New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-09

siastical horns and force them on any OF his
reluctant brethren. So vehement, in>fact, are
these new translators in urging their work upon
us, before it is begun, and in anathematlzlng
the 60 old and incomplete edition" as only fit to
be cast out and trodden under foot OF men,
like salt which has lOstits SAVIOR, that our hearts
begin oquail. Learned, these gentlemen posi-
bly, may be self-appOinted they certainly are.
For any unlimited bakers dozen OF laymen or
prelates to enter mans house and rob him OF
what he believes his very bread of life, foist-
ing on him instead their own mess of pottage,
good or bad as the case may be, is, to state the
case mildly, a bad precedent to establish Blsh-
Cd EllicOtt has already his hand on the State
pillow by which the Church drives furrow
for her spiritual planting among the loyal Eng
lish. Mr.. Buxton brought forward bill in
Parliament simultaneously with the cOnyOca-
ton in Westminster Abbey, by which the
Revision was to become Government matter,
the direction of it, and the appointment of the
translatOrs, to be placed in the hands of-the
Queen and President Grant But Jonathan is
not going to swap off his leather-cOyered King
James Bible for any lollpOps, even when sent
TO the White House.
With all desire to order ourselves as lowly
and reasonably toward our betters as the
Catechism would Ordain, we would like to IN
quire upon what grounds this eminent lady
and gentleman were selected for this peculiar
business Mr.. Buxton surely will not claim
that the divinity which doth hedge king
would render Mrs. Guelph angelically en- rap
port to the hidden truths in Holy Writ, and
ho Il no IA
extend the aureole to the brows of Yankee
tanner. Apart from her mysterious regal
prestige, Victoria is a hearty, well-intenuoned
housewife, who has reared dozen babies ana
gOssipped about them in print; but why should
she for that be asked to give low Dutch
coloring for us to the oracles OF Isaiah, or the
divine story of joint AS for the President,
whether we consider him as facing his enc
mics, or making a back ground for Dexter OF
a cigar. who but himself can be his parallel
But is he up in Hebrew PARTICLES Gan ne
stand an examination, off book, III the unclal
manuscripts? Does he, we breathlessly de-
mand, use the Greek or Sinaitic text for his
morning redectionsl Whatever may be the
qualifications of Mr.. Grant for this work, we
beg of him to pause before accepting 1t. Let HIM
consider the three hundred thousand theology
cal students hitherto debarred from Office who
will come down by the next train upon him
like the wolf on the fold ready to interpret
any evangelist at so much per line. Let him
bethink himself in time of every friend and
relative of his own or of any Congressman
who wears a black coat. For that man, as
suredly, will demand with authority the trans
lators pen, and WELD it as the keys of St.
Peter, to open not only heaven to us, but the
opposite door. Instead of one infallible Pope,
we shall find them at every street corner.
We earnestly hope to see thorough and
careful revision of our present translation Of
the Bible. But it should be begun in man
ner that will command confidence, and com
mitted to hands whose competence is univer-
sally recognized.