HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1881-04-29, Page 2NEW TESTAMENT REVISION.
How It Was Found Necessary to
Alter the Scriptures.
THE GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
Within the next month or so, the New
Testament, as revised,will be in circulation.
Below will be found an interestiug article
by a leading English divine on how it all
come about: It is one of the happiest
characteristica of that greatBiblerevision,
whose first fruits appear during this montle
that, by common consent, our own English
Scriptures are, in every essential feature,
to be preserved. No new translation could
ever become, to the faith and intelligence
of English-speaking people all over the
world, what the old Book has been for
more than two huudred and fifty years.
For, apart from higher claims to reverence,
it is the foremost of British classics. Its
- phrases and turns of expression, even more
than direct quotation, pervade our entire
literature. l'his choicest treasure of the
household and the Church we never can let
go. Nor is such a demand now made,
whatever may have been the -case in former
times.- New tren.slatieus have been often
proposed, aud not infrequently attempted,
during the last hundred years; but the
protest of instinct and affection is at length
• seeu to be in accord with thesoundest judg-
ment; and the New Testament soon to be
given to the world i8 still the old book, unim-
paired in its znaje.sty and roueic, and with
the necessary amendments so inwrought
into the etructure that the .fabric still is
harmonious and One. S-'uch, at least, has
been the aim of the revisers; we shall know
Very soon whether they have succeeded.
Meantiene, it may be useful to remind. our-
selves that the New Testament of 1611 -was
itself no more than- a revision, or rather
the result of several revisions, of Tyndale's
version published eighty-five years before.
The aim of the revisers of 1881 has been to
do for. the version of 1611 what the revisers
of. 1611 did for Tyndale's, or rather, for the
Bisitieps' Bible, theforna which Tyndale's
had tatiinately taken. -
The Archbishop et Dublin hae gathered
sorne curious- specirogns of indllernisea
versions. - Thus, where : our Bilge reads,
A double-minded.rnan.il unstable in all
-his ways," one of these irepratied translae
tions has ".A.reiaii _unsteady in his epinions
is inc(nnatantrin all hi4. practices a- and in
- the, same: chapter, "-Ceti-0 it- enjoy when
ye fall into diver tetiaptation-s," is replaced
• in mother version. byi_ Keep yourselves
---perfectly cheerfulawhea you are.eap6eed tiO-
arietY-bi •Thea_late - 1)r, Camtre
• ball; of Aberdeen,-' -tyfreees :work • an. die
i(oepels (1788) is still react: With profit by,
• scholars, a does not offend - ituainet --godd
• taste quite so grossly, but "yet htsrprider-
- ingaServe thiellythehow'sby -ceittrast the
•‘'''-sitipericarity Of --the.- old dictioii.asTlius to -
take a brief example -at random- in Luke
• viii, read; aNtlio no* is the -dis-
:creel.. and faithful stewart whom the Master
•
swill --set over his= household atadikpense
reeularlv thealleivanee,Ofeeorn ? :_lffsppy,
:tat servant, if his reastereat his arrival,
-"shall find him.- so. emplieyed.-- -I tell' asOu.
truly; he will _entrust him with -the mimeos
- nient"of all his estates." Such versions are
• but a knig succession of and it is
, in: Engliele rather _ than Greek that the'
• • _ •
•
translators have naissed thematic
•-the:seholatehip of our own age has directed.
• eepeeird 'attention to English; - and 'the
• genius _ earl resources Of our own trebles
tongue are perhapebetter urider.atoed than
•-ever before; and ontareenit,:-hae °been--- the
=
ad6ptienea.by.-. the revisers, Of two rules, -a
, _ -
cenaietent -adherence. to Wileieh -Will :have
-.'seOureels the succese. or their -werka:e:
_ .. •
" To introduce as few alterations as
• poseible tu the text of the authorized vera
sion coneistently.W4h faithfulness.
II:s To linnt,'-as far .as possible, the
•, expression: of • such.'" alterations- the• -
- • language of the: authorized and :earlier
• -a, ,
English- Vereioneaa ie • - S •
'
Should these principles have:been fairly
cl7rried out, such fours willeatsoike be laid
to rest as that to which, anating Others, the
• - • :amble president of the'Britieh. and FOreiges
.• Bible. Society gave Utterance When pro- _
testing ten years', ago against. -mi
mind Freriehified "aadaptation. of Bible
to modera-testea.-, -We may ffay;
• avitheohae assurance, pending time appear-
-.:arfee of the .book,, -that' this - is i"precisely.
• what has:. not. be-eu,'dories'a- Noe., have the
apprehensions of time Archbishop Of -YOrk.
