, 1881-01-31
The Long-Expected Revised Edi-
tlon Of the New Tesla.
tnent
win 10 Rcady for Distribution to
tho Public in n Few
Weeks.
Mo Very Radical Changes from the
Old King James Edition.
Judge Tourgee Pays 1lfs Respects TO the
Soutl,'s Latest Defender,
And Shows on What Fool's Errand That
!, Fellow Started.
TIE NEW TESTAMENT.
TIL: 1,EyIREp ErIrIOS ALMOST ttEADr.

IEIlOW blaEteQs
TIE NEW TESTAMENT.
TIL: nEvIHEn EDITION ALMOST itEADv.
Spsctai Dispatth to 7As Chicago Tribune.
New YonK, ian. ,N.--DtbIcnl scholars and
church pcoplc generally mny ids'x for all edition
OF tho ncw nlld revised Few Testament In few
dnys. ThlR revision was begun ,t,ulnr tho ilret-
tion Of tho Cnnvocauon Of Canterbury ten years
ago. In MI nrtlcto III this Important subject tho
Times remarks TINT tho wnrk IA the result OF tho
deliberations nf two Committees. one bf nifty
learned Biblical schninrs In EnXand+ md anc ol
thirty In this country. THO two Committees did
not meet together mud takc tpnt action. but
correspnn!ch with zach other md compared
notes, and, as o general thing, were ahlc 70
A0nEE EtUS 4 PROPER HEADING
Of tho texts. In cascs uf disagreement. tho text
Of tho British Comsnttco Is uscdt hut tho re nd
Ing Of tho American Committee Is given In I'M
appendix, So that tho render or student haa BIZ
tore bin both translhuuhs. Tho only copies OF
tho hook III this country are those which have
bccn sent to members OF thu American Commit
tee, nt which the ltsr. Or. Philip schuE Is tho
President. md they nrc pledged not to shDw to
my person or give my Information rs to the
changes ,nudc III tho toxts Of tho King .Intncs
version until tho new vcrsiun Is formally MP
provel aud adopted by tho Convocatiun uf Cam
,crbury. DR.. schaN snl,' to-day that tho Convn-
oat;on would meet curly In Fcbruary, and, Us
soon as Il approved the vcrs0n,
THE REVISED NEW TESTAMENT
would be given to tho world. Tho American
Committee has talscn out no copyright on tho
buck, and tho Intention Is to give it to tho pub
lie free. rs tho old nbo has been gtvcn. In a
very few days at furthest, II tho convo-
cation approves OF tho version, tho
book will ba published. md every
body will then 10 ut liberty 10 compare
IswI til the old rersnu Those who imagtncu TINT
my OF tho accepted fundamental doctrines of
Christianity wore to be mentioned ny tho work OF
the Committee will fand themselves Erontly mis-
tnkeu. In very few instances has uny text been
changed 60 ns to alter the meaning which nt-
tAched to It In tho King james version, and In
Rtlll fewer instances IL tho chango tnatcrIal
from .
4 DocTNlsItL POINT or VIEW.
Asa general thing, tho changes consist Of the
tense In tho verbs. In tho Mse Of
tho indchnit article IN placo Of
tho dc9utt, anl the changing Of prcppsltiuns.
In sevefnl instances verses hive been omitted
altogether, but as general thing tho omission
detrncts nothing from rho sense Of tho lcason.
AS an cxnmplo Of this, Mnrk, ix., 4}-ig may be
cited. In tho present version the vcrses rcnd ns
follows:
"45 And if thy hand offend thee, cu. 1t OF; It
is better Tor ihec to cntcr Into llfc tnatmed than,
having two hanuR, to 10 Into bell, Into tho fro
that n0ver shall bc quonchod.
VA. Who're lheIr worm llcsh not and the fire
is not oucnchnd:
"45. And n thy. foot offend thee cut It or: 1t
Ia better for theo to enter half Into life than,
having two feet. to be cast into he'll, into tho
1or thai, never shall be qte1,chcd
"+a. Whore their worm dleth not and tho tlro
Is rot uuenchcd.'
