The Exeter Advocate, 1923-8-30, Page 6M DERN VERSION OF NEW TESTAMENT
THE WORK OF CHICAGO PROFESSOR
Quaint Dignity of King James Version Gives Place to Every-
day Language of the Man in the Street - Goodspeed
Testament Likely to Prov ole Widespread Comment.
A despatch from Chicago says:--- says the Greek of the Testament is
The New Testament has again been not classical Greek, but common Syrian
revised,modernized, and set down in Greek, that is why he believes it
twentieth-century colloquial terms should be put in common language of
that the present-day readers can read- to -day. Instead of the old verse ar-
ily grasp. The -work, under the hand rangement, Dr, Goodspeed has used.
of Professor Edgar J Goodspeed, of modern paragraphing, with modern
the Universityof Chicago, has been in punctuation and quotation marks. Ob-
progress for months, and is now near- seure and archaic expressions have
ly finished. Dr. Goodspeed is a noted given place to current terms under -
Greek scholar. It is from the original standable by the man in the street.
Greek that he has made his revision. All the "thees" and "thous" have dis-
The Goodspeed Testament is bound to appeared, giving way to modern
create widespread comment. It de- speech.
tracts somewhat from the quaint dig- All Biblical terms of money value,
nity of the present King James ver- weight, measures and distance are re-
sion. The new English has the quality placed by such concrete modern terms
of the present newspaper English. as "dollars," "cents," "bushels" and
The New Testament is original in "miles," a Biblical "husbandman" be
the Greek. Early in the fifth century comes a twentieth century "cultiva-
St. Jerome translated it into the Latin. for"; "guard" becomes "policeman";
This is known as the Vulgate. John "lunacy" becomes "epilepsy," and ',`tri
Wyckliffe, the fourteenth century bute" becomes "poll tax."
English reformer, was the first to put In the famous letter to the Cor-
the Vulgate into English. In 1611 the inthians, 13th, by St. Paul, on charity
King•James Commission, in possession, and love, Dr. Goodspeed's versio.i
of many additional manuscripts, made' reads: If I can speak the languages
the present translation. In 1881, a of men and angels hut have no love,
commission of scholars, sitting in Lou-; I am only a noisy gong or a clashing
don, again revised it. Dr. Goodspeed cymbal, and if I have such perfect
faith that I can move mountains, but
have no love, I am nothing. Even if
I give away everything I own. and
give up my self, but do it in pride, not
love, it does me no good. Love is pa-
tient and kind. Love is not envioas
or boastful. It does not put on airs.
It is not rude. It does not insist on
its rights. It does not become angry.
It is not resentful. It is not happy
over injustice, it is only happy with
truth. It will bear anything, believe
in anything, hope for anything, en-
dure anything. Love will never die
out. If there is inspired preaching, it
will pass away. If there is ecstatic
speaking, it will cease. If there is
knowledge, it will pass away. When
I was a child, I talked like a child, I
reasoned like a child. When I became
a man I put away my childish ways.
For now we are looking at a dim re-
flection in a mirror, but then we shall
see face to face. Now my knowledge
is imperfect, but then I shall know
as fully as God knows me. So faith,
hope and love endure. These are the
great three, and the greatest of them
is love."
His translation of the miracle of
feeding the multitude expressed in
simple, direct English, follows:
The disciples said to him
Where can we get bread enough in
this solitude to feed such crowds?
Jesus said to them
How many loaves have you?
They said
Seven, and a few small fish.
Then He ordered the people to take
their places on the ground, and gave
thanks and gave them to His disciples,
and the disciples gave them to the
people. And they all ate and satisfied
their hunger and the pieces that they
left that were picked up filled seven
baskets. There were four thousand
men that were fed, besides women and
The Late Chief Justice Meredith
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court,
Bir `iTillien, Meredith, Chancellor of
the University of Toronto, who died in
Montreal on August 21st. One of his
brothers, R. M. Meredith, is also a
Chief Justice, and a second brother is
Sir Vincent Meredith, president of the'
Bank of Montreal. I children.
Weekly Market Report
TORONTO.
Manitoba wheat -No, 1 Northern,
$1.26.
Manitoba oats -No. 3 CW, 51%c;
No. 1 feed, 47c.
Manitoba barley -Nominal.
All the above, track, bay ports.
Am. corn -No. 2 yellow, $1.08.
Barley -Nominal.
Buckwheat -No. 2., nominaL
Peas -No. 2, nominal.