-been veritiodathatthe Bible Weald be " leid,
on time table of the an!ftthinist,",,er a' -sent to
the erueible to be -melted deem:and recasts"
It - remaitia with U5 in.' its aintegrity,
'irefeuebed • and corrected; but . with its
'668a:due -.deepened and - its beauty Intim,
peired.: _ - : •. •
- s atiaeosa .roa •
reasonfabe revision have. during -the.
last twenty years' becerne.. familiar_ ti :i1l
,:_readnrs., Suffice it, to say,- bentitting . our -
itteetiet at present to the Now Testa -Merit;
•_ thatthefirst and _chief. masers -is found in
• the imperfectioris of the Greek -teat . to
which the translators of the' sixteenth -atia
"seventeenth -centuries • were.':"er estrictech.
Since that era the ;dieepaety: amid collection
MSS.; the-examiuetion. ef ancient -liter -a
'ature bearing upon the sabjeeteein'a.Word,
alt that is tOmprisediti the.ino.derit saience:
a Bilflical criticistnehae le -d to the sable
• Oen. of -a,. tektSnot indeed'alaselntelY per-
fect, - _feet, but accuracy e -far beyejeds that
. . _
• . -which_ -our ,authorized -Version, - represeats:
The seeonfa, reason is based upon certain
• ackmandedged errors in the 0411°4 -zed: ver.
;lions -- Very prebably, it May turn out that-
these-errors.have.been :exaggerateil both in.
• number- .and quality.-- -.1Eyen Swithin the
of -alteration already specified, thb
• ,-Neat Testament -will hardly beso much
changed ' as'neeny-p_eople-thiek: --The later
'7stagesof.the revisionhayebeenvery -much-
• in the direction of restoring Whet had been
a -questioned- s not so _natich Item the- inetitae
' ble conservatisma of le large a- Company, alS
tram, es -further and --deeper exatoieation
-correctipg fitat 'impression:es -•
It is. not. oasy to eat, Who had the -dief
• share iu hiatioitig:thes •ceneecation Of-, time-
-eoutliern pteaince -at hist.. to -take _decisive
action. .. The initiative „ie probably due to
•- the -three great Nese-. Testament ex_porritotS
of Our :time, Dre.: 'Alford, Ellicott • and,
Ligtitfoot, wefl supported by -the- intellia
geneeeted determination:Of lacers Stenlesa
- By this tinte the interest_ of -NOneonforect-
, -iste -aten , was ethOreughlY aroused. . Con=
ferenees were held by eminent _rnembers--of
: the Church Of Englandtvith Dr._ Stoughton, •
Dr. Angus,and ether leading NOne,onafferm-
- jets, The idea. ofartereyal •-corninieeiOna
-
though still favored by some, was ta.c
abandoned, and the work was left to
convocation of the province of Canterbu
that of York, led by its accomplished
learned archbishop, still declining to un
The first formal resolution on
subject was moved, we believe,
Dr. Wilberforce, then Bishop
Winchester, who proposed that
revision of the Now Testament should
undertaken, Dr. 011ivant, Bishop of 1.,1
daff, immediately asking, "And why
the Old also ?" a suggestion adopted
once. As the result, a committee
bishops and other dignitaries was appoint
at whose instance the following resoluti
were adopted at a meeting -ot Convocati
held May 6th, 1870:
That it is desirable -that a revision of t
Authorised Version of the Holy Scriptu
be undertaken; that the revision be
conducted as to comprise both . rnargi
renderings and such emendations as it m
be found necessary to insert in the text
the Authorised Version; arid That it
desirable that Convocation should nomina
a body a its owu members to underta
the work of revision, who shall be at liberty
te invite the co-operation of any eminent
for scholarship, to whatever nation or
religious body they may bek•ng.
The Committee for the Revision of the
New Testaznent consisted at first of the
Bishops of Winchester, Gloucester and
Bristol and Salisbury, with Dr. 13ickersteth
Idle prolocutor. now Dean of Lichfield),
Deans Alford and Stanley, with Dr.
Blakesley, now Dean of Lincoln. ° To these,
by invitatiou, the following were added, at
first or subsequently, Archbishop Trench,
Dr. Angus, Dr. D. Brown (of Aberdeen),
Dr. Eadie, ltev. F. J. A. IIort, Rev. W. G.
Humphry, Canon Kennedy, Archdeacon
Lee, Professors Lightfoot (now Bishop of
Durban)), Milligan, Moulton, Newth,
'Edwin Painter, and Roberts, Dr. G. Vance
Smith, Dr. Scott, Dean of Rochester ; Dr.
