The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-11
,tsrary men, whether at homo or abroad. for
their opinion.

,,.o-,rv man, whether at homo or abroad. for
| their opinion.
| ,rho MA reats,rnent Hebrew text chosen In
consen,anee III he acceptance OF the above
nrincii,les was the Masoretic, which presents
Tess variation than any n.ner aneasna ~.
| The received text of TIE King James version
| .,as dariv.d from comparatively late medlm.s
| vi man,,sorints wheretls those chosen by the
reviaers are cIaimed to be from Inc Oldest ana
best nnclaI MSS, the oldeSb VERSIONS and
patristlc quotations. y. a,..,4 nt..,. i
named principles are faithfully e,tftleu ouI ~
| thev have been thus FAR, the psOlie neeu ngs
anprehend any dangerous iDnovh ti0ns no
article Of faith, no moran pFeeept =, ~ u.-
fnrhed no secfarian views will be t"odueens
| the revision will 80 nearly resemble tL'e press
ont version that the mass OF readsls anu
hearers will scarcely perceive Lhe dlnsl e,nee,
while careful comparison VIII snow shsass
improvements In every chapter and afnho5t
Ia every verse. The only serious dillculsyS
may arise from - change OF o text In o lew n Il
stances where the overwhelming eVldence oi
the oldest makes chan8e necessa.y, hha
perhaps also from the omission oil Italics
the metricnI arrangement OF poetry ana lbs
sectional OF prose, and from new headings 81
chapters, which, however, are no part OF tn0
Word Of God, and may DO handled Will
greater Freedom, .
Az the work progresses strictly confidential
copies Of the revised portions are sent by tnd Y
American comp MES to the English, ana tne
same is done by the Eoglish TO the American.
Both committees then have o separate revfa-
Ion. with tho desira of harmoniztng both re-
Visions The results Of this second labor are
again transmitted. When the King james
revision was In progress nearly 30O years ago
the work was distributed an OnR SuD-C0fnmlL~ Il
tees OF the revlsprs. The Anglo-American res
ylsere, however, go carefully as Wnoi8
through every word, text ana chapter Oh the
Bible consecutvely. Comparisons are then
made. not an authority Ia overlooked. by
these means the greatest harmony and CON
sIsteney Ia said to have been secured, which
was not the case with the hing James veF-
sion. Au appendix and preface are TO DO pub
lshed containing all differences which may
remain after u final vote
The reason given for the extreme secrecy
with which the work has been carried "a tnu5
far is that the committee believe Ii they
should publish any part OF their work before +
tho revision Is completed they would become
entaDgled In controversy and embarrassed 10
their labors. Every public statement hitherto
made has been wholly I'M tuthorizsd and pre-
mature No part of the work will be given
to the world until the revision is thoroughly
accomplished When completed 1t will be pre-
sented to the public as the united work q
both committees. 1t will only be when
adopted Ivy tho churches and Bible societies.
Of both England and America that it will be- /
come tn" property Of the public. like the ver7
sion OF King james.
When begun, 1t was calculated the Anglo
American revision would take ten years or
uninterrupted labor. It will probably take
two more than that to complete the work.
The committees will then dissolve, and the
churches aud tho bible societies will have To
decide whether the revision will be used along
side or take the place altogether OF the King
James version. Prof SchaH does not believe
that the old version, which is so deeply tm-
bsdded In our religious II yerature, Will ever
entirely go out of use. Hs believes, however,
that the revision will take precedence In all
disputed matters and be held as the highest
authority.
Considerable expense has OF necessity been
Incurred, notwithstanding the revlsers In
both countries give their time and labor with
out pay. The travelling printing and other
expenses of the American com mittees have
bsen betrayed by voluntary contributions. A
finance committee has been In cooperation
with the Bible revision committee. Hon.
Nathan Bishop, OF New York, and Mr.. AM
drew l.. Tavor are the chairman and treas
urer respectively OF this auxiliary commit-
tee, the members OF which have guaranteed
the yearly payment OF $4,000, which has so
far been sufficient to meet all expenses. Hon.
William Il. Dodge. Judge Fancher, Albert D.
Barnes, John O. Havemeyer and Rev. DIR.
Storrs are among the more prominent MEM
berS OF this com mittee.