New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
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THE >cDYrH HfrFi r.f>E.
The ci-n of Professor Eohorson Smith is nm
analogue to- the revised version a. thc New
/ Testament. While the ~-holal-h'n Of the day
! h- lu~i,l Itself i'm striking ogt the ina''ura-
! ci,s ad Inconsistencies of the King James
! tc,f. BE- il~ br,l .iri, I'D to amend the theology
of the Westminster Cultr--ion If the revision
COMPANIES have easily convinced Themselves
/ that. owing to tie discovery of additional
manuscript. and Nh" intellectual development
of 200 years. % more accurate translation oi
the original tr,t cau hc made in the nine
trcnth than WIS possible in the seven
| t,crih century, hr is equally positive
that Theology Is progressive science,
and that theories respecting O." verbal
inspiration of the vIiou- books Of th"
Bible which satisfied an Wrriich age must
/ hc carefully r,r.lst in our own time Bat, d
soon n the analogy Is pointed ont. sharp lines
of contrast may Doe di-ccruod. HE revision
! cnmpaiic~ have aimed to correct thc mistake,
Of cop,i,i- to cNlunsc the marginal anuota-
tion- of unlcttcrcd scholarship and 20 restore
whatever Ia, been Lost or perverted 10 the
t,,t- through mi~tran-latIou. They = produce,
go fli a- thc; can. the New Testament ~ 1t
J w.. originally written, car, uily rriuo'ii- fh"
iurrI~tIiinil~ of error which bad r,,u yrldu-
all, drro.ltcd in thr m",i.t,l and po~t-app,-
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