F. IL Scrivener, Dr. Wordsworth, Bishop
of St. Andrews ; Dr. Tregelles, Dr. C. J.
Vaughan, Master of the Te_mple• (now Dean
of Llandaff) and Professor Westcott. Dr. J.
11. NOWillall was ale° inviteebut declined,
and Dr. ?derivate, Dean of' Ely, resigned
soon after his appointment Of those who
entered on the task, Dr. Alford wes soon
called away by death: .Bishop Wilberforce
died in 1873, -Dr. Emile in 1876, Dr. Tre-
gellee, who had been unable to attend from
the first, in 1875. The rest have unieter-
ruptedly Continued the work for ten years ;
the Rev.:J. Troutbeck acting as secretary.
It should be -added that the labors- of the
reviser', have been gratuitous; the heavy
-necessary earl -reuses 'of :the work being
.defrayed bYthe UniVersitieff-of Oxford and
-Cambridge, in ceneiatitation of the eoPY-
itly wide fame as biblical scholars and
the theologians, Dr. Philip Schaff having been
ry; throughout the leading representative in
and communication with the -British revisers.
ite. As might be expected, there has been much
the friendly discussion between the two
by countries, not so much, perhaps, on
of directly critical matters as on minutiae of
the style and expression. All these points have,
I
be however, been satisfactorily settled, the
an. two companies iu some few cases "agree -
not ing to differ ;" and not the least of the
at achievements connected with this great
of work will have been the adoption on both
ed, sides of the Atlantic, after a century �f
1
ens national separation, of this one book—the
on standard at once of language and faith—
for English-speaking people throughout the
he world.
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BO To Tempt Appetite.
nal Try to keep a pretty china cup and saucer,
ay a delicate plate and smallgoblet, to present
of food on to the sick. One expert nurse
is always serves beef -tea and milk in a wine-'
te glass; one of the thin, bell-shaped glasses,
ke that hold more than they look to hold. A
sick person will turn away from a bowl of
,soup, and be pleased with a pretty pupful.
Sick children, especially, are amused and
pleased with the color and pattern of the
cups and dishes, and there is a trace of the
fretful child in every invalid. There is
something tempting in a small quantity.
It does not tax the eye. Therefore, alweys
present just as little ae you judge the invalid
wants to see. Acoartse white dinner -plate,
heaped with food, will take away all appe-
tite, while a small plate or -saucer, especi-
ally if it is a pretty, dainty one, will be
successfully cleared. A mauve saucer, or
a pink plate, will cow:: &feverish patient to
eat rice pudding or (arrange cream, or a few
grapes, when all .other arts have failed,
There.seems to be an appetite of the eye
as wen as-the'stoma;ch, and it must not. be
offended. Very oftenthe effort to lift the
head, even if persons are not dangerously
ill, disinclines them to- take refreshing or
nourishing drink. There is no need to
disturb such sufferers by propping them up.
with pillows and making them lift their_
heads and change their pOsition. A bent
glass tube, sold for 5 cents at the apothe-
cary's; is not a, signal of extreme illness or
lowness, except that the - head may. rest
low., It simply means comfort, and . that
the in -valid need not be disturbed, in a sick
headache or extreme fatigue, but can take'
the beverage provided without.a change of
position.. The art of comfort is not cure,
butit goes agreat way towards it. - -
The place:of ineetieg has been the j'erte,
ealertat3banaloer of V.estriaiiister Abbey.mi
-
room of Many and Verioes:asseciations with
historlopersemegies /Ina •event. .°Takingits
name prebehly from. _the tapestry. :which
once.adothed its walls, and which tepie
een tea seen:ea-ha:use the.history of.Jerusalem;
it longesseeined sinvested -with as- strange
efteredueeaie--- the -mind') 'of men, It was
the.. death -Chainber of --Khan llenry LV.,
as readers= of Shekspeare-will ,aensiehaber..
Here in liter aftys Were -laid io state the
bodies -of Robert Sleuth, _JesSeph Addison,
Sir feafte Nett:ten • and. other famous men.
But theaecciesiietierd • associations- of 'Mils
Cho:entree Must Otter give it * chief _ place in
bur-rethenabraneee- -it was here- -fdriven in
the firet instance, by -cold Irene -.the interior
of a. the abbeyys that the aWestminstex-
Alsenahly:held its sittings -- for artieresthart
fineeyeara(1343--1649.): --Heee also Was.cen7
Venedthat-Well'4ptobtioneathoegh,abortive
conference held in 1689- for the: revision Of
. _
the prayer book withsavieWsto-the Concilia-•
tifori of Nonconformists. S6:Ietelyaa,18t7.
another royal cominission assembled' in the
-seine Spot •toexennuetheritualand_rubrics
'of the:Chureli of -=Englerra so restOrelie4
troubled cons.ciences hi the Matter, Of snlaa
eeriPtions` But theee. Ancient_ walls • have
never looked- down treat a. Work meateserely
&dentate& to ha,rmoniee the -strifes of the.
