SOBMiHirTlom BATES : Per ;«u, in idnnce #1 50 Otherwise 2 00 No subscription will be discontinued until all arrearages are pud. Postmasters neglecting to ootifv us when subecribeni do not take out their pipers will be held liable for the subecnptien. Subscribers removing from one pustutbce to another should give us i.ie uamu of the former is well as the present office. All communications intended for publication n this paper must be accompanied by the real name of the writer, not for publication but as a gun an toe of good faith. Marriage and daath notices must be accompa nied by a responsible name. Address THK Bl'TI-KR CITI2KS. BCTLEII. PA. Planing Mill —AND- Lumber Yard. J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS S.G. Purvis & Co., ***C»ACTI'HRRS AND DEALERS IS Hough and Planed Lumber OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, SASH, OOORi\ FLOORING, SIDING, BATTENS, Bracksls, Gauged Corniceßoards PORCH POSTS, STAIR RAILS Newell Posts and Balusters FENCE PALINGS, Ac., Ac , MICHIGAN SHINGLES. Bam Boards; Plastering Lath ; lien lock Bill Stuff, such as Joist Raf ters, Scantling. Ac., all sizes constantly on hand. All of which we will sell on reasonable terms tnd guar antee satisfaction. PLANING MILL AND YARD Hear German Cntholle C'bnrcli J*n7-«0-ly A. Haffner, SUCCESSOR TO H. BAUERIBROS., BUTIiKR, PA., PLANING HILL AND Lumber Yard, MANUFACTURES AND DEALER IN Rough and Planed Lumber OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, DOORS, SASH, FRAMES, MOULDINGS, SIDING, FLOORING, BATTENS, Brackets, Gaug-d Eomice Boards, PORCH POSTS, STAIR RAILS, NEWELL POSTS k BALUSTERS, FENCE PALINGS, &c., &c. MICHIGAN SHINGLES Barn Boards, Plastering Lath, Hem lock Bill Stuff, of all kinds, constantly on band, All of which I will sell on reasonable terms and guarantee satisfaction. Planing Mill and Lumber Yard on Jefferson street, Butler, Pa. ldecly A. HAFFNER. HOTELS L- NICKLAS. Prop'., MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. Having taken poacssiou of the above well kcowu Hotel, ana it being furnished in the bout of style fnrtlie accomodation of guests. the public are respectfully invited to give me a call. I have also possesion of the barn in rear of hotel, which furnishes excellent (stabling, ac comodation for mv patrons. L. NICKLAS. "SUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire insurance Co. Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sts. G. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT. WM. CAMPBELL. TREASUKKR 11. C. HEINEMAN, SKCRKTAKT. DIRECTORS: J. L. Purvis, E. A. Helmboldt, William Campbell, J. W. Buikhart, A. Troutmau, Jacob Schoene, Q. C. Rocs.«in|f, John Caldwell, Dr. VV. Irvin, j J. J. Croll. J. W.Christy H. C. Heineman. JAS. T* M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ae't- BITTLER _ the RESOURCES OF KANSAS AOCOMPANIEO BY A COUNTY MAP OF THE STATE ANP A FINE MAP OF THE UNITED STATE 9, WILL BE MAILED FREE. WRITE FO* A COPY TO A. S. JOHNBON, LAND COMMIMIOMCB. TOPEKA, KANSAS 1). L. Cleeland, (FORMERLY OF HARRIS'VILLE) DEALER IN WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY SPECTACLES & VIOMN BTRINC.S, *JT Fine Watch and Clock repairing a speci ality. All work warrented. Store between Wuhor's I)ruc store and Butloi Savings ISank. Mjin street, Butler. Pa. NOTICK, In Re the petition of citizens of Butler town ship, at S., No. 4*i, Sept., 1880. Praying the Court to appoint viewers to change and lay out a dividing or boundary line between Butler audwuromit townships, as will be in accordance with the draft or lines as made and decreed at Q. S , No. 23, June, 18i>3, and to make draft and report whether such change as prayed for would be to the benefit of the inhabitants of the respective townships or either of them. March 7th, 1881, report of viewers filed. March loth. 1841, report confirmed nisi. BY THK CotRT. Nq w, therefore, all parsons interested will take notjee tlint t e above report will be pre sented to tiie Court of Qu irter Se-gion* for con firmation on Wednesday, the Bth dar of Jane, 1881. W A. WEIGHT, Clerk of Quarter ftefeiong. VOL. XVIII. BOOTS&SHOES. THE OLD AND RELIABLE BOOT MIJJP HOUSE B. C. HUSELTON, Is now Receiving 1 Fresh New Goods in the Latest St}'les the Eastern Markets produces. All his and £Uiiimiei* Ntook OF BOOTS Al SHOES Are now readv for inspection. These