
Whose united labors have giVen
us
our English Bihie. A .priest having.
said to him oni ofie s occasion,! "
were better be without God's hiws :
than' the Pope's'." Tyndall answered
him, "If God spare my life ' cr many .
years I will cause a boy .that t riVeth .
a plow to knoW more of the j Serip-
titre than thou doest." . Wt know
how nobly that promise . .waS kept;
kept, too •(to use his own words), "in
poverty, exile, bitter absence from
friends,*ger I, and-thirst and cold,
great ngers, and innumerable other
hard and sharp figltings." coming
up to London in 1522,_ in the vain
hope of being Permitted to translate
the .New TestaMent, under the pat,:
ronage of the Bishop of. Louden, be
says,." At the last 1 understobil not:
only that .there was no.. roent in
my Lord of London's palace to; trans
! late the New Testament, but also
that there was no place to do it in all
England." And so in 1524 he left
his native lanfl, never to return. lie
found a home' at
. firit .in•llaniburg.
In 1525, after many .obstacks and
difficulties had been surmounted, his
Completed translation of thel New
Testament from: the !original-Ore
Was printed in I ,quarto, at Cologne,
and In a small) octavo at Worms.
The redoubtable Coehlaeus informed
Henry. VIII of the seditiouff :and
wicked work in !which Tyndale was
engaged, and endeavored vainly' to
thwart it i Coellaeus, 4 The Scourge
I of Luther," as his wealaninded flat
terers called hith,. of
. the'Oalliy of
whose heart Audi brain we inny'l form
some notion from his owns words, in
.which he aseribeS .to the free Bible;
what-may more truly be ascribed
. to
the
,priesteraft which would withhold
-the I '
4 The . New Testament translated
into the vulgar tongue is in truth the
food of death, the fuel of sin, the pre
text of false liberty, the corruption *of
discipline, the depravity of morals,
the termination Of.coneord, the well
spring ef vices, the milk of pride, the
death ~of peace, the destruction. of
eharity, the murderer of truth and
much more in the same spirit. And
this hideous Cochlaeus was. so. blind
as to suppose himself a ehampien of
Christ. • .
When the Book arived in England;
it was preached against as heretical.
No . less an antagonist • than Sir
Thomas Moore complained of its dis
regard of. formal eeeles4istie.al terms;
for Tyndale tmnelatedAiterally l con
iregation instead of - church, elder,for .
MEM
M=ME
REGARDIMS OF DENUNCIATIQIJ i FRO) ANY :440411Tsit
.
priest,' lore- for charity, --taror , for
grace, '"kitentledge"' (iteknnwledge)
for 'confess, repentance for lAxiance,
tcoreltiping . " of images' for'idolatry.•
Cardinal Wolse„V itn(l the
,Bialiops
persuaded the king to order the'pesti
lent English Bible to be.burnt, and
penalties tti be inflicted upon its.
:Feallers.
And noir a brilliant scene wits ;'e,
hibited in
. the old Cathedral of St.
tl,o public burning- of the
Holy Scriptures. A clergyman who
had circulated the translation tra.s
arrested, and ordered, -.,with oth:c.r
offenders, to abjure -or- burn at the
stake. After a bitter:.struggle
yielded. •A platform was , built , up
on high in the Cathedral, - and there
sat the 'Cardinal' on. a throne, with
six -and thirty. abbots and mitred
priors and bishops, resplendent in
purple and scarlet and damask and
satin, and all the insignia of, worldly
pomp and carnal pride; wider " the
'.' Rood of the Northern," the-great
crucifix . near' the northern - door,-:a
fire was made, into which the f.llibles
and various 'evangelical books-were
cast, and:the, heretics," 'after suffer - -
ing the infliction of a -sermon from
Fisher,Bishop of Rochester, were
made ogo thrice around the lire and
east in faggots:. -
On many occasions copies'of.the
Bible were_ burned inlame numbers ;
but still the prescribed }Lek, though.
so hated: by priests, was read; r The
people had'had a taste of those pre
cocious words; and, from , a people
who have 'once tasted, neither. cor
rupt prelates nor wicked kings' can
succeed in shutting out the Scrip
tures of trutW,. ; -
• • But that the, people- might 'have
this blessed boon,. Tyndale:himself
gave •life ; not, however, till be
had twice revised and improved his
translation of the • New Testament,
And published the Pentateuch and
'Jonah of the Old, leaving in manu
script translations also of -a good
part of the rethainin i gliebrim books,
fliis chief accuser was the notorious
land narrow ruind'ed Buwart Tapper,
twho once said : " It is no great mat
er whether they that (lie ou: account
l ot religion be guilty or innocent,.