Chureli; end_to -reconcile divided=brethren,
then during the long sessions of patient
labor inswbieli.men of various ecclesiastical
relationsbipa andeftediverripgcreedehave
been found unititig.tvith one -.accord sio. the
serious and simples endeaver, first: to die-.
Cover ' to the utterrneet- minutenesestehat
God -has spoken, and thee- to devise how
beetearul• "inaciet - directly 'tn. caminnnicate
that kutatileage. to the. Englieh people:,
FM'S,: were the proceedings ,-of .ithe„
introduced by the-celebration:0f the•
eon] natinkm, -Jane- 22,ads 1870e itt the chapel
Of'llenr.y at the grave of Edward VI.
The:Bishop Of Wiecheeter4awite :the first
president,' and aftethis !absented death the.
Blither of Gleueester.end Beiatolsuceeeded
to the chairs- The proceeellege -have' been
simple- andorderlyethe rules of - procedure
being few auzd explicit. EVery-inepOrtant,
suggeetion has been -submitted in Writing s
the.aiecessioia on each Septet -al poitit being
-fell, eareful, often aniniated; but always
-friendly. a The., revisers' barvea: virtually,
though Mit formally, fallen into place; each
boing regarded as an authority in his own-• -
_departments ,one, - on'textual' -criticism.;
_another on the discriniination of Synonyms,
another on the niceties Of English, and Ho
On--; *Idle for the- -final a adoption -Sof, any .
change a .Mejerity:aof -two:thirda hue:sheen
necessary, alternative reitidprings strongly,
:though nOtz'decisiaely- supported bei ng
Pieced- in the Margins The .. sessions have
-been hiferithly, ten in' -each' year, each for
four dey-s• of about seven hours. Duringsoniewhat .mare.than -ten years, therefore,.
412 ineethigk'haveheenheld.seerseeporniing
thus to about a year and a.qiia.rter of Werke
log deare; to say nethiegiof the tithe givenj
t� private study -iteseeeoneetion with the
-
work andin preparation loathe Meetings. .
°tithe:13th Of Deceniber, 1878, sthetrecend
revision was elereetle - •
AnOt,her year wus still to • elapse_before
the .cempletion- of the work;-.- not only for
those finallenches on which iiiprercie excel- •
lence dependS, but for full:- and --dellherate
.antercohnnunicatierie with the:. Ameriea,nm.
coriaparin winch had been- working -alinest _
throughthe aseltOle peeled. 'upon the'sanae;
:lines. Set-earlai aw•AugnetaIt370, braAngue,
then-in:NeW York, bad been atithorieed by
letter' froins the 13illiop of -GIOliceSter end
tristOl to -Olien negotiationaIot thefornia:-.
lion= of::itmi Anaerican .•••• Committee of •ee
:.Nat tbe latter part Of .the f
iiext year.; . were the two eohapanree
fullY-- • 'Organized -es vetYa, much 'son _the i
-English plan ;.:- the -first-. • nieetinw. d
the . •rarrangenient preliniinaries t
being' held -- 'Deeerriber.a7th - the t
first sfor active work, October 4th, 1872.
The 'companies . include natnes'of , world- s
-Co•Operattlee- Dressing.
Aaneeting of the -subscribers to the -cani=
'till stook al the Co-ciperative Dress Associae
tionwasheld on'Thorsday aftetneon at the
.conipany's Offices; 112 Fifth- -avenire, New
York, to adept by-laws- and elect dire -dere.
There were about fa)... personS_ "present;
11,19.st. Of Whiina werealadiessee-Me.sAnthOiay.
_Palleftela- One Of .-the managers,' appropri,
ately . t.tetedf :ais• -the _conservative drag,
warning - ther-compatiy not to expect too
much ar fi 'st,:while-'Xiss Kite Field. took
:
thepole in- her turtle! good--spirite. "Return-
ing from - somewhat extendeil.resislence
'abroad," she said, ." I found that this
country .1 Could not afford. to areas nayself-
andives -fearful at : one time . that I should
have to . go .forth with a,- blanket to'cover
inc."' This .contbagency, 'she,- feItassnred,
Would)* averted by niean8. of the sefrocia-
time just formes], ' arida-she -.added, -." If we
ladies succeed _in tine_ enterprise, , who
- knows- - but e-sttihat _ in _time _ive. Mayekbe
:entrusted Witlethepevingof.-the streets, or
even with theacleening of them."
