The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-09-09
THE NEW BIBLE.
Changes, Omissions and Alterations In the
Scriptures.
A correspondent Of the Chicago Tines,
from London, under date of July 81,

1,OW LOnuOu, uuuer uate VI ouAy -,
says: --sv-- s-'-~
The Queens printer, who alone BY an
cient statute law isipermitted to publish
Bibles within the realm, has PIT his sig7
nature upon the last proof sheet of the
new revision of the New Testament and
within a week the first shipment OF the
bound volumes will be made to wherever
the English tongue is spoken by Protest.
ants. For many reasons the new revis-
ion is an epoch in Protestism and red
letter day in all Chistjan churches the
world over. Its advent, looked forward
to for over a decade, and the hope OF
thousands of Christian minds will be a
subject Of absorbing interest.
The revision is catholic in it's nature !;
cathedral in its form. 1t is the joint
work of the new and old worlds; of all
branches of the Protestant Church; OF
learning and piety Joined hand in hand !;
priest and laymen, prelate and scholar,
working together. The necessity for
revision Of the present text has become
simperatiye-and for many years pre-,
yiously there had been careful inquiry
and discussion, in regard to the best
means BY which it ought to be brought
about. The plan that has been slowly
maturing under the advice of the most
eminent minds, in this country ;, and
America was presented to the convoca-
ton May s, 1870. The plan met with
prompt approval, and the. work now COM
pleting was begun without delay. The
scheme could never have had any hope
Of success had it .haen confined to the
Established Church, and it therefore con-
templated q union of learning and special
fitness for the labor that would embrace
the whole world ). that would unite all
English. speaking races and all denomi-
nations that would produce 8 text to be
accepted in Hands and among all peo-
ple as an "authorized version" and q cor
rect rendering of the original text SO far
rs the originaltext could be agreed upon
by scholars. ~. .a
The English Committee appointed BY
Z the conyocation comprised the venerable.
Archbishop French, Of Dublin; the
Bishops Of Lincoln, Winchester, st;
David's, Durham Salisbury, Bath and
Wells, Llandaf, Gloucester and Bristol,
! and ST. Andrews; the Deans of West
minister, Ely, Litchfeld, Rochester, Lin
coin, Canterbury and Peterborough the
( A.rchdeaconB of Dublin, Canterbury,
Bedford and Mainstone; the Professors
OF Hebrew Greek, Arabic and special
theological branches in the universities
oil .Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Lon
don, Glasgow and of hesWesleYan Col-
lergs at Dedsbury; the Baptist Colleges.
at London and. ,Bristol, the Congrega-,
tioDal Colleges at Glasgow, and the Free
Kirk Presbyterian College at Glasgow,
Aberdeen and Edinburgh. 10 Ailese
we're added eminent Laymen adapted. to
TIE work. s.;
The American Committee was organ
sized in 1871, chiefly from professors.in
the leading theological .seminaries of the
different. Denominations; the divinity
schools Of Harvard, Yale, Princeton,
New Brunswicks, 4 Andover, Rochester,
! New. York, Phiiadelphia, Trenton, Hart
ford, Alexandria and other cities furnish
ing their ablest scholars. Bishop Lee,
was the only Trans Atlantic Eplscopa-
lian.
In addition to these committees,
Tschendorf, Kennen, Ewald and nearly
q hundred other emlnelt Bible scholars
Of the Continent llncluding several Cath
olic prelatest placed their special knowl-
edge, their time and their, manuscript
treasures at the disposal OF the commit
tee, and, as corresponding members. have
rendered assistance ct the very highest
value: -,
The principles o! the revision were
marKeaiy Gonsersaslts. as a. .?M a..eea- era
lions an !ne PfesenS !e1s as ia,snaulnsss a sS
70 tne oslglnal WouM Pefmis was m aae
hfst ana g5eaI commaaonent; Me !aa out ~ was
understood toas ialsllluloess % sne orig
mar leauifsu ga:ss ~, many cnanges' yes
NO cnange Was asss lesslnsu Mi.uou' eMo. Mt
salras y0le ~ eacn ,Sommi.'es. Ane
orIglnai .s1t ~as ,sl se.sc.ea 9 IN In tue same same
manner !foni the oioest anu oes' u"cial