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AND JOURNAL.

PHILADELPHIA, 921 ARCH STREET, FOURTH MONTH 30, 1898.

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SINGLE SUBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER ANNUM.

To subscribers residing west of the Mississippi River

Advertisements of "Wanted," "For Rent," For Sale," etc., 5 cents a line, each insertion. Seven average words make a line. No advertisement inserted for less than 20 cents.

a discount of one-fourth from this rate, making the price A YOUNG WOMAN FRIEND WISHES POSI

$1.50 per annum.

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To those who get up and forward "Clubs give one extra copy, free, for each ten subscribers. Single copies, 5 cents.

SUBSCRIPTIOns may Begin at any TIME.
WHEN IT IS DESIRED TO DISCONTINUE, NOTICE MUST BE
GIVEN. WE DO NOT “STOP” PAPERS EXCEPT UPON
ORDER OF SUBSCRIBER.

OFFICES: 921 ARCH ST., PHILADELPHIA.

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tion as companion, mother's help, care of children. Address No. 29, this Office.

A
VERY NEAT DESIGNER AND MAKER OF
children's clothes wishes work to take home. Well
known in city and best of references. Style and econ-
omy a specialty.
Address MRS. M. E. PARSONS,
817 South Tenth St., Philad’a.

FOR SALE, LOW SWARTHMORE.

New and attractive residence, 12 rooms, tiled bath, porcelain tub, nickeled plumbing, all conveniences, electric light, pure water, sewer to tide water; first floor finished in quartered oak; upper floors in cypress; lot, 50 x 160 feet; only $5,500; very easy terms; rare chance for a home in one of our handsomest suburbs. NATHANIEL E. JANNEY, Room 508, Land Title Building, Broad and Chestnut Sts.

POSITION WANTED. GOVERNESS OR COMpanion, by young woman Friend. Address No. 28, this Office. 305

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DOOMS AND BOARD. CONVENIENT TO railroad and Friends' Meeting-house. Reference, Samuel Lambert, 1533 N. Eleventh street, Philad'a, Pa. MRS. S. A. GOVER, 1143 Twenty-first Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.

SUMMER BOARD WANTED BY FAMILY OF Friends,-man, wife, three boys, and maid. Man to and from city daily. Give particulars, terms, distance from station, etc. Reading or Penna. roads preferred. Address X. Y. Z., this Office.

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Friends' Book Association. The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of FRIENDS' Book Association will be held in Room No. 4, Friends' Meeting-house, Fifteenth and Race Streets, Philadelphia, on Second-day, Fifth month 9, 1898, at 7.30 o'clock p.m., when an election will be held for Directors to serve for the ensuing year.

SAMUEL B. CHAPMAN, Secretary.

Notice: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.

No arrangemements have been made with the railroad companies for orders for Excursion Tickets at reduced rates for Friends attending our approaching Yearly Meeting.

The railroads having so generally arranged trip and other tickets to make fares as low, if not lower than by the orders, has caused the use of these by Friends to be much less than formerly.

WISSAHICKON AND OTHER POEMS By HENRY JONES.

Just issued. Price, $1.00; by mail, $1.10. For sale by FRIENDS' BOOK ASSOCIATION, 1500 Race Street, Philad'a.

Gleanings from Poetic Fields.

TRANSLATIONS and ORIGINAL VERSES
By ROBERT TILNEY.

Price, $1.00, postage paid.

For sale by

Friends' Book Association,

S. W. corner Fifteenth and Race Streets, Philadelphia.

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Style and Quality

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ANY Soap is Soap But grades differ. You want the best: dollar suits. We have spring suits at other prices-$7.50, You will always be satisfied with good,

We have made a window display of nothing but fifteen

$10, $12.50, etc.,-but if you will look at this window display closely you'll see what we want to bring out, make public-that is, a super quality in materials; superior effect caused by careful, clean making and style; a quiet, positive fashionableness in every one.

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never with poor soap, such as need presents to make it go. Therefore use Dreydoppel Soap" for all purposes. Dreydoppel Soap renders clothes beauThe same woolens, ordinarily made up, cost as much tiful, white, sweet, healthful for wear.

or more at other stores.

Some bargains in garments carried from last summer: Last season's Suits

$12.50 Cheviots and Homespuns, $7.50.
$15 Tweeds and Worsteds, $10.
$20 Cassimers and Worsteds, $12.50.

Last season's Trousers

$5 Stripe Worsteds, $3.

$6 Stripe Worsteds, imported, $3.50. Last season's Bicycle Suits

High-priced ones did not go last year. Everybody wanted four and five dollar suits. We carried over about a hundred and fifty $10 and $12.50 Suits. On sale to-day at $6, every one.