Millfeed-Del., Montreal freights,
bags included: Bran, per ton, $25 to
$26; shorts, per ton, $27 to $29; mid -I
dlings, $33 to $35; good feed flour,
$2.15 to $2.25.
Ont. wheat -No. 2 white, nominal.
Ont. No. 2 white oats -Nominal.
Ont. corn -Nominal.
Ont. flour -Ninety per cent. pat., in
ute bags, Montreal, prompt shipment,
4.50 to $4.60; Toronto basis, $4.40 to
4.50 bulk seaboard,
$4.40.
Man. flour -1st pats., in cotton
sacks, $6.90 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $6.85.
Hay -Extra No. 2 timothy, per ton,
track, Toronto, $15; No. 3 timothy,
$13; mixed, $12.50 to $13.50.
Straw -Car lots, per ton, track, To-
ronto, $9.50. .
Cheese --New, large, 22%c; twins,
23 to 23%c; triplets, 23%c; Stiltons,
24i4c. Old, large, 32c; twins, 32%c;
triplets, 33c; Stiltons, 33%c. New
Zealand, old cheese, 30c.
Butter -Finest creamery prints, 36
to 88c; ordinary creamery, 34 to 3Ec;
No. 2, 32 to 93c.
Eggs -Extras, in cartons, 39 to
40e; extras, 37 to 38c; firsts, 83 to
84c; seconds, 25 to 26e.
Lave poultry -Spring chickens, 30e;
hens, over 6 lbs., 22e; do, 4 to 5 lbs.,
20c• do, 3 to 4 lbs., 17e; roosters, 12c;
ducklings, over 5. lbs., 25c; do, 4 to 6
lbs., 20c; turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and
up, 25e,
Dressed poultry -Spring chickens,
0c; hens, over 5 lbs., 28c; do, 4 to C
lbs., 24c; do, 8 to 4 lbs. 20e;" roosters,
Pe: ducklings, over 5 lbs., 25c; do,4
too 6 lbs., 25e; turkeys, young, 10 ls.
tad up, 30e. .
Beans -Canadian, hand-picked, lb.,
Te primes, 6'4 c. .
IApie products -Syrup, per " imp,
p ., 2.50; per'5-gal. tin, 2,40 per
gal, ; maple sugar, lb., 25c,
"C. Heney 0 -lb, gnat 11 to 12e per
10.lb, tit . , 1 120; 5 -ib.
One, 1,2
1601
q 13 c
no p; don ' 0 to $4.60i No.
2,
to
Smoked meats -Hams, med., 27 to
29c; cooked hams, 43 to 46c; smoked
rolls, 22 to 24c; cottage rolls, 23 to
26c; breakfast bacon, 30 to 34c; spe-
cial brand breakfast bacon, 34 to 38c;
backs, boneless, 32 to 88e.
Cured meats -Long clear bacon, 50
to 70 lbs., $18; 70 to 90 lbs., $17.50;
90 lbs. and up, $16.50; lightweight
rolls, in barrels, $36; heavyweight
rolls, $38.
Lard -Pure tierces, 151,E to 15%%e;
tubs, 16 to 16%c; pails, 16% to 17c;
prints, 18c. Shortening, tierces, 14 to
14%c; tubs, 14% to 14%c; pails, 14%,
to 15%c; prints, 17 to 171%,
Choice heavy steers, $7 to: $7.75;
butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.40; do,
good, $6.50 to $7; do, med., $5,50 to
$6.50; do, com., $4.60 to $5.50; butcher
heifers, choice, $6.25 to $6.75; do,
med., $5.50 to $6.25; do, con., $4 to
$5.50; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to
$5.25; do, med., $3 to $4; canners and
cutters, $1.25. to $2; feeding steers,
good, $5 to $6; do, fair, $4 to $5;
stockers, good, $4.50 to $5.25; do, fair,
$3 to $4; milkers, springers, each, $80
to $100; calves, choice, $10.50 to $11;
do, med., $8 to $10; do, con., $4 to $7;
lambs, spring, $10.50 to $10.75; sheep,
choice, light, $5 to $6.50; do, choice,
heavy, $4 to $5; do, culls and bucks,
$2.75 to $8.50; hogs; fed and watered,
$10.70 to $10.85; do, f.o.b., $10.10 to
$10.25; do, country points, $9.70 to
$9.85.
Hog quotations are based onthe
price of thick, smooth hogs, sold on a
graded basis. Select premium, 90 cents.
