The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-03-18

the 6Ggine or in English" And so, in many
other cases In one, found a strange error.
Thus iaysshe learned DocroR respecting the
SEPT AaN :: "No part of this venerable yer.
sion las 9 .er translated into English, except
some of t . Prose Psalms in the Common
Praye 30 e." At that very time, CHARLES
Thor 'esON', admirable translation had bsen
publ he'd senty two years Bat, lin those days,
the & aestis was: T" Who reads an american
book Returning, however, from this digres.
sion, here stood the frequent repetitions: No
sepai .te ationl No separate edition in the
origi' al No separate edition in Englishl
Why eots The intuition open, whole, and per-
feet The BIBLE IN SEPARATE VoLUMEsl The
DIvE z LII aARYl The CYCLoPEDIA OF INsPI
RATpN ghy was it never thought of before
Its r. latiof j-innumerable Its advantages
inest nabL
Co ssult he history of the Bible, and how
natui u is his reaction. First, single skin,
. sin lie be X; then, q succession of skins and
book W len printing came, the massive
folio Safs se-books in one; the quarto-al
in o. e; o tavo-all in one; duodecimo-all
in oie; 9mo-all in one; 32mo-all in
one; smahr yet, and yet all in one, until the
papel beca ae as gossamer, and the type almost
invis BILE. No further progress is possible, in
this dlrecti u. The cheapening process, highly
impo tant sithin due limits, has come to its
extre nifty. 8 All accessories are crowded out,
the text xself is mutilated, and the profit
of TIE reader absted by injury to his eyes.
Whe3 this LORD magnifed His word above
all BIS nerpe, did He design that we should
thus cram it into a cos,less gratuity? If
so, sill, ss this impossible limit is now
reacf ed, hi not the time for reaction come !?
If net dea Fable to superseds old forms, may
not ew ARD improved ones be added? Shall
not le DO, ks be separated? Shall not each
one as eel printed as any other book? be-
come disfsnct thing in the mind of its reader
make its 6wn peculiar impression? and dis
close all its relations?
Consult she current condition of the Bible,
also, and Cow opportune as well as natural,
this .eacti p appears Is there, just now an
increasing demand for the Sacred Tat alone
in quest fsm, and best style, without mutila-
latiori or paseemly compressionsP This is the
way meet it. Or, is there similar demand
for Il NEST valuable old and new accessories,
in ILL 'strasicn of the text? This ia the time to
collect them, and this the plan to display them.
Far cher accessories than have hitherto been
employed, are now in waiting-accessories too
numt sous, varied, and vast, for the old mode of
publication to comprehend, but quite conve-
nient to the new. By judicious selection of
these every one of the sixty-six books may be
made sufficient volume, and 30 the whole
LIBR ,RY be handsomely, distinctively, and most
instr ctively exhibited. Combinations of great
utilit and, beauty thus become accessible.
lock model was made few publishe rs
were sisitej. A fine book model was made
and le plap extensively announced. A copy
right vas secured, for the sake of Bible Chris.
tianii, :. The profits were pledged-to Bible
Chris ianity, Nothing remained but to issue
the VI .rk. Then came the trial Means were
want az men with means were wanting. The
plan sas in allegiance. could not free it to
fulfil sent, 1t is not yet fulfilled. But this
has b zen Gone. Allthe New Testament books
have bees stereotyped separately; each one
comp ese book of itself, however small IN
i8mo wisn long primer type, loaded; the mat
ter di ide1 into paragraphs, the verses indica.
ted L. the margin, and the chapters numbered
witho at apy break between them. The chief
distiG etions of this edition are stated in the
follow ing g NOTES"
al THssTExT, in this Edition, is conforEed
to the recently and standard copy of the
Amel lean Bible Society; avoiding, however
ali di 6culty about headlines to the chapters,
&C., y emitting them altogether.
o. TIE INDEX is the proper substitute for
the u ual head lines of the chapters and pages,
| and psuch snore complete.
SO The MARGINAL RENDER1NGs are retain
ed, 81 the foot of the page, as interchangeable
parts of the Text, and essential to the fidelity
of the vers, on.
"a Tn PARAGRAPHS correspond with those
in Bagsysr FRS Critical Nep Testament" =
Greek and English.
~5. THs CHAPTERS and VERSES will be found
duly Indicted, and yet the Text remains pure
and unbrosen.
sc. The TYPE, PAPER, and GENERAL APPEAR.
ANcE, of tsis issue, will, it is hoped, prove ac.
ceptable aud attractive"
Now, / believe from all have seen, that this
is the test preparation of the New Testament in
the English language-presenting the Sacred
Text in greater purity than any other copyl 1t
is altogether matter of principle. The Bible
Society's corrections soere adopted, headlines
omitted, lnessres appended, Marginal Render.
ir,gs retained, and the 1s1t given in unbreke1
continuity, as matters of principle, separating
the Divine from the human, exalting the for
mer, aud sthordinating the latter. Being thus,
as is Selieved, the BEST TEXT IN EXISTENCE
80, as a matter of principle, it shall STADIUM.
til it can be improved. Persons who prefer
that the wisdom that is from above" should
be in its records, as it is in its nature, frs,
pure" flowing evenly and steadily, as origin.
DELEGATIONS. interpretations, nor partisan inter
pretatSons-may henceforth know where to find
it. The EVE HISTORICAL BooKs-Mattjtesc
Mark Luke, John, and Acts, each separate
are now on sale, from 50 to 81 SO for the set,
| according as they are bound in cloth, halfmo
rocco, full turkey gilt, or full calf gilt. The
| Episties and apocalypse have not yet been
issued.
Bus more than this has been done some.
fthing in the way of ACCESSORIES, as we'll as
TEXT. A new edition of HoRNEs INTRoDUC
TON 20 TEE STUDY OF THE Holy SCRIPTURES
has Appeared in London. In the preparation
of THE, the tenth edition of that standard work
the Author was assisted by Drs. Davidson and
Tregelles. Of the four volumes, DR.. Horne
himself attended to the first and third, DR.. Da
vidsol, to the second, and DR.. Tregelles to the
fourth. The last volume, in particular, has
been highly commended; and this is the one
which contains the special introductions to the
rected, and brought doton to the present time"
Judging these to be the most orthodox and sat
isfacvsry ins;luctions in our language, and the
best calcula ed therefore for general use, de-
| sermi,,ed to stereotype them also, and append
them severs ly to the books to which they be-
cong. This in great part, has been accom-
plishe j, the plates having been completed as
| far as to tn, lst or I'd Epistle of Peter. These
| constitute Il 9 first and only American Edition
| of Htrne's special Introductions to the New
Tesla nent looks, as revised and improved by
TregelIes. The new Edition of Horne, in
whole, is no likely to be republished in this
county, on account of the reproaches against
DR.. Davidse as volume, if for no other reason
Those, there fore, who would have the advantage
eof DR.. Treg Ile's additions, in the department
falluded to, Ill find it most convenient and eco
nomicsl to ,,rder my reprint.
I Here. Ala, in acfnal mn HI; af;on T have nro