E. O. Thompson's Sons,

1338 CHESTNUT ST.,
PHILADELPHIA.

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Primary, Intermediate, High School, Undertaker and Embalmer,

and College Preparatory Classes. Send for catalogue containing particulars, references, and letters from parents.

ARTHUR H. TOMLINSON, Principal.

Friends' Academy,

LOCUST VALLEY, LONG ISLAND.

A Boarding and Day School for Boys and Girls, under the care of Friends.

Thorough instruction to fit for business or to enter college. Board and tuition $150 per school year. New Building with modern conveniences.

For particulars, address

PRINCIPAL FRIENDS' ACADEMY
Locust Valley, Long Island, N. Y.

Chappaqua Mountain Institute,

A FRIENDS' BOARDING SCHOOL FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS.

The building is modern, and the location is the hill country thirty-two miles north of New York City.

For Circulars, address

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1728 GIRARD AVENUE.

Telephone 66-99-A.

SUCH AS TEACHERS, GOVERNESSES,

BRAINY" ASSISTANTS, TUTORS, STENOGRAPHERS, CLERKS,

MATRONS, COMPANIONS, ETC., supplied without charge. Telephone 1-41-63 D.
CENTRAL EDUCATIONAL BUREAU (EDW. C. DIXON) 1420 CHESTNUT ST., PHILADELPHIA.

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Philadelphia.

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Practicing in Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.

OFFICES:

JOSEPH T. FOULKE,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

623 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.
Ambler, Montgomery Co., Pa.

YOUNG FRIENDS' ASSOCIATION ROOMS,

140 N. FIFTEENTH STREET. re-opened

NINTH MONTH 27TH, 1897.

The rooms are open daily,. except First-days, from 8.30 a. m. to 9.30 p. m., and Friends are cordially invited to avail themselves of the facilities afforded, those from without the city and young Friends boarding in the city being particularly desired to do so.

The rooms are designed to be

A CENTRE for inFORMATION ON ALL FRIENDLY MATTERS.

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For Friends' Intelligencer.
JOHN PEMBERTON.

BY GRIFFITH JOHN, BEAR GAP, PA. If we have a true picture of the world in which the individual moves, know the circumstances which affect him, and the motives which impel him to action, we gain a clear conception of the man, and we are able justly to delineate his character. This being so, to become rightly acquainted with the subject of our sketch, John Pemberton, we should in imagination go back 150 years, or more, and take into account the Pennsylvania of the past. Here we note the absence of many modern things,-the hum of machinery, the whir of wheels, electric and steam power, rapid transit, telegraphs, telephones, and the long list of appliances and inventions that contribute now so much to our wealth, comfort, and convenience. Many of the questions that so agitate us of the present, did not confront them, though they were busy in carrying on that work of humanity which the age and their situation gave them to do.

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Volume LV.
Number 18.

Bands of hardy Germans crowding into this region were spreading over the lands of Lancaster, Berks, and Northampton, while to the south of these, the the Maryland line, were pushing west and northwestScotch-Irish, beginning their initial settlements near ward toward the interior. The advance beyond the Susquehanna was indicated by the erection of the county of York in 1749. The Welsh and English Friends, together with the little colony of Germans at Germantown, who adhered to Quakerism, found much to engage their hands in improving their holdings and increasing the value of their estates, besides developing the resources of Philadelphia. Their religious interests, however, were regarded as of greater concern than mere temporal advantage. The attendance and establishment of meetings were to them most important, for through their agency they derived from worship an influence that tended to produce a beautiful order in Church and State. Being settled in neighboring communities, their union was a strength and gave them, for some time, a power to control the affairs of the Province. By their numbers, by the care they took to maintain good government and promote the welfare of those whose lot it was to live under it, Friends exercised a salutary effect on politics, in which they freely mingled and took part. A Friend for many years held the office of Chief Justice. James Pemberton (brother of John), as well as other Friends, had a seat in the Legislature.

Here, then, in these different nationalities, faiths, customs, and traditions, were the materials out of which to build a great civilization, which were impressed and influenced by the versatile talent of Dr. Franklin, at that time in his prime. His ability was marked by a conversational power that derived its charm from his good nature, apt knowledge, ready wit, and persuasive drollery. Besides, among his writings, he contributed an addition to the literature of the day, in the publication of his "Poor Richard's Almanac," along whose columns were scattered those nuggets of wisdom in sayings and briefly-worded sentences, inculcating the principles of economy, which are the foundation of thrift and prosperity amongst men. The lessons thus conveyed were of great value in shaping the course of thought and action on these subjects, in the outward busy world. They succeeded in popularizing among all classes the virtues of industry and frugality. Many among the affluent accepted them. The plainness and simplicity of Friends, too, fell in line with these teachings, as they affected every-day life. The well-to-do Physical aspects and conditions in 1750 limited built upon them. The indigent felt their usefulness. the activity of Pennsylvanians to a comparatively Nor did they always fail of reaching the sturdy pionarrow territory, bounded landward by the borderland neer, whose situation, often without such knowledge, of nature, tenanted by beasts and the Indians, who forced on him their practical application. The careknew its streams, mountains, forests, and secret paths. | ful housewife, skilled in the arts that then supplied

the comforts of the home, confirmed them in her experience, though variously situated in the gradation from poverty to the possession of riches.