Provided we terrify the people' by
Stick examples ;• which generally sue
reeds best, when persbns eminent for
learning, rieheriches,or . . high
n
Station arc thus sacrificed.", - Having
shown his faith by so. signal a work
as-the murder Of Tyndale,.in a 'few
Months Tupper 'was appointed by the
rope of the RMuish Church, his
Chief inquisitor for. the Low Conn
tries. Tyndale's last prayer when
fastened to the stake, before he was
Strangled anctburned, was : « Lorti,
ripen the King :of England'S eyes!"
That prayer was heard. • In 1531; he
suffered martYrdom, in 153 :the King
granted n lidense for •the Open publi
cation of the whole volume of Holy
' • .
William Tyndale, the scholar, the
apostle, and the martYr, is—it is'
hd-rdly too much to say—the author
of our English version of the Bible.'
Every' . subseqUent • translation has'
been based upon his. In sonic parts
l of our present authorized version,
nine-tenths of the words are, retained
from Tyndale, in others fire-sixths.
He gave our .Bible its simple, but
majestic direetitiM; its 'honesty in
literally interpreting the. original
text; its boldness in naturalizing
among us the grand metaphors and
idioms of the Hebrew . tongue. The
debt we owe him passes all estima
tion I but so long as the world en
dures he shall be honored as among
the noblest of the saints and mar
tyrs. . .
WHO A It,T THOU THAT JupoEsT?"
can judge men righteously,
seeing how they differ widely from
one another ? Who can tell where
to snap the line of re€l merit as re
gards moral agents so unlike in their
spiritual equipments ? Is temperance
any: virtue to him who , has an actual
distaste for liquor.? Is placidness.. of
speech a. test of excellinice to one
who was born meek and gentle, and
whose training educated him into
Quaker' ike mihiness Of address?,
the man who ii - as never thrownbe
cause he was never pressed by a dev
lish passion-into.a corner and had to
wrestle tor his life, to be crowned;
while he for
whole life has been
but ajong, wrestling match with • Sa.
tan, #ntl who has :been on the ground
half the time, is . tb .go unwreathed
What human eye and finger can ad.;
just the scale to accommodate ,such'
dissimilar conditions ? • Who Can
unravel this tangle of , preceding
causes and thread out the degree of
virtue and of guilt which belongs,, to
each of two men who aro in their na
ture and surroundings so. utterly
?, . Jesus was right, when lie
taught his, disciples not to .attempt
to judge men. It is a task to 'which,
wen are not equal. It must he. len
to Him who alone knows hbw to be
just.
," Who art, thou that : judgeth
another man's servant ? To his own,
master he atandeth or falleth."—The
aoh/cp /Me.
1 I INTS FORA UNI.yERSILL LLANO 1.1.16
---Yesterday a young man much gig-
en to .the use of slang of the._ day
Called on the prosecuting attorney and.
31111101111Ca.1 that he wanted a warrant
fOr the arrest of a saloon-keeper who.
had assulted him, and this is the, way.
he made' his want known:,
" Look a here, I want a warrant
fair a feller!"
. 1 " What did he do to you?" asked
the attorney. - _
i" He fired me out
‘i‘ Fired you out !! What do: you
moan by that ?"
1".0h I well, he-stood nio on my
head." -
1" Do you mean to say that he stood
you on your head How did he do
.• :
1" He didn't exactly do that, but he
elevated me. Kinder- raised me and
slid me otr dm my ear,';
i" What did he do that for?" .
I asked him fur a: drink,
and . when - I told bira,.to challcit in
his head, and that when: I came
'round again I'd kick itout, he told
me to pull down my vetit:...l told hith
to comb his hair, and ho inst. - Alen
bciosted . .
obtliapda wartpipfor assault
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A'cOrret l / 2 ponct6 n g - yes `the toiion.
ink
ititereatingi3tatemeni under, this
head.
, ij A prominent ofileial—or rather a
Wan "who had once beenprominent,---
passedkont of Mk life the- other-day.
