Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-06-01
rae REVISED NEW TESTAMENT.

:saE REVISED NEW TESTAMENT.
Immense Sale in New York-Telegraphed to
Chicago-What Clergymen say About 1t.
No book ever issued has ever met with such
enormous sales as the revision Of the new tesla
ment It was published in New York On Friday
and over 100. COO copies were sold. In Bos-
ton &c, 600 were sold on that day, and about
the same number Il Philadelphia, while pub
fishers were unable to supply one tenth Of the
the Western Union Telegraph company received
from New York direct, for the Chicago news
papers of Saturday alone, 1Oa,436 words of
special dispatches, SO, 658 of which were parts
of the revision.
On Sunday the work was made the subiect of
numerous discourses in the larger cities. Hen
~ Ward Beecher said that as far as he had read
I ne was mighty pleased with the work of the re-
visers; that he agreed substantially with the
the changes made, in fact had for many years
been using many of these changes in his pulpit
BE disapproved, however, of the substitution of
the word servant for slave, used in King James
version, as the translation OF doailos He was
not one of these absolutionists who believed
slavery was not recognized in the scriptures
He thinks the revision will be very generally
accepted
At Philadelphia, in most of the Protestant
churches clergymen referred to the revised
New Testament Their views in most cases arc
strongly IN favor of it as a valuable work, which
will throw light upon many doubtful matters.
In one or two instances the work was condemn
ed.
I Rev. Henry C. Potter of Grace Church, Rev.
DR.. Morgan Dix, Rev. J. F. Newman of the
Central Methodist church, Rev. W. W. Bawdish
of the Methodist church, Rev. W. M. DAMS,
Congregational church, Or. Howard Crosby,
favored the revision and thought it would De
yoof11 oil Mad e%cp
Rev. Edward w. Gilman of New York, one
Of the secretaries of the American Bible society,
said ii, after trial the new version is approved
by public opinion-if Christian people desire it
there was nothing in tho way Of an amendment
to their constitution to enable them to circulate
the book. The society is not in any way OPP
posed to the new revision, and many gifts mem
bers are interested in it. At present the soci-
ETY. is locker on.
Rev. DR.. John J. Newman, DR.. Thomas Armi-
tage, Rev. DR.. T. w. Chambers of the Reformed
Dutch church, New York, were not satisfied
that benefits would accrue from the revision
In st Paul, various clergymen were inter-
viewed with the following results:
Rev. Mr.. Breed of the House of Hope said, no
formaity is required for introducing the new
bible into the Presby terian churches. When it
it is ready and a sufficient number of copies
are received, SO that there will be no confusion
or inconvenience, it will GO into general use in
the churches without any particular command
or authority.
Rev. DR.. Dana of the Plymouth, congrega-
tional church, was inclined to think the COM
mission Which has produced this new transla-
tion, has done it's work with such wisdom and
in such a careful, scholarly way, that the result
will be satisfactory to all branches of the
Christian church.
Rev. MI. Gilbert, OF Christ church Episco-
palian), rounds his objection upon the fact that
the time for revision has not come, new man
uscript are constantly being found which throw
more OF less light on the sacred book. This
being the case, he thinks the church should
wait till ali information that can be had has
Keen obtained. This is his principal objection,
Bible will be used in the Episcopal churches
until it's use has been arthc,iz d by general
convention of the churches
i Rev. DR.. Thomas o, ST. .paul's church (Epis-
eopalian) said the action of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church will depend largely upon that of
the chur On + Of England Should she rejec; the
revision, there would be little hope of it's adop-
hon here under the most fayoyabla circumstance
es, no definite action can be taken before 1886.
The subject will probably be brought before
the next general convention of the church, in
1852, as this is the only body capable of acting
upon it A committee will then be appointed
to consider the new revision and the propriety
Of it's adoption. This committee cannot report
until thres years later, when the decision of the
church will be made
Rev. l. G. Smith Of the First Methodist
church, said that SO far as he had stu died the
and believed them to be in full sympathy with
the divine word, and the production of the
finest scholarship of the nineteenth century.
He believed the work well done, and that in
two or three years the new Bible would replace
King James version in official use.
ter college, is pleased with the revision because
it more faithfully reflects the Greek, than the
TRANSLATION Of the days of James The more
r. ID examined, the more 7: WIZ De approved,
and ultimately will be used in the pulpit.
Rev. DR.. Daniel Stewart, pastor of Park Az
enue Presbyterian church, in Minneapolis, said
the new version was good one, better one
than the OLD, and one destined to- supersede it
in time he thought entirety probable: but for
himself, he should probably adhere both in
pulpit and for his own reading to the old and
loved one that he had kno vn and studied. He
thought it would be valuable aid to clergy
men and thai every minister would have d copy.
at least, on. his study table, to which he would
refer in cases where the meaning was obscure
or doubtful.
Rev. DR.. Beattie, pastor of Plymouth Congre-
gational church, Of Minneapolis, thought it
would be a valuable auxiliary to the library of
the biblical student, as it could net very well
help being, from the amount ano extent of
learning and ability in the commission that had
90 long been at work. and assisted in their work
by the late and valuable discoveries Of manu-
script and contemporary facts Of biblical times.
Its adoption by churches was entirely an op-
tional and individual matter, but it would prob
ably be another generation before the new BIZ
BILE would supersede the ole. even if it ever!does
Rev. John Wood, who is supplying tho pull
pit Of Andrew Presbyterian church, in Mime
apolis, did not think skepticism could derive
any comfort from the changes. The very fact
that the commission comprised nearly all shades
of religious belief. and that no reading was
adopted without the almost unanimo US consent
of the commission on both sides OF the waller;
and, further, that the result of all this is
Bible substantially like the old and acceptable
to them all, would 60 very far towards con-
vincing the skepticaL Its publication at this
time and under these circumstances, and the
critical discussion likely to be awakened, would