goods are made to his own special order by the largest manufacturers, and coming direct from them to bis House there are NO MIDDLE PROFITS TO PAY. HP intends to give to the public BOOTS and SHOES at prices that they can find no where else. It pays to sell goods low and he means to do it. The attractions which he offers in the as sortment, in the quality, and Aboire a.ll in the prices, are such that no one can resist goiDg to the LARGEST BOOT & SHOE HOUSE 111 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, B. C. HUSELTON, MAIN STREET, BUTLER PENJST'A. Some and only a few of the Bargains Offered: Gents' Fine Buff Congress and Alexis $1.25 and upwards. " • " Strap Low Shoes, SI.OO and upwards. " " Calf Boots, warranted $2.15 and upwards. " Brogans and Plow Shoes, 90c and upwards. Large lioe of the very finest Machine and Hand sewed goods in stock. Ladies Serge Congress and Polish, 75c and upwards. " " Grain Fox and Polish, elegant goods, $1 00 and upwards. " Grain Peg Polish, elegant goods, SI.OO. " " Standard Polish, elegant goods, $1 25, all warranted. " Kid Button Boots, $1.50 anil upwards. " Grain and Peb. Button Boots, $1.40 and upwards. " " Sewed Polish Boots, good, $125 and upwards. Very large &tock of the very finest styles in Kid, St. Goat and Peb. Button Side Lace Shoes. In Ladies, Misses and Children, the stock is the largest I have ever offered. telipoers Low and Hutton Newports- BOYS AND YOUTHS' SHOES in proportion to Men's. Can't give many prices, space will not permit, suffi.-e to say you find every thing in the Root Si Shoe line and verv low figures at B.C.HUSELTON'S. LARGE STOCK OF LEATHER & FINDINGS. REPAIRING of all kinds done at Reasonable Prices. Be certain to examine this stock and prices before you buy. Thanking you for past favors I still solicit a continuance of the same. EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD SHOULD USE IT. Herbaline Syrup, THE GREAT MEXICAN REMEDY. The only Medicine in Ilie World Coinpunded from the Natural Roots and Herbs of Mexico. H E R H A L I N E H Y KU P, (NO AU OllGi.lt' DRINK.) The most valuable remedy ever discovered in the Vege taiile Kingdom for the s|»eedy and permanent cure of Dyspepsia, Habitual Costiveuess, Liver and Kidney Complaints. Scrofula, Rheumatism, Piles, Dropsy, licarl Disease, Ner vous Allccticns and Chronic Diseases. HER BALI N E SYRUP, (NO VINEGAR COMPOUND.) The purest and hest Medicine in the world for delicate I Females, whether young or old. married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or the turn of life, relieving and curing their complaints as if by Magic. For the aged and Hie feeble this Tonic Syrup lias uo equal. HER B A L I N E S Y R U R, i (NO MINERAL POISON.) A swift and sine relief in Menial and Physical Prostration caused by over-taxing the mind and body with business and professional cares. ; HE RB ALINE SYRUP, (A VITALIZING TONIC.) Unerpialed as a medicine for Children, lieiiig easy of admin istration, pleasant and refreshing to take, prompt in its action : certain in its results, and always safe and reliable. No Vermifuge, Lozenges, or other medicines will free Hie sys tem from Worms like this wonderful Wild Herb Tonic. HERB ALINE 9 Y R U R, i (THE LIFE GIVING PRINCIPLE.) Skin diseases of whatever name or nature,such as Eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Ringworms. Scrofula. &c., are literally dug up and carried out of the system by this great Tonic and Alternative, w lule the complexion is rendered i clear and beautiful. H E R B A L I N E S Y R U P, (PURELY HERHAL.) A genuine medicine warranted free from Calomel, Arsenic, Opium, Qidliilie, and Alcohol in all its forms. The most valuable Family Medicine ill the World. ft ■ K< Be Vk ■& U9 is offered for a case of Chronic Disease that this great Tonic Syrup will fa:i to cure or greatly benefit, if the directions are strictly followed. TRY IT, PRICE SI.OO PER BOTTLE. PREPARED BY THE STANBA.EB MEDICINE COMPANY, PITTSBURGH, I* A. FOR SALE BY DRUGGISTS, YOUNG CLYDESDALE, Prince of Scotland, Can be seen al 1 tic stable of the subscriber, near Lcas-ircv'lie, Wintlcld townt-hlp, IS'itlcr Co., I'u , the lirrt three days of encli week, and Thuiedny* and Fridays at the stable ol Joseph Flick in Cojlegville. PRINCE OF SCOTLAND is n beau'lful dapple bay, rising si* yen's old, with immense lioce and inufcle, superior ictiou, and a pcrlect foot, » herein most heavy lio:sec lack, and for disposition is unexcelled ; stands 1(1 % hands high, weighs over 1,800 pounds, and was bred Iron, one ol the finett draught horses in Scotland. Further trace ol pedigree is un nt'ccisuarv, as his appearance will recommend hitu to competent judges. ROBERT HEBSELGE>SEK, 20.ip'2m Owner. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that an application will be made to the State Pardon Hoard, at its imcting on the 21st of June, 1881, for the par don of William Storey, convicted in the Quar ter s-essions of Butler county, Pa., on a charge of forgery and embezzlement. ALEXANDER SFOREY. May 18, 3t. PEWSIOWS Procured for all soldiers disabled in the IT.l T . S. service Irotn any cause, also for heir of deceas ed soldiers. The slightest disability entitles to pension. PENSIONS INCREASED. County and new discharges procured. Those in doubt as (o whether entitled to anything, should send two 3 cent stani|»s for our "circular of informa tion." Address, with stamps, STODtiART & Co., Solicitors of Claims and Patents, Washington, D. C., Lock bo* 623. Hruaylm directions. gfEREAMBSIJSI EETiB 1 ™ insert with little linger :;*LrAfARRH,COLDS!>{.,* a particle of the Balm s-J tiAV-r-.ciTicijuii n-.tMIJ hiuithe nostrils ;draw ' X~x r '* strongbrealhs through L 7 'he nose. n W ||| Tie /""EAL3 A absorbed, cleansing, I'MSALPN 53 ,.'- AjSJH >"' d l.ealing the dis- N a*-For Deafness, iSI tVie'ear »" rttete lnt ° ELY'S CREAM BALM IIAVINO gained an enviable reputation, displac ing all other preparations in the vicinity of discov ery. is, on its merits alone, recognized us ;i won derful remedy wherever known. A fair trial will convince the most skeptical of Its curative pow ers. It effectually cleanses the nasal passages of Catarrhal virus, causing healthy secretions, al lays inflammation and irritation, protects the membraiial linings of the head from additional colds, completely heals the sores and restores the -ense of taste and smell. Beneficial results lire realized by a few applications. A thorough treat ment as directed will cure Catarrh. As a house hold r< medy for cold in the head is uneipinled. The Balm Is i-asv to use and agreeable. Sold by druggists at 50 ci ids On receipt of MI cents will mall a package. Send for circular with full Infor mation. KLY'S CREAM BALM CO.. Owcgo, N. Y. For sale in liutler by Ji If. Wuller, J. C. Redick, Zlm merman ft d uller. Coulter & Linn. Union Woolen TVlill, BUTLER, PA. 11. FI'I.LERTOX. Prop'r. Manufacturer of BI.ASKETS, FI.ANNELS, YAKNS, Ac. Also custom woik done to order, such a* carding Roll*, making Blankets, Flannels. Knit ting and Weaving Yarns, Ac., at very low prices. Wool worked on the sLares, if de ■ irert mv7-lv , (CCa week In your own town. Terms and Si I vPDOontilt froe. Address 11. HALLE'IT & Co., Portland, Maine. BUTLER, PA., WEDNESDAY, JI'NE 1,1881 FOB Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Sorensss of th 9 Chest, Gout, Quinsy, Sore Throat, S wettings and Sprains, Burns end Scalds, General Bodily Pains, Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frosted Foot and Ears, and all ether Pains and Aches. No Preparation on earth equals ST. JACOBS OIL as a *itt>,sure. si in pi ? and External Remedy. \ trial entails but the comparatively triflinp outlay • f 30 and every one MifltTing with pain can have cheap and positive proof of its claims. Directions in Eleven Languages. SOLD BY ALL DEUGGIBTS AND DEALEEO IN MEDICINE. A. VOGELFR Sc CO., Baltimore, Md., V. S. A. MRS. LYDIA E. PiKKHAM. OF LYNN, MASS. DISCOVEKtn OP LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. The Po"itive Cure For all Female Complaints. This preparation, t.i f's name RlgrnJflos, consit-t i of VfgrtftV.ft IVopc. :ie3 tliat are LarniK. .1 to tac most del irate invalid. Upon one trial tLo merits of thLi Com pound will bj reco.Tii.sotl, a: relief i 3 i:xim'.*diate ; and when iti use is continued, in ninety-nine casca in a hun. dred, a permanent curD is ejected,as thousands w!3l tea ti'j. On account of it? proven merits, it ii tew' 17 ro commended and Ly tlio best physicians in tho country. It vrlll cure entirely t!.o trcrrt form of falling cf the uterus, L ucorrLaa, a:id paiuTtJ ilenstruatlon, till Ovarian Troubles, InHcr.ir.uitioa end Ulceration, Flooding, all Displacements and tho con sequent spinal vrcaknc:', end is c?:>ccially adap ted to the Chance o? Life. It rrill dissolve and expel tumors f.