The:Physietanwirnattended 'hiliy, in
diseribing to , ine'the r ,:paintnir.'OeneP.
attendant upon his death 'bed, said
I bare witnessed in the long- ex
perience .of my life many deaths;
WA the . g,reat Mystery 'of death Only
giOws.upon me as the years advance."
if§ then went on to tell me bow the
ai'.entge man' meets,death. ' Ile` said
t.1.4t in the Majority of cases, 'where
men in dying hare physicians in at 7
:On(lance, iiiey pass out Or life' With:.:
ont. beinc , l' • eonsciOUS of. the. great
change.' They are stupefied by nar
cotics given them :to dull pain, and
they die,the death'of brutes, 'is this
physiehm s:i'ys,. instOad of Jike plep,,, 1
The ,medical authority bus an idea
that the first moment of death comes
,liiM the dropping off,f,o' sleep, - the
sleeper not knowlq,r"Whien . it '.comes.`
ITO has :oft;en - eperirn nted With . ' a
handherehief to see if ii cohlirißeer
t4iie the exact periodwhe he would fall
asleep. 4 This he would ' attempt. to
de . , : by lying down — with a handher- .
chief in his hand, trusting that Whin
tha.,Moment dine the
_relaiation of
the'' hand in dropping the handker
chief would tell him the exact. - mo
ment'' when he lost consciousness.
But he always failed in the,eperi-
Molt. . ,
hen , :speaking on the, subject of
death ; he- described •a most remark
able death.heil Beene which" he
the outskirts . Of:Wash
i n gtoii.. The hero of this. occasion
was, a -poor Frenchman, who.worked
as 4n. hostler • for a small -innkeeper,
wild kept' a house where hucksters
andieountrYmen found a simple fare
araillOw prices -to Suit then)._ This.
Frenchtnan lived in a very. small
honte near the inn. He was married
tn& ; With the income of fifteen dol
-larS3a 'Month; he and his. wife 'Man
aged 'to live in What they considered
comfort. He ;had, however, the use
of aonnall patch •of land, the Tro
duc(s-,onviiich enabled him to' eke
otitlhia very Moderate' income. The
time i came, after several years of his
hunible life,thtet. the hatband could
uo More go to his work. A disease
Of the kidneys, long neglected, Seized
'.. l lnoll'.him with a , r sayage hold, so
thatin few. short days, death. came
Verknear. The- physician who was
called was surprised to find this-poor
man!poSsesaing a • cidtiire far, above*
the Ordinary. , The hostler corking
fur the ;=humble .pittanee• of fifteen
dvtlsj,-u.it-month had, in-. his' library'
well4thumbed works Of the ;best
,I.aeine; - Corneille; _Meliere;
Balsac and Voltaire.;- were the daily
companions of this humble. foreigner.;
Thq;physician -soon saw that there,
was o 'room for !his art here,—that
death : COW net bd 'avoided ; butlie
lost- raei4iou this to the sick man.
Ile gave him 'a potion to make Win
sleep, and for the tiinei being left hint
in tlfe Care of his yOung wife, who
nursed - her husband as tenderly as if
he titre a Youn - r , child'• and not a full
' • ••
• ' •
groin Man.' A 'week or SO after the
first:pail, the ;'physician visited, the
Frenchman's little house in the even
ing, 'lt was late in the fall, and the,
cooLnights had caused ' the wife
.to
build'. a, 'cheerful wood fire in the
op4fireplace of the main room
the house. The Frenchman : was
found-Sitting in a large,-casy chair
in frptiV•Ofthe fire. His countenance
had peon 'it a unusually. lively ex
presalon.!. He playfully -called his
wife-Marie to him, as he chatted
with4he physician, and even made
her - Sit )lion his lap--although such
an eXertion made bins tremble like a
leaf .After an hotir's chat upon
many; matters,' •during which the
FreneliMari - never appeared mentally
cleareror Mere to an advantage, lie ,
suddenly, checked the talk by Saying
time. hay; come! WOl • you
pleash help me to the bed ?"' • • The
iilissician hastened to his aid, and;
gently led, the man to the bed. ;: ,,The
dying Man plaeed ,himself squarely
upon3i4 looking *straight before. him
as h&calltxl-his wife to' him; "Good
bye, Doctor! ! I shall be off in a pio-'•
ment;";!said !•he hi• a strong,: clear'
voiced as he took his littlnwife . inhis
atin4-‘‘.POor, little Marie !" added
he, Pia cheerful voice. " I dd be
lieve &oti, are crying. You are young
and pretty.. You will - find some one
tnearelOryou when old -man
is go4e!"--ITere -he took •his wife's
face between his two trembling hands
! and hissed her repeatedly. -Then
he nif4rinnieil " adieu," and . 4tticlity
"all -kyr:aril?* he gaye,her 'A, final
At once he became rigid, and
exclaimed, ins % loud voice •!fi Stand
back,-]all! - My- father is befOre me,
at .Waterloo, he died 'with his face
tO th enemy ,I, too, will face the
great, enemy, Death 1" He -raised
his head boldly -and looked! straight
ahead, With the buoyant - look'of a
Man VIM knows not fear; and With
this riblile lonk of courage,,. upon. his
face.pinistxl away. • - .