Verses ~ and 10 In tho abovc are
ENTIRELY OMITTED
from the new version, but verse 49 OF the
eatnc chaptar which Is In precisely tho
sumo words, IA allnwod to stand. Tho
work Is arranged III paragraphs,
md tho chapters and verses nre printed in the
mnrgtus. Tho familiar headlines 10 tho chap
ters, which aorv0 80 woll as means Of refer
.'ebce, arc expungesl.
THIS WILL. MAKE TIE HOOK SEEM STRANGE
10 the ostlnary l3oe reader. Thu text Of cach
Gospel Ia thus mate eoptinuous In tho body Of
tho hoax frnn beglIintng to end. and, In order u
fniniilHF, the 1nnrKlns tnnat be consulted Tho
work Of translation bus been very faithfully per-
formed. md tho COMMITTEE hnye adherctl scrup-
ins,c cad Of adopting the English iuIoni, aa tho
gnnllc WIS le.i TO believe, that they, would do.
tho 5h4 wofk ~ xeEg ahs haSs
made W frscr translation. Tho. chunycs, on
the whole, arc not Ut character to creato, my
accuptcd truth has bcou illuminated unl no
special doctrine OF tho Church Is assailud.
Among
THE MOST STRIKING CHANGES
snay be noted an alteration II, tho lords Prayer
as rendered y Matthow. VI, .. ~ II. tho tiew
version rho toxn'pgy Is entirely otnittal. and
,se Rnys1 fes ths IL "nur pg rthor %he' nrt
tiom como. Yhy viii DO doho Ra ~ 1le9yen g.,
on easth. Giveus ihls .lay aur daily b,eal and
1cGtors: mud leal us not intn tGmp,utfon hut do
liver " from thn sv!l me-" The nrMycr rs ro-
sss sSrsaa tS, nkS XII rens sitnh aoT r. hS
day our duly bread. and forgive W our ais, for
IsGtod 70 M. and !sna us not irsn temptation"
In Matthew. xix, y. tho cutiro 1ncant.iH ot the
NO STEW DOCTRINE
Xiv is"es Yer ye3s,o% ~ @ os ssrs sSse'S se%s wnS y 'nS
calt6st thou Nc Houd7 There Is nQno gout but
%ne: tha1 L. Go; Iut i sh9u wilt enter into Iito.
she vs1so i Is "Ss saS aast aHw ,he Sessa,, So
ssonecr,tns that which Is Eaadf quo thoro
Geaast entet into Ss keep rt tho su,,naa! SsH
1nGnts." 1'he question In Mark. viii, W. II,
,n ros , %has %aa;1 ssa i pst 'nn 4 be- sar 9ai'
5h4ii lrlsli Elvg In excllange for btu avn slII'
= rendered; For what dot, i proilt i muM Ia
iItcf ii Like. X. d. "n tnci, tnas cas ~ voius IL
tay tSye sx wet Ssk y NJ esIs S , sSn hss, HIM.
ons Of tho cloud saying, 'Th!s !s my son, tny
In tho parable pt
I..AzANus AND THE RICH MAN,
% told In Lnko, tho word "hcil" ia chnngc,l Il
ha1Ss, 90 that tho yersc rcntls: "And d Aatlus
ho lifted Up h!s syes. boitg u torsnet'ts;" Win.
ltnpoas!ble to sny whether tho w0rd "liell" il
vxput1Kon In every Instance whcru It ocel,ra. nui
the ulomAors Of tho Cntnmiticp In thia city ru-
1uso @ 10 aiys n.,y lntnrt,la.iun Ha tho subject;
- that tho eii hsil .f of OIL n
lterision. The stoEyot tho "pM' Of iiottostia.'
s, ~ sthA In John. y. ls materially ohange4t D,
miraculous powers of tho walrr in the u0ol Ii
Acts, XVI, some rather i1np0rtAnt changes AK
tnudo III verses y ta ", inclusive, uil tho iIl.
preston tlMt AKrlrpu was almost persuaded K
nteo,ao % s GhtIstta BY iaus elotl'lc,lea & tlss
ylsto' New ,rsslaf1'unt,w which huy0 lc0u KIven Il
t4o publlo III adtAneu OF tho tMertInK of tht
Consocaton Ut Canterbury, give fair ldv0 vi
THE CHARACTER ASll SCOPE