The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-06-02

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cause came into the world, that Ishould
bear witness unto the truth.nn
The new yersion is as follows
To this end have I been born, and to
this end have ] come into the world that
1should bear witness unto the truth .
Rev. re. Fonte, rectorof St Philips
church, preached strongly against the
revision Sunday, taking the position that
the Christian religion will be weakened
by:the changes and that its enemies will
point, to them as an evidence that the
teachings ofthe past were incorrect. He
THINKS :it will sbe q club .inathe hands of
Tngersoll, the Universalists and the Uni
tarians,With which. the religion of Jesus
Christ viii be pummeled. He is deci-
dedly against the revision, but declined
to submit to an interview.:is
Dr. D. w. GWin, pastor Of the First
Baptist chareh, said lthat:hehad not seen
the revision, and lwonld.not express an
opinion until. he had made a thorough
study of the changes. 49, -
Dr.J. H. Marian, pastor of the r rst
Presbyterian church, had not seen The
revision, but said that from the extracts
which he had seen he was inclined to
fayorit, although he conside deed that the
translators had made some infelicitous
changes. He had always considered q
revision desirable:
Rev.iC @. iAa Evans, pastor Of the First
Methodist church, said You are aware
that I preached 3 sermon on the subject
few days ago, id which. i indorsed the
reTision. The interests Of Christianity
demand q pure translation Of the word
of God. Aiiying Language is liable to
changeiand words take on new meanings.
This with tho errors of translation aud
of grammar rendered the new version
absolutely necessary. I look upon the
book which is now before us in the light
of q reYise proof sheet which, when snb-..
iected to;the criticisms Of the world, will
be itself revised and then presented to
us as a.pure and trustworthy translation.
1t will take some time to get it generally
adopted. Many people influenced BY the
reverenceithey have for the Bible of their
fathers will not accept it at once, but the
intelligent ones must admit its superiori-
ty, and when this generation has passed
away Lpredict that it viii have gained
an almost universal adoption. One
thing is certain, it. will create Bible
reading within the next two months such
as we have never experienced before"
Dr. Spalding,y of the Second Baptist
church, said ne
'.From earliest manhood I was taught
by my father to consult the Greek text
when studying any part Of the New:
Testament. The efforts Of various per-
sons to improve our verson Of the scrip
tures we're very commendable. Camp.
bell and McKnight's translation, and the
revision of the American Eible union,
furnished much light to those who con.
sulted them. This present effort is IN
the right direction, has been made by
those who, Command general confidence,
and will result I doubt not, 10 supplying
the world with. a. revised translation
which will win its way to the front rank.
By slow stages it will move forward,
commenting itself steadily to the en-
lightened judgment of Christendom."
Rev. John w. Heidi, of Trinity church
repliedias follows to query from the
s'I am glad of the new revision. It is
the result of patient, faithful work. Per-
hans no fairer search for truth could
have been instituted. The te1thas been
studied, compared, tested By every rule
oftranslation and construction, and the
final rendering agreed on. ! confess to
disappointment in some changes. They
affect my preconceptions and limit mean.
ings which appeared broader. but perhaps
shall understand them better on closer
study. The completion of the new YER
sion is most timely. It finds the Chris
tian world engaged in Bible reading as
perhaps never before; and now fresh
interest is excited to compare the old and
new. The word Of God will be more to
the world on account of this revision than
at any former period. This condition
will be favorable to the spread of gospel
truth throughout the. earth. / am not
afraid of the new Bible. We have the
old one, too, and both are sufficient for
instruction in righteousness. AS King
James version was slow in coming into
general use, so will this Victoria version
Be-; not so slow, brit requiring time. God
speed the knowledge Of His word"
Rev. R. J. Cooke, pastor of the Mariet.
ta street Methodist church, said:
"You wish to know what I think of the
revised version? Well. after several
months reading about it in papers, mag.
azines and reviews, and after a careful
study Of the book itself, conceive it to
be one of the grandest achievements OF
the century: and certainly it ought to be
when some of the ripest biblical scholars
Of Europe and America, have given il
their deepest thought enriched by vast
sccumulations Of sacred knowelge. The
critical study of all ancient manuscripts
known previous to revision has settled
forever the authority of the second text,
and when we remember that this was
done by men thoroughly acquainted with
the destructive criticism of the rational,
is schools Of Germany, England and
France, we cannot too highly appreciate
the labors of those men of God who have
given us His blessed word bordering on
absolute purity. The rendering of the
text is all that can be desired; it is clear
euphonious, and critically close to the
original as every minister must know
who has any knowledge of the Greek
text. In numbers of places it is infinitely
superior to the old version in bringing
ont the real idea of the evangelist OF
apostle, and the latter fact will give such
an impetus in time to the Christian
thought as was never before dreamed Of
Itis 3 treasury of rich jewels to all think
ing preachers. Some opposition will be
made against it by those Who love the
old, through association, which is natural