As Pennsylvania was reaching such development, John Pemberton, born in 1727, grew to manhood. His youth was happily circumstanced in the fact of being guided and influenced by exemplary parents, whose Christian virtues shone in their conduct, whether in the less observed home life or in the conspicuous field of human fellowship, as related to society, or to the mingling with others in the capacity of worship. The assembling of a plain, quiet people, at stated times, as a meeting, where often the concerned minister enforced the lessons of stillness and reflection, had the effect to turn his mind to the impressions of good which frequently amid the cares of the world are obliterated and lost. But confirmed in these, the But confirmed in these, the example, precept, and inward direction, which shielded his childhood from harm, influenced his riper years, and developed the elements of a strong character that his grave demeanor did not conceal. Dignity and mature judgment gave weight to his counsel. An unflinching firmness in the right maintained his integrity, and an inherent kindness of heart, which ripened into a broader philanthropy, distinguished him in his social and business relations.

A dutiful son, and faithful in fraternal love, he had a great regard for his brothers, Israel and James, both older than himself. The worthy qualities of The worthy qualities of these men raised them to an eminence of consideration and gave them high position in the Society of Friends, and standing in the community. Success in mercantile pursuits, and the growth of Philadelphia, had given them a large patrimonial inheritance. This fact relieved John from the necessity of engaging in trade for self support. It left the choice of a life of activity, or a life of leisure, optional with him. But to pass his life in the enjoyment of inglorious ease was suited neither to his taste nor his convictions. On the other hand, avarice did not urge him on to a further accumulation of those temporal blessings which the opulent regard as peculiarly their own. In the words of Milton, he might have said that he entered on his manly career "free from all reproach and approved by all honest men, with a purpose of self dedication to that same lot, however mean or high, toward which time leads and the will of heaven."

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pany with Daniel Stanton and Benjamin Hooton, he went on a message from the Indians there in attendance, to other tribes westward, who showed a backwardness in coming to the Treaty.

Between 1757 and 1760, he and Daniel Stanton performed an extensive family visit to Friends and those professing with them, in Philadelphia and its vicinity. We find them attending meetings together in Bucks county, in 1764 and 1766. About this time, the Friends of Philadelphia were exercised with concern on account of the increase of stage plays and other vain amusements; on which subjects, they prepared a testimony and remonstrance, directed to the Governor, John Penn, and John Pemberton was deputed to present it to him. In 1766 he married Hannah Zane, which occasion he signalized by sending the prisoners in the gaol a supply of provisions, showing that he was not so much taken up with his own happiness as to forget the wretched and unfortunate. His deeds in this line were not alone reserved for times like these, but all along the poor and suffering were the objects of his compassion, thus ennobling his life with acts of benevolence and charity. (To be Continued.)

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Three books of the Old Testament have now been issued in this edition: Judges, Isaiah, and Psalms. It is intended to proceed as rapidly as possible, completing the whole of the Old Testament in twenty parts; some additional to the three now in hand may be expected this year. The editors of all of them have long been selected, and have been at work. The list includes many distinguished scholars: C. J. Ball,. M. A., Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn, London, has Genesis; Exodus is in charge of Dr. Herbert E. Ryle, Hulsean Professor of Divinity in King's College, Cambridge University; Leviticus, of Canon S. R. Driver, of Oxford, one of the most famous of modern Biblical scholars; Numbers, of Dr. J. A. Patterson, Professor at the Theological Seminary, Edinburgh; Deuteronomy, of Professor George Adam Smith, of the Free Church College, Glasgow, (a lecturer at the Scarborough Summer School, last year). This list of those in charge of the Pentateuch is an index to the whole, but among those who edit other books may be mentioned Professor C. H. Foy, of Harvard University, who has Ezekiel; Professor Francis Brown, of Union Theological Seminary, New York, Joel; Dr. William Hayes Ward, editor of the Independent, New York, Habakkuk; President W. R.

Having reached the age of discretion, characteristic of mature years, he went to England with a double object in view, that of benefitting his health and looking after some commercial interests. Settling these affairs, the spiritual element in his nature showed its ascendency, inclining him to mingle with Friends in a meeting capacity. In this way, he met with John Churchman, a valued Friend from America, then on a religious visit. Impressed by a sense of duty, he traveled with him in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Holland, occupying three years, in the course of which his mouth was opened in the ministry. "In much love and nearness of Christian fellowship, they parted, John Pemberton going to London, where it is probable he took shipping soon after and returned to Philadelphia." In 1757, he with other Friends attended the Indian Treaty at Easton, Pa. In com- & Co.

1THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS. A new English Translation. Printed in colors exhibiting the composite structure of the Books. With explanatory notes and pictorial illustrations, [etc.]. Prepared by eminent Biblical scholars of Europe and America, and edited with the assistance of Horace Howard Furness, by Paul Haupt, Johns Hopkins University. New York: Dodd, Mead

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Harper, of the University of Chicago, Zachariah; Dr. Charles A. Briggs, of Union Theological Seminary, New York, Ruth; Dr. Morris Jastrow, University of Pennsylvania, Lamentations.

Dr. Paul Haupt, of Baltimore, who has editorial charge of the whole work, is Professor of Hebrew in Johns Hopkins University, and was formerly Professor of Assrinology, in the University of Göttengen, Germany. He has held his present place since 1883. Dr. Horace Howard Furness, of this city, who assists him in the editorship, is one of the most distinguished of American literary scholars, particularly known by his "Variorum" edition of Shakespeare.

The three volumes that we now have are all very notable and striking. Judges is translated by one of the faculty of Andover Theological Seminary, Dr. George F. Moore. Isaiah is by Canon T. K. Cheyne, of Oxford University, who has lately been visiting this country and lecturing on the Scriptures. Psalms is by Professor J. Wellhausen, of the University of Göttengen, who may fairly be designated "the "the founder of the modern critical school of the Old Testament research in Germany," and an Arabic scholar of the highest rank. The translation—into The translation-into German-being performed by him, it has passed under the hand of Dr. Haupt, the editor-in-chief, and has been turned into English by Dr. Furness.

mer versions will not like to have them changed in | language, no matter if the new form be a more exact representation of the original text. This has been the experience in the comparison of the version of 1611 with the "Revised" version of 1884, and was so with the translation of 1611 itself, which but slowly replaced those made earlier.

The effort in this version has been to secure the greatest accuracy of translation, and to employ modern language. There are many words, it is true, in the version of 1611, which since the beginning of the seventeenth century have become "archaic," and need to be specially explained to modern readers. The name for the Divine Being used in the Hebrew is transferred as it stands there-the word which has been commonly rendered Jehovah, but which in Hebrew is given, without vowel sounds, by four consonant letters, JH V H. We venture to doubt whether this form will be pleasing or acceptable, yet it is the actual form of the original; any other is an adaptation or variation.

The differences between the old text (1611) and that given in this version may be exemplified by a few parallel column passages :

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I O Lord, thou art my God; will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.

2 For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defended city a ruin a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.

The "Polychrome"-i. e., printing of different parts of the text on backgrounds of varying colors, white, green, yellow, light purple, etc.,—has been adopted by Dr. Haupt to suggest the original sources from which the books, as we now have them, are considered by critics to be derived. Thus, in Isaiah, light blue is employed to indicate passages which are assumed to have been written by the (unknown) editor who finally revised the book, when it became part of the accepted Jewish Scriptures; light red is used for passages supposed to be written neither by Isaiah nor by the person who, it is believed, added the later chapters of the book, nor by the editor; dark purple is used for certain poems, light purple through strong drink, they are for passages written in imitation of these, dark red for the original prophecies of the author of the later parts of the book, (called "the Second Isaiah "), etc.,

etc.

As to the utility or permanent value of these colorings we have no present opinion to express. They present most strikingly what is denied by few, if any, competent scholars, the composite character of the Hebrew Scriptures. Whether those scholars who have had the present work in their charge have penetrated accurately to the very core and substance of each case, and have been able to distinguish with precision the origin of each passage and paragraph, we do not know, and cannot at all judge. They are, as already said, among the foremost authorities in the world on such subjects, and their ability to render out of the original into our modern languages no one will seriously question. No translation could have the sanction of better equipped scholarship.

Whether the text will be more acceptable, or less, than the older versions, will of course be matter of opinion. Those who have made themselves familiar with the precise English wording of passages in for

POLYCHROME VERSION.

I-2.

I My God, O JHVH, Thou art, Thee I exalt, Thy Name will I praise ;

Wonderful deeds hast Thou wrought,

Old prophetic counsels fulfilled.

2 A citadel Thou hast turned to
a mound,

To ruin a fenced city falls;
Where stood towers of inso-
lence no city is found,
Nor shall men ever build
up
walls.

ISAIAH XXVIII.: 7.

7 But they also have erred
through wine, and through strong
drink are out of the way; the
priest and the prophet have erred

swallowed up of wine, they are
out of the way through strong
drink; they err in vision, they
stumble in judgment.

PSALM

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

The ungodly are not so; but are like the chaft which the wind driveth away.

Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the right

eous.

For the Lord knoweth the way of the righeeous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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