The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-11
Ina,,,more American, 7lh.l

baltimore American, Till
Rev. DIR. Barclay, OF the First English
Lutheran church, Lsnva'e aud Fremont
streets. preached on the proposed revision
Of the Scriptures Sunday morning, taxing
his text from II. Timothy, ill.,, l6-lt !" Al.
Scripture Is given by inspiration OF Goo,
&c. In his opening remarks he stated mat
many assumed that this passage barred all
revision. for bow could man revise VIVA,
God had iuspircds Ten years ago, sa'u
the speaker, II was deemed exped'eo,'
and practically decided, % have rcsi'
icu--but Of what .--siWply the version
known as that OF King james, aod now ~
use. Help had been solicited from Ane,'-
ca, and competent men IN the use OF Tue
hcst .,moroyed means had labored for ten
wears. and. as the result OF their labors, the
New Te.tamen: would be forthcoming. ana
wac apxiousjy looked for 10 February
next. DIR. Barclay said he would take 90
exception that among these revisors there
was no representative from his own denom'
ipa,ion conYessediy In the front rank IN
scholarship. and having more members IMAM
all the Protestant Churches OF The woiiu
combined, the lutheraDs representing
nearly forty millions OF members-ior tne
Lutheran Church was German IN origin,
and had drawn the whole force OF her doc
trinaI life from Luiher's Bible, translated
in 1922, eighty.two years before the hing-
James version, and now classic III the
German tongue. Or. Barclay spoke TO
people OF the English tongue, trained un-
der The English version, and OF that alone.
The speaker then proceeded to'show how
dear this English version was 10 the hearts
and homes OF The people, and bow educa-
zion and habit bad welded them to it. In
n glowing 3pos'rorhe 10 the Bible be i'm
aged It's force and Influence, the beauty OF rs
language, the msiesiy and Strength oi It's
TRANSACTIONS; but u must not be iorgoUen,
said be, that il j. i'SCif revision OF other
TRANSACTIONS like Wickliffe. TyDdaFs. Coves.
dale's, and Others. Tynda w9s the real
father Of The English Bible. He wrote bis
translation in l52S-four years after LII
theirs translation. The King james version
was commenced IN 1904, and The last (Soon
to he offered) two hundred and sixty years
after.
SIN NEEDFCL POINTS.
In order 10 disarm prejudice, DIR. Barclay
said he would call attention TO six points
neediul to be established before revision
could be accepted:
1. Ii must be shown on what ground Il re-
vision is needed at all.
.. The revisors must be known and ac-
cepted as good men, held in esteem by All
The churches for piety.
2. They must be men without sectarian
prejudice; 10 overcome which tDev should
be selected from the various denominations.
4. They should be men who respected
the views and training OF the masses OF
the people in regard 10 the present version.
3. They must be men who bad a supreme
love for the Bible as the Word OF God.
6. They must be men Of the most thor
ougb scholarship.
lie then took up each of these points and
showed how they were met and answered
in the present committee Of revision.
Having tTested of the men, the speaker
dweIt al large upon the work. What they
did not intend to DO, and second, what they
did propose TO de- They did not propose
a new translation. They did not intend to
alter the language or style OF the version
now IN use. They did not mean 10 get up
q more popular edition OF the Bible. They
did not expect 10 force their revised edition
on the churches or the people. To meet
the objection against revision at all, DIR.
Barclay proceeded TO show In very clear
and suggestive manner the admitted defects
OF the present version; that the prOphe's
and apostles were INSPIRED, but not the
translators of the king-Jamcs version or
any Other; that the logic which rejected
this revision overthrow the one now in
use, for that was q revision, and
il would remand the entire Pro-
testant Church back to Wickifie's
Bible, the English of which was 80 obsolete
that few-even scbolars-could read ii.
The defects OF the KingJames version
were mislransiations, grammatical inaccu-
racies, errors in punctuation, spelling,
geography. Great changes had also &C.
Cured In the Anglo.SaXOn tongue, many
words OF the days OF King James not hav
ing the same meaDins; 10 day. Some OF the
terms used and allowable then are coarse
and unrefned and not allowable to-day.
The division into chapters and verses had
no authority whatever, and was a continued
break in the sense and offensive TO scholar
ship, and would not be permitted in any
other book. Many who objected to a change
would probably not BE- competent to show
wherein the changes coDsis ed, as they did
not read their Bibles half as much as they
ought, or study them enough TO perceive
The difference.
DLFEC1S IN THE PRESENT VERSION.
In relation to the defects in the present
version. DR.. Barclay proceeded to show
bow the yastly-Improved scholarship OF the
present age was competent TO deal with
these, speaking OF the improved facilities
for research. the increased knowledge OF
geography, the access to original manu-.
scripts hitherto unknown or not accessible.
The errors and defects Of the days OF King
James, said he, were not wilful, but the
simple result OF the imperfect means al
hand. Their geography was very defect
i've, archaeology was an infant science,
travel in Palestine was dangerous, and 10
stfuments OF measurement crude and i'm
perfect, and no more 10 be compared 10
ours than the numbering stage-coach TO the
lightning express. How. then. could
unInspired men OF James day escape the
defects Il their age? To-day access TO Bible |
lands is easy; instruments have been i'm |
proved; the Bible student knows Pales-
fine-ner topography, geography, archeolo-
CIV, manners. habits. customs, Ac.-as well |
as those of his native country. He dwell |
particularly upon the ancient manuscript
the Vulgate Of Jerome, the SepInaglnt-but |
more particularly upon the discovery OF The |
Codex Sinaiticus la 1874 bv Tischendorf, |
the renow ned Oriental scholar and professor
OF theology at Leipsic. He said IT would |
be worth spending an hour alone in dwell. !
ing upon this wonderful manuscript. Ii is |
preserved in 81. Petersburg AID was pub. |
ished IN 1864, and is now referred to by all |
scholars as the most thoroughly reliable in |
existeSce.
ExPLODE:G THE OBJECTIONS.
He SAIL that he couid not Judge the fort h. |