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Show ' i I a , i; a - THE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, :- ; Two j, In Lives i ? i '! i; TMi riiVI 4 mjurmur uf Tfc iMidr A f , , aj.il i I TA J tr IU Pnwwf J- Y- j. J i y. ap (lied c. m! Ml n-- unrest and spirit the country at that that he time plainly indicated would lie unable to publish his translation In England. Therefore In 1331 he left his native land, never to set foot on It again. He continued to work at hla translitlon in Hamburg. Germany. The nex year he was in Cologne and sheets of his quarto New Testament were In the printer's hands. Printing had been Invented hv Johann Gutenlterg about 75 year before, and with this new magical art as his ally, he waa prepared to spread the Bible over the length and breadth of England. But when only ten sheets of his New Testament had come off the crude presses of that dav, he had been forced to flee with the precious manuscript to Worms, where I.uth-er'- s Reformation waa then at l height. Tyndale saw his dream fulfilled In this German city. The New Testament was published in English. It was hardly the beginning of his adventures, however. Although he had I keen chased from pillar to already, there were more otisiacles ' BY. ELDER PARRY P. SORENSEN s pwhap no tory, THERE orto modorn. that la tnora fJwith th lttmv of tha Christian world that to lancinating, etotety J i etopmetM Bihla. It U h tala without, parallel. One Chapter In this ahiorhlng narrative is of especial Interest to tha paople of Great Britain, foe It heralded tha dawn of jjtha Great Reform tton that awepjt tha country during tha sixteenth fcanlury. That Chapiter Is allhut William Tyndate, the man who was? strangled and bum-- r lW ad at the sfoke October mile near Vllvorden Castle, el from Brussels "Belgium. He died a true martyr fo his cause. Today, 400 years later he la revered a the man whet brought the Bible than tha ,(torf of the t . F ! i v - ; , n t i j ; j 5 t to Great Britain, ' j True. William Tyndale was not tli ..the first mai to tranalate As Book of Books Into Engltxh. ' t far back as Sfi A- - D-- , Caedmon, a i monk of Whihy paraphrated the verse. Bible story Info Anglo-Saxo- n to tried he Alfred, jwhen King ; found hla owi$ educational system. J bad used a translation of hw own ss the reading book. John. Wy--' cltffes version, translated from the 1381. But F j ' Latin, was published Wmade It poa-- 1 j It was Tyndale who ? alble for the , ploughlmy and aer-rant Co readf and discover the J wonderful truths of the Scriptures. Whereas Wycllffea volumes were l.ilrlusly prepare-- by copy bile w Ito rniuiral ten montiw to complete a single copy. Tyndalewere turned out atUie rate- of hun-- ' dreds per day. WycliCfe- Bibb- cost hie Wfuifalent of hi pounds, , (1200), Tyndaleh were within the reach of practically everyonetranslated others purse. Although no It before hlni, Tyndale ha equal among Hulw translator. who or followed him. either prere-le--l Almost alt of the authorlseil version of the ifow TesUmtsil today w and at least half of the Old U cop-- ' led from Tyndale' veruloii. William Tvplle was horn near the Welsh I (order. In Gloucester-shir-e In lt8J.ia cenlury after death., A thoughtful, studious youth, he earned distinction In Oxford for hla scholarship. Then, be went to Cambridge, where be met Erasinu- the great Greek rasmu had acbolar of tlisit day. Just c,wu(tonH) hi Greek testament of ancient through - a c.iprnparL-sthe mauu.riit. first studyingcuriosibonk out of Rfere scholarly himself ty. Tyndale fisi found reading and VeTewling with ever interest. Out of Ihgt gnw a nsofo to put thi wonof drous truth into the hand everyone Td that end tie i p l I ; ; 7 a of A growing hositility In l lrut for almost f year. mJt wimW MMtifW mhtur NifiiM. ynMicteinn. himsi-t- to overcome ' get to England. J - The books ha-It would be - Parallel Striking , x A I to im- possible to forward them by ordinary methods. There was too much opposition to allow that. Howevei . many Ingenious wa vs were dev hi- -I by which to send the book. They went carefully concealed In lisle of ' cloth, barrel, sack of flour, wooilen esses, and many other similar containers. Utmost vlgllanccj at porta prevented many from entering. but a goodly number did get through. These were scattered over the entire couiitry. Thousands of copies that were seised were burned at the old Rut cross of St. Paul's in landm every copy that was burned wa supplanted hy two more from the After his translation appress. 13.000 copies weie peared in 133-issue-during the next four years. Failing In tlieir efforts to stem the flow of Tyndale' New Testament into the country, his opponents began a campaign of intensive verlial attacks from the pulpits. Latimer. TynThe deflate 1 dale' friend, and Friar Bucking-- , ham are well known to students of historv. Meanwhile, as the fruits of hla latior became more apparent in his homeland. Tyndale earned on and made further translation Poverty and litreas were hi constant Hi enemies became companions. more numerous, and hampered bis work to an increasing degree. After 12 years of exile. 