.----, - _ .• - 3
_ .
The leading b.o.aksellers eretaking agreat
Many-a:frame' for i the -_ revised Nety_°-,Testies
-talent epecindens of the various styles being
displayed at:ewers' of the storees•aguide:
tic) purchasers - wishing to . -secure- -eerly-
topies: - The price varies from:30 cents for
the. cheapest Sortof bound:Copy in non.pareit
type -Up to $12 for-hanil.serne pica copies in
the Most- elegant -binding. . - The orders are
Mainly for the rinediuna styles, averaging
about $1 to $1,1;0 per Cobra The wither -reed
version .frona 'thee-Oaferdatted. Cambridge
Unfverlity. presses.- will - be S published
simultaneously alt over the civilized- world
.On. the 17th Of -May, It :is estimated by. 4 -
leading bookseller that the . orders .-note
received. front the Canada- -trade eitioant
te lolly '109,000.cePiess Itt order " to prevent
iliesivork being .Pirated- in Canada, a cheap
:Canadian ilsoe ha Paper will. be; published
by the *gentle for theOxford Press and sold
for '22 cents, thus securing the 'Canadian
eopyright.- Time - enepinteit - pages resemble
veryi. ntpe:114 In tippearaiace the - style .- in
-Which --Ordinary .claireicel .trainda,tions are
issued. the te34 iiiindtdiVidekluto.yerseo
With a .patagraph foraeack is. ta the author--
isedi Verston'-nOWeins use, but there- are
Occasional: Paragraphs -.,Where-- the, sense
$eepis to require it; and the. numbers of the.
Ve-rsesatte given -on -the -margin. fThere are-
a feW;rnarginal: notes -where ' the passages.
,ito edirtreveitea ones, The typographiO4
execution, Solar ae Oen be -judged, is excel.
lent. .; Iti&-expeated that within -twaiity, _
four hours ;after theeiseue of the.revision -
elaine OU the.Ametican -publisherl will have
cheap - pftPer . editions on the ' inarltet- for
Sale at 1.07 to -15_ .Cents; but ouch: Joaues
cannot be .sold in Can -ad -a -owing to the -steps-
taketi to leoareaf-Canadiah copyright. - It
is:stated; :that . an adyance copy is nova son
time *ay out for 1L Chicago paper; for which
$1,ogo, bus been paid, --ae.-faeharp stroke 'of
riewsnatier -f eaterprise, -.ends-that •-ite:.- .firet.
publicationi' on .this _pee-011ie-fit. WHY.- be in
newspaper i -fOrni.: .-Tho.ugh---, there will -no
doubt berairemeridoul nishatfirst to secure
espies:and-the-se who wish to ,Ire. -early in'
possession of the. Work Willsao-Well--.to gtvie
thetr orders ahead, yet it ift- not anacipated
that -there Will be any difficulty in obtaining
copies in.any desired' style .,after time firet.
easetterrient-hast,aba,ted; aS=1-tiierb,_Wiii :Very
shortly litrannarriple-: supply fer-.'all requires
Ment'a -I, - . - a - .- ' ..- . - ' • '
' - -- = J-- -, -- .- -as"a-77- - • . .
:a An Italian ceuple;:.Toeci by feast°, are at
present _eXhileitihg.at Vienna &meet remarks:
able- :epee:in-len of ,their progeny, a pair Of
wins halted Jacob: andal3aptiiste-. a These
, . _ . . ..
boys are grown tegethea,ftern the :oath alb .
downwa,tae have 1)1110110--ebdoneen and IVeci
ept. s 'The upper part of - the body iii"canes
hil thinks-sepealis, sleeps, Oats. anddrinks•
.tt
let ly developed in eaeh.;- their intellectual
ex - We -sate Of la Inorrcialichaiiteter. 'Each-
ndePericlehtly of the other. This indepens
en&3.-goes SpItir.as to admit an itidiepetii:
ioxit'ef theOne without ihthe leatit affecting
hebther. - They are over three years old,
npprietroif.e0.t health-med.-IS: ee:rni.nglyin--exeellent.
FUTURE OF ELECTRIC INVENTIOrt.
Inutginatio Picturing Forth the Mar -
1
vellous hinge Electrteity is to do tor
us in Ag s to Come—Pkogress Toward
a GenerrI(ion of Ease.
14Lt ondon Standard.)