-om tho uterus In an early 1:* oof develoj raor.t. The tondency to canrerouj humors there ij cLedici very speedily by its use. In fact it lias proved t3 bo the rrcat est and best remedy that lias ev. r been discover ed. It permeates every portion of the system, tni givca new life and v"~o**. It removes faincn. . .flatulency, de stroys nil crttrtnjj for stimulants, an 1 rellores v."c..!:nest of theslomat-h It General Debility, Peprczxlon a:.d Indi gestion. That feeling of bearing down, cousin?? pain, weight and backacho, Is ahvaya rerrnancntly cured I y itsuric. It willot all times, and underrll c'.rcumstan ce>", set in harmony with tho law that governs the female system. For Kidney Complaints of either sex this compound is unsurpassed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vagetable Compound Is prepared at 233 and 235 Western Avonue, Lynn, Ma**. Price SI.OO. Six bottles for Sent lsy mail in the form of pills, also in tho form of Lozenges, on rcct !;»t of price, (1.00, per box, for cither. Mrs. freely answers all letters of lnoniry. fiend for pam phic-L AJdreasasa'.>ovo 2l;:iiion this paper. Ko f ami* ychould be without LVD IA E. I'IMCILVM' LTVXII PILLS. They euro Constipation, Liliouenccs, and Torpidity cf the Liver. £j c«.nts Ler bo* GEO. A. KELLY &. CO., General Agents. Pittsburgh, Pa. Sold by D. 11. Wuller, - Butler Pa. |HOP BITTERS?! jc (A .lle-jicinc, not n. Drink.) g m nors, m enu, MANDRAKE, B V DANDEIJOX, 8 I AJTOTHK PrKItST AXO nKST>II?mCALQrAIJ. w] H T:C« or ALL oxueu BI N RUS. tj f] THEY CUKE § jj| Alt Dl.wiisei of the Stornarh, Bowels, Blood. E S| i 'uiale Complaiuu. ' % GIOOO IN GOLD. Vi!l be r-«M for a case they will not cure fF b lp, or for anything ir jmrc or injurious found iu th« 1:1. Pj A«ky>'ir for Hon TtJtters nn«l try B fl tl»eni before >ou sli»p. Take no other. ■ 1 D T. C. Is an absolute r»n !Ir ' sisMble cure for B jy l>runkoniiees v u:e <>t oj'.uiu, tobueco and PraraiiiP— s*xn FOR Cii:cn.a*. saegascnß® I Hop Blttrn f*Rodiwlrr, N. , & Tnrnnto, Ont. EXECUTORS' SALE!I Tlifi nndprt-igned executors of Robeit Tliomp -8011, fleceaneil. lftto of Clinton townsliip. Butler Co.. Pa., olt< r for «ale the followiiiß described property, located in »aid C!in!on towimbip : One hundred rcrew of land, partly cleared, bonnded on tlie sontli by lands of John filshgow, OD the eaht by lnndn of JameH Criawell'is heirs, on the north by land of v\(n I'hompnoti and on the went tiy land of Al«o!om Monkß. nitnated 011 the three-degree road, which ] as'new near the honce. (i oto 70 acres in good btnte of cultiva tion. good frame and log liouso. and fpring lionwe. good Bpring of water ne;ir the houee. and a fiißt-clat-H young orciiard of bearing fruit treen. Convenient to schools, churches, mills coal batik, etc. ALSO—Farm of Wm Thompson, adjoining tame tract, and containing about !00 acres, and having 011 it a good lbrie 1> house, good ne*x- frame bank barn and outbuildings, good orchard, it being part of same fatm. AB-OLOM MONKS, | Fv . J. W. MOMCH. I 1 of Robert Thompson, dee'd, !a!o of Clinton twp. Estate of .Mar) K. Itfwilling. Letters of Administration with the will an nexed <>n the estate of Marv K. Mechling, dee'd. late of Jefferson twp., Butler Co., Ta , having been granted to the undersigned, all persms knowing themselves indebted to said estate will make immediate payment, and any having claims against said estate will present them duly authenticated for payment. THOMAS MECHLING, Administrator. Saxonhurg P.O. Butler, Co. I'a. r?XTT'C! I WK WANT YOU In every J Pjl>| I | County,to sell our NKW Af- TOMATIC CAttl'KT SWIITKH. You can make from S3.W) to #5.00 per day the year round, (iood profits and raphl sales. Capital not necessary if you call furiiisli good references. Address at once I'AOE C'AKrKT SWKKFF.It Co. Toledo, O. THE NEW TESTAMENT. Authentic Account of the Changes in the Revised Version. The revised version of the New Tes tament which is now given to the pub lic officially is the result of ten years of faithful work by the most eminent Bib lical scholars of England and America, and as such will meet the views of all students in both lands, although some of the changes made in the translation of the King James