Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-01-07, Page 3Hew TheGreate$t. Oible Wo$ Made For centuries English-speak, ingpeople have read and loved the King James version of the Bible. In a general way, many have known the story of its place In the march of English translations from Wycliffe and Tyndale to We modern versions of today. But few have asked, "Who were these men who wrought this magnificent work?" "'How did they go about their task?" The author tells us this almost unknown story. With a scholar- ly devotion that shines through the pages of his posthumously pubished account, Gustavus S. Paine, in his new book, THE LEARNED MEN, gives us this beloved Bible version in the making, We stela back into the troubled times of Puritan and Anglican controversies, of King James's unstable, lavish court, of the glowing circles of Eng- and's distinguished scholars at Oxford and Cambrilge. We come to know as distinct individuals most of hte fifty -odd men who as a group produced a version that surpassed in every way the writ. ing any one of them could have produced himself. Thr'ough his discovery of the Bois notes, made by one of the translators and never before discussed, the author has been .able to give us new material on how the scholars worked, His extensive bibliography is further eVidence of the research that un- dergirds this absorbing, highly readable volume. Like a scene from a novel, the account begins with the dramatic meeting at Hampton Court call- ed by the King in response to demands and petitions from var- ious religious factions contesting for changes in his realm. It was a stormy meeting, and although Dr. John Rainolds of the Puri- tan group was heard to mention the need for a new Bible ver- sion and some others present, would have agreed, the conflicts were over other matters. Out of it, however, came the King's directive to go forward with what became the greatest liter- ary work in English of all time. BiRD MAN - Robert Stroud, subject of the book, "Bird Man of Alcatraz,' enters Federal' Courtin Topeka, Kan., to peti- tion that his life sentence be set aside. Stroud, 69, has served 50 years in p-ison, 43 in soli- tary confinement, He is one of the world's foremost authorities on bird diseases - self-taught. Asthe men are ebosen by the Bishop of London, Richard Ban- croft, the groups take form for us. In the pages that follow we see thein at work, and learn of their daily activities, their per, sonal problems, their qualifies, - Hens, and the events of their later years. Mr. Paine has search- ed them all out. ' Head of the six wonting groups, which met in three places, was the much loved At. Lancelot Andrewes, Dean of Westminster, w h o knew 15 languages, At Oxford, under Dr. John Harding, Regius Professor of Hebrew, Isaiah through Mal- achi, and the Gospels, Acts, and Revelation were done, The West- minster groups, headed by Dean Andrewes and meeting "in his pleasant deanery," did Genesis through Kings, and Romans through Jude. The Cambridge groups under Edward Lively, did I Chronicles through Ec- clesiastes, and the Apocrypha, "To it, therefore," Mr. Paine comments, "we are indebted for the Psalms," Emerging as Writer of the greater preface - seldom includ- ed in modern printings but of more interest than ever in the light of this account • of the "learned men" at work - is Dr. Miles Smith of the Old Testa- ment Oxford group, a Calvinist, who also as editor went over the whole final version. "Because he was the final critic who looked for flaws and smoothed out the whole translations there is per- haps more of Dr. Miles Smith in the King James version than of any other ,,man," says Mr, Paine. Many beautiful tributes to the glory of the translation are in- cluded by the author, his own unsurpassed by none. They are too long to quote here, but one point made by Mr. Paine in his preface seems a fresh thought: "One of its greatvirtues," he says, "is that it allows and impels us to put any part of it into other words, into our words, that we may get glimpses of more meanings from it, and then turn back to it with more de- light and profit than ever be- fore," Wanted To Saw Manhattan in Two In 1824, when New 'York .had. a population of about 150,000, one of the • favorite gathering places for men of leisure who liked to sit in the sunshine and exchange gossip and opinions was the Centre Market, at Grand, Baxter and Centre Streets. One of the principal bench warmers, and the most prominent of the men of opinion, was a retired carpenter and contractor named Lozier; He convinced all of his cron- ies that he and Mayor Stephen Alien had become alarmed about the condition of the island of Manhattan. They had decided, Lozier told his crowd, that the lower end of the island was in danger of fall- ing into the Bay. So, he said, it was desirable to saw the island off, at Kingsbridge, on the nor- thern end, and then turn the island around. In this way, Kingsbridge would. be where the Battery had been, and the Battery, of course, would be up north. The story spread, and every- one believed it, Lozier went so far as to organize teams of la- borers and engineers who were to do the sawing, and large crowds of swimmers, who were supposed to turn • the island around. He absconded with the city appropriations for the work. When he .was not to be `found, near the deadline he had set, the hoax was exposed and a riot was narrowly averted. It's nice to be important but more important to be nice. CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Remnant of combustion 4..ldent teal. 8. On el 12.. 