It -
Prof. Perry, at the Society of Arts
night, paintiad a most alluring pictur
the future o ., electricity. Telegraphs,
phones, photaphones, phonographs, mi
phones ancV electric pens are the -m
beginnings " the science, and will, by
tithe we ar too old to use them, be
garded wit much the same respec
interest th Stephenson's "Rocket
viewed by a odern engineer, or Cost
"Spiegel onger Bedhoudenis," by a m
ber of the : Typographical Union.
and -by, we all not only correspond, t
send our p%rtraits, and -" manifold "
electricity, ut have our houses ligh
and heated, aur railway trains and tr
cars prope ed, and our machin
driven by e same omnipotent age
If needs be every weaver's shuttle, ev
village blitz fsmith's bellows, every
liner's sewi machine, and every advan
baby's carr' ge will be driven, blown
rocked by tat "Vrill " power, of wh
future devek:pment by the corning race
Perry has a most as sanguine a hope
had Lord I tton after a less scieut
fashion. al gas, , at which Sir Wal
Scott jeeradj rid for a belief in which
Chalmers wi s Considered by his sbre
countrymento be not altogether "soon
is, we are tod, doomed as a lighting age
Ina few years it Will subserve to the hu
ble office of a generator of electricity
setting stea engines in Motion, or
being consu ed in a voltaic cell. But
power can ere transmitted by electrici
. .
there is, a Sir William Thompson on
suggested, othing to prevent us fro
importing force from America, j
as at prese t we inaport beef, whe
" canned " aches and wooden nutme
ln tbe .Fall of Niagara there is enee
enough to g erate sufficient electricity
light and h t all London, drive all t
maChinery i Birmingham or ?dandiest
and eend a sore of Flying Scotchmen with
easy swiftn fur from oae end of the kin
dom to 'phe ' her. " Transmitted energy
will be con gned to usifrom the Amite
and the Am r, from - the emokeenvelop
“ fciss " of he Iljommel Sayka, or t
tbanbling w ter of the.,Trollbata. In the
tfi
future weat to drink, I build our honses
. ,
plough our , elds and manure them, :sail
our yachts, ropel our steamers and trains,
print our beaks and perhaps'verite thereby
the aid of -elleetricity. MentWill then have
subdued theorees 4- nature, and the lord
jv
of oreationl ill -relapse tntC -manna -idies
tress, ordre re away life in ,one long after-
noon, . until' he' :dies of : an' overdose of
lectrictty, hid is buried ha an electric -dog
aereaVed"fa rily's"private " s'erry-ekyrtora
'stye, or ' misled hy )10110i of :his
machine.: . - . 71
. That thi q -
aad- a -greet deal nacire will
enee-te-Pa is evident to all who can feed
ithia the 1 es of Pref. Pdry's'eliscourse.
Yd. may' Snt th, who, like Southey, had ae
imtted app diation of science, considered
het ."fro ' electricity. and - ALPs's we
xpected t -d` Mud." ln t1:1-Siernens*.tee-
ric:.railVeit the propelling,- force is alone
ent with. :Cars; but not the nap„chine for
enerating at force. - A_ generator ofeelec--
rioity is . iven* by .a large _ stationary
ngine sena here ttt. the vicinity of the
ailviay. ' A naotor en mi. carriage receives
ectrieenet y by the Condiacting rails and
onverts di into -Mechanical work to drive
he carriage The in-troth:teflon of electric
ailtisaie is aaatuestion. of' capital
nd the -Sa, . -fice :of mitch existing 'plant.
ut. as soonms dile is -resolved on there will
e ectmoing ,ffeeted; for, s.s no beatiY loco=
otives will be required, there will be a
ving _ in II 0 'Weight of steel rails, in
e ' cast if - bridges, and 'in, -- the
emir and trO of p&p -21'108a -ways' . And as
eh_ cania '1 . Will haye. its own _driving and
eaking re hinery, the entnergy at prese
aatedin e ppmg a- train "will be simply
ven backi.gthe generittor.'l ' :The problem
lighting•EV dheittien11011SQS by electricity
practicalf •.- solved. sWhen people -gene
Ily p.yail It' hepaselvel of j: that eolutiop,
oke, seal' ,nd dirt*ill desert our miirky
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atmosphere, 1'while the -same-engine. -that
warms the &client's Office!, will light his,
warehotteee nable hint- to Correateetid with
his- agent b word. or letter, order dinner,
synchronise is clockslreceive the portrait -
Of a ellSpl4i 8 visitor to his cOuntryhOuse,
call the pOl e,blowthe - fog -born which is
to warn. off e rocks . the crew .of his home-
ward -bound ship. Nor need its uee step
there. . In: : me the a,dvoltagea of elee--
tricity ..willl, penetrate even ._ the , darkness
Of -the- 14e striefa ,,The 1 -citizen who
trimbles-• ni 0 . his eleetrically" wakined
bed,. with- ie :snow a fait deep On the
ground, °tV:11 wake- -iiP -in the morning to
toast Ids-tei ' at the electrio gime and tree
dry streets -m na the beadle Itrundling lame
the•parish , taannie. '-,AlretielY:Mr,Edwerd
Bright- in! n Mintates de -electrifies -it a
-i df a year ---during which his
Vaciiuni •
'dr hirsute :bobbins- of yap),
insteed of; I ts fortherly, alldvaing, nature to
do so Ala
caeiital nen lie fallow in the factory, . "Mr.
