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SEBASTIAN SCHMIDT. 1275
dence, and the wonderful leadings of the Divine Providence. God
Himself, in that wisdom with which He directs all minds, had decreed
that Schmidt should die while engaged in this work. His was a life of
labour and toil, but the Lord did not free him from it. This last
work was reserved for him. And when it was ended and completed,
the Lord said, Now it is enough, now enter into rest from thy
labours, and into the joy of thy Lord. While pondering over this,
a kind of holy fear and reverence of the supreme Leader and of
His guidance comes over us, and impresses us with the idea, that
all cause of envy was here removed. The very expression ’ envy’
has a melancholy sound. Yet here there is no room for envy. Our
translator had no respect for his own glory; his object was to adorn
his office and to trade with his talent. He eschewed the world, mere
empty show, and all glory. Mutual charity, a pure and undefiled
mind, according to the judgment of all, he sought to attain.
"It may be observed that in some places he has introduced
some peculiar explanations and translations. We reply, every trans
lator who appears before the public has his peculiarities, especially if he
is endowed with discrimination. It is different, however, for a man to
be governed by the desire to be diverse and distinct from others,
and again for him in all freedom to give his opinion, leaving the
reader in full freedom to receive or to reject what he has to offer.
We recollect, that often in public disputations the departed in
making a reply said, that he simply stated his own opinion, and
that he accorded to every one the freedom of judging and of forming
his opinion for himself. Just critics, however, will acknowledge that
when he differs in his opinion from others, he has always an abundant
reason for doing so.
"Schmidt’s object was to produce a translation from the
Hebrew and Greek, which might be of use to those who are more
learned in consulting the original text, and which at the same time
would be expressed in simpler, plainer, and clearer language. In
conclusion it may be stated that he wrote annotations for Genesis,
which are now being printed. There he gives an account of the
principles which he followed in the translation of Genesis. He might
have annotated the other books of Scripture in a similar manner.
But God, the supreme arbiter of life, has decreed otherwise, and
was pleased to put an end to his labours."
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