MONTREAL.
Corn, Am. No. 2 yellow, $1.05%.
Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 57%c; do, No.
8, 65 to 55%c; extra No. 1 feed, 64 to
55c; No. 2 local white, 52%c. Flour,
Man. Spring wheat pats., fists, $6.90;
2nds, $6.40; strong bakers, ; $6.20.
Rolled oats, bag 90 Ibs., $3 to $3.10.
Bran, $25 to $26. Shorts, $28 to $29.
Middlings, $33 to $84. Hay, No. 2,
per ton, car lots, $15.
Cheese, finest Easterns, 20%c. But-
ter, choicest - creamery, 82% to 34c.
Eggs, selected, 88e.
Good Ontario steers, averaging
1,160 pounds, $7;, steers not so well
finished, $6.25,_. heifers, med. quality,
$5; bologna bulls, $2.25; butcher cows,
2.50 to $4,50;calves, $8 to $8; lambs,
9.50 to $1 i dogs, select bacon,
11.76; on $10.75; lights,
10,25 • lot of good average.
quality, $ t sown, $7 to $7.50. i
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WHEN THE FIRE FIEND HAD COMPLETED HIS WORK
So complete was- the destruction that, as seen in the pictures above, only ashes remained of the Wawa
Hotel and its contents. The upper picture shows the only wall standing, a -concrete division which Bailed to ar-
rest the flames. In the second picture is a bathtub partly melted with the intensity of the heat, and below all that
remains of the power house, which burned immediately, the lights being cut off a few minutes after the alarm was
given.
`BRITISH AND FRENCH PREMIERS TO CON
FER PERSONALLY ON GERMAN ISSUES
A despatch from London says: -No
effort will be spared by the British
Government . to reach an agreement
with France in regard to the Ruhr
and reparations. Unsatisfactory as
M. Poincare's note is in many respects,
it does hold forth possibilities of con-
tinuing an exchange of views which
may in course of time lead to prac-
tical results.
Chief importance among these
avenues toward possible, agreement is
attached to M. Poincare's assurances
that France has no ulterior designs on
Germanterritory. This was a point
upon which Mr. Baldwin dwelt in his
House of Commons speech before the
summer recess. In that speech the
British Premier said it had often been
stated that there were ulterior mo-
tives in the occupation of the Ruhr,
adding that he refused to believe it,
and that he had alt's acted on -the
assumption that the only object was
to secure reparations.
The prompt endorsement of this
statement by Poincare is regarded as
at any rate one- obstacle out of the
path. Poincare's further undertaking
to modify occupation -of the Ruhr co-
ordinately with the cessation of Ger-
man passive resistance and evidences
of good faith on the part of the Reich
may also provide an avenue along
which the French and British may
march in concert.
Meanwhile Baldwin on Thursday
morning began his consideration of
the French note. He had conferences
with Lord Robert Cecil, Lord Derby
and a few other persons, and is under-
stood to have annotated the French
note so that copies could be despatched
to those Cabinet Ministers now holi-
daying in England and Scotland, with.
the Premier's remarks on the docu-
ment.
Baldwin sees no reason for calling
an immediate meeting of his Cabinet,
and he purposes leaving London with
Mrs. Baldwin on Saturday for Aix-
les- Bains. He expects to stay a fort-
night. At the expiration of that per-
iod the time would probably be ripe
for those "friendly conversations"
which Poincare suggested...
In some quarters such a meeting
between the two Premiers is regarded
as possibly the only step forward. The
British and French Governments tried
weeks of secret diplomacy fruitlessly,
and then published notes, and found
open diplomacy equally ineffectual.
And -so personal talks seen' the one
method left to try.
New Chemical Formula to
Fight Forest Fires from Air
Natural Resources
Bulletin
The Natural Resources Intel-
ligence Service of, the Depart-
ment of the Interior at Ottawa
says :-
The dependence of one natur-
al resource upon another is
amply evidenced in the coal
mining industry of Nova Scotia.
There are forty operating coal
mines in the province, and these .
last year produced 5,568,674
tons of ;coal„ The year •1,913
saw the largest output ever
raised, over seven million tons.
To enable the mines to be op-
erated, enormous quantities of
timber are necessary, in the'
form of mine props, etc Last
year Canada's forests were
drawn upon to. supply 18,480,-
000 lineal feet of timbering
equal to 3,500 miles. It is in-
teresting to note,• also, that
there are 560 miles . of track
underground in the Nova Scotia
coal mines.