Shelford Bt well produces pictures of dis-
tant station rY,Objecte in shaded lines on
Paper by C cteeScheriaical. decomposition;
and Mr. -PI ry, by taking a hint.from Mr.
Punch,' is f• y no means certain that very.
soon an ag d- couple at home may metier)
able' to see en. 'their are:Wing-mem wall an
image Oft -ti eir grandchildren playingBadi
miuton in1 idia, and of learning from the
telePhotue .11 w they are enjoying the game.
All this, , f Cautsei: must seem- to be tri-
ne far dist nee: $tilliveinustremeniber
that seek ' is moving rapidly, that 'every
yee,a-Se.08, 1 eiSh students and --busy brains
intent miltioving the handiwork of their
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predeeeele . - It Se,BpiS like yesterday shape
Oersted. 7 Vainly endeavoring to explatn
to the Spa di "Queen Dowager, iiii0 died
last week,the firet glimenering of the
electric - Ito egrephe yet the telephone
already: 11' eatens to supersede the tele-
graph. .t ,n still- living..,can .renternber
Sir John rrow Warning his friendsGeoige
Stepheindo not to hurt i good cause by
talking fel 1 ishly about being able to run
-
a locomoti • :more than five miles an hour,
or Of ca,r-ry g OVOi ft ,i".a fesahunared" pee-
sengers lig ' the course of a year. But
already co 1-ativen engin S :are likely, in
another years; to be ntirely eclipsed
by elect ii ones.- The chances are that
telegraphs:, ill:by that time be as Obsolete
int are semm phores, beacon fires and stm*e.
'signals,
an the heliograph *will be
only „exam ed in .maseu 's a,san interest-
'
ing step in the development of the photo -
phone. The Bacons, Newton, Boyle,
Watt, Faraday, Oersted, Joule and Thomp-
son pointed the way to Stephenson, Cooke,
Wheatstone, Gramme, Edison, Graham,
Bell and Hughes. The wonders of to -day
may be only the curiosities of the future.
Photography is, for instance, so familiar to
us, that when the actual discoverer of that
wonderful art passed away four years ago,
his death was barely noticed, simply
because few could imagine that &discovery,
seemingly so old, had been the work of
men of our generation. Posterity, which
has done nothing for us, is to receive a
mighty legacy, which it_will be expected to
transmit without decrease to the genera-
tions yet unborn. Theirs will be a happy
lot, and one might well wish to live long
enough to witness the wonderful century
of which some of us may see the dawn, but
the end of which none of us can survive.
Yet the men of those days may, after all,
be a thought -racked, care-woru race. They
may be saved much manual toil, though
before they can regulate all theirs mechani-
cal appliances-, they will be *people of
short lives and weary brains. But perhaps
by that time in electricity will be found the
Alchemist's elixir of life, or those fountains
of perpetual youth for which Ponce de
Leone sought in vain.
Daughters and Mothers.
A lady writes : " It is a common dis-
grace to us that so many daughters, full of
health surd vigor, who talk of loving their
mother, yet allow her to wait upon them,
and drudge for them, so that they may be
free to follow their own wills and pleasures.
Thank God V I do not believe the day is
passing awayswhen our girls will brag and
•boast of their igeorance of houlework. All _
classes has seen the naischief finch ignor- -
ance and false pride were working, and have
conspired to cry it down ; buteethere is
plenty of room for improvement still. _Let
us buckle to,' We will be dainty and
delicate—lovely and leveable if we canebut
we will he helpful, useful, hearty and
thorough ; making it our life -aim not to
lee how little we can do bot ,hew much.
