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Rh that the original Hebrew had no regard to time, and that the Bible speaks for all ages. If I did not follow the tenses as they are, I myself should be the judge, and man must not be trusted with regard to the Word of God. I think the promiscuous use of the tenses shows that there must be something hidden, that we must search out, and not hold to the outward, for the "letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." It took me about seven years to accomplish the five translations, at least, I was engaged in it that length of time, not giving my whole time to it. I should probably have been much longer, had it come into my head that I should ever consent to have it published. There may be some little inaccuracies, like putting the verb to be, for is, in a few instances, but I think never has the sense of the Original Tongue been altered.

Glastonbury, March 23d, 1876. JULIA E. SMITH.

Chaps. Genesis ...... 50 Exodus ---..- 40 Leviticus -- 27 Numbers -- 36 Deuteronomy - - - - 34 Joshua -- 24 Judges -..---21 I. Samuel 31 II. Samuel 24 I. Kings 22 II. Kings 25 Isaiah ---66 Jeremiah -- 62 Chapst. Ezekiel 48 Hosea ---14 Joel 3 Amos --- 9 Obadiah 1 Jonah --- 4 Micah --- 7 Nahum -- 3 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah- - 3 Haggai 2 Zechariah -- 14 Malachi .-.--. 4 Chaps, Psalms 150 Proverbs -- 31 Job 42 The Song of Solomon - - 8 Ruth 4 Lamentations - - - - 5 Eeclesiastes - 12 Esther 10 Daniel 12 Ezra 10 Nehemiah -- 13 I. Chronicles 29 II. Chronicles - - - - 36

Chaps. Matthew 28 Mark 16 Luke 24 John 21 Acts - -. Romans - - I. Corinthians II. Corinthians Galatians - - Chaps. Ephesians -- 6 Philippians - 4 Colossians -- 4 I. Thessalonians. - - fi II. Thessalonians - - - 3 I. Timothy II. Timothy 4 Titus 3 Philemon -- 1 Chaps. Hebrews -- 13 James --- 5 I. Peter 5 II. Peter 3 I. John 5 II. John 1 III. John -- 1 Jude 1 Revelation 23