, 1865-12-18
REVISION OF THE SCRIPTURE
Lecture by Rev. +. J. Copant.

Rev. Dr. T. J. Commit delivered diseou,se last
evening upon the necessity and advantage. Of
ne" version sof the English Scriptures. Dr..
consnt IL well known as having not long since Is
sued M able revision Of the book of Job, work a.
highly interesting to scholars as it is editr1nc TO
ChstStinns: and IL at present Chairman OF the Com
ElteS 2, KSvasion q the publications ofihe Amer
ac4n Iibie Union. The church WIS crowded On fhe
OCCASION. w eae
The reverend speaker reviewed The history or the
Meae tracing At tome length the gradual progress
Greek into the Chaldaic, Syriac, Ecypttsn. Ethin.
Rtan Gothic, Armenian Sclav1c and oiher fopcues
tAroaeh he successive centuries tsom he Begin
showing the manner tn which il bad epttad In III
5,ss. Ard ths in,sse:t 1akeS 4 that limo bJ lie
word Wgckndc, he said, In 1880 franslated he
b1n!e nom n Latin sulgste into The English In
gnsgs "a ~ seEsion q he sacred work remained
,S wants Of ihe 'dItciples q chr.i A1 io1 al
!tS.io ~ m%e IL From ENGLAND it sseed over into
unhs and Luther, and lighting pp the itein1nsiims
and Wycklifet principles Of Owl and religious Iib.
Sas dsWn t Sn ,has Bible though they pro-
these shoref, md now live in our dg1 md RELIGIONS
institutions on thus eontinent- Wycklae's wss the
SnI fSs 5oe e he e. ehsT sna E1s;h be
down n Enftsud and he vas Obliged 10 traullate
hpfn the lEttnt yngute. That Uas fmbeffecf and
b., s. FEE s s pP he ess
MeS!ss 4 60, I'd STess ssEsa o i DGnss1; fnosa;
man or equal 1ith and resolution to cast The sdded
light upon the Fesnarnlar bible, Wlltam TJnd.le.
Ehoss ss tssis,o1 q the New Testameat was Gssaed
n 15s5 but before The whole OF the Scriptures wrre
Issued By him, he WRs burned At the Aiakc u,sr-
TT 10 bis noble work. CoecrdaIe published seyi-
Son q Ty7da!e's work IN 1855 snd 1851; john
frhF nv md rrAo az
name Of Matthews, issued another rer1siou Of TN.
dale3a Bible. In l5io, Archbishop C,1nmtr pnb-
6Ihsa 65 ' Re r. q snd .a Icy *hoe
tng lhat the people were deserving them for tac Pu-
rstsns Who had this superior Bib.e brought out =
ssssd an Ses nd P ,e,i
a. The standard English bible. ''3'se
nibe. the reverend speaker asgned Al eomc ltngth
tnat rms version Wns BY no means lntAlsbIe ind
o bss7s SO 7nSany Saf i,s III spt to LED
IN reality the inspired word Of God. Hc csiled A.
Tendon TO the TACT that the New Testament Wa
sapieseo N lhs eioss of Tie trss century Of the
copies q y were madc BY hand, and neces.sriIv
in consequence vcry many erTur5. =
,ael which re*earch hss now established. As. cen.
sere copied With the addition OF new errpfs in 4
nost every copy. the variauces At length became
~ sp1 o r hem he 9,s5 n1a 1.1s md
being 4thc Divine Word. God has, however. Dre-
'efsed, IN seemingly miraculous manner, md hs4
ao~ brought 10 light some nnAnnsc1ipts which arn
y thousand years earlier date thln any Of our
mmtr translators Of the Bible have po.ses.ed, and
I ts noW the absolute duty OF Chr1stiaus 10 m,Sc
ase Of fhcee for the revision and cnr
eetlon Of or Bible and By them inuupcr-
hle passa.e. now dark and ohscuse to the biblical
tndent VIII be Eadc platn, mud gems OF the hich-
,ronght to Light ~ an instance Of these, the
peaker Qnoted an eloquent passage near the close ]
{ the hook Of JOB, not found IN King James' ed1-
lon III my lend cries out against me, aud ali its
urzows weep. II have taken It's f{uits without
~ and made tts tenants Sigh out their breath, let
6orna CONE forth in place Of wheat, and weeds In |
be Southern half OF this connt1y. and ihe punish-
lent r1e'ted upon lis people for their sin. He also
riehy reverted 70 some other passages In Nahum,
!oeea and Joel Illustrative Of the necessity for re.
lslon, and concluded hls discourse with al appesl
J behad Of the Bible Union, and an eloquent peso-
.iton on the beauty and power of Gods inspired