THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST; TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GREEK, AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. To which is applied, in numerous words, the orthoepy of the Critical Pronouncing Diction- BY JOHN WALKER, Author of the Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, &c." By which "the Proper Names are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they cugh Bible "A word fitl spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."..........Solomon. BY ISRAEL ALGER, JUN. A. M. Teacher of Youth, Author of Elements of Orthography, and the New Practical Book-Keeper BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY CROCKER & BREWSTER, 47 Washington Street. 1836. District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-third day of August, A. D. 1822, and in the forty-seventh year of the independence of the United States of America, Israel Alger, jun. Ensign Lincoln, and Thomas Edmands, jun. of the said District, bave deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as Proprietors, in the words following, to wit:-"The Pronouncing Testament.-The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised. To which is applied, in numerous words, the Orthoepy of the Critical Pronouncing Dictionary; also, the classical pronunciation of the proper names as they stand in the text-scrupulously adopted from "A Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names. By John Walker, Author of the Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, &c." By which "the proper names are accented and divided into syllables exactly as they ought to be pronounced, according to rules drawn from analogy and the best usage." To which is prefixed, An Explanatory Key. "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver."-Solomon. By Israel Alger, jun. A. M. Teacher of Youth, Author of Elements of Orthography, and the New Practical Book. Keeper." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned;" and also to an act, entitled, "An act, supplementary to au act, entitled, An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching, historical, and other prints." JNO. W. DAVIS, Clerk of the District of Massachusetts. ADVERTISEMENT. THE primary design of this publication has been to divide and accent the proper names, as they occur in the text, and in such a manner as will best show their true pronunciation. Of the use and need of a scheme, which would easily, directly, and certainly effect this object, the mind of the Editor was forcibly impressed from having witnessed, on a certain occasion, the bad reading of these names by persons, who, in other respects, were good readers. The inquiry arose, What can be done to facilitate the just and proper reading of the Sacred Scriptures? A few reflections, in relation to this inquiry, originated the plan, which is presented in the title page, and which, so far as it has been communicated, has received very general approbation. The chief advantages upon which this Edition of the New Testament solicits, from the Publick, a patronage, in preference to other editions, are, that the tendency of its scheme in dividing and accenting words, will be to produce a uniformity, regularity, and certainty in the pronunciation of those words which are often corruptly or variously spoken by different persons of good education-that it presents the Standard Pronunciation, as contained in Mr. Walker's Dictionary and Key, without the expense of those books, or the wearisome labour of searching them for the sounds which they convey; and, what is more than all, it is hoped that it will create a more general use of the Sacred Writings in Schools throughout our country. To some it may appear needless, to have accented words which appear perfectly simple in form, and clear in expression, but, when it is recollected, that the most simple words in the language are frequently pronounced differently by different persons of good attainments, it is hoped, that every objection to the dividing of the whole of the proper names, will subside. When the pronunciation of words could not be fully and clearly expressed, by the aid of the Key, the orthoepy of such words has been written in the bottom of the page, either as Mr. Walker has himself written it, or in strict conformity to those rules and principles which he has established, so far as by critical and careful investigation of them, they have been understood. -Those words, which have been marked at all, except those in the bottom of the page, have, after the first instance, been marked nearly as often as they afterwards occur; but, as it has been an object to disfigure the text as little as possible, the neglecting to accent every vowel in a marked word, or to Italicise every silent letter, would not materially affect the design which has been pursued. The scheme of the vowel sounds in the Key, is nearly the same as that given by Mr. Walker, to which are prefixed Mr. Perry's marks. The pupil should be well acquainted with all the vowel sounds, as they are marked in the Key, and be able to sound them separately, as they THE EDITOR. are written in the brackets, and in the order in which they stand. N. B. The observations, at the head of the Books, have been taken from a Testament, published in Edinburgh by the Rev. William Brown. Boston, August, 22, 1822. The publick patronage given to the Pronouncing Testament, having equalled the sanguine expectations of the Editor and Publishers, and a new edition being required, they have been induced to procure stereotype plates, and have bestowed much care to render them corAs the improvement of attaching Mr. Walker's pronunciation to the work, is contributing rapidly to increase the use of the Testament in schools, a very extensive demand for this edition is anticipated, and the publishers cherish the belief, that it will materially aid the young acquiring a correct pronunciation. rect. Boston, September, 1323 in |