New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-21
RELIGIOUS.
AMERICAN BIBLE UNION.

in the Bapst Mariners Temple at the corner OF OYer
and Henry.sts. There good attendance from
various parts Of the United States, and from Europe anu
An earnest and liberal spirit manifested In the aD
sepce OF the Rev. Thomas Armitage, ID. d.. the Rev.
Thomas b. Anderson Vce-Presdent, occupied tho char
At the morning session resolutions were adopted ncreas
ing the Executive Committee from to ~ members ana
providing for tho appointment OF Southern SECRETARY
With two changes, the numerous officers OF the
Union were reelected for the ensuing year. H. d. Boss
presented the Treasures report showing that the re-
cepts for the mast year have t36S 80 and the
pendtures s6l,7i5 H. leaving deficit OF $50 81
report of which the following is asynOpsis Man has
wandered from his home He Is rowing IN desOiate VIII
deruess The bible Gods letter. urging him TO return
How precous Is this letter OF reconciliation to dis
posed to accept the prOhered Kindness 10 preserve s
letter of loyon lis integrity 10 % no s pur ts
faithfuness of the translation OF GODS WOtd lo
purity OF the protested religion OF 0 rS and are oon
trolled by It's mculcauons TO deny 10 the PeoPo Io
Grated in the aembiC OF the priesthood Is the very
essence OF the ROmish aposasy 10 circulate amons to
psTtake moi OF that spirit Is fearful approxima
ton the result The gulf that was once DeueNsu
spanned by this bridge OF error Treat mans errors us
Gods word and all that superstition demands may %
desgnates moro than 1000 faulty translauons In
the Eplstles alone. Tho corrections which he pro,
Testament But il We should suppose that there were
only 100 known errors IN the Common version, We Know
more 100000 copies Of these 100 errors
are Annually printed and circulated in Great Britain and
iation Of such doctrines as: The Godhead OF Christ.
The death Of his people win him dneir %
in respect to good works The grounds of damnation.
The origin of prophecy The nature Of penitenoe Pro
family The integrity OF jehovah The consistency OF
scripture history Cbriss uterances In the garden and
the It cannot be possible that Chrstans can
be when they have the and opportunity
10 correct these descriptions living widely cir
cuaed version OF revealed TRUTH and neglect their duty
but the difficulty is, not to make manifest and prove be-
yond contradiction the numerous errors and defects or
the Common Version but 10 convince protested Christians
correct, says one you will change Easter to Pass:
over, and our Church will never consent to that" -
have objections to other corrections but you must
leave the word Baptize, says another; you chaDge
hat you will raise world Of opposition" The errors
wait TIL the whole Christian world Is agreed upon
their correction" And when sneh Is the spirit OF
believe that the final apostaey consists In the STU
against the Holy spirit aud tas fesriI' osnt upon
rerence and want Of aithfuness IN respect TO the re-
yealed WORD OF oTat am iS pamphet epted
Revision OF the English Scriptures" written by the
same period tho reply to the Essex South Association,
from the same pen The discussion on the Character and
Work of the American Bible Union. between the Rev.
C. Buckbee and the Rev. Frederick Bue. has been re-
published aud is now issued under one cover,
With the treatise on Revision by tho secre
tary already mentioned. This double pamphlet
comprises about 100 pages, ana Is perhaps
friends for the Bible Union, any publication OF tho
Union our Recording Secretary. Brother Buckbee, has
charge OF the interests OF the Union tho Pacific
coast Before he went, he made an effective ana success
viii DO printed for the Bible Union in China. under
missionary translator DR.. Lord The Assistant Core,
his position In December last, and his resgna,
tlon accepted by the Board PrO dIU %
resign the Office, which he has so long occupied
Large attention continues TO be bestowed upon the c9nd
the gratultous distribution OF the Revised Scriptures
among the destitute IN that region OF our beloved
country increases with the enlarged facilities OF ele
mentary education Improving upon the primary books
already issued We have prepared book OF $50 pages
wherever 1t IL introduced Many thousands have been
4 1 F % sed ro no h S and an IS sIS
ments OF all sizes. but especially for those pre-
pared for Sunday The demand Tor grautous aus
iributon always greatly exceeds tho means AZ our
disposal. The Spanish Scriptures have assumed new
phase Of interest intense aud absorbing special cor
the wide spread dissemination Of our Revised spanish
by DR. Hacket with the aid OF another eminent
scholar Judges aud Ruth also from the pen OF Or
revised by DR. Bliss flushed aud Or Bliss Is engaged
In revising the First hook OF Kings Nearly 100 pages OF
the S a. sHd n presiding via
Brother Lord has been retarded hb work. the transla
ton OF the testament into the Chinese character and the
NingpO Cooqnal but is resunng bs iao2I' WIN vig9r
An Indian version, the translation or the uospe! ~
Matthew tho Maya tongue the language OF tribe
OF Indians has been forwarded to us in manu-
script by the translator the Rev Alexander Hender
sol % n II,
Oncken OF sweden has addressed 20 US long and deeply
interesting letter under date OF sept 1869, pressing
upon the Bible Union OF tue strongest reasons
for revising swedish version OF the Sacred Scriptures
The tide OF wrong aud error has not been stayed But
and titus attracts attention 20 its force And the steady
growth OF this rampant occasions alarm among the con
servatyo advocates OF error. Aud well may For the
time is coming when tho views and principles OF the
Bible Union will DO known as distinguishing the friends
pedency and tho supporters OF error. And then
II will DO seen and felt. and acknowledged, that
nnrsed by prayer and by faith laying deep
Its foundations In the imperishabe nature aud unchango
mentality m the hand OF the spirit ali grace by direct
action aud indirect influence, 10 effect that grand aud
IN the WorSs Of loved TO pro
cure aud circulate the most laiha versions Of he Sacred
Tits report was followed by feryent and Interesting
addresses by the Rev. j. g. Hurd Of Medord. Mass the
Rev. W. L. Yeaman OF this city. and tho Rev. j. G.
Wightman OF Cambridge. Mass. The Rev. Dr. Conant
then made some remarks upon the superior aids for
which are from years older than any which
King James, translators had access. Only abou; 40
more than 2OOO and enjoy, therefore. vastly greater
facilities for asceraiping the true text OF Gods Word
New Testament and tho common people another, and
We mean that the common people shall have the
against innovation this point In editing the Greek
text OF the Book OF Revelation. Erasmus had only
Greek manuscript, aud that was mutiated IL was de-
fecuye at the end. and constructed that II was
o,ceodnsly dtiSTt to read IN S sSssq
the same lne-a few words Of text
and thes a few words OF commentary. Erasmus or his
copysts repeatedly cOnfounded the two aud published
as the Of inspired writer part OF the text Of tho
commentator Moreover where the text was defective,
no took tho liberty OF tansatng from tho Latin Vugae,
ana publishing this translation the inspired text OF
John. Erasmus's manuscript was supposed for long
tme be irretrevaby lost but IL at length discov
cred and It's identity fully established All these ciroum
stances have been repeatedly published but strange as
may SEEM scarcely ripple OF excitement has been
produced by the Wedge Of the startling fact that In
instances reading In the Book OF Rove
laflo liza nf Ou
In 1918, In the CITY OF Basle In switzerland
At the afternoon session, the President announced
Committees Obituaries, the Chinese Scriptures
the Psalms the Books OF Joshua, Judges and First
Samuel the Southern Field and on the Circulation OF