As ' , /a class, the • physician , thinks
that people -of ',maitre ' -Meet
death, rrloie glumly than illlte•rate
ones. ThOse, of higher minds have
canvassed the - subject Of
death, and it'never comes 'to them
With' all'the terrors: that' it 'dOes tO
the 'pe - Pple 'Of a loWer' grade of
•lect., ; , ;,Tlinexceptions thisfare'tite.
eases Of brutes executed for the cow
missinnpf Some ()rime. The majori
ty of these die calmly, but it - is the
eXeitOneid.pf the situation and :the
presence, Of many - qectafor's- -that
keepartlieui up. It is alsik. a..sceret
praptiee, in most peniteuthiriet l , to,
furnish pritonera ivho' are-to be hung
with,Mt!inordinate quantity of -stirn:
ulant44,.; se.that.they :are itarely, ,if
ever, In! a—normal condition when
theyntand face tOface With deatlron
'the Se4ttold. l secutive - men' in - Se
cret, nithoiitaq spectators beyond
the iieeesSary. • Officials, •or :any
siekenmg. r details' i publisheil
.in the
newspiipers,
.and exceptions, would
-have n'i,terrOr - for criniimils thai
- weiddln - ore than 'double • What rtheY
taw' ri3rly."!, , •• • •-, ; • .;
• Cliniga battery ity daylight, and
not a 114,,r ; 1 falters. .obai:go in.
blaamkut or, night, and 1 . 14,1 pue
.at;iho finq ok?prrnnitY.
It ia soa4,Of 41oryinzaintnia-,
ink g‘oiniblitin9 oftirave#,A4*pli
=OM
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\ ii il / 4 .4 15. \ )AN \
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,up 'the pipun" al wbert,he,baS a crowd
at hia feet, and a parser'. at each el
bow_ to, to)VBt :1441.10 OW into a
h . erenlYlltqadise•
I visol pewit, some. years Age, at
the execution of Barney Williams--
au illiterate Iriehrean, who lead cam
initted,mm moot atrocious of
possible. )nurdqs.• his. cell,
preceilinwthernoment that, he was
led out tfrexecution, Ibere was one
of the most distressing of imaginal le
scenes. Ilis.wifewas admitted to say
fitrwell to: him. She 'was a very
strong. womau--a regular Amazon,
In the transports, of her.. grief she
seized upon her husband—a heavy,
tlifin, Weighing uPlisin of one Imul
.dred anct seventy;fivel, pounds--
and ran - alt around ,the cell, crying
out in. a . voice that .
one's blood curdle with sheer
dread I, If,ithere ever was a scene
that could have completely unmans-
eel a. man, this was the one' of all
others.: Yet. Barney Williams talk
ed out of this tell as ,calm and col-
looted as Ithe were going. to a, din
.
ner instead . of to liis gr4ve. I never
understood; 4'1044141s nonchalance
until` I . afterward • leari ed. that he
was ailed its. to tie brim with Willi
ky and ehapplior,
,until he had rost
the rcali,zing sense , of the ,situation
entirely. 11.6 was too drunk to talk
even, and ,so passed over the border.
It would be a good question for
psychologiSts, boy: long it would.
take, the spirit to:Sober up when once
it was fairly launched int 4 the otber.
world! -
ARROWS MU mooDrs Qui v
'‘We might as well' be . honest and
own that we all do like to shine; and
We ; all Mayi - ‘for they that be wise
slaidt shine its' the iiiightness of the
Look at the.great men
of Daniel's tirrie: What'd becoine of
them all : 1- 'But lierels43oaael, after
twentpftve' hundred* Years, shining
'yet,' and twenty-fire hundred ' years
hence he'll rbe shining brighter than
ever."' I
.•7 • •
. " ltiahy ori our - ptayers are not in
dited by the:Spirit, 'and it would be
bad if we receive in answer what -we
ask. Mosea:): . did nOt 'get what 'he
asked; and IiOW - much better for him
to breathe f hls' life out alone on the
bosom of hip lord than to have to go
'fighting upfand'down . the land with
joshua '•.-
"'God lovo Elijah , top well to an
swer'that prityer of his 'when he lay
there under:: the - juniper:tee scared
ant i of his by one badi woman.
He had a better way in stare :for- him.
F.3ijah was g 0 up to heaven" in.' a
chariot,' , Instead - of - emeitiOtig out of
the World that way." ' .
"The worth says earnest Christians
:arc mad: if they are, they hare an
uncommonly' good'• Keeper on the
way, and a rtfpital asyluit6t the end."
