Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-01

rnE NEW AHD fns OLD.
Nov that the latest revision Of the
New Testament has been given to The
world and 10 in the hands Of the people.
al are Afforded an opportunity 10 judge
Of its merits and dement's and compare
II with the old. or King James version.
To the blind believers. and those whose
implicit faith inpressss into their con
Adins souls that every word and line Is
the inspired work Of God. the new YER
sion. wherever IL varies from the old.
saa only sesm like . s~aorilegious inno-
vation and NO improvement. They will
stick to their old bibs rsligiously and
consistently. and regard the new with
holy distrust and suspicion. They are
blind to the truthful fact that their bible
u simply . revision Of the vsfsions pre-
osdins II. and that In time the present
new one will also have become old and
require ovsrhauling and renovation to
keep pace with the advance Of knowl-
edge and change In language signihcs.
tons. Al Q matter Of correct justice
and honest religious sxpsdisney. the
bible should b. revised and corrected
every atty years, or once in each genera
ton.
Two hundred years and more since
King James TRANSLATION. have 90 settled.
confirmed and oryssalissd the implicit
faith Of the true believer In the divine
inspiration and infallibility Of the old
bible. thu, twenty years hsnes. or until
the present generation shall have passed
away, there will b found many Who
will NOT accsps the new version a. the
true bible and the word Of God. The
variations from the old. will, In thsir
mind. constitute the hsrssiss. the de-
parturss from grace. Of the new.
Comparatively few. except biblical
scholars, ministers Of the gospel. rslig-
ious professors. and regular readers OF
the bible. can tell and point ont the vari-
atoms Of the new from the old vsrsion.
The general masses bi the people would
notice no change. o know Of any were
they not % freely and extensively dis.
ousssd and illustrated In the public
newspapers. Regarding this. the fol.
lowing among Sundays kilograms. from
Pittsburs. P~snnsylvania, will Be read
With interest:
DR.. Philip schad. Chairman Of the
American section Of the Bible Revision
Committee. addressed . large audience
here to-day on the revised Testament.
After briefly reviewing the different trans
lations made from time TO time. the
speaker said that for forty years there had
bean Q growing demand for . new trans.
lation. The reasons for such . revision
are tive: First. the changes In the Ian.
guage, and second. progression In Bible
scholarship. Every living language
changes from time 10 time. Certain words
have changed their meaning TO the direct
opposite Of that formerly expressed. such
a "prsvent" used In the sense Of "Pre.
csds,'' "lst" for "hinder." carriage"
for "baggags." and "by and By" for
:" forthwith" The most important rea-
sons for revision. however. IL the growth
Of knowledge. The forty-ssven men who
made the King James translation had
none Of them been In Palestine. and
knew little Of Biblical geography.
They were thus liable 70 make
mistakes. and did make many. Since
then Egypt has given up her treas
urss, Syria been explored, Palestine
travsrsed. and Babylon and Ninsvsh have
risen from their graves 10 testify to the
truth Of the Bible and lend their manu-.
scripts and inscriptions TO the explanation
Of some Of lie passages. Older manuscripts
have since been discovered and have been
used In the present revision. and many 40
tual errors have been rectiAsd. "6train
1t . gnat," has been changed to 'strain
out . gnat." and . great many such typo
graphical errors have been corrected. Two
| words In the original were both translated
"Hsll" in the King James version,
"Hades" meaning abode Of souls after
death. and "Gshenna" meaning the abode
Of the damned. In the revision this error
has been corrected. So also has the dis
tinstion between devil and demon been
| brought ont. The division into chapters.
| irst made by . Roman Catholic Cardinal
In the thirtsenth century. and that into
verses, hrst made BY . Paris Publishing
house In the sixteenth century. have been
done away with. and the tsIt divided 40
cording 70 it, sense. Italicized passages.
when they we're Unnecessary, and weaken
| ing 10 The true sense, have been discarded.