Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-02-12
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OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER.
THE NEW BIBLE.
The Revised Translations Will be
Ready for the Public
Very Soon.
Some of the Cnnnses That Have
Keen Made In Familiar
Tassages.

Been Made In Familiar
Passages.
Meaning Of the Text not Altered Mate
rally In any case-some
Sample Texts.
From q New York Paper.
The revision of the New Testament,
which was begun under the direction
of the conyocation at Canterbury ten
wears ago. was completed last Octo-
her and the new version is now Ill
prinH although it has not yet been
given to the public. The work is the
result of the deliberations of two
committees, one of fifty learned
Biblical scholars III England and one
thirty in this country. The two
committees did not meet together
and take joint action, but cores
bonded with each other and compar-
ed notes, and, as a general thing, were
ablestd agree upon the proper read
ing of tie texts. In cases of dis
agreement the text Of the British
Aeommittee is used, but the reading
of thu american committee IS gwen
In an appendix; so that the reader or
student has before him both trans
lations. The only copies of the book
in this country are those which nave
been sent to members of the Amerl-
can committee, of which the Kew.
DR.. Philip Schaf 10 the president,
and they are pledged not to show
them to any person or give any H.
formation as to the changes made III
the texts of the King James version
ninth the new version Is formally APP
proved and adopted by the convoca-
ton Of Canterbury.
DR.. Schaf said yesterday That the
c~onvocation would meet early IN
February, and as soon as. it approved
tie version the revised New Tesla
ment would be given to the world.
TIE AMERICAN COMMITTEE
has takeL out no copyright on the
book. and The intention issto give 1t
to the public free, as the olda Bible
has been given. Ip q very fewsdays,
at furthest, il the c~onvocatlon ap,,
proves of the revision, the book will
be published, and everybody. will
then y at liberty to compass 1t with
the old version.
Notwithstanding. the precautions
taken by the,twe quantities. 10 pre-
, vent any portions of the revision
from being brought before the public
before ifs formal adoption by the
convocation, the main features OF the
work are known to the religious
= world. Copies of the book were
z sent to Church of England papers to
be used IN preparing reviews, a strlc'
injunction, being laid upon the editors
against printing any portion the
text or u review of the book before
the action of the convocatlon.
The London Record disregarded
this Injunction, and published a re
view on the 7th ult., quoting literally
from the work to show where and III
what manner the text had beef
changed, The following week the
Record apelogized for this publica
ton saving it was the result of u mis-
take but the apology could not re
call the passages which had beer
made public, So that the main fea'
lures of the revised New Testament ar
almost as we'll known to churchmel
in Europe to-day as they will b'
= after the book is published. Thos'
S.who imagine that any OF The accepted
Fundamental doctrines of christianit.
4 were to be overturned by the worl
of the committee, will fluid them
selves greatly mistaken.
VERY FEW ALTERATIONS.
In very few instances has any tex
been changed SO as to alter the mean
tug which attached to 1t IN the Mn
4 James version, and III still fewer III
i stances is the change material from
sdoctrinal point of view: AS genera
thing, the changes consist OF The sui
jstitution of. the present tor the pas
tense in tue verbs, the use OF the i'll
definite article in place OF the detnit
article, and the changing of preposi
,tions. In several instances verse
have been omitted altogether, but a
q general thing the omission detract
nothing from the sense of the lesson
As an example of this, Mark TX, 434
may be cited. In tue present versio'
the verses read as follows:
4S. And if thyhand offend theescu
It off: it is better for thee TO ente
into life msimed, than having tWt
hands to go into hell, into the fir
that never shall be quenched:
A. Where their worm dieth not
and the fire is not quenched.
! 45! And if thy foot offend thee, Gu
toff: it is better for thee to ente
1alt into life than having two feet t.
10 cast into hell, into the fire tina
/ aver shall be quenched:
46. Where their worm dieth no
md the fire is not q~uenched.
Verses 44and 46 of the above are Ell
jfrely. omitted from the new version
,ut l8 of the same chapter. which
q precisely the same words, is al
owed to stand.
The work is arranged i'll para
:raphs, and the chapters and verse
re printed in the margins. Th
u, lmiliar headlines to the chapters
!, yhlch serve 80 well as q meaus 9
eference, are e%xpumged. This wi
lake Che book g strange to tn
rdinsry Bible reader.
THE TEXT OF EACH GOSPEL
thus made continuous in the bod
the. book from the beginning
10 end, and, III order to fluid the sui
vision with which ~ has bee
,miliar, tue margins must be col
alted. The work of translation ha
cen very faithfully performed, au
le committees have adhered scrr
ulously to the idioms of the origins
.nguage, instead OF adopting til
nglish fdiom, as the public was lie
believe they would do. The r.
lit 10 that the work is very scholarl.
ut the text is not SO plain as
light have been made by a fret
.anslation. The changes, on tt
hole, are not of u character to creat
ny alarm III the mind Of christian
lot q single accented truth has bee
."| .-,s.-k&l n,.<t ,~ a-11sn
le church is assailed.
h Among the more striking chang
lay be noted an alteration in u
ord's Prayer as rendered in Ma
lew, vi, GA.
In the new version the doxology
ltirely omitted, and the pray
lads thus: "Our Father which a
heaven, hallowed be Thy nan
by kingdom come. Thy will
one, rs in heaven, SO on earth. Gl
3 this day our daily bread, and fl
i've US Our debts IS We also ha
,rgiven u debtors. And lead
OF into temptation, but deliver
ON the evil one."
The prayer as recorded in Lul
l., 2, s, 4, reads as follows in the
lsed book: 'tFather, hallowed
by name. Thy kingdom cor
i've us day by day u daily bre
nd forgive us our sins, for we o.
slyes also forgive every one thaI