1'rot eel Ipn 13, O'n'ce 14. Johnnycake15 Flanging ornament 17, fanned 18. -:omen • emperor 12. gasp 20. Puppy 22. Jlonlcey 20, 11nrommmn 20 SiIleneers 27 Aloft 2fl. Climbing vine 20 t.nng rtlrits 30. 'rifle Ma Montt 31. Symbol for terrarium 82.41nre.1'ntfon31 33. Prophet II'•1 :4m3.11 htlenlingbled 33, Attendnnt In n -•lore 07. Con stein o trawl stem 38, oar i 1,11,1(6 rir mein' 511 1,111 bl'Igh Ul PRP 41 'Mont 44. Thr herb dill 45. I:111ll3ot '11011137' 43. 'I'urmerle 47. hllrellko fish .411, Serpents 49 Crafty 5. Administers 20, Minute simple corporal organism punishment• 29. Walked 9. Vestment 30. Antennae 10. Number 32. Confectioner - 11. Spread loosely 33, Lose one's 16, Take out footing 17, Stands 86. Command DOWN 17, - 36, Assemblages 8. sumsmtposlto of tents mountain 19. Pumilltir term 38, Grolle 2. Witness for father 35. Exhaust20. Court m dens 40. Literary 3. Pendry farm 21, Harbor fragments 4. Steep descent 22 Alcohol c 41. lettuce or declivity. beverage 42. Conger5. Italian river 23 81Lner,• turn 411.11,,,,,, 6, Entangle 24 $miilpart irly KRtatoyxetnna 7 Typo meta, are off re tab 7 1 2• • 3 .O 5 6 •7 .O'.ti' h.. 10 11 . `ti? :l5 -�'.: S 19 •.5 '.,. 20 MI Iffpf •• 22 23 24 25 q. •�"ee,+ty, 27 -. 251 Ya 3. 36 1. ..:.N. 39' 40 �'4I a 42 43A 44 45 - -. .F:` 4h9 A6 1T - .., ... 4@ ' 2 5 Answer elsewhere on this page AIR RAID - Caught in a storm of feathers, Flora Farquharson hands out bird foot in London's Trafalgar 'STA re. EN FARM FRONT kIIIt2t.Galsei t The Soviet Union wants to acquire poultry breeding stock from Canada, both for broiler production and for egg laying. strains. This was made clear during a visit to Canada of a four -roan delegation headed by Mr. Bag- danov, Chief Poultry Specialist, USSR Ministry of Agriculture. The group toured parts of On- tario and Quebec, conferring with federal authorities at Ot- tawa. They returned home late last month after an 18-daystudy of Canada's poultry industry. * * * The Russians were particular- ly interested in the production aspects of the industry. They were interested not only in procuring breeding stock, but also equipment. At the close of the tour, a reception was held at the 'Rus- sian Embassy in Ottawa for all of the Canadian hosts. 4 * * A revolution, has quietly but firmly grippeCanada's cheese industry during the past 20 years. Cheese factories have emerged from the upheaval with . their numbers thinned drastically. But at the same time, • each fac- tory has stepped up its produc- tion tremendously, O.H.J. White, chief Inspection and Grading, Dairy Products Di- vision, Canada Department of Agriculture, points out that in 1938 there was an average of 1,333 boxes of cheese graded per plant in Ontario, while last year this figure had been boost- ed to 8,698. 11 4 4, He also notes that the number of factories offering cheese for grading in Ontario had shrunk from 659 in 1938 to 188 last year. The reason? One of the major contributing factors was the Cheese Factory Improvement Act, passed in 1939, under which the Federal government undertook to p a y part of the cost of new material, new equipment and labour for reconstructing an existing fac- tory or in building and equip- ping a new factory which re- placed two or more existing factories. * * * A proviso was that the cheese ripening room, ,in such factories was sufficiently insulated and equipped with mechanical refri- geration to control the tempera- ture of the ripening room. This legislation resulted in many of the smaller, unecono- mical and poorly -equipped fac- tories . being amalgamated with reconstructed or newly -built fac- tories, While `cheese factories were being reduced in Ontario, Ca- nada's population was climbing and there was a greater diver- sion in the use of milk, Of the 15.7 Million pounds of milk produced in Canada in 1939, 8.6 per cent went into cheddar and 2.9 per cent into concentrated milk products and ice cream. A record ' milk pro- duction was reached last year at 18 billion pounds, with 6.1 per cent going intocheddar cheese and eight per cent into concentrated milk products and ice cream. * * * In Ontario last year, 12.6 per cent of the milk' produced went into cheese and 10.8 per cent into concentrated milk products. These figures are the highest for any ' province in Canada. Quebec is next in production, using 4.9 per cent and 7.7 per cent respectively. in 1938 there were 78,216,583 pounds of cheese graded in On- tario and last year there were 60,804,533 pounds. * * * Sums up Mr. White: "The cheese industry today is concen- trated in Ontario in larger, more efficiently operated plants, re- sulting in a greater