version will proba bly be objected to by thousands of earn est Christians who have been brought up to look upon the Book as the inspir ed word of God, and have not consid ered the fact that the English Bible is a translation, and that into ail transla tions errors are liable to creep. The old familiar text which has been the authority of the English-speaking Christian world since 1611, will be found in manj cases to have been changed. In some instances the chang es which have been made give an en tirely different meaning to the texts, and to those who have been taught to look upon the English Bible as the one source of religious authority changes of this nature will appear harsh aud re pulsive. But it is to be noted that iu all the corrections made in the revised version, there is not a single one which does away with any main fact which has been accepted by the Christian world since the King James translation was made. NO FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE CHANGED. The fundamental doctrines of the Christian religion are not changed in the slightest degree by the new ver sion. Everything which people of the present generation were taught as children to look upon as the teachings of Christ is faithfully preserved, and our children and our children's children will find in the Revised New Testa ment the same doctrinal principles, al though perhaps in different and more easily comprehended phrases, that their fathers and grandfathers had to instruct them in the Sunday schools of the two past centuries. Hell is not abolished in the new version, as has been an nounced prematurely in the public press All that has been done in this connection is to expunge the word 'bell,' where it has been improperly trauslated, and to substitute for it the proper word, the hades of Greek my thology, which means the temporary abiding place of departed spirits. In all passages in w'lich the Greek word 'Gehanna'appears, it is faithfully trans lated 'hell.' The devil, the prince of darkness, still holds his place in the Bible under the translation of the re vised edition of the New Testament, but he holds a somewhat subordinate one. He does not enter so largely into the complications of human affairs as in the old version. The expression which has been translated for over two centuries, 'possessed of the devil,' is translated in the new version 'poseseed c f a demon,' and is shown to refer sim ply to a peculiar kind of disease, which in our day and generation, is called madness. Wherever the word 'devil' refers to the prince of darkness, the ti tle is faithfully preserved in the revis ed edition. TEN THOUSAND CHANGES. The new translation which is now given to the public, under the sanction and authority of the Convocation of Canterbury, contains about 10,000 changes from the original text as found in the King Jantes version. Some of these changes will at first be found to be disagreeable to the English reader. Some of the old familiar rhythm is de stroyed, and words to which the ear has become accustomed are left out. But the translators have taken the broad ground that the word of God should be kept as pure as possible, and they have carefully sacrificed every word and expression which could not be verified in the original editions upon which their work is based. With these preliminary remarks we are ready to note some of the most in teresting changes. TWO FAMILIAR STORIES. Matthew xix, 17.—The revised ver sion reads, instead of 'Why callest thou me good?' 'Why askest thou me of that which is good ?' The text follow ed by the authorized version had been changed by the copyist to harmonize it with the accounts of Mark and Luke. Mark ix, 22-23.—Here is a valuable and beautiful change. The father of the possessed child says to the Savior, 'lf thou canst do anything, have com passion on us and help us.' In our common version, Christ's answer is, 'lf thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believetb.' But the word 'believe' has no textual war rant, and by its insertion we have lost front our version the quick play of thought in which our Lord takes up the poor father's word and throws it back to him ; and this the revised ver sion gives us: 'lf Thou canst! All things are possible to him that believ eth.' THE UNJUST STEWARD. Luke xvi, 9.