, 1875-05-02
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
L Rrief History Of the English New
Testament.
Reasons Why the Proposed Revision
-. Should Be Made.
Extracts from Mr. Moody's First London
Sermon.
Dedication Of the Fifth Pres
byterian Church.
Notes and Personals at Home and
Abroad.
Notes and Personals at Home and
Abroad,
Church Services To-Day.

m
A~At o0A 'te<'S Aos"
THE Nfw TreTaMFhr.
axEr msroRx or TUE COMMON xxo11aH WEE
SION.
~ as Eaaor Of The CHICAGO Tribune:
CHICAGO, Nay 1.-Before proceeding With thi
subject wiah to notice question asked mo b,
fQucstioner in last Sundays TB1BuSE- H,
asks whether OF not know the New Testamen
Is tue2 1.nswer BY saying that it possesses NOR,
reliable evidences Of its genuneness and trutt
than ali the ancient Greek literature tocether
M n,ndnrtion nj .nciant crost 1;.or,t1o. ~.
80 y ";.- "'el1so17 ~
.ofluen 1niee suca witnesses as Inc manuscr1pt'
known as the sinalt1c, Vatican, and AeIandrine
The hitter is certainly as carly as the middle a.
tbe f7f,h and tha tvo other M aar1v .. IL. mia
a.. ~ ~. f1,rtt oa,t,,1 w. = .rs ~
80, ~. " 40 -o.l 49, sensy Anefe rs 4ounoan
e1te1na evidence that these manuscripts con
tain the text OF the Greek Now Testament which
w4z accepted in tbs second and third centuries
11,a ca,ahr.+ad IT. 1ya,h.,aart up.o-;
-. I ~ n"'s 4-o'-
asDee n's otuAllea ~ ioi LUG sc" testament nore
sources OF tho greatest antiquity than are pos
rsseed by al thu old Creek literature nut to-
cet1,er"
-,
:. = @a M eA1nese ao'ocate OF ne" res1s1on OF
she common English version Of tho New Teetar
critical comparison of it with the original Greek
+b.rocf rha e,,d t,,,oo ,,..,,.a,r;rts ii. 49,
e;r.;.;. 49, ..~>e as s .1a-ANIs; , .no
e1nAaae7 '~1can, ana A!e1anotane, Ano many
man who, under the direction and patronage of
King Ja,nee- nrenarad ,1,a nrns.nt common var
x;on 1,;o ,at -, o,;,,;r., .s,,L II :. ,,,-
-, - -.:s. 49, =. -. 1n,. e.s4 s 80
r.eaea VI Pa4os &aos1Aeea. LAO ~ss enule
Eoglsh New Testament Faa publshed
about a. D. 1850 It mas the
work of tha renovuad Ennlish . roforrnar
1obn w;c;s ao,ne+n,aa enollad v,,1;+ra ~ W
c1;t1s r. ~. ~ nrn.ad hrt va -,h3,stad ~ T.
11.t+ 1890 ~: ,.'i.,ot; ~ - ~
III I'm drsiped ,1sr, pr;nrino f,ad ~ ot .e ~.
h.an ,nganta, r. transl.-ni t-o1o ~ ~
Tu1cata W;ct;f knaw Int i,.tta G-saE o A1ee1a a.
rsds ba tr.naiat;on ~ i,s o.rn fraa I'll ..'J
sccord ' "a hsd ~ nor.i snnnnr+ III - sau
-. ~ ~ Tostawart - ~. ~ 'eaa- i
~ nsar,1 in xas1. T. w.s ax+a,.1;nai. pGoaae
istad ia n 1854 b;l, 1 va ;ntrosneyef !nu inta
ina House of I,o,,Is tn snnnrass II hut + waa 80
1ected. Wic,iY wss nersrcntpd MT nniv IN ,;fo
Int hia homes wera rniIa,v eyhrme7 .,,d hr,ns,;
in.3 n 142a and fheir ashes s,ss1 ,nto 1n1s,1
stream fnoen A. The Sx;fr Alas Tor tha raa estta.4
ritr ~ hnTnan naturai 49, >'Ae 'AA1.s
The naxt rransIator of the Sav Test,ment in.