1
Flying Boats to Shorten -
Transatlantic Journey
A despatch from London says:-- -
Crossing of the Atlantic will be short-
ened by eight hours about one week
hence, when the government subsi-
dized service of luxuriously fitted fly-
ing
lying boats will start operating between
Southampton and Cherbourg, to con-
nect at the French port with incoming
and outbound liners.
Passengers anxious for a short-cut.
voyage to London from New York or
desiring to pick up at Cherbourg the
liner missed at Southampton will have
a bird's-eye vieW of the English Chan-
nel from a cabin built out at the fore-
part of the airship.
The service will be subsidized by
the government at the rate '4'0,000
a year for a minimum of 60,000 miles
flown. Arrangements for the customs
service are practically completed.
St. Winifred's Waters
Cure Girl Blind Since Birth
A despatch from London says: --
Immersion in the famous well of St.
Winifred at Holywell is said to have
given the power of sight to Mary Wil-
liams, the twelve -month-old daughter
of a Liverpool couple, who had been
blind since birth.
The baby screamed on touching tht
water and then displayed unusual in-
terest in a yellow blouse when by one
of the onlookers. Tests which$were a
plied immediately proved t t
child could see clearly. The do tor
tending Mary had told the area
that there was little chance of the
child ever being able to see.
Bagdad Swept by Cholera,
820 Reported Dead
A despatch from Paris says:
Eugene Turpin, the universally known
inventor of melinite, has supplied the
French Government with a chemical
formula to fight forest fires by aero-
plane.
M. Turpin suggested that an aviator
be supplied with liquid carbonic acid,
liquid sulphuric acid, or liquid am-
monia in tubes, fitted with bombs to
shatter them and spread the contents
over a wide area. He also suggested
that packets of sulphur extinguisher
or blasting powder might be used to
advantage.
A machine for detecting icebergs at
sea.. has been perfected by a Paris
inventor.
CUBA CULTIVATES HER TRADE WITH CANADA.
Cuba is taking an Important part in the Canadian National E+lxhibitio n this year, and the picture shows Mr.
famous Cesar Barramco, the Cuban Consul -General for Canada, and the leader of the lam us Cuban band conferring with
John
John G. Kent, the managing -director of the C.N.E., In Toronto. The Cuban musician, Mr. Jose Molina Torres, in
uniform, is regarded as the Dr. Feick( r of Cuba.
A despatch from Constantinople
says :-Cholera has broken out in
Bagdad, 820 persons being reported
dead. Anxiety is felt about the dis-
ease heading this way. Persia already
has been invaded. Two have died in
Constantinople from the plague, and
other cases have been found.
Memories.
Memories are the picture books of
the mind. If we cannot sleepor are
alone, we may turn over the pages as
we like and see again the things that
happened in "the long bygones." For-
tunate are we if the scenes of the past
are pleasant to look upon -if no nor.
pions of the mind continue to sting,
no nettles rankle. One of the mercies
in Nature's dispensation is the gift
that generally we recall from what
has happened the sweet and pleasant
things. The rest dies gradually away.
The traveller forgets discomfort and
remembers the friends he made, the
kindnesses he met, the goodness of the
world and the people in it, showered
on His journey.
Why, in a little lifetime, should we,
care to store up the bitter and; the
painful? We ought to evict such
things to make room for what heals
and blesses. Let us prolong, by
thinking of them, those time when
sympathy and affection made us
happy. In the. recollection we may
have what peace and content we will.
If we store our minds with "Such-
reminiscence, we shall have ne space
to keep the rest. Lives boatL"-ifully
lived have had to T-^ sect, as they went A. _ along, muck of the dross of everyday
-the mere "drift and 'debris." For
in these is nor -,n treqFurr worth put-
ting away for' the `soul to take into
eternity.
If memoiw may be trained to hold
such facts As the innitivlication table.
or a sequ^-u cc of notes in music or the
words of a ..printo l r pre, it may also
hold love and truth, feith and hope. It
may. take accountof friendships and;;
be unforgetful of the need of others.
Those who are busy remembering, and
acting on the spur of that remem-
brance, will find themselves usefully
occupied in ways that will nut to flight
theevils bred in empty, idle minds.
It is men whohave remembered
where they went and whom they saw .
to whom affairs that matter are in-
trusted. It is men who have thou
and listened who are fit to have
sponsibility. It is better to conf
those who remember much than
put our trust in those who are cont
to anticipate and to prophesy.
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