, 1881-03-18
The Changes Made in the Revised Ver-
sion of the New Testament.

EpITOR ARGUS:-'rhc pendulum of crit
iriSm SCI in muriOu 10y some around IA in
r,.gard {" our Bible revision. seems tn be
swinging 10 The side Of >lailowne>s and
irr,.vcrctIrc. they imferring That Ia few
Years our O Il family Bible will be- sheIve,l
IL II curin-ifv al The past. christianity
thwarlrd. and lis followers compelled TO
cniuIurnIr anew.
Tn hear >ontr speak Of this revision. il
won Il seem as il the time had come wien
the Gmd the Savior. in whom christians
have hitherto be icvcL. mnst now give
u'.tr To "A new system al avs. amd Christ
himself tn some suhiuEit,d essence of
morality. Thrv seem tn think thar Onr
learned rcvi-rrS lave made modern
rhnught aud irrling Ilicir tiXel standard,
ulriny down the words ot Christ and his
apn>ilr> Ia iif into this. tIat the essence
of orr rr'i.inn must. by this revision, be
rrariu>i,tl. rt.Iunu ilrn. aud reCnnSt rnCir1.
at tn. bidding nf these mol, III methods.
Ali. mr. SnmvIlti"g evidently new. IllrSe
iI~ti liOuS ones crave. y change from The
Divim. aud enunblii g tea, hingS of the
-u,r,rI word They must mumIiStakabiy
Sprnk ot Ihi- bible revision a. they would
wish il To br. hoping that il would c0-iu-
cid,. with. aud indnr<c rlR.ir own $50 C1llled)
meta auhv-iciI views. But oh. won't they
he disappointed, These wnnd be- rrrvrrr-
rrS nf sacred truth Will shortly discover
that the r,.viIrrS of our bible know not
WHAT In tlh with y metaphysical God. and
their revision viii hrvt. 40 9th + hut the
God al tie Bible. who i heart TO hrart.
We mlv Strtr fiilt The following ur'- n
few "f the changes made in the Revised
VcrSinn oi the New Tr>tln"ut. and these
Illustrations Will furnish a sample Of the
whor. viz:
Mathew 3. 1.-The past ''came" Is
charge into the PR scnI ''csmeih. B. 10
-''>u!trrrd' changed into ''suffr,'th."
1. 5-''a" pinnacle. changed into ''Ile pin
acle. 4. c. ''Iu" changed into ''On." 1.
S-.'inIn'' chlrgrd into '.unto." 6. l.
fake heed that ye do not vuur righteous
ness before mrn. II. 25-"'prevrnied"
..pakr first" 10. l7-Why askrIh thou
M. cnne,.rr,ins th,r which is god! one
there i WIN l. good; hu il thou wou'd't
enter into lite. keep the commandments.
Mark Q. Al and Al, These verses alto
" tier nmiItrd.)
Luke 10. Isle that hearerh yOr hear
eth me. and lr that rci,cieth me reject I'll
him that sent me. 10. 23-Amd in Hades
lie lifted up his ewes. being in torment.
Iouh 81, ID. 16. l7-"'Simon son of
Inhu." ia each verse.
Acts 2. 47-Aud the Lord added 20 them
day by day those thar were hcing saved.
RI n. \. -. 30 -'-FnreOrlaiuet' snbSti-
rut"d f"r '.picdesIina,ed." Also ih Eph.
!. 8, II.
: Cor. II. -.sSuffar"-.'bear with. "
Eph. 6. IA Grace iT with all Them that
love nmr Lord Jesus Christ in nncorrupt-
ness.
Phi ip. 3. 20 81 We wait for Saviour.
tiIr I."r! Jesus Chri>t. who -hall fashion
anew rlie body Oi nnr humiliation. tha' il
mry be conformed 10 the body OF his
glory.
A. will he seen by the above, the
changes made in the Revised VcrSi0n are
mostly v,rhIl-Ofrru changes merely ni q
-ing'r word, a. in Luke 10. l6: He that
r.iecrrth y"u. rirctrIh me" instead al
lie That lr-piSrfh You. d"SpiSrth me-
So'netin".S il l. merely fhr change of the
tense "f n verb. us in VI ut. 3. !: ..ln these
'laNs cnmrih John the Baptist. instead OF
came; or. the change OF an article IA 'rhr
l'inarlr of th- temple" tor ~ pinnacle"
| This should 81 encr' cIrperS aud will lay
III" k'arS at many that there wonid bt
Sonnh rllir Il clI'ngrs ia the Scriptures.
un-rirling the foundations of onr faith
Dn Thr contrary. ilr revision vii ht
t"n'.d to c"nfirm al HAT we hold mnSl
precious ami establish. rather Than weak
rh. our confidence III our English Bihir.
W.
San Juan, W. II.
We ar" anth"rized to state thai
Rev. L. j Weekes, Of the Prasbvte.
rian church, San Juan, will shortl,
b" prepared In furnish our friends %
'he islands with fine editions of the
New Version of the New Testament
(now valued and sold at $40 PEE
copy) for the nominal pric,. of $l.25
OF course the demand will he gen
"ral. Orders will be filled in the ur
der in which they are received, with
emittance.-ED.