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London, England, 1857-01-16 00:00:00

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LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16.

Wi observe with as much myna as regret the
Wiry whisk the Protestantism of the country is
receiving from the obvious want of mass and judg-
ment of mono of oar asoa earnest Protestants in
treating the question of a revision of the Bible. We
are not sow speaking, nor about to speak, as either
sided the question of each a revision. It is a very
serious smatter, on whisk it is quite natural, sad
indmd inevitable, that good rem &odd have oppo-
site opinions, eon white maialy agreeing in their
religious views and belie" This is hardly the
pines in which to army and damn the ergemente
lion ar %Mast a proposal whisk involves so meth
theology, and so many easideratiews of scholarship,
as well as social bearings. Our own opinion, in-
deed, is that with the wide dilheences of opinion
ulnas exist in the religions world, our di-
alogs sad wham mama at pent be ironed
to agree apes adopting me revised roam
al the fleriptsme. Bat when we boar views
pat In* in oppositien to the proposal of a revi-
sion which an wholly ineameilable with Pro-
testant principles, we hel that same remark on suck
exhibition is not out if plain. The bet is, sock
roods se am aligned by the Opponents of a revi-
sals of the Blble are a mama= to Romanis= an
the me band, and to anbelief on the other, of whisk
Catholics and unbelievers are already soaking
tei-
aspWt and dilig' est use. The admiodeas whisk
lave bens made by many who have publiely declared
their views an the question are, in bet, fatal to
Protsetaatima t and, whatever is done about the
English BB* Other the arguments of a good Bony
esmest Christians must be discredited, or the religion
which they mesa to defend meet give way. Which
is the moo likely, we need not point oat I but it any
be well to remind people who spook and write as
any have spoken and written lately, that they
would net have been recognised as tree Prato toots
at that tiers-400 yens age—to which they refer
with se meek revenues and admiration.

no red4el peetelake of Protestantism is that the
Bible is the record sad espenent of the Christian
re elation : hoes whin Mows the conelmion that,
as the Christian revelation was eared to all man.
kind, its nosed an exponent should be within roan
ret ell. Under this view the Bills was gut spread se
widely se paean& by the continental Protestants I
and under the ens view it was soon beanie'
late the leaguers of the various countries in
width Protestations was received. Our own ver-
sion is wensiselWly beentifal, and--eansidering bow
very runt may eslightensd hihllsi study was I.
the timed /UM L—mere awn then mold at an
have hese oxpostel. Bat sating amid have
shocked the fathers of the Behneation awe, or
have 'and mesa painful &nay to Ling JANIS'S
tenon% than to have hempen that a thee would
tome when their own translation of the Scriptures
would be perverted Leto as object' of idolatry, mad
whim slams Christine would astually stake the
sinew et Christianity on the preservation of every
part of it. Ken may dilbr as to whether ern or
pd would peopeederate I. substituting altered
phrases for • small proportion of these bailie: to
the me. and Mu damaging • few smosiations ef
use gametic he the maks of edentate to all
posterity ; but no real Protestant should ter a so-
mint let pass wash a don/sties es that the reli-
gins it the Protestant world hasp on its adhoreass
to hen of words in • leaguer in whin the Bills
nos not originally written. "If we Amid allow
those holy words to be tamprod with," it In base
"we should be in the greatest danger of
slaking oar Protestant institutions to the heads-
tics." Lit peedble that a Prontaat en have laid
the F—that he ma have akin such a triumph to
the conies et Christianity oa either head, ma his
avowal that the religion et the gentry is bend up
with the Ms delay treadmills by any kind or any
number of Hebrew sad Oreek schelars f
The reply would perhaps be that his distend M
not si the power of the renege to take sere of init.
timoigh ell modes of record in all laageagas, but al
the pinky mind, which he takes to be Is. *amen
to Munn itself in the ideas and holing* of reli-
shes, and can only use its familiar hams it words
as a sort it Marla or talisman. If this were
tree, it would be wares than what the devout
Conatna lamented when num* that idolatry
had gime way ossly to be mccesdedby " bibliolatry.•