"1 like Logo all round - a text, to
see what's after and•before—then
find often it; is like'it.little diamond
set in'pearli.o: • • •
• " Some
o deult. believe- in - .sudden
converSions, I'd like to know when
Zacelieus wiiSconvertect. He wasn't
converted . when. - he went up the
Tice; hp WasleoUverted. when he same
down ;- it iiMSt have been somewhere
hetWeen the' brahches and the
ground " .
"Jesus said, 'Preach the gospel to
every creature.' • I can imagine peo , -,
pie .asking , him; "What, Lord, shall
we offer salvittion', to the men who
crucified yori,? 7 ' And . I , can imagine
Jesus atisivering him, "Yek Peter,.
want 'you to go up to Jerusalem and
wait there until You are endued with
power from o high. Then I want
you to preach my gospel to every
one, beginning at Jerusaleni. Offer
salvation ' tothe men who crucified
me. Peter, I'd like you to find that
man who ptit'the crown of thorns on
my head. Tell him if he'll take sal
vation
.as :a gift he shall have a:crown'
of glory, and there shan't be a thorn
in it. Look:i;np that Roman soldier,
whnthrust the Spear into my side,:to
fay verY'bearVrand-tell him there it a
nearer, Way: to my heart-Minn- that.
My heart of love Tor his :soul.
Offer 'him Salintion." • •
" The' 'fftiSpe'll has made these three
Of my old ° miemies my friends: Death,
the Gravti t O Judgment. I.used to
be afraid "ofthem.' Nti* I've no few*
ottliem. Thny• are my friends:"
:tin. GUAN (colored)
Jutlge. I come on arc:lniistancie I
"want
.
Judge—, WM; out with it.z,
'rint--IVe,ll, the whole_ cireu - m-
Staneie,ob'del.dzness am dis : You
see, Judge, to slabbery. time I had
three wife:onjlree - plantatidps. ' . fey
got loner berry well .too•edder, - When
I satis
faction was apart, and was, we ;
bnt . Shit:en rebel' times - 'dese
devised statdtes fetch up all dese
Bern nonSens:e.laws 'boUt 'man-
and .
wire, and ; lfilid't ain't got' no wife
rse - no. - .)jeCtioiVto dat, but jis
here's where (!le shOe pinch; jis here
I wants yoUr legal precisiOn, De iac
is, Judge, I wii.ntS to hie de Church.
Pe boss ICader says I can't-come it
OideSS• I 'legally- married. 'Now,
Idn 1. - cordin'",, to law, marrid • all
three; or Inni•l ruarrill but one ? Ef
you - Say oile, and
. I 'tempt it, my
I Spectable Judge, You' better
on
'der will be dejierrir debbil ris on dar
•"Casiou is d4::Chtich.. , .
Grant under the cir
cumstances 1]; seVionsly advise you
to rub out all .old scares and begin
afresh,..Mairy a new wife.
Grant.-7-I)a,to.my handl .1 goes in
for you, JUgeodl de time. tell you
white folks is *art. Whar dey can't
crawfish out, 011ud 'folks no use try,-
is
FUN, TAO, AND TAMIL
•
A RETORTER once called an uniaccess:„
Cul printers' strike a " typographical era
nit."
Winr is a stonkhat don't advertise like
!Enoch Arden? Because it "sees no sale
&Inn day to - . -
WHAT'S going?" said a well kuowri
bozo to DonglasS,JerroN. 4
. 4 1 am," was
tie reply,' and )fl be.wobt.
• A. Istoi may bei-said to have been drink
ing li fish when he tinds he has taken
euutto is Dims bead swim.
THY. bull-fft , ',*as the first cirenlating
greenback a;;; the entire breed have
been nob:demi inflationists ever since the
float.. j!-
Tate revival Pang is sprnMing, but it
1 411 1 4 1 1. yd got diiivn Aloop enonglEto affect
tit° , urrotogen'Oft
the onnity tlinVspaper
h r
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e \ NUMBER 47.;
IMI3 TO YO'OBIiOECRIBTIMIO,
Don't be afraid to "show yonr
colors.". A cowardly-. Christian is 'a
misnomer.. Shrink from no declara
tion, from no duty` that . Christ desires
of yott: Thee timid, vacillatiig
coarse is the hardest and most - b4l*-
rot. . The brave, otztepoken, faithMl
life is the happiest and most elle
tive. -
I , There arc mant things yeti do net
-
Understand' as ye t. But. let; no doubt.
or. uncertainties prevent you from
acting on what you dO know. There
are some spiritual facts clear enough
to *you ; act iminediately on these.
