The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-30
PENSIONS or sCRIPTURE.
The American Bible 1 nion Defends its Pub
IicnIions AgaInst lowell AItnck.

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The ABOVE paragraph was shown the Rev.
DIR. VIM. IL. wyckon, Core ponding Secre-
taly Of the American Bible Union. lie smiled
aud said, " There have been all kinds Of charges
made against our revision Of the Scriptures, but
this Is the first time that l have heard 1t called
Roman Catholic. Scholars OF various denomi-
nations are engaged in the wor<-Church Of
England, Old School Presbyterian, Disciples
Meth odsts, Associate Reformed Presbyterian,
seventh Day Baptist, American Protestant
Episcopalian, Baptist, aud German Reformed
Church-but no Roman Catholics. Our reyi-
sion differs widely in many respects from
the King James version, for that Is
in many places incorrect; and, Of course
the primers winch are made up from our
revision d. not re al a. they would II made up
from the King James version. For instance, in
one place IN the King James version tue word
mules Is gwen, when the re al meaning OF the
Hebrew Is warm springs OF medinicdl
springs In another place the name OF a coun-
Try Is gwen as the name OF man, and so On.
rhe work on the King James version OF the
New Testament was done by scholars all chosen
from the Episcopal Church. Its dual revision
was hy liisnop Bincroft, who was appointed by
the King "a the chief taskmaster and oyerseer
Of other TcyiseTs The character of Banci oft for
such a service may be inferred from the fact
that during one year, while the revision was In
progress he caused about three hundred Puri-
tau ministers to Oe deprived Of the means Of
support for themselves and their families.
Within ak months after Its public ton Prof est
ant scholars began To point out defects, and de-
mand their correction. Prof Campbell Of Mar
ischM College found over four hundred errors
In the KING James version Of Matthew alone.
" There ars other prominent deiects-fOr IN
stance, the arbitrary verse arrangement. This
was due 10 X bert stephens, printer, who 3l6
years ago cut up the paragraphs Of the New
Testament into verses, a we now have them IN
the English TRANSLATION. Stepnens's son said
that his ittner did the work while riding on
horseback from Lyons to Paris, distance Of
aoOut 2iO miles, lhen the text itself Of the
English version Is corrupted In the interest OF
sect irianism. In Acts XIII 4, read. In
tending alter Easter To brIug him forth to the
people In the original II Is Passover
Il ster Is a positive corruption of the text,
aud ITS retention can only suuseTve the Romisn
and Episcopal festival of Faster. think tnat in
restoring the real meaning OF the Hebrew, in
This case, the Americ IA Bible Union can hardly
be- charged with disseiuin ting Romanism."
Dr. Wyckon ADDED that the scholars Of the
Church OF England now engaged In the work If
revision at Canterbury hat applied for assist
ance to the American Bible Union, which n adj
recommended 10 them some Of its best
sglOlars