Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-12

Chester.
DEAN HowsoY
now came forward and said it gave him
great pleasure TO address those who do
not belong TO the sister Church here Of
the Church Of England. The special
ecclesiastical object of his visit was the
late convention in Baltimore. On the
question before themAthat of revising
the authorized verson Of the Bible-he
thought there was, as it were, a biblical
atmos pbere, and, with those living aud
breathing IN it 1t icould be held that
where it was clearest religious contro-
verses would lose much OF their bitter
ness. 1t was in love of the Holy Scrip
lures that the work has been undertakeDi
the object to learn conclusively the ae-
curate meaning of the Holy Word. de
would explainlthe position1 in England.
Enlightened public opinion there has
been tending to this for some years past
as,anybody familiar with late religious
literature must know=witnesst the writ
ings of DR.. Trench, Archbishop of Dub
lin; Professor Weston, the Dean of Can
terbury, and othersI A gradual but
large awakening OF public sentiment
has been going on and it would seem
that God hat touched
THE HEARTS OF MANY EMINENT MEN
at the same time, to the end that HIS
Word should be rightlyinterpreted, The
matter had been brought before the Con
vocation of Canterbury rather suddenly
and, after a warm debate, was adopted
Mistakes may have been made and com,
plications have arisen The greatest ol
these is that the Convocation of York
has, as in many cases on record, taken
n different view from that by the sister
Convocation. So it happens that the
York Convocation is holding aloof, and
as one under that body, i am moi
permitted to take any part in the revls
ion. ! am, therefore, all the more free
to advocate it. 1t would be calamity
if America did not take part IN Tho
work; so that when it would be com
pleted all denominations should combine
to receive and adoptit II is signlfcani
that it is not the work of an ecelesias
tical body, but of competent Biblical
scholars. He trusted the meeting would
have the effect Of removing much mis-
giving here on the point at issue
IN ONE BROAD, GENERAL VIEW
its cause could be stated. 1t is desirs
BILE that the version of the Scripture il
our vernacular should be as perfect al
possible. The moment was ripe for II
and our responsibility is the greater
from the fact that the English Language
seems destined to become more and moyi
the language Of the eworld tits objected
that the revision will increase doubt
He would say that great deal Of doubl
exists. 1t is the feature of the age, and
a great deal of it is of that very vague
doubt impossible to define, Ihoir mot
10 was, Whatsoever is is true, and we
have no right to let any error exist which
we can correct. Another objection aud
graver one is that 1t will tear up and
render obsolete that literature wherein
the Bible isrso often quoted. The he
yising Committee have laid down two
rules which it will be well to remember;
!. No alteration to be made unless in
the careful opinion of the reyisors it'be
absolutely necessary.
2. That all alterations be expressed in
tue grand old form adhered to IN our ex
isting Bibles.
Alterations will arise from either Of
the two causes. Either the copy of the
Hebrew or Greek text translated from
wasfaulty orelsel CD tHis4HAa r
THE TRANsLATIoN ITSELF WAS FAULTY
Changes Of much Importance could be
made without impairing our general YER
sion. In the epistle to the Ephesians
doubts had arisen, from the absence ol
The usual salutations, whether it was re
aiis the work of St Paul. In severa
manuscripts the word Ephesus had read
Laodicea, or Colossi, bnt the discovery
Of the Sinaitic manuscript had settled
the question, because a blank was found
in the firstve where the word Ephe'
sus stands in our translation, proving Il
to hive been acircular letter. the blank
to be filled in, according to which con
gregation it was sent. In the same book
chap. ", verse 0, For the fruit of the
spirit is in all goodness, righteousness
and truth the word spirit should
read light" By this change tbs
whole context is illuminated and mad,
to shine in all its graceful beauty. In !
Timothy, vi, 8, the expression thai
! gam ln kOuilhthnH nh1AH AStN 49,.
ness is gain. Not even a miser would
pretend that the first is correct. Fur
ther on it says, The love of money il
the root of all evil. !" IL It Is the roo
there could be-no other radix. IL shouls
appear love Of money is root Of al
evil.fr In the Gospel the oftuseS
"strein at a gnat and swallow camel
is evidently q misprint in the early Eng
lish editions. When II Is read
STRAIN OUT A GSAr
aud swallow camel the perfection Of
the. figure is seen. In St Lakes account
Of The Passion Of our Lord where Il
SAYS. Nothing worthy OF death haI
been done unto him" the substitution o
"by" for unto is more logical an'
correct. In St. John, "0ne fold an'
oneshepherd shoald be one flock an'
one shepherd change which carries /
wider, ldndlier sense than the words o
the present version. The Anglican
| Church was not arrogated anything il
commencing this Earki and the hes
proof Of that was that America vas ia