Des Arc citizen., 1860-02-15


 in each company, should separately ex- anime the same chapter, and put the translation into the best shape he could. The whole company must then come to- ge,her and compare what they have done, and agree on what shall stand. Thus, in each company. according 10 the number of members, there would be from seven
 10 ten distinct and carefully Iabored revis- ions--the whole to be compared and di-l gested into one copy of the portion as- signed to each particular company. The ninth rule directs that as fast as any com pany shall, in this manner, complete any one of the sacred books, 1t Is 10 be sent to each of the other companies, to be criti-, cally revised by them alla The tenth rule prescribes thatif any company, upon reviewing q book so sent to them, find anything doubtful or unsatisfactory, they shall note the places and their req sons for objecting, and send it back to the compa- ny whence il came. II that company should no, concur in the suggestions thus made, the matter was 10 be finally ar ranged al a general meeting of the chlet persons of all the companies at the end ot the work. Thus, every part of the Bible, would be fully considered; FIRST, separ rately by each member of each company 1; SECONDLY, by the whole company in con, cert; THIRDLY, by the five other com panies severally. aud rouRTHLY by the general committee of revision. By this iudicious plan each part must have been closely scrnlinized at least fourteen times The eleventh rule provides thnt in case of any special difficulty or obscurily, letters shall be issued to any learned man in the land. calling for bIs judgment thereon.
 The work was begun in 1907, and m ished in l6l1. saaIess, XXI, .st...sss,. .,s .,
 A most wicked attempt has sometimes been made 10 induce the belief that this version, which is called King James simply because it was made during his reign. was, in. grea. part, the work ot that King--that he selected the transla- tors-diclated to ihem its character-paid them for it's execution it by his royal authority, and, iin q degree, forced 1t upon the acceptance of the people. A grosser or more malicious falsehood was never iincuIcated. James was bad enough without telling lies to make him worse.
 Some years since, Christopher Adder, son, learned Baptist minister in Scot. land, published large work called the Annals of the English Bible" The object of it was to trace to the original sources everything connected with the English translations. He had opportuni- ties which no one has in our country. l have examined his work, and iii il he has proved the following facts. Fixsr-That King James did moi originate the idea of our present translation. He was too in. tent on bis own fooleries 10 care for the Bible. SrcoND- Reynolds, n learned Puritan divine, proposed il to him, and lie consented. TmfRD -James was not actu- ally King of England when the matter was agreed upon. The proposals'w made at Hamilton Court Conference, an unofficial body, held in January, 1904, and James was not legally King tll the next meeting of parliament, which me. the March following. FOURTH James did not select the tunsatofs FrrrH-- He never contributed afarthing towards the expenses of the translation, either from his private purse or the public treas ury. s SIXTH shows that ii was never submitted to parliament on any convocation. and that James never used any authority or influence whatever to- wards it's cifcuatiou. 2" It was not says he "an affair of government -noi royal undertaking at his majesty's expense, ac. cording to the popular and very erroneous historical fiction, but simply n transaction in the course of business" Says Dr. Lee, Principal of the University of Edin- burgh, "I do not find that there was any cannon, proclamation or act of Parliament to enforce the use of IL" aa9' aa sgsass How different from the statements ot these learned men, who had access to the very sources of correct information, are the assertions found in the tracts put forth by the revision movement in this country, and in the speeches made by their agents | would here notice ridiculous state- ment sometimes heard from the same source--,hat Bishop Bancroft altered the transtation atfsr tt ,cas made. In reply would only remark, that according to Hume and all historians, Bancroft died m l6l0, and every one knows that the trans tlation was not completed until l6ii. I How he could have made the alterations II know not, unless he was Splrltualisi, and spoke through the medium of table legs. e se4 iisA2si et
 1 shall here subjoin few out of many testimonies that might. be given from pro- I found scholars. of different persuasions to show the estimate put upon our trans Ilaton by unprejudiced individuals. I DR. GEDDE Es "A learned Roman Cath -I olic. s" If accuracy fidelity and lht strctest attention 10 the letter of the tex be supposed to constitute the qualities Q an excellent version, this, of all others must in general be accounted the mos excellent. Every sentence every word every syllable, every letter and point seen to have been weighed with the incest ex Iactitude, and expressed, either m the tex or margin. with the greatest precision. It was we'll remarked by Robinson. abou an hundred years ago. "tha, 1t may serv' as a lexicon for the Hebrew language, a m. ~.i f,.. i. txonsl.tios,