Des Arc citizen., 1860-02-22
-SAS, FEBRUARY s22. 1860.

| Acts 26: 2S, Common version: "Then | Agrippa said to Paul, almost thou per- suadest me to be Christian" The Re- vision version has it: "Then Agrippa said to Paul, you in little time persuade l me to become Christian" What an Improvement! But it must not be lost sight of, that one professed object ot the Revision is to clear it of obscurites and l to enable the common reader to under stand as he reads. Now look at Acts l 21; 3l, there, in our common version, we read {" and as they went about to kill him, tdings came unto the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem was in an uproar." But who can understand that? :? l Let us now read the Revision version: '' And as they were seeking to kill him, word came up to the chliarch of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in con fusion" How plain How intelligi- | ble to the common reader! In Revela- | Itions G. 6, the new version reads, "A chenix of wheat for denarius, and three chenixes of barley for denarius."
 | I had intended giving several other specimens of these beautiful pictures, but the above. presume, will be deemed suf- ficient. had also intended paying some attentlon to their objections to our version, but believing fully, as | do, with the l learned Baptist minister, Dr. Bowling, that these objections are thrown in only as makeweights, in order to secure immcrse in the room of bupttee, l shall pass them l by, with the single remark, that 1t is atn- l true that there are any mistranslatlons In 1 our version of serious import and as to obsolete words, they generally become better understood than others, as they are \ few in number Who would consent to nave the old words expunged from Shak- speare, Milton, or Bunyan2 And yet what are they when compared with the ottllandish iargon of their new version? It cannot be questioned but that many good men have been deceived in this : whole matter. have now before me the resignation of Rev. Archibald Maclay. D. D., President of the Ameri- can Bible Union" In giving his reasons he tells us, that after having labored long and earnestly for the new version, on a certain occasion he found himself under circumstances in which he felt the im- portance of becoming particularly ac- quainted with the operations of the body l with which he was connected "l them says he, .s for the first time, ascertained who the revisors were, and found to my astonishment that instead of there having been about forty individuals actually en- l gagged in translating the new Testament, as l had understood from the Secretary, and often stated, there had not been more than twenty-three or twenty-iour. h. stead of all these being competent schol- ars, as had supposed, and as the plan of the Union required, and as is often reit- erated in the official documents of the Union--some of them unquestionably lacked the essential qualifications of a translator" In speaking of their vorh, he remarks that, 1" numerous translations had been made which were calculated to compromise the character of the Union, and to shake the confidence of men in the truth of Gods word" And finally he tells us, {. that being fully satisfied from personal examination, that the funds which | DdNC QOllC oO tiIuOll tO NCliCIb
 are being squandered; that avast amount is expended for operations remote from the one great object of the Institution ; that men are employed to translate the word of God who are not qualified for the work; that unwarrantable translatons have been made, which, if published, must bring into discredit the most precious doc- trines of my faith, and sap the funda- II7satsesaatssl IA truths of Christianity ** x feeling perfectly assured of all this, l am compelled, by stern sense of duty, to abandon the enterprise, etc.
 1 have now, gentlemen, in compliance with your polite request, laid briefly be- fore you my views on Bible Revision /; and. in conclusion, permit me most sin cerely to recommend to you the daily and prayerful study of that version which, in l every excellence, is surpassed alone by the inspired original, whose eternal truths it so faithfully places before you.
 T Believe me to be, very sincerely and truly, yours, J. w. MOORE. RunALIA, February 9, 1860.
 Il HERorsM POSSIBLE TO ALL.-All hu- man souls have wrapped up in them wonderful energies; but these energies are all needed, and can all be nobly ex- ercised in any sphere of operation where Gods alI-wise providence places their possessors. No truly intelligent man de. spises his own sphere or the sphere o any fellow-man. The immortal faculties 1 of human nature find scope everywhere and reward and honor everywhere wher 3 the grand plan of God is apprehended anc 5 is entered into with cordial faith. In the T army of Cromwell every Ironside fel l himself 10 be performing an indispensable | part, and never felt depressed by the con 9 ceit that he was nobody Much more a ought this to be the case in the great army n of the world and the Church; for, interim s ked with one another as we are, each O