, 1880-01-04

petMG,en lle tHano,l;cfina ts,a mnmt who f1our-
;eSad =, ri, SEVENTH century. is believed to
ilave lave been the flrst who rendered any part Of
time. bul a te,1 1tanc,stons hV others os for IN
ifance the Venerable Dede, in rs, and Alfred
fha Graat iii clearing the Way sonewhat for
the the more complete and perfect works of
,nar Ills was the first translation Of the ell
ne eei ori,tures intn Enelish. and was made
from tIe Vuigate. The entire New Testa-
ae ment and the latter part of the Old was Ills
WORK. ths rsaander vas t1anslateA lat BY lis
Aftrr fer m n il interval Of century and a half
Nvciiffe,s I,ibie was followed by Tyndal's
n;h1o in 1Sa): Coverdale's. 1881: Matthews.
15$9; Taverner's, 1850; tie Great Bible, first
IN. The Geneva Bible. 1860. published in the
citv ci whose name It bears bY a number of
Fnp)ish diyines who had taken refuge there
frnm persecution at home. It was the first
Enelish Bible printed in Roman type, and
;nio ,.ersos and in which words suDplied by
t,a +r,nsiofors we're MT in italics After this
came fhe Bishops Bible, 1868, the work, as
its 1,onr indicates, Of a numqer of Bishops
= Elizabeth. it % ~' - 's' ''@''@'' 1@> ~ e
Iii these translations and reyisions were
o,,i,r t;nai1v Iisc,riled among PrOtestants nj
}east in favor Of what las since been known
nc The Authorized Version" though,
stranpe to sav. notwithstanding its freouent
iatinn VAS never ssauthorizcd by King,
whnther: v3: the words s:Appointed to be read in
CHURCHES" e ~ were attixed BY any authority
save thal OF elt1ei e ptr;er " ooohse6a ,se III
rs mere trade deFfce lhis version was tlle
ts naees oa sd of of Whom only % are
now known, and was not, surely speaSlag, "a
translation put rather n, colatlom oI all
that had gone oelopg: 14ese nleI Metc s,t ~ ~
pointed III l6ot oy ng ~ Jalles u, pMt tha1 aGr
fhra aer and IN tie
interval some changes IN thelr nt numper @ te Weae
rendered necessary Dk deatn anu olilel
causes: me trnstaootS n +he he 1,or pl'1uer norl
Into six eopahtabs, tbs anu ,nd 1ne Merk the sa''- po1
rate portions , weEe atterwara subttteqf eat af
to the entire no4y lor approtH,al: t, a ;Soa w. VI
fifteen rules was drawn up ior r. tilelr gulelice
by te hns cem1Malu' a,.t luz eApsnse Mas
borne llon ~ lne hg ~ ~ cot.aGiiaa y, t',a
from the BISHOPS any oLners lnLelesteo III tle
work. Ihe style OF the version ~ Is pecu1.1 II;
and 1t ms beell aSserte aI tts h iey.Seas ,s aa
not use "tne acl.lal cuIrellt poUh lMtSt.tse
nor me eoltGqnlal sPeec VI +a ine a,, aaF is pG,
Re - bs ta1 t m 1t @ e on' tr',s
worthy translation INTO ne Engllst nerSI ;ai,
lar, and one that, from the favor win Wnlcn
it was recelyed was, II me pest sense OF tiie ne
woru aGore 3 rnta ~ iac az lGat, 3at,1ar III
sigie 1910 1 Edinme, pt3nte ti1a Ill oacA 'e''ei'
anu with the following tltle:
The HoLxl bible @ Ger Gonteyning the old Tes, s;
lament, AND IHts NEW, Ne@ly tn Ir.las!aIeo ass1
out OF .ie Uln 5.nnnora ~ md rcvised
by his Waicsties speciaii @ % connandment. Ap-
.1o;nrod - La 1eo1 in Ehurchcs In1nrintcd ut
ffoni'on hv Rohert BarEer. Printer to the Kings
most excellent Majestic Ammo Dom 1911.
The fret mounscrint New Testament in
Enclish was that Of Wvcliffe, 1850, which was
foijnwed two wears after bv the first MS, Old
tamcmt % was Tyndale,s. Cologne and Worms,
1:so5.:; The first printed Bible was that Of
Govaria1e Antverp 1El5 The Seven Ppni-
fnnt;aI Palms was The first portion Of the
Scripture printed in England, 1505, and
that t % Of Coyerda1el Southwark. f5s7. The
f;rst hook Of any kind printed in America
was The aDav Psalm Book,'' Cambridge,
Mass, 1910. and the first Bible printed in
America and having an American Imprint
hearing date Phiiadelphia. I7S2.
r On 9 e parcnr Eord
or % phrase. many bibles have come to be
known and designated BY these. .peculiaritles:
H ndatinn fnr Ike iastna1nei a les in the fnct
that in The passage. s ace 1Thou Shalt notbe afraid
fur the terror l1v night - Psalm xci & the
1a.ord fcrr,r is renIernd in a certain edition
.sbngens.n In the first Of the above three
instances. Adam and Eve are said to have
made for themselves brecclles Of fis-leayes:
and in the other instance wich was d Douay
Rible. by the way, the word balm in the pas
saora "fs fhere M balm in Gilead?'' is rem
,1e7ed "rosin.s
An entire article might be given to an ac-
count Of the typograpRical errors alone that
have from time to time disfrured the sacred
text. Printers and DEMONSTRATORS are only
noor mortals liable to err. as many an author
knnzys in his sorrow. Init If is NEVERTHELESS
.iifficr1t to understand how such mistake
cn1ld arise as rave to n Cambridge edition
unfinished 81 lately as 1905 the title Of the
tsT,o Remain Rh]e y, THE eGitor wrote on the
7narein 1 attic nroof the words titd remain.S
with refere1ce to q comma Which the printer
thnnel5f sh0ii1d he taken out. The latter.
hnwever Settled any doubts he NAV have
had m the subject nv inserting the two
words eo That tha entire nossage. WAS made
In reasI. q Pprsecnted him that was horn
eftar tha cnir;t n s.cY9n;,, even 81 il is no1yU
i g. snorool,. Iaes rid;cmln,,s hinnder' hit q far
1nnra ca1i1ns onr occurred in: what was in
cnnsaouanica If ifcaI1eJ the t1Vicked Bjhie.O
mlh!isIei III London in 1851, LII this case
cnmman,lment. This awful error was
pointed out to Charles L, who fined
the printer G300,-a small fortune
i'll these 'dayS,-anu caused the enLlre
pffjflNn- tn he UHStT0YRu. LII announcer LONDON