| Show NEW TESTAMENT IN up TE ENGLISH i Chicagoans Translate the Scriptures Into the Language of Today TWENTIETH Century New Testament At has baa jast Been completed in IR A Chicago Instead of the simple Imp e powerful language of the King IDOl James Jame edIt the sacred ered writ Jt It has been translated Into Jato modern English lIsh In their n the translators express s the belief that there is a demand for the scriptures in m modem deri English E Pew Few ew people of today tJ ey WrIte uh have ve the Sift opportunity pp Of reading reacting the Bible in the language of f their own owa ow time la lD the lest last 08 years the Bible has baS been translated into Jato the language of the natives of most of the Countries of the he world but the a of our Bible is still sun the English of jOO loo years ago While there are some menu who w osba the vernacular edition there Are ue many who heartily abominate it Even n in England where news of the dew ew publication has baa just been received a 1 storm of protest has been stirred dp lip Several prominent divines go o co so far as to declare the new departure an aft utter abomination Following are a few p from the St James Bible and front from the new Chicago edition THE TEE KING XING JAMES JAMBS BIBLE The Magnificat a St Luke I And f saM my Illy soul BOul doth magnify the Lord And my spirit bath l In God my Saviour For He hath regarded regard the low estate of His HI handmaiden for behold front hence henceforth henceforth forth all generations shall call call I m me blessed ed For He that is mighty hath bath tk dons don to me great creat things and ad holy is His name nie And His Hi mercy Is en n them that fear far HInt Him from generation to t generation He hath showed Strength with Kte KIa arm He hath bath scattered th the proud in the Ute Imag Imagination ImagInation of their hearts herts He hath bath put down the mighty might from their seats and exalted them of low tow degree de ree He b bUh th filled fined the hungry with good things and the rich rI He Be hath bath sent empty away He hath bath HI Bin servant Israel in remembrance of 01 His m aenry Consider the Lilies Liliee St Luke xii aLL 27 Consider the lilies how they grow tty ty toil ton not DOt thy their spin sot not and yet I say into you yon that Solomon In fa an all his hIa glory was ws not arr arrayed one Me Meef ef f these thae If It then God so clothe the grass which is today y in the ft field fJeld ld and nd w Is east late Into the oven how mach much J rare pore Will he clothe you 0 O ye of little faith And seek not ye what ye e shaH eat eRt or what ye ve shall drink Neither be ye of doubtful mind Per For all ail these the do the nations of th the world seek after and your our Father ather that ye have need of these theMe things The St Matthew v Blessed are the poor in spirit for tor theirs is lathe th the Kingdom of pf 9 Heaven ecI a are they that mourn mouTh for tor they shall Hall be comforted Blessed an ve g the meek k for they t ey shall shaH in inherit bent herit the Ute forth OL rth I Blessed Dle cl are they which do hunger bunger and thirst after righteousness for tor they th shall be filled Blessed are the merciful ter fr f r they shall ball obtain mercy Blessed Bleated are the pyre pure re in heart hart for they shall shan tee see God GocI Blessed Bles ed are the kera for they shan shall be called the tha of or God Blessed BI are they which are persecuted p nee ted for Of righteousness sake ke for to their is the Kingdom of Heaven Heven H ven Blessed axe are y ye when mea men shan shall revile mite you ou and aDd persecute you and id shall ay say sa all manner of evil against at a you yost falsely for My Rejoice and be exceeding glad gaJ for tOl great is your reward in Heaven lor r se SO perse persecuted they the prophets which were be before before before fore you The lords Lorda Prayer St Matthew vi After r this man manner mannet net ner J therefore he pray re ye Our Father which tt art t ia in I Heaven HalIo HaDo by Thy f Thy as a s it is i in Sn Heaven Give Gin us this day ou U broad bread And forgive up our oar debts as is we forgive our debtors And lead tie us not into temptation but de deliver deliver deliver liver us from rom evil 11 For three is III tile the ae king dom and the power and th the glory dory forever Corner Amen Beginning of the Word St John i 15 In the was the Word and the Word was with God and the toe Word Won was God The same sa was waa in the beginning be with God GodAll GodAll Go All things were made by Him awl 8 as with without out Him was not anything made tie L was ws w made In Him was life Ufe and the life was the light Of men And ADd the light in lii dark and the darkness comprehended it not eat St Paul P ul on Love Corinthians xIU xiii 48 y long and Is ia kind charity k th not HOt charity van not itself is I not puffed up Dota not behave itself U unseemly sees seek e eth not her own la Ja not easily ea ly provoked not evil not in iniquity but hut In the truth aU all things believeth all