to Eprlish WEI tie iiIustrious William Tvnd,1e
rho 60 hor, N Glnncaa.a-sh;~a r,a;.n5'
shont the vea1 = 74sa ~ art =, r[E,,sina 1uu,
by moyabis tynes had nov boen inrente5 Th;s
nccnrro1 a}ort 49, r-rr n 7see rrrn3a1o
ieft Fnsland IN A. b. 1891. and want tn H.ms
harr. for the reason. ss ho said that there was
~ ni.ca in III Enoiand xhars 5a confd tr.3.,sss
tha Na1r Teatsne~t n woot fro-,n Han.h,,se
to Wittemb,1rr. rnara ha n,et he creat Ger1,an
~sfornaa- utno~ ~ 4 = ssoc - nnhuahaI
an ad,1ion of th4 New Test.Tnent =, En11;sl
fr,nsi.ted from Tia f,rael Tb;s no ,,ons
a;fher IT 9ntwarn ~ Hsnahnr. n11,;,,1 I;e i;te
sarnr.f cd;+;ons wero @I,,;sbaa uis .ranata u.e
~, =; - -,o-s. ~ ~ sn.ara En;. 10
.;oc NJ 20 49, - 10 ,a-st 3;.t,os.;ahaa
man of h,s, H. u d;ad ~ - martrr,s % 1sa,R su r.
Ike bis u maste1, Jesus ~ Christ, vas % BETRAYED to
Enei;shm.r ns,nad ph;,1;ns ~ bsc.naa @ -. 9rdaa a.
L NAV aaam incredih]e mt IT ia navartba1eas
irns fhst t1;a e1e.t "ood nd ,asrrod Tnes
william Tnd.s ~ss sbe, het,,red ra hr ths h,,1,sn
monster Philips ana condemned to desth ~
haretie in A. b. 15s6. He w,s frst afrano1.5
~nd than hnrned ~ nahaa .rh,a oecm-ra5 -
YIlyord. near RrusseIs.
It in related that 1Tnf7alo losned his hetraver
Phllins 20 shilIinrs or, the yeTv morning of tha
4 haln ~ g1orv Iii s,7rrnnn5 ~
name Of William Tyudaie as long as an eIition
al the Fnciish New Testament Ia knoxn. Rnt
I mnst hasten.
The next edition of the New Testament was |
nnb1iehed in 1856 by Miles Cnyerjafe- n NIL
[ished the vhola Rible- h substantially fol- |
toned TyrdMe.
Afterwards came what ia known "A Matthews' |
Bible, which was in fact onIv TFnda1a'e and !!
Coverdale's under the assumed tarne Of Thomas !
bfatthews- An edition. by Hollybushe OF the |
New Testament both il Latin and English; |
from the Latin Vujgate Was printed in 4 D. |
1888. It obtained no celebrity.
Tho Grea. Bible, which was published inAD.
1853, war only revision Of Matthew'S win few
un1npo1tant alterations, It wss called tue Great
Bible because Of its size. It was published in
Paris by the direction and patronage Of Crom-
scll The reason for it9 publication in Paris
Eas, ,.because paper was there more meet and |
mt to be had for the doing thereof than in tho
,ealm OF England. and also that there we're mora
lore of good TorEmen Tor the ready disnatch at
he same"
ha .Bibie. vbich uan easantia1iv like tha Grant
3ible.
The New Testanent Wan nnh,ishad in Enc1;ah
{ f;enevn in 4 q 1S57 cnreria1a ,;dad ;n ia
1ans]afion n Is 1854 tha R;.hnnsa B;h1a