The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-19

printer, Who alone by ancient statute
lag ID permitted TO poblish Bibles
within the realm. hA. put bis signatars
upon the last sheet proof Of the new
revision of the New Testamsns. and
within mosth the first shipmeat Of the
bossd yolaoes will be made to Ameri-
CO. Canada. Australia, and wherever
the Engtsh tongue 10 spoken By
Protestants. For many reason that
will readily occur aud need not be emu
merstsd. the new revision is an epoch
in Psoie.tanti.m and red letter day in
all Christisn churches ths world over
Its advent, looked forwxrd to for over
. decade. aud the hope OF thousands Of
Christian minds. will be Q suhisct of
absorbing interest.
The revision is catholic ia its nature !;
csfhedrsi in its firm. IL is the joint
work Of the new and old worlds; Of all
branches of the Protestant Church; OF
lestnipg and piety joined hand in
hand; priest and layman. rrelsts and
scholar. working together. Its origin
WAS in that cradle Of AEglo Saxon
Christencom, the Conyoca,ion IF Csu>
terbury, presided over by the primate
OF England The necessity for = re
vision III the present text has becoms
imperative how imperative cie-gymen
aud scLofars alone know-and for
mahy years previously there had been
careful inquiry ami discussion among
the bishops. clergy and theological
professors. Is we'll as lsym. in regard
10 the best means by which it ought to
be- brought about. The plan that has
bees slowly ms,uTing under the advice
of the most eminent minds in this
country aud Americs was presented to
the convocatiou May G. 1870. by the
COMMITTEES having il in charge. The
plan wss so we'll digested. so bread in
its catholicity, yet so conservative in
its aims. that it met with prompt ap
proval, end the work now completing
Was begun without delay. The scheme
would never have bad any hopes Of
success had it been confined to the Es-
tsblishej Church. aud 1t therefore con-
tcmplaied union of learning and spe-
cial fitness for the labor that would
embrace the whole world; that would
unite English speaking races and all
denomins tions; that would produce .
text to be accepted in all lands and
among all peoples IS an authorized
version aud correct rendering Of the
original text 80 fer - the original text
could he agreed upon by scholars.
The English committee appointed by
the convocstion comprised the veners-
BILE Archbishop French of Dublin; the
bishops Of Lincoln. Winchester. st
David's. Durham. Salisbury, Bath and
Wells. Liandaff. Gloucester, and Bris
tol. and st Andrews. the deans of
Westminsrer, Ely. Litch6eld. Roches-
ter. Lincoln. Canterbury. and Peter
borough, the a.chdeacons of Dublin.
Canterbury. Bedford. and Maidstone;
the professors of Greek, Hebrew.
Arabic aud special theologic branches
in the universities Of Oxford. Cam.
bridge. Eiinburgn. London. Glasgow.
and Of the Wesleyan college at Deads.
bury; the Baptist colleges at London
and Bristol. the Congregational college
at Glasgow and the Free Kirk Presby-
terisn colleges st Glasgow, Aberdeen
and Edinburgh. To these we're added
eminent lsymsn adapted to the work.
The American committee was organ.
ixe.i in 1871, chiefly from professors in
the leading theological seminsries Of
the didersst denominations; the divini
~ schools Of Harvard. Yale. Princeton.
New Brunswick. Andover. Rochester.
New York. Philsdelphis. TIenton.
Hsrtford, Alex sndria. and other cities
furnishing their sblest scholars. Bish
Op Lee was the only els Atlantic Epis-
copaiisn. but such names as Woolsey.
Dwight. Schsff. Conapt. Dewitt.
Strong. Van Dyke. Green. Day, Acken.
Osgood, Tbayer, and Abbott names
familiar end reversd not alone here.
but 10 critical Holland aud erudite Ger
many-were hailed as an earnest of the
hearty acceptance of the scheme by ell
American denominations. and also their
intention to fully deserve hsit the
credit of the work. il not more.
10 addition to these committees. Fis.
cheudosf. Kennen, Ewald and nearly
hundred ether eminent Bible scholars
If. the Continent Including several
Catholic prsistes) placed their special
knowledge, their tns and their manu-
script treasures at the disposal OF tie
committes. and. as corresponding mem-
bers. have rendered assistance Of the
very highest value
How TIE REVISION WAS MADE.
The principles OF the revision were
narkediy conservative. 'As few alter
stiens in the present text ~ faithfuiness
to the original would permit was the
6sst and grea. commandment; but it
was understood that 'faitbfulnsss 10 the
original required . great many chang
e.. No change wss retained without y
two-thirds vote in each COMMITTEES.
The original text was selected in the
same mannsr from the oldest and best
uncial manuscripts.
In America and here. following in
part the plan OF the King James traus-
latoss, the committee divided. the He-
hrsists taking tho Old Testament. the
Hellonists the New TestAmsnt. These
did not subdiyide the work. however.
and each member Of the New Tests-
ment Csmmitise became responsible
for the sorreclness Of the entire work.
The method Of labor was this: Both
ccnoitsres took up Lea - ssy. the nrst
synoptis The Americans revised it.
The English revised il. The work wss
then exchanged. aud each COMMITTEES
en- rased the revisicn with lie oxn.
Where they agreed the wcrk was accep
ted Whess they diaxrrsd the vcrk
- seain eoue ovcs, explained. and