Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-01-24
The Revision Of the Few Testament.


work, having begun III June, 1870. The
total number of the company is twenty
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throughout Has oceii hlteea. 1nere 10"
remains the consideration OF ANY further
suggestions that may be made by tho
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AoA wa. 49, N'
OF some qCesIiohs winch nave oeeh 10,
served till the end. The n. Y. 'POsC,
| in noticing this announcement. makes the
| ea,,o,,;, - oon,mon+s
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since iHe WorK OF revising Ihe a.lInoi-
lzed version OF the New 1eslamehI wa
undertaken, IN the year soIo, Iheie has
Deen an eager loOklng LOT Oh tne feSui'o !
tnaC revision. Alsious peISohs evo''
where nave waited Win 10 AtIie ahAH
to learn WHAT hghC th'S revision d. y
hands OF the most emlheht SCHOLARS ui
age Would Throw upon uoupIlul any w.
puted texts; what mooihcatloh. IL al.
would be suggested as necessary iu olIno-
do1 theology; what PASSAGES VI the Sacie.
| text would cOme u US VIII aiIeIeu SisAi
ncance; WhaG passages vi pa!Co VI PasSases
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tliat IL Is announced from LONDON ShaC I':e
Engllsn comnlttee nave nnlsneu cneIi
WORK ana Walt only Ior Inc last SUGGESTIONS
| " oiiSAA AAuAOAAoA A0'1N
anxiety to see the new version Will % IN
creased tehtold. Inc recent Iepore eiiaI
tae revlseIs nave omltted Inc last t"elve
verses oi o.. MarA gospel; upoa s.Uunus
Mhlcu Ile evening losI SeS ioaSu no'
| long ago In us review VI commentary.
mas especially Stinulateo curiosity ana
deeper feeling OF concein:
Inc need OF such revision as Gn!s was
ainPeialise. Flne as our h,gilsn pipe Is
as piece o! eefafy WORK zone IN the g0l-
Den age Vi Ells!lsn literature, there can De
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| passages to the original text, and by their
long !ete.tlon, may not aiso e1 M,s lui-
cor If 6 ay;s,s iy re. con IF tho nrassnce
OF any passage in our received version
which modern criticism is compelled TO re-
JecI, ID InosI serious ~ az !, Cnea9aole
not fond if Necessary CESAR 9TH Tins 10 rei.ct anv
part of the text as we have it and to that
point chiefly the anxiety Of the public
will direct itself.
II a revision was to be made-and we
have already said that its necessity was
peremptory-no better plan could have been
devised for making it than the one adopt
| ed. 1t would have been calamity if
dozen different versions, made with posi-
BILE sectarian bias had commended for pop
| ular acceptance. In that case we should
presently have had no accepted version at
all. A new translation made bv the Joint
labors and put forth with the Joint sane
ton of the most eminent scholars and d.
vines of various DENOMINATIONS. in Eng
land and America. will carry with it a
weight of authority which, if it does not
secure for the new version immediate pop
ular acceptance, will at least prevent any
thing like sectari.n ,vranolinr OVER unes-