—Here a change ap pears in a much mooted passage—the Savior's practical exhortation from the parable of the unjust steward. Our version has it: 'Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteous ness that when ye fail, they may re ceive you into everlasting habitations.' Here the change turns on the verb 'ekleipo,' failour common version having followed a false reading, 'ekli pete,' 'ye fail,' while the revision, fol lowing tho current reading, 'eklipe,' ! renders 'that when it shall fail,' i. e., the mammon, 'they (the friends you have thus made) may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.' The transfiguration in Mark ix, 3, the King James version reads: 'And His raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow.' The words 'as snow' add to the graphic style of the text, but investigation proves that, they were interpellated by the copyist of the Gos pel, and they are therefore left out in the revised version. In the same chap ter, verse 21 reads in the authorized version, And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said, with tears, Lord I believe.' No authority could be found by the revisers for the ! ifm-rtion of the words 'with tears,' and although they add greatly to the ira pressiveness of the scene which Mark describes, a conscientious regard to j their responsibility's as translators of ! the Lord's Book compelled the com mittee to expunge these words. TIIE LORD'S PRAYER. One marked change which will strike the Christian reader is the entire omis sion of the doxology of the Lord's prav er, at Matthew vi., 13. The words 'For thine is the kingdom and the pow er and the glory forever, Amen,' are entirely omitted. Textual critics have long since given this up. It is not found in any of the great uncials which contain the passage, and it is uot notic ed by the earliest fathers in their expo sitions of the Lord's prayer, while the internal evidence is against it, since it interrupts the context. In favor of it is the fact that it occurs in most of the ancient versions, notably the Syriac. But the Syriac, with some other of the. more valuable versions, seem to have been conformed to the prevalent text of the fourth century, and to exist no longer iu its primitive condition, so that we cannot insist on its authority in support of the passage. ONE INCIDENT OMITTED. The passage in John concerning the woman taken in adultery has long been a battle ground for the expositors. Con cerning it, it may be said generally that the incident harmonizes perfectly with the spirit and dealing of Christ; that if it did not occur, it might have oeeurtcd, and that our Lord's treatment of the case was what we should expect from Him. Every New Testament reader, we think, would be glad to have its genuineness put beyond ques tion. Manuscript authority is against it. It is not found in any one of the first-rates uncials, nor in the ancient versions; nor is their evidence that it was known to Origen, Chrysostom and others of the early fathers. Even many of the manuscripts which do con tain it have it marked as doubtful. The texts in which it has come down to us vary greatly among themselves ; it has no connection with the context, and its style differs totally from that of John. On the other hand, it is found in the ancient uncial I) (Codex Bezte); Jerome in the fourth century, testifies that it existed in his days, in many manu scripts, both Greek and Latin. Au gustine, about the same date, charges that some persons of weak faith had expunged it lest it sh )uld seem to con done sin ; and according to Eusebius, Pa pi as, in the early part of the second century, was familiar with it. In this state of the evidence, the reviewers have not felt justified in rejecting it from the text, but have inserted it in brackets. They have followed tLis plan of putting matters into brackets con cerning which there is the slightest doubt. PAUL AND AORIPPA. The revised translation of Acts xxvi, 28, which the common version renders, 'Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian,' will knock away the under pinning of many eloquent homilies. Agrippa did not mean that he was so moved by Paul's argument that he was almost ready to embrace the Christian faith. On the contrary, his words are sarcastic; and their general sense is, as Dean Alford gives it, 'I am not so eas ily to be made a Christian