, 1875-11-21

f.vo rse to dttcsso to defer the voting there
pon nj the ne1t meeting whensoever tho sane shaI
be required by cnethi.d Of hose present at hemeet-
ms snc Intended vote to be amounted IN the notice
for tho next melting. ....
stpe,,tl-To revise the headings CT chapters, pages
paragraphs. italics, nnd punctuation.
E,ahtt-To refer on the part of each company, when
considered desirable to digineS scholars, End literary
men, whether at home OF abroad, for theaE opinions
nicated to the other as 1t is completed IN order hat
there may to rs little deviation from uniformity IN
TtntR-That The special or by-ru1ea for eaeh compa~
~ To msse III cdrrsction.* In writing previous to
the meeting
t To plaoc ali the corrections due to te1tu consid
erations on the efhand margin, and an other eosEec
tons on the rght-hand margin. ..,x,
t3} To trahs1nit TO the Chairmao IN csse ot ocue
unzbe to attend the corrections proposed IN the pof
ton apreed upon for consideration.
The foregoing are the rules By which the revls-
ers are guided ID their work. Every unpre]u-
diced person must admit that theae salbs bond aa9
general, and liberal az to include ~! Eeeothne
scholars Of whatever sect, creed, OF cnu1en.
They are not limited OF confined bY any aec-
scism. All PERSONS eminent for scnola1ssn,p
,7ited to cooperate IN the "olh, ho,nrn, :,
lion or religious body they may oelope.
:oyisers are divided into two companies
:; the Old aud one for the New Testament.
Id Testament Committee is composed OF
!; oaty-fye eminent scholars anu olY'ues -
Great Britain and eleven equally e1nluen' - W.
can scholars and d1yinea. Or. g: :: a: van
Dyck, the distinguished translator OF tue nap.c 'a
Rihfe who resides most Of the time at begfus,
Syria. is q member OF this COMMITTEE 10
COMMITTEES for the Revision Of the New les1a.
ment consists Of twenty o. ane snd fteen
equally distinguished American scholafs ana
di,,nes The re1isers for both the Old and ne"
Testaments belong to various churches, creeds.
sects, and institutions OF learning No man
1..s.
can truly say that their Wofk WILL NO n@44o"'
blgoted, or sectarlan. IN.
These reyise1s hare been quietly at work With
out pecuniary fee or reward, or nope OF p1oaase s
thereof, since the summer OF a. L. low. 70
sessions Of the British Committees are nelo III
the venerable DeaneFy OF ,osad messa'nss 1arnsaem
Chamber, where tho Westminster Assembly fne1:
welcomes one Of the companies. No porslon OF
the revision is to be gwen TO Tue puono tM sae
whole is completed. This ls wise. AL genu'nc,
rnprejudiced Biblical scaolars onnSsos = anas aeas
s.ry and desirable. When the common Enghs9
version Of the New Testament WAS revised anu
nubIighea by the authority of King James "a. y.
161l1 there were no known manuscripts u tno
Greek Nav Testament more anclens suau m ;.1 ~
tenth century. and many of these were very IN
nerfect. It was tha-best that could tnen nave
hean made. HulloHed be it's history and mem
oryt It was then, f01n still is. but the result OF
several rer1sionB There arc now IN e1lsteuce
three TnAQuBcTipE8 O1 tuG NIooa NC" ASes$'1
AZ anclcut as the third or fourth century. Ihes
are known as the Snaitic, Vatican. and Alexan-
dime manuscripts. These three are OF far great
er authority than all the resources OF hing
James' reyisers combined. Besides these there
ara numerous other manuscripts of great anthor-
ity. The manuscripts Of the Greek New !esta-
ment we're preserved by copies made by dlser5
copylsts. It il, therefore, not at all strange that
divers errors crept into the numerous copies
thus made. It is undoubtedly true that the now
luoyn manuscripts ..f the Greek New Testament
furnish very correct text Of the orteinal Greek.
The coumon English New Testament contains
many errors and defects; none, however (as
beIere). which, when corrected, will ct all dis
turb ito foundations Of Christianity. Such
errors aad defects should be corrected. No one
will deny this. Several revisions OF the common
English New Testament hare been made since 1t
vas revised aud pub'ished, but mona Of them
has taken it's place in the heaHs of tho English
speaxing nations. But firmly believe that tho h
Completed work Of the 1evi6ers now so quietly.
toil,nc under the name Of the Convocat1on OF
Canterbury will in due time become the Bible OF
English speaking Christsndom-
Il will probably require from .three to flV
yosrs more befu1e this 1evisionwill be completed
and published. CHARLES H. hsEo.