De faithfully all you know you ought
to do, and the larger_ knowledge
biker in due time- *
Use, earnestly *evely meant' tha.
will ":enlarge and strengthen You l"
Christian ":enlarg e
- Study the Bibles
fray without ceasing,-; •'Don't negiet
the prayer -meeting, or the Sunday;
-Sehool. Stir up your Sunday School
teacher, and get your doubts explain
ed- do to the
. pastor • with your
questions, and find- out the best hei
knows on the things that perplex you.!
Xeep „your heart - warm by doing;
good.
, Make your" life beautiful in :the
. sight ot : men, and show them ,the
sweetness and power of Christianity.
Be Conscientious• in little things. !Let
the, Master's - spirit shine through
every hour of *your In school,
in shop, or field, in society the young
Christian ought to be the most fdith-,
ful, the most courteous, the . moss
generous and kindly, the noblest of
any person there: -
- Follow_ Christ. I Seek to reproduce
hi. 4 traits in your'life. IDo always as
you would believe he* would do if he
were in your place ; so Yen will, have
a growing, joyful,: succesSfulehrio
- - 'career,.—Rev.. C. H. RiekizriP.4,
in 0 Paper.
.4 CURIOUS MAK OF LIGHT.
In Jefferson Oity there is a little
ancient stone church, standing near;
ly opposite the Madison house, in
which the most remarkable effect of
light can be seen that lias . ever come
under our observatiOn.
ly in front .of the door is a plastered
Wall. - Upon this can be seat as per
'feet a. picture as can bel i thrown upon
the screen from a magic lantern.
You enter and close the'doot, and
as, the .eyes become accustomed
the darkness, the buildincts on the
Opposite side of the strict arepaint;
ed upon the wall,'and in a variety of
colors. In the early Morning, when
the.rays the.. sun in the east
fall upon: the
picture is so distinct . that tie seams
between the brick are plainly distin
guiShabie, •and the •Mprementsof
-
pet - Soria - inside • the houses when op
posite the'windows, are plainly vis
ible. So of persons passing along
the sidewalk ; aid vehicles passing
through the street. The* wall
. upon
which. these things- . aredelineatcd is
a plain plastered wall—the only opeii=
big to admit the - light is an ordinary
keyhole in . the - door. 4is the most
singular, phenomenon
our
the kind
that ever came under thirknoWledge,
and. involves a' law s of. lii;ht that we
should like to have,:explained by the
iihilos — ophers. How long this may
hale-been to be seen we do not knoW,
but-its discovery had' been rnade,but
a few Jlays before our Visit to the
city, and seemed to be unknown to
but a very few of the people. The
obj6ets on the_other side of the street
are riot inverted in the lAeture, but
in their natural.position. Will some,
of ourscientific readers !give us the
solution ? , '
TIIE - 143ISELLER AT *IIE CENTE:4-
NTAL,---Imagine rumseller •at thO • '
Centennial Exhibition i , making
speech in this .style This thing you
see here, ladies and gentlemen, is the
product of American skill and indus
try. He was once a may
say gentleman. He. stood erect,
moved with jubilant feet; had aconn i
tenanee beaming intelligence,,a
,
mind of vast power, anda character
Without reproach. !He wits_ a loving
child; a loyal husband,i a splendid
citizen, before be came,:into my labo
ratory:. I have Worked him over. 'I
touched his clear, eye with crimson,
and made his nose as red, and irreg-u
-lar.tis clump of coral, t embroidei
ed cheeks with rum buds and
brandy ; blossoms. I Cracked his
voice and cracked his form. 1 stain
ed his character and shattered' his
mind: LOOk, ladies:and gentlemen,
•attliis•intraele of :mechanisni. A. fit
of pulp is coming' on. .sge
the, artistic contortions Of his face.
His formseems like the embodiMett
ofa guilty conscience. Every vein's
viper, every artery is an adder, each
hair. a scorpion. His blood Is like
liquid lire. No matter What a maids
relightms belief is, he believes in hell,
when he; has 'the delerinm tremens.
He sees :the Don't go
near.•hini, dear friends.; , A lighted
cigar in contac4 :with his breath
might result in sporitinieous &uns
, tion. You ask me w.liY.l do this
'kind of work. Because it pays. I.
do it • according to law.. Men go to
the Legislature to,rotect the in my
licensed trade. It' does not require
much brains nor ranch , Money to ao
this work. Why,,ladies , gentld
men, you can see plenty of specimens
Of my work, and: of the Fork of men
in 'my calling, in the -poor 7 holises gull
prisons and in ad houses all over:
land.--.Tenzperance A Mu
NOTES OB TEE INTEENSTIONAL LESSONS.
