Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-29
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For the Edgcfc!d Advertiser.
REVISION MOVENENTS....C CONTRADICTIONS.

For the Edgcfc!d Advertiser
REVISION MOVENIENTS,-..C CONTRADICTIONS
We offer no apology, Mr.. EDITOR, for til
manner in which these articles are written; til
case requires plain treatment, and the readc
will he at liberty to judge when we are done
whether it was merited or not.
When the leaders in an enterprise disagree
among themselves as to the end in view. or th
means to accomplish that ends the public hav
GOOD reason for Losing. confidence in the under
taking. and in Withholding the: necessary aid.
The new version movement is modcr
tBabcl" From the time tt Z first step was
taken in its construction, contradictions am
disputes have marked its course. God has evi
IDENTIFY confounded their speech" When thu
Baptist Church withdrew from the A. B. Socie
tv. and determined upon having an immersion
list Bible there was every hIman probability
that it would be speedily accomplished.-thcy
had the men and the means,lpsR ans,psR but it was moi
long before disagreement als6divison arose
among them, resulting in the abandonment O
the original purpose. The minority bent or
having new version, organized the "Bblc
Union," which is yet in existAce, but the con.
tradictions and zig-zag course:of its leaders have
only to be known to destroy all confidence in
it, or them. But to the proof We have, in a
previous paper, showed from reports, public
speeches. &C., that the "main design" was to
"uphold immcrsionist versions" Let us COM
pare these statements with,others. In Tract
No l3, written by Rev. Mr.. JUDp, and published
by the "Union," he says, sEditors and their
correspondents have taken much pains to make
the people believe that aAfG9to IF 4uthse tthe
ion eHfefPraa e'a IS fo substitute the word i'm
mcrsc for baptize in our common version, bH'
hc idea has no foundation in tact"
Again, Dr. WILLIAMS brings the same censurc
against the Bible Union, which they have
brought against King James, Of limiting the
conscience and restraining the unfettered judg-
mcnt of their revisors, compelling them to sub
stitutc immcrsc for baptizc. The answer 10
this charge, found in Tract No. 10, signed by
DR.. CoNE Chairman, pronounces it" unfoundcd.
unjust, and at war with truth" What a man
this Dr.. CuyE was, he could blow hot and cold
out OF the same mouth, at ono time affirming
that the "main design was to sprint inmcrSc
in the Diblc,'; and then deny it. Hear him also
in reference to tic employment Of Pcdo-bap-
fists; lie says: swell knowing that in such a:r
undertaking VIC milst stand alone, and can hope
for 10 assistance from pelo-haptists whose dc,
nomimlioml existence depends upon the non
translation Of the words which relate to the or
.liimncc Of baptism" But few years later he
says tie greater part of the work, is to be
done by pc.!o-baptsts, WHO are uH:cr written
contracts, &C."
Mr.. CAMPBELL, one of the Vice Presidents o
the Bible Union, in his address to the Bible
Convention at Memphis Tenn. said " AIN full
ly of the opinion, that those practising the i'm,
mcrSion Of believers arc the only people that
can make a really valuable and faithful tran>la
ton of the New Testament. Pcdo-baptStS ant
Baptists will never agree 10 make new version
not one Pedo-baptist will touch the ark of ON
sanctuary" And then We are told that dStin
guishcd scholars, belonging to eight different
denominations, employed under "written con
tract" are not only touching the Baptist ark
but arc the principal ones in securing for it {
destination in the water, which its friends 81
much desire.
But notice some OF their contradictions il
reference 10 the word bartizc. Rev. J. L
WALLER, LII. D., in speech before. the Revis
sion Association at Nashville, Tenn, 1885,, said
;;Tic word Laptizc las no modal Specification
in tits respect its means anything and every
thing and therefore nothing. 1t is word o
no mode at ALL II is in vain for my Bapts
brethren t. tell nc that mmcrse is taught il
the English Bible grant that it is, but it i
not taught by the word baptize."
Now hear Dr. FULLER who is well known il
South Carolina, and whom "E. L. W." says
President of Revision Association. The me
mcnt we resort to new translation, VIC sacr
flee the whole argument, and virtually say a
the book now is, VIC cannot make out our cause.
And then hear "E. i. W." how coolly, Il
talks, " Immcrsonsts have an advantage in tn
revision cntcrprisc,-they, from the nature {
tie case risk nothing on the translation of til
word"
"And then hear Mr. EDMoNDs, how he cal
it a luticrous specimen ofunmitigated nonsens
to say that the change Of one word was I'll
leading object of reyision;" although DR.. Con
and others have said that it was Mr.. L. dca
rather severely with his brethren.
There arc other, and if possible moro glarir
contradictions connected with the undcrtakin
II the reader will take the trouble to look I'M
the new version, he will find how admirably tt
transators agree among themselves. The tran
lator Of Matthew discards the prepositi(
ante, and seeks to impart modern air to /
work hy substitng 10 in It's stead. lie justifi
: his course by saying that "unto" is not used