The young girl who knows how to manage
a brush or a duster deftly and thoroughly, '
or who can supply the table with whole-
some dainties, cook or no peek, te infinitely
superior to the one who languidly
wonders whether cucam'bers grove- in
slices; or boviesmany hours it 'takes an
egg to boil. At the sconarnencement of her
married life a wife should. get to enaeretand
what the settled ine,ome is, .and 'from What
Sources it is derived. Spending issa science
which should be conducted With system
and method. e The young- wife Who feels
.she has plenty ofnioney at her ,eomniand,
and who goesnn 'ordering what ia wanted,
end juatpaying the bine as they crime in,
is pretty _sure to find herself at last debt,
and With nothing to pay with in:spite of
the plenty. Now it Seerne to inc that in
having the euro of yours Childrer:ea mother
is -posseesed • of •altnos unlimited power ;
the :eland is. in her nds ready to be
moulded enalfashioraed Into au b000rable
vessel. If through. her clumainese, or
through her want of care, she mar or spoil
its beauty so that it can neverl Ulm any
but an inferior . position in the world,
secend -place -aanotig teens ehaul slie-who
moulds and shapes it be guiltless?"
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Sunshine lalld'Ille_siltit.
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T. Sunatiine is necessary for health ad all
. _
.aninial and vegetable life. No, I Niii. not
even_ _excess- f_the mushroom, for I am cop- .
eft -reed _that those delicious and l'succulent
agarics that are gathered .in the Open fields
are better flavored and mores nutritious °
that the edible fungi 'that are forced by
artificial heat in the _darkness of a,cellar.
The benefits derived front ex-Pc:Haze to the -
rays of • the sun ° ir-ere well known to ,the
ancient Romans, who used to -have terraces;
on-, the southern - sides. of their domiciles,
called solaria, on 'which to wed_ Or 'seat
air and sunshine -combined, Phyeibiseas of.
gz!t
themselves to enjoy the blessin of fresh
the present day are likewise fully alive to ,
the regenerating effect§ of -el:wahine. in ,
inaily cases of illuels, netahlyeperhaps, in', .
consumntithe. In the incipient stage of.
this terribly fetal diease a long eee-voyage
southward- is :an almost certain remedy.
Even in our own fiekles and Changeabler
climate, basking in the sunshine is of im-
meese benefit to the nervous and weakly
invaliasas Well as to the eonvaleSeeut from
same long; lingering illnele. These who
have _ to work down underground are, very -
seldom indeed long-lived,, midi they are -
reniarkably subject- to aeleility.r That is •r --
one fact Well - worth bearing- in mind.; and :.
here is another: barracks in Whieli soldiers '
live, if built so that but little sunshine --
enters, era. neirer healthy. It has been
noticed, also, that in .-timesief 4epid.eteic.,'
-hou-ses that are freely exposed to the i rays
of -the noonday sun stand .s, far greater
ehlarce of exemption from the i prevalent
disease.than dothose that areshadede I my- r
ielf recollect an instance of .the -cholera
dechnatingthn 'dwellers On the shady side
of the street of.a Village, mid eparing thole .
who lived on that exposed to flikhealth-
givIng s . _•With..
" - bea,nas of the noonday sun; '
.orete-then, actually -running ' any risk of
sun -stroke, every.one -should endeavor 'tie
get as- -much sunshine ftS pOse-thie. _Some
young ladies .are afraid of spoiling their
complexions, but -I do not .thirilt. the sun
does thie ; sun browning is snot e, deadly
reonaplaint, and it is -easily rernov,ed, And
freckles are a sign of -health. 'Court the'
sun. - then, Winters and sommer, iu.. your ,
room - anti Out-of-adors„ for sunshine. to the
young is vigor, while to the old it is life
itself. '
. -
. An M. Vo Illisitop -on Altteiirals..
. A despatch- from Oswego, N. Y., says :
Bieleep-Froster., of -Boston, whe preeicl es over
the Northern New 'York. Conference of the
Metliodist-Epileopel Church in -:session in -
this city, gave old-style MethodPiana -a gal- -
vanie shock in his Address to -AS to ,the
_candidates for admission to the conference.
The Methodist:revival is an institution as
old.-a,a the M,ethodist Church, but Bishop
Fasteradmonished the candidates that ;
" .continued growth is better than aft ava-
lanche of revivals." - .11e also deelaredthat
" 'getting tip revivals '18 'au daieue -pliraae
among us, and a disgusting fact." Tie
declared 'himself tired of Christians who -
have to be coaxed, and said while emotion
-
-is a teaching thing, " to see a Itnan snivel
and cry is foolisbness,-," Itt.. respect
of -
preaching. he said people will*, anywhere
whde they can - got -tbought, , and a man
who has notIneg to say lutist not- expect to
have congregations.
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