ail things all things all things Charity never falleth but bat whether there f be prophecies they shall fail fall whether there be tongues they shall cease whether there be knowledge it shall I van vanish vanish vanish ish away Sowing and ud Reaping Heaping Galatians vi sri 79 Be not deceived God od odis is not mocked for whatsoever a man Blan that shall he also alsop r ap For he that to His flesh shall 11 of the flesh reap corruption but he be that to the spirit shall shall of th the spirit pint reap life everlasting And nd let us not be weary in well weh doing for in due season we shall reap ff If f w we faint taint not NEW CHICAGO VERSION The Luke Lut e I 4 Mary s song Then Mary said id My soul seal extols toe Lord my spirit exults in God m my Saviour for He has remembered His servant in her low lowliness ow liness Uneas and from this hour bour all aU ages will count me happy hap Great things has the Almighty done foRme for me and holy is His IDa name Ape Age A e after age ae H He shows His Hit mercy to those e that reverence ft Him Great are the deeds of His arm He confounds the headstrong with their own device He dethrones princes and exalts the lowly the hungry He loads with gifts and the rich He sends em way away Iway Be He has stretched out His band to His Hie servant nl in Israel not nol forgetful of mercy as on Be Ue promised pro to our forefathers mercy for Abraham and his race forever Consider the Lilies Luke xii xU of the lilies how they grow They neither toll toil nor spin apin yet fet I tell you Ou even en Solomon olDOn in all an his deur was not robed like one of them fazi tf If then God KI dresses in this way the very wild flowers which are living today and andI will I be used for the oven tomorrow how much more will He do the same for you you men meon of small faith And so in your jour our case do not be f eager about bout what you vou can get t to eat or what you can ea n get to drink and a nd do not live in ina instate Ina a state of suspense e For all aU these theBe things the heathen athen h throughout the world are a eager Cager about shout and your Father knows that you need them all aU The rhe Beatitudes Matthew v Happy are the poor In spirit for it is to them that the King dom of Heaven belongs Happy are the sorrowful for it is II they who will be comforted Happy are the gentle for it hi Is they who will inherit the earth Happy are those e that hunger and thirst for the tb right for it is they who will be plentifully fed Happy are ue the merciful for it is they who win wilt have mercy shown them I Happy HaWlY are the pure in heart for or it is they who will see God I Happy are the peacemakers pea makers for it la is lathey they who will wm be called caned sons of ot God Happy are those e that t have hae ba e been perse persecuted in the cause of ot right for It is 8 to them that the Kingdom of Heaven be belongs belongs belongs longs Happy are you yon whenever people abuse you and persecute per you and say every everything thing tiling bad of you y u untruly and on My Mv account Be glad and rejoice because OUr recompense in heaven is great it was wu indeed in just the same way that people persecuted th tile the prophets s who pre pro preceded preceded ceded you The Lords Prayer Matthew vi You therefore are to pray In m this way W r ua Oia heavenly b I xu thy Neha fe he heU belt holy ImlY i k i And Thy wIIl be beOn die On Oi earth as fx IR a uie Give us WI today tocla Our bread for itt tIte day before us usAnd usAnd And Aad forgive us our debts debt As Aa we too have forgiven our debtors A And Aad d do net take m us Into temptation Bt ht rescue vs us from evil viI The Beginning and the Word John i 16 liAt At the beginning ning the Word Won already was The I rd was with God and Ute tie Word was od He was with God at th the beginning ig it was w through Him Bbs HI that everything began be and not a asI sI thing began apart art from frolD Him That t which began hi In Him was life it itself itself self Bell that life was the light of mankind and that light has bas been boen shining aWning in the darkness and the darkness has bas never DeV overpowered it Jt St Paul P ul on Oli Love Corinthians xIII 48 Love is 18 long suf fering and kind Love J e is never envious never boastful boa never neer conceited never behaves unbecomingly Sh She is not self seeking nor t provoked nor does she reckon ckon r kon up her wrongs She has no DO sympathy with deceit but ba has full fall sympathy with truth troth She Is I proof against all things always trustful always hopeful always aI patient Sowing and Galatians vL 7 Do 0 not DOt be 0 deceived God is I not to be b trifled with What men mea sow sew they will reap For Jor those these who sow tn tM the field of their earthly nature ture will from it reap decay while those who sow the field neld of the spirit will from it reap enduring life Ufe WE e must never tire of ol doing right for at the time we I shall nail rea reap reaD a harvest haest if we ive do not grow ow 6 l weary wear I |