,MAT 1576. '
acts TETT: 12:4.
1 -
SECOND QuARTER. LESSON VIII.
Our Last lisiSon closed with -the formal
'vie* of the Apostles;: v. 21. As soon
as thei- wore let. gO "(Tyndale) they Went
to their own (e. e., their own people cir
friends). All that we . 'eau ( gather front
the contest is, that a.particular assembly
nnist,be meant, and not a general assem
bly of the diSpersed . cliristian."—Alexa
der. This . asserehly,could not have incht
ded the entire five thousand- spoken of in
v : . 4. 'Many of these were foreign Jews
who. liad, no doubt, * already , returned
home:: But; it probably intinded a lard
pf, thtvloeiinvors resident in Jetuan^
kw...1304m, wata• the One ikw.l44:
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the* were itiareMbled tc,igetherl ;11r.41).
Ititas probably f_ l l.he hot* Where they
were " 1 (20) on day Of Pets*:
cost. Thistnay_have.**Wear the ter
• ple. t "TheY repOited
haw, groat thinga e*f-Pr*Sti . 111 ( 0-
ders had
-said until 4,00 W.'
pried to their brethreri thti threatenings
of the Sanhedrin, :Ow- Tha chio
- priests and • elders'! is 'merely a deakaa.,
tion of the Sanhedrin.
This hangs ns c(1) telt(' .i*fireif the
Church, vs. 24-30; .1 Whit(thiiy heaidthe
'storrof the two
.apostles they lifted
their voice to Ged withllMe*ccordi
there was a condert ' r ofhearts, not of
voices. • The general Interpretation
that' one ,(probably Petir)led in player,'
while the •otherS jeineki silently. Dr.
Hackett says "The prayer ,on thisoeca•-•
lion was chiefly, piaise, and is the war&
quoted were • eel all, 0 it is quite ,
possible that they*cited them together.
Banthgarten's view may lid near,thetl
the whole CoMpanysang the second Pte,,:
and Peter 'then applied the contents tor',
their situation in the ',terms recorded ;
here.l' I .
•
This p r ayer is addressee to the Father, ,
considcrediin general as the absolute Sov;
ereign of the . universe. y "L'ord", i. e.,
Master. It is repeatedly used in the New
Testaraent4or a-master as distinguished
from his skives. The idea in the term is )
that )
of absolute authority or power.
_lt )"-.
' )
is the r oo t tof our ),..gnglish - Word, despot,
but witficuit its secondary ideaof tyranny.
'This absoliite Sovereign is then addressed
(1) aathe:ood of creation, v. 24. (2)' As
the God of, 'revelation, v. ! "The quo
tation!is fr om the 2nd,Psa*, Which is ex
licitly declared ttli be the' inspired work
of David and a pr'ophecref Christ." It
is plain that the inspired !apostles rdcog- i
nized and taught that the Lor d who crea
ted the woiids alsOnspireil the prophetS.
'
This prophecy wads fulfilled in Christ's .
history and in his alone; The heathen
(the Retnaus) did rage (the. word is "used- !
for any noisy or obtrusive indication of 'r
self-conildence"); . rand the people (the
Jews) imagined vain thingi; they planned*
-with. arisions forethought t J defeat the ),•.
Lord's' purpose aid dcstrOy forever 'the,
Lord's' ; Anointed. I : The• rings stood up
(represented by li!rod A'ntipas and Pi- '
late)-and the rulerewere gathered togeth
er (the:Sauliedrin) ega!nst Lord aid
against', his 'phrist;) itlits - 7Grek equivalent 1.
for the Helirew wo rd
, Messiah.
(3) The Soverigii Father: is 'addressed
as the Oro& of Pro*idence, iv. 28., These
Jews and Gentiles-these rulera civirand
ecclesiastical—were! gathered r together
; againstthe Father's: holy so,n Jesus (sli
to gesti9y but this very vile plot
!was a link in the uhaitt of Gods purpose
otfrnerc'y toward c up4. His coun
sel determined before thatiit - should so be,.
'done; and his hand (f. e. l , his power)
overruled their wickedness for thegood of ,
!our race. This is .4nothcri proof of the
harmony, ever assumed in peripturo;be
t•-,veen 6od's sovereignty and man's re-
Isponsibility.
So faii this . prayer is made . , up of praise.
Now they pass to 's upplichtion. "And
now ' Lord, old their reaterungs,
"
i. • ; upon t h e ir e., keOp thine ;eye :upon tneir threaten
logs, tha, they may hot be accomplished.