12 year of poverty stricken, yet eventful, existence. Tyndale was arrested and thrown into the dungeons of the Castle of Vilvorden. The story of hi arrest is typical of hi entire life and is a fitting, hut tragic final s chapter to his career. A trearticr-ouclergyman nanei Phillips won the confidence of the unsuspecting exile. Then, one day Tyndale wa enticed away from his house, seized hy designing enemies and p' t into the dungeon, betrayed ly one whom lie thought to le a friend From that miseralde cell the a prisoner wrnte to the governoi simple, plaintive epistle, asking tor common necessities the a few of he had possessed during exile. he wrote, 'if I "Your lordship. am to remain here during the winter. you will rerpieht the procurer to lie kind enough to send me fiom posmy goods, which he ha in hi session. a warmer cap. for I suiter from extremely a perpetual 1 i I t f jtr J i i 1 1- if i ! i 6 ' There wan no need for aiHweitnit before m rthat request aait. ' If thov burn me ret he hadhIimH do bone other turi Uo, they lie waa trhl f r than I lxk for hereby atraiRtefl at the s ik and his hotly hurnel Ho did not live to aee the Rltw of the light that hia New ToMtinmut had hnnight. From the ahei if thxe weired volume leaped tlu RefHmatitn flame that swept h entire country. fanneJ bv th brere of the ever increasing mmu ber who read the Book. The smughad accomph-h-- l gled volume their woik. ahnont before Tvndiloa and npiti ahc vi ere coW. So greatmoat bitter wa the change that the most fervent the opponent Waine follower and leader In the new ca uo Within thirty yhars after ins death, forty editions of Tyndd New Testament were published und In little more than half century King James 1 as directing a U inflation constant harassing vC with death and imwhili prisonment ever threatening distrev, ptnertv and mirepreMi-ta- t ion neser allowed him peace of mind William Tsndale camel on hi Amiihwt the enemies, hi aoik with undying real Nothing shot t of death could end ,lu desire to aecomnlili unquenchablehod set for hnnlt the task, he The store of Tvndales life hn atrugglea. the iei secution he and Ins devotion to his emso forms a remaikablc pitallel to tbo life of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Both of these men nuirtvr to Innr K died before the fruits cause became appuit. their lalYours Neither livint to see the work ot In eaithly mission vindicate'! Josepli Smith, too. ttanlitsi a heaven inspired txok. While was a record of Chiist teachings among the people of the Kastem Hemisphere, the Piophet wa that of His work among 'hos of the Vtetern Hemisphere, the anIncestors of the American dian When he tHgin to Munslhe 'ho gotden il.i(e which had Iksii Jivered to him hv an angel tint Smith ai once Prophet Joseph of abuses bv min the target his woik ami wishtsl who opKed He tr.inslxitmn his toTlreent wa driven frq.m ploce to place he earned out the work he hid leen he iven appointe-- l to peif nui mspu thmugh the aid of divine his home in Manchester, tranal the itioit oik. wheie New was ataite! he went to MirnmiiV, Pennsvlvam.i After doing work theie. he was g nu forced to move bark to New Nek State, thi time to FavetHe !lte the trinslation was compleb-- an printing legan Mincheier w is iie Prophet s Humburg. Htunony hi tn ani lavrue Cologne. Worms hmitii in lake Tvndale Jnseph ril'd on in the forth uing an I of hi task Uxh weie constantly jverseculed. hutof neve- f m their courses fightcs(-hid ns. tie Finally when each r hi musi n tm I comph-h- l his ship safely ciiartst in il. m a mm lasted he dnistion. death Fat h w t. betr iv by a friend To txth thus' meant Icath Wilhim Tvnlilc h his Phillips JiKseph Jsinith hi (ha Ford It was itoii t (tovetnoi nor Fot-'promise of com pi t and lawful pi election Ihit th phet votuntirilv submitted i irs p rei in older h that the Mormon spired !ufthr per. pie tniglil ot Is Iran the it sH'iition mol i lie w is placed in m d Jad. where he was mv 1'sli. slight June nine th this rt'nuires aftei iNtidale's n u tyvdom. tw-who These greit martvr gfonioug gave the wotH such see of to Imle live! truth iho, of tlu'ir IjUhim iMMinttful fruit The fmimlatimis which they I nd of jh'iwsmikmi during dark hour addes! and struggle Mand umhi in atmmbince hy the multitude who follow after. Tvo-dale- It-- i 1 - f . - I'r upj-w- l'rvi1 I . .v-- -- J. rd him to pursuf the iraiudation with a tnorv vigor. lie finrily friend In the person of tlenry Monmouth, a'tiondon merchant. Inbia home he fssiduously. bul iulet- I cloth to patch mv Iico of my shirts too are worn out t., d ' x his life. He began titanslsling the original Greek into English. A he he Itally progressed with the task, Influought the assistance from ential clrdest Whk-- jvoul.1 allow 7 which U Jncrvjl by thU ctrth, for tht c'H a irinr coat which have U very thtn. also a -- 's ; Church Deportment NOVEMBER 7, T93S - ; - t- . Bike Vsttlsiui. Hi fweraliM mJ W illimm TvsWde M awl ex hi Ike M parsUef ten rfc a IhmJ awrlyrdom Tr-t- -like MiMe la awe like Se lvlfcw. Smith, ! atry laaph wwk k.s life. Je-- p k .tfc (rxlaed Ike (OTSM people of poof ( afced hy etwun. Ike Hook of Norman end for tht cene ki bfe'a Mood A I Arthur him. hr a Ike ekone from peinlmg me " " an v Cmh. a4im tlv |
