The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-02-21

Information q the members and friends Of the society
s. Resolved That tie following notice be- Dus,.hsa b,
authority Of the Board in the secular and religious paper
Of Mis- city for four weeks preceding the annual meep6
| Of The society In May next, namely
As objections have been made By BONE of the friends
and patrons Of the American Bible Society 10 certain
pgs rs present standard Bible the Board of Managers
.1e whole question as 70 wha. shall b. done
In tue premises 70 TIE consideration and decision Of the
societ, at rs Gnrusl nseting the 18th Of May nexs
Life members and al who pay three dollars annually e
meetings Of The society.
BY acnc such action AZ this he thought peaceful
result might be attained The acceptance of these
resignstions and the appointment of Others to fin
the places Of these men, he felt confident will tend
only TO kindle fire which will not soon be extin'
guished.
GEORGE d. Phelps, Esq, made an earnest and
powerful appeal to the Board to pause in the
course they were ptrsulng. He spoke OF several
wrong steps taken by the Board in relation TO this
matter and especially in reference to their not in
sisting upon statement specific in regard to what
was wrong in this standard Bible. He thought il best
not to accept their designations at the present
time. different course might result in harmony
Of action, while no evil would come from delay,
1aymen generally he believed, were pleased with
the standard Bible OF the society.
Rev. DR.. VAN RENSSELAER, urged prompt action in
the case, The object of delay he thought, was to
gain time-to get back to the revised edition. 1t
was an adroit movement and had this for its object.
(Thls was promptly disavowed, and the gentleman
took back his asserti0n.) He felt that the only
proper course to be pursued, under present circum
stances, is to 60 forward to accept of these resgna
ons, and to put other men in the places vacated by
these gentlemen. He wanted the old Bible; wanted
il now.
Rev. Dr. DYER, of the Episcopal church, was OBJ
posed to this action of the Board He said that at
first, and upon reading what was said by the assa
ants, he had sided with them, but when he came to
examine the work for himself, he had been forced to
a very different opinion He believed that the Com
ha n great a uOrk
He had received letters from various parts of the
country and from men Of the highest standing in this
denomination, who spoke in the warmest terms Of
the SOCety's standard Bible. He looked upon this
backward movement as unwise, uncalled for aud
as likely to nlict the most serious injury upon the
society. He was sure that nothing can play more
directly into the hands Of the enemies of the society
in the Episcopal church than this
Rev. DIR. MATTHEW'S saw no danger from going for
ward He ridicued the fears of those who had
spoken of any evil to the society from the course
proposed. He was for accepting the designations of
these gentlemen, and appointing Others at once in
their places The remarks of this gentleman were
not very well received by some, and his effort to
play of some wit on the occasion, did not find much
response in the minds of those present.
DR.. BRIGHAM, the senior Secretary was opposed to
postponing this action. He said there were two par
ties in the society and that they differed entirely in
their views OF the powers Of this Board The be-
lieved that the contents" of the chapters part
OF the version, and that consequently the Board has
no right, under the constitution to alter them The
other look upon these contents as no part of the
version and that the Board has power to alter them
Thus they differ they cannot come together He
agreed with the former had always been opposed
to altering these headings had objected at the time
to this work of the committee. He was utterly op-
posed TO the idea Of referring the question to the
Society, proposed. The Society, he said, had
nothing to do with the question as to what kind Of
Bible the Board shall publish. All the Society can
do is to turn out the managers, if they do not
like what they do. This was assented to by
DR.. Matthews and others as the true doctrine
on this subject. It made some stir in the
Board II will doubtless cause some comment IN
certain quarters. II is certainly new wine from
old bottles. The Secretary felt there danger
ahead. But il was not owing to any outside pres
sure, but to the newspapers-to the discussions in
them on the subject Of the standard Bible. Indeed,
we have understood that it Is in contemplation to
exclude all such persons as reporters from the meet
iDgs Of the managers.
The discussion continued by DR.. Spring and
others in favor Of accepting these designations.
The question at last taken and decided in the
affirmative, and the presiding officer and Messrs.
Hall and Swan, the two vice-presidents who were
present, were appointed committee to nominate
persons TO ill the places of DR.. Robinson, DR.. Tur
ner DR.. vermilye, DR.. Floy, D Storrs, and Thomas
Cock, NJ. d. Thereupon the society adjourned.