•
" And / grant unto thY serranti with all
;boldnesS e., possible boldness)
; • •-
ipeak thy word Whilst theu l dolt stretch
I rorth thY hard , unto.' bealing." ;This , pe
' titiou is utterl y unselfish.. Their thoughts
l itre wholly on their work) "Our care
•thould not be so much that] trouble may
be Previnted as that :We maylie enabled -
Ito go on with neerfuiness and resolution
in our Work and duty, whatever troubles
we may!meet -
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'their i desire was that while God should
Work for them they: rhouldl speak boldly
for him But But they rereembered-that they
had som ething to do morn than to speak;
and so they added;
, aind (grant to thy
servants) that signs 'and 11-enders may be
done through the name of I thy holy son
Jesus:" i While God Wrought . Miracles
i not of vengeance but 'of mercy in attesta
tion, of their mission,; they desired' to be
bold in : speaking of Christ and doing good
through his name. ' I 1
11. Wq-see the answer toitheir prayer,
V. 131. It is not so stated, but the' imprits-,
Sion made by the record is ithat the , an..!
i
wer was immediate. !So Truiale trans-J.,
hies ; 1s soon as they had prayed.";
The answer had both an 'outward and an
... .
inward firm . Thectetwanl form consist
i
ed in the shaking of the house where they
Were met, (see 22). ' , The sign here given
of God' s presence was familiar to the
,
saints of the_old Testa:Mont 1 (Ex.19:19, -
I's. 65:8) 1 This outward form of the an- •
rwer was a token and. proof of the inward,
"They were all filled with the Holy
Ghost." j That is, they received a fresh
Outpouring. It would seem i hat the ful
ness' of the Spirit's influence wa.s . not con-
iinued permanently, hilt was renewed in
answer to prayer and for the need of their
work.. The result Was just! what they;
prayed fur—"they spoke the word of God
i ,
with boldness." ! I • 1 I
111. We have another glimpse of the ,
state of the church i vi. 32-3s'. • The first ,
persecution is ended and the church in
no wise injured thereby, but Strengthened :.
by new illapses.of the .spirit.i ,Hence St.
Luke pauses hero 'to resume ithetaeconnt
Of the social state of the churob which was I
, for a time interrupted. " Thtearlier pas.
sage (2: 42-47)
. is not to bectinsidered as
relating to an earlier 'period, and' the later
(4: 32-37)' to a-later ; but both are syn.
chronouts or co-extensive ato time, in
chiding the whole history of
t ie prigiltive
er infant 'church, as It e:tisted at Azusa
-1 :
16m.-.2lldrander. - 1. They were bound
i
together a the strongest poisible unity ;
v',. 32. " The
' titud4fbelievers was one." i 2. This in-
Ward,unity showed itSelf in a !virtual com
munity of goods, arising fromithe practice
of the most disinterested and!seles
m aerific
.. J
g love; verso 32. These_ believera Who
had prop(Uty or more, - re,gartied and used
; f I
I not for selfish purposes, but for the beti=
ell:: of the' brotherh4vil. 3. The apostles,
Preached t i the resurrection oil . Jesus with
1.;e.-at power (i. e., with the a ccompanying _
power of the Holy Spirit, illukrating and
her l
-enforc the facts Of their- Own experi-
I "" I
ence), and great mace was upon all
believers. , t , ..
The prooeof the statemen t in , the last
clause—viz.: that God's 'grace was upon
them—'ccs seen in their frecland abaud
'
- a l nt contributions to Their pair brethren.
",For there was no •One destitute among
dlem." No doubt'there were many cases .
of ne'ed. The confession of • ht.* in ife
rusaletil meant loss Of busine tOtradent
'aid loss of employment to workmen and
servants. Many "seilered the loss of nil
things." 'Silt the beneficence if the prim.
'Aire chureh was entiai to the demand up.
on it.' Sikh as had:propert)i sold it and
laid the pricei, at the apostleA' fet aa'
srepognition of.their superior rank and atr ,
tliority, and in order that it might be dis
ttributed byt their :1 superiok wisdom.
'AMong these Josephi Of Cypius is men
tiened—a Levite—who,was called by the
apostles the on of en,nsolationi et' exhor
tation (ch., 11; 23-4.4);f114 afterwards be..
came em inent in the pre' of . the
'church, and {vas no doubt ir a man
1 9
. 44 influence as well ';ts of w tit. -Bath
eaatnples are tecorded for ourtinstrietima
and reproef, =lt is .a. pity Map there are
so few. men' like, Batuabas idle:a:church.
, t4day; -who `26y . willing to'speriliee - 01
I ti}ings for* Lord tin 4 his peogiet'. , • ' .