average pro- duction per factory. "The raw milk is being used in a much greater diversified manner compared with 1938, with the average returns to the producer being greater." UNDAY SCIIOOI - LESSON By Uev. It. Barclay Warren B.A., 11.11 Launching Out on a World Mission Acts 13: 1-4, 13-14, 44-49 1V1esnor & Selection: Repent - a n e e and Omission of sins should be preached in His name among all nations, Luke • 24:47. During this quarter we con- •tlnuelour study tet the Book of Acts, `1Iye shall follow Saul (from his visit to Cyprus known as Paul) in his three mission- ary journeys and finally to Rome the capital of the Empire. While Barnabas and Saul were ministering in the church at Antioch they were called of God to a special w o r It. The church, after fasting and prayer, endorsed the project. "So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed." It is impor- tant for any, going to preach the Gospel to the heathen, to know that God has sent them. To have the backing of the Church is a great consolation, too. One might succeed without the support of the church. The Divine call and guidance is im- perative. Banishes and Saul went to Cyprus, the island where Bar- nabas used to live. The deputy of the country was glad to hear the Word of God. The smiting of the interfering sorcerer with blindness was the first record- ed supernatural sign wrought through Saul. Leaving Cyprus, Paul and Barnabas crossed over to the mainland. From now on Paul is the obvious leader of the team. At this point, John Mark, a nephew of . Barnabas who had accompanied them, re- turned to Jerusalem. W a s he homesick? It is never stated that he was called of God to this work. However, we shall hear more of John Mark. If he failed at this point, he cer- tainly redeemed himself later. His greatest accomplishment was the writing of the Gospel record that bears his name. At Antioch in Pisidia, Paul and Barnabas first preached in the synagogue. This became . the usual practice when they reach- ed a new town. His sermon here was typical. Ile passed in quick review over the history of Israel down to David. Then he preach- ed of Jesus, of the seed of Da - via. lie emphasized. His resur- rection, The next Sunday there was a great multitude ei Gen- tiles, The envious Jews raised persecution and Paul and Bar- nabas had to flee, Before they left many had believed, "And the disciples mere filled with 'joy, and with the Holy Ghost." Teenager Forged Shakespeare Play There have been manly famous literary imposters who claimed to have found manuscripts of known and unknown novels and plays by great authors, but 'none was so successful as 11 -year-old William Henry Ireland who, in 1796, forged Shakespeare docu- ments and complete plays, and then capped his fakeries by writ- ing a play - a bad one - and palming it off as a genuine work by the Bard of Avon. And it was actually produced in Lon- don, with the most eminent ac- tor of the time playing the lead. So widely accepted were the=e forgeries that Boswell knelt be- fore some of the +.purported manuscripts and before a ice's of hair which Ireland else ' ed was from the 'head of Shea'.es- peare, grateful for the print :e. The Prince of Wales was an- other of the many gullible be- 'levers in Irelal:d's "finds." Ire- land and his father, a noted beolc collector and book lover, haesme famous personalities in the Lon- don of their day. When young Ireland wrote It's "Confessions," he said, "it. is extraordinary to observe hcw willingly persons will blind themselves on any point inter- esting to their own feelings" Ireland may have been a phony, but he spoke the truth here, for only one or two per- sons had ever said publicly that they doubted the authenticity of the "genuine works of William Shakespeare." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking b v V J M rs, ISSUE 1 - 1960 The Atom Conquers an Insect Pest- - - In this former airplane hangar 50 million sterile screwworm flies were reared a week. The 21 -day cycle from egg to adult was handled on an "assembly -line" basis. The enemy. Screwworm fly is twice the size of a housefly. Fly pupae were irradiated with cobalt -60. When adult flies emarged from cocoons, they were sterile but otherwise normal, That peaceful power of the atom in the hands of scientists has virtually wiped out an insect. pest +port only a short time ago was costing livestock owners in the Southeast 20 million dollars a year. The attack 'wars aimed at the screwworm. As pictures above show, millions of the screwworm flies were sterilized with n.lclear radiation and released over 80,000 square miles In Florida, Georgia Cartons of flies were dispersed by. airplanes. Sterile flies mated with fertile wild ones, but resulting eggs never hatched. and Alabama. The Impotent lilies competed with native ones during mating, gradually reducing the population. The campaign began in 195b. it was so successful that it was closed down 16 months later. Now the same idea has been suggested for eliminating other pests, including rodents. Tomorrow's Pied Pipet may be a scientist armed With an X-ray machine.