of as thou supposest;' you offer a very scanty ar gument for so great a change as that from a Jew to a Christian The revis ers' rendering strikes us as clumsy, though it is correct: 'With but little persuasion thou wouklst fain make me a Christian.' PAUL'S JUSTIFICATION. Anotner important change is made at First Corinthians, iv, 7. In the New Testament to which we have been accustomed, Paul is mads to say: 'For I know nothing by myself; yet I am not hereby justified; but he that judg eth me is the Lord.' This translation is subject at the present day to grave misunderstanding. It means, accord ing to the present use of the English language, that the apostle was depend ent for all his knowlege ou the favor of God. The true sense is brought out in the revised translation; 'For I know nothing against myself; yet am I not hereby justified.' What Paul meant to say was that, although he was not conscious of having done any wrong to the Corinthians, still, after all, it was only God that could t«uly judge and thoroughly justify him. When the King James version was made, the preposition 'by' was frequently used as a synonym for 'against,' so that the translation at that time was perfectly justifiable, but this meaning of the word has long since been dropped, and none except scholars could gain the correct idea from the text as it has stood in the English Bible for nearly three centuries. This is one instance of many in which the work of the re visers will be found to be of Immense value in altering translations so as to make tho words of the Testament con form to the usage of the present age. THE BLIND MAN AND OOOD SHEPHERD. John ix: 17. Here tho authorized version is scarcely intelligible. 'They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath open ed thine eyes?' The meaning is made plain in the revised version merely by inserting 'in,' thus : 'They say there fore unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, in that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.' John x: 14, 15. The connection between these two verses is totally de stroyed in the authorized version, which runs thus : 'I ant the good Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father ; and I lay down my life for the sheep.' The vt rses should be read as in the revised ver sion : 'I am the good Shepherd, and I know mine own, and mine own know me, even as the Father knoweth me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep ' Thus the revision brings out the point of the Savior's words, v.z : that the intimacy between himself and his true diciplesis like that between himself and the Fath er. He utters the same thought in his prayer fos the disciples in the 17th of John : 'That they may be one eve i as we are one.' 'THESE ALL DIEIi IN FAITH.' It seems strange that the translators of the authorized version could have so marred the beautiful passage in He brews xi., 13. by the rendering: 'These all died in faith, not havi jg received the promises, but having seen them afar off, ai.d were persuaded of them and imbraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.' In the first place, the state ment is partly contrary to fact. The Old Testament worthies did not em brace the promises, but only saw them from a distance. In tbe second place, the word rendered 'persuaded' has no place in the text, while the equally plain meaning of the Greek aspasatne noi' is 'having saluted,' or 'greeted.' The revisers give it thus: 'These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers aud pilgrims on the earth.' The revision thus returns to the older rendering of Wycliffe, Tyndale and Craniner, and restores the beuutiful image in which the writer's thought is couched, of sea men recogniziug the headlines of a be loved country and greeting them from a distance. IMPORTANCE OE THE ARTICLE 'THE.' The importance of the definite and indefinite articles in the interpretation of sentences is well understood by grammarians, but it seems to have been frequently overlooked by the translators of the King James Bible. The article has frequently been omitted from the English text where it existed in the Greek, and this fact is illustrated very strikingly in connection with the word 'Christ ' This word in never used in the Gospels as a proper name. It is the official title of the Messiah, and