, 1881-02-08
BIBLE REVISION.
william &. y. lsrcrsa inrt.i:sc In Defsgxa
or tin LMle Esr. IsObnrt j. 1srccitin~


IL tht Ehitor 81 7As Chicago Ifftunt. -
LExlStrnN, Ky, Fch. h.~-Im Mny. 1H57, mr., ',
fnthgr. tho late Ir. HaHrl j. I!rrckInrlt4c, waB
II t,,rulrr ut thu upnrrnt Assembly nf tho Pres
hytnran Church. nnts Chairman uf itH Cnmuit-
tpu Il, wh,!i WIS referred tho nIAttr nfs Tho now
version ut tho lllh!", thcn proposed t,y tho-l
AsnurIcan Bible Soclety tn rt'p!Hcu tho author
ExcA version. IA Chairman. he lun'la Il rep0rEr
ttsr,nnIns tho psntos"l actiou "f tic Society
ufst denying Its power to ito inOn. than I
print md circulate tle rcrristsl tcrsiun uft
tho English Bible. Fur hts autlon III that
Assembly he wls .tssllsluh with Dit Or
ness. IL which nttacks In lnH'lh no ntlsw4r
ul,.ll the Hyn.Ml nf Kentucky. III Ocoler, 1e5i,
condemned tho proposed action " tho &aelctr,
aud uli Oct, III. lX57. hr published lnnrhlut "
eight lm9es III lefenso NJ his a.,inn, and h.
A,lswur 10 tho FFla,ils nttAeEs tnItt!" Upon him:
In The RlIEaTHtiElx WllltGr the H4A'tvty reeClled
trlIlu tu p'esitn It hui .allit,.al. ctsist! to issue
tbnnew version. a,nl mus cttt tho centrt,scrss.
rIn entitled +" Thu liill. :>u:tc'y md the New
XrTs' i IT, f Whit 1 Ip" liz i" "s xsx .t = Il s,e; IL VIZ t.
reSitcn u llIarraae sntllnr uHnillss NY 1AthoE.
nnd fur Tho pitsMSo, !itlMlritly. nf avoiding re-
ti,cctanilty uti t!ntht!lln''ts, hscrc~ 1t to
"a,ne thunIss3sAla." Ihn speeiat sentence 1
uill,tn ta IL ~ inlIs'sa. io.wh:
f,ini iu liad Inrt, III. llatIds he uauid II:
sf1 + m Il 1 s we N .s s.sha III .Hwsrs MsIs
pEt.saln4: ne hui puhsbt.i vaIuna u divinity and
i;; iSy :a lie ''''''sa thu 's'' '"t "f 1t '"" a'aest
Tiip canrge. II true, IL wholly irrelevant to tho
hnttcr ~ tss1ie.-wEtliy foreign u Inc .ttetevt
rcu .ah.lr only from motives OF personal null
Il ls written ot tho .trslt. 1t Is concerning
nnp who, whntnvcr may 10 sahl Ut him. was for
did sol,o s,rsicu fGr It'll Master.
Thu annrYe IL credited to "*otc nif'Angidhs,"
"lfH xdhi by which, !lo s!ntl'tsr L. Klyon ~ Mlr
NJ tr.lntsIrss, uni this sa'ltetr shields h!,,.-
s.lt .s ,m.. -. s''onsn"''s "th"""s'A"s" tho
1t il Klyuu u* u ruasttl fur u cn1!aNsc, whcn
this u.,thur knew That tAu controversy ended G.-
Cause nf the euInp!sto nfcrtlfow u ~" nasail-
IL, tho views IT thlw1 who AHrvc.t With my
fatl1r. III that the rtAMlil nshlxtith 10r tAQ ~.
vtrat nj this uA,ier IL 1nlso within The urlsn!lal
knnwlps!ue at h!tn who 9ocA out Ut tho way TO
AT ll.o Time this stnndcr WIS tlrst uttcred my.
iaher tnIK,lt h. l f.' ~ 5esa , 10 sat GeansS
Ailu l,ecAuse Of his Netto csiiitrr'il1iE thls pro-
pwe,l HOW vtrslutI uf tho AtblG; hl.u Mfttr u
lapse ot twenty-five years It y revived nti!1er
Au WIS tuk ileOrrIGt.
At That llu4t' hu published thu following zen.
| tcnce concerning hills slAnGer: u AL thMt hayo
| answered. 10 such thnrgr* waA hut they Wero,
fnlKu nilN n,a.c.lIa, IN leller unc Ia sprltt har
tho wlnle attack was = ttnisrlraey inr dehase i
rninuus In lts eol!ccon That Could trves
! 1t uu otherwise thlil would ir'ntA brutal Ut.
tempt Ut a,crst,t,at asHasinatl,,. L..
/ And Htlw tAAt hn II dead, ]. htH snti. ~ sha,
presence ut tt,at Gttl Mlt lir scrtcd aud loved.
nnd a. n!i brute uDl t,tnlKht men, Ut wholh h9
s ~, sssaor iss w. !. y. eeu ns. aIIslons, a
fAss,Ous In lts conception and dlsso!ursne anH
eOlLteluptblr III 1ts tAccut!on; and this snhnalS
Wn. {, L, IiuxCEISnlpdE,
Flo on your cur,ls with tho "Japnnese Corn.