Showing posts with label Lord's-Prayer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lord's-Prayer. Show all posts

Friday, April 25, 2008

A Curious Error

1901

The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale told how a curious error crept into the translation of the Lord's Prayer into the Delaware Indian tongue. The English translator had as an assistant an Indian who knew English. "What is 'hallow' in Delaware?" asked the translator. The Indian thought he said "halloo" and gave him the equivalent. Therefore the Delaware version of the Lord's Prayer reads to this day, "Our Father, who art in heaven, hallooed be thy name."

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

She Prayed For Bread, But Not For Butter

1901

Olivia was visiting her grandmother. Olivia's grandmother had money to burn. So have Olivia's father and mother. Although the father and mother had come to the wicked city of New York to burn some of their money, leaving Olivia with grandmamma in the west, they are nevertheless very good people. Olivia is well acquainted with the Lord's Prayer. One morning she climbed into bed with her grandmother and began to make conversation.

"At home," she said, "we often pray God to bring us bread."

"Do you?" said grandmamma. "And butter, too, I suppose?"

"Oh, no!" said Olivia airily. "The butter man brings the butter." — New York Sun.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Prelude — "Liquid Air As I Saw It Demonstrated"

Delphos, OH, 1901

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Divine service at 11 a. m , subject of discourse, "Knowledge is Power." 8 p. m., prelude, "Liquid Air as I Saw it Demonstrated." Subject of sermon, "Men and Times." The evening service will not exceed one hour of time. Sabbath school at 9:45 a. m. Y.P.S.C.E. 7 p. m. The public is cordially invited to worship with us. A. O. Raber, pastor.

M. E. CHURCH.
Sunday services at the M. E. church. Sunday school 9:30 a. m. Class meeting 10:30. Preaching 11 a. m. Subject of morning discourse, "The Seventh Sense." Epworth League 7 p. m. Preaching 8 p. m. Subject of evening, "The Choosing of the Twelve." At the morning services the probationers will be received into full membership. All are cordially invited. E. A. Strother, pastor.

—The Daily Herald, Delphos, Ohio, July 6, 1901, page 4.


1901

Dr. Edward Everett Hale tells how a curious error crept into the translation of the Lord's Prayer into the Delaware Indian tongue. The English translator had as an assistant an Indian who knew English. "What is 'hallow' in Delaware?" asked the translator. The Indian thought he said "halloo," and gave him the equivalent. Therefore the Delaware version of the Lord's Prayer reads to this day: "Our Father, Who art in Heaven, hollooed be thy name!"