only once is It connected with personal appellation Jesus. This occurs at John, xvii: 3, when Jesus says: 'And this is life eternal, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.' In this passage the Savior stations Him self, as it were, in the future, when His claim to be regarded as the Messiah shall have been demonstrated by the resurrection, and it is evident that only after the resurrection could the word Christ be properly used as synonymous with Jesus. In the Greek original the definite article 'the' is prefixed in al most every instance to the term 'Christ,' and in tbe revised version this is preserved in the translatiou. PERTINENT INSTANCES. A single instance of this change will be sufficient to indicate to the reader its value. At Matthew, ii: 4, we read in ihe authorized copy that when Herod had gathered the priests and the Scribes of the people together, 'he de manded of them where Christ should be born.' The proper rendering is found iu the revised edition : 'He de manded of them where the Christ should be born.' Another- instance of the dropping of the article to the mani fest injury of the text is to be found at Hebrews, xi: 10, which reads in the old version : 'For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is (rod.' The correct trans lation of text, which appears in the re vised version, is : 'He looked for the citv which hath the foundations,' in other words, for the new Jerusalem of which it had already been said iu the Old Testament: 'Her foundations are iu tie holy mountains.' THE DRAUGHT OF FISHES. The article was not the only part of speech which was incorrectly translat ed. The different tenses of the Greek verbs were constantly mistranslated, and the result was that in many cases the sense of the text was entirely changed, and often obscured. Very little attention was paid to the differ ence between the Greek aorist and the Greek perfect, and they were inter changed very much at random in the translation. The imperfect tense has been translated in the authorized ver sion in such manner as to obscure the meaning. Thus, in Luke v: f>, we read, 'and their net brake.' There is no authority for this translation. The true reading is 'their net was breaking;, that is, it liad begun to break, when they beckoned to their partners in tho other ship to come to their aid. The context, which shows that the ships were filled with the fish taken, is per fectly clear with this reading. Had the net broken, as the verse in the au thorized edition reads, the fish would have escaped, and the statement th it the ships were filled would have been inconsistent. THE SUBSTITUTION OF 'HADES.' There is one word which is not to be found anywhere in theaccepted version, which has been transferred bodily front the Greek to the revised edition. This is the word 'Hades,' vhich was used in the Greek mythology to de note the world of departed spirits. This word in the authorized version was translated hell,' and the fact that the scholars h ving this revision in charge have refused to sanction this translation has given rise to the report that the 'hell' of the Bible was to be abolished. The report has no founda tion in fact. Wterever the word 'Gehenna' appears in tbe original it has been properly translated 'hell.' The 'Hades' of the original has a quite different signification, and by translat ing it 'hell' the proper meauing of the word was obseured. An instance of the use of' Hades' in the version is to be found in Acts ii., 27, where these words are quoted from Psalms xvi. in reference to Christ: 'Thou wilt not leave My soul in Hades, neither wilt Thou give Thy holv one to see cor ruption.' The common rendering, 'hell,' is evidently here wholly unsuitable. The text simply predicts the resurrec tion of Jesus after His death, affirming that He will not be allowed to remain in Hades, the region of departed spirits. In the thirty-first verse of the same chapter of Acts, "His soul was not left in hell,' is changed to 'His soul was not left in Hades,' and wherever the word Hades'occurs in the original it is retained in the revised version. Tbe 'hell' of the Gospel, the place of eternal punishment, is retained, but the word AMIKKTINISU MATES, One square. 0110 insertion. #1 ; each so tea queiif insertion. 50 cent*. 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