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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
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NO. 28
1 used to describe it in the Greek is
I 'Gehenna,' aud not 'Hades.'
HIS SATANIC MAJESTT.
The word 'devil,' which appears in
the authorized version very frequently,
is eliminated in the revised in many
places. Two very different Greek
words were each translated 'devil' by
the men who made the King James
version. One of these clearly meant
the Prince of Darkness. This was the
word used in Matthew, iv :1 ; 'Then
was Jesus led up by the spirit into the
wilderness to be tempted by tbe devil '
Then there is the other word, the liter
al translation of which is 'demon,'
which is so often used i:i connection
with those miserable persons who are
described literally as 'demonized,' or in
the free translation of the authorized
version, as possessed of devils.' The
rendering of the two distinct words by
the same term obliterates to the Eng
glish reader a very clear distinction
which is made iu the original. The
The men 'poscssed of devils,' or 'de
iuonized,' were not reganles, even by
the Jews of the day 9 of Jesus, as in
fluenced by the I'rince of Darkness.
They were the victims of a disease,
some of them being epileptic, others in
sane and others still deaf and dumb.
The revisers have not deemed it ad
visable to substitute the word 'demon'
for 'devil' when the latter occurs in
this connection, but, while retaining
the old translation, they have indicated
on the margin every instance in which
the word for 'demon' has been translat
ed 'devil.' The devil, therefore, has
not been abolished in the revision of
the New Testament. He occupies a
position with the hell of the old version.
He has simply been confined to his
proper sphere.
LITERARY CHANGES.
No attempt has been made to mod
ernize the style of the authorized ver
sion. Archbishop Trench has justly
observed that 'it is good that the
phraseology of Scripture should not be
exactly that of our common life ; should
be removed front the vulgarities and
even the familiarities of this, just as
there is a seuse of fitness which dic
tates that the architecture of a church
should be different from that of a house.'
The revisers have, therefore, proceeded
on the principle that every archaism
which still continues generally intelli
gible should be left untouched. Hence
such form as 'hath,, 'whiles,'
'thoroughly,' 'holpen,, etc.. have been
retained, and the relative 'which' has
been allowed to stand, as in old Eng
lish, when the antecedent is a person.
On the other hand, the revisers have
assumed that an archaism which has
become obsolete, or has wholly or
mostly changed its meaning, tends to
impair the seuse and should be replac
ed by a word generally intelligible.
'Let' now means to 'permit,' but in
Romans i., 13, 11. Thessalonians ii.,
7, it means directly the opposite—to
hinder. 'Room,' meaning to us'apart
ment,' is used in Luke xiv., 10, for a
seat. So of archaic phrases. The re
vision has 'Be not anxious for the mor
row,' instead of 'Take no thought,'
thus giving tbe idea which was repre
sented by 'take thought' at the date of
the authorized version, but which it has
lost.
As regards the names of coins,
weights and measures to which our
language furnishes us no exactly cor
responding woads, the revision has,
for the most part, left them unchanged.
It would provoke ridicule to render
them by a s rict equivalent, as 'thirty
one dollars and a quarter would not
purchase bread sufficient;' while, though
the 'pence' so common in the authoriz
ed version arc awkward and mislead
ing, it is not easy to find anything bet
ter.
These instances noted above give
most of the interesting changes. For
the others our readers are referred to
the book itself, which can be ( 'had to-day.
WORK OF THE AMERICANS.
Of the changes in the text suggest
ed by the American Committee, 904
were adopted by the English Company,
and such as were rejected are priuted
iu an appendix to the new version, and
are to be so printed in every edition
'during a term of fourteen years from
the date of publication, unless the
American churches shall sooner pro
nounce a deliberate opinion upon the
revised version, with the view of its
being taken for public use.' While the
two committees have acted in a sense
independently, never having met to
gether during the ten years of their la
bor, the American Committee has
been treated in the most friendly spir
it, and its suggestions have been very
generally approved and adopted.
The New York Tribune in com
menting on tho work says: 'English
Christians now know the utmost that
Biblical science demands No suspic
ion need in future haunt thent that the
scriptural truths which they love are
insecure. More than this, every loyal
Christian heart should surely rejoice
to have access in as pure a form as pos
sible to the message sent us by our
Father in Heaven. That is the great
positive work which has been aimed
at bv the New Testament Company,
and the fulfillment of which is present
ed in the revised version. English
readers of the Scriptures have now the
opportunity of making themselves ac
quainted with the New Testament in a
form more nearly representing the
primitive text than they ever had be
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