The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-05-24
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
what Is Said Of 1t.

London, 2f.-Ths revised Version Of
the New Testament, published on Tues
day, was awaited with keen interest, and
was received with Rn almost uR5r0ken
chorus Of disspproVRl. The public are
lied text. The Bisbop Of Gloucester, in
presenting the work 10 the convention.
announced that in the Gospels the
changes average nine 70 each Eve verses,
and in the Epiftlss three changes to each
verse.
Elaborate criticilms appear in most Of
the daily papers, sill eoademnstory and
convicting the revisers Of disregaFdinR
their pledges to introduce the fswtst al
terations possible. These articles quote
scores Of examples where the changes
were purely frivolous and cspricious and
danounce the Eelf-opinionAted scholarship
ofthe Motley combination Of thRoloaiAus
and professors which have disfguFed,
msngled and made unacceptable, some
OF the nobleGt passages in the Bible.
The Saturday Revietc complains Of the
childish pedantry Of the reviewers and
describes the new version 81 sadly Ia
ferior to the old one in general vigor and
beauty OF language. 1t predicts 1t will
never come into general use.
The o.her papers express in similar
terms, regret, grief and astonishmsnt at
the reViSers' wsnten disregard OF the
reverence and love felt by the English
people Of the existing text, saying that
the revisers may know Greek, but not
EnNli,h, and protesting against defacing
the nob.sst monument Of English prose.
1t ID understeod that an act of PArlia-
ment is required to enforce the use Of the
new version by the established church.
Government has no intention Of propos-
ing such an act. Meantime 2.000,00O
copies have been cold, Cambridge and
| Oxford universities, who own the copy
right, are competing With each other in
q rather undiEnifed manner, but both are
at present unable TO supply the orders re-
ceived after April. r. z -.e
The Testament il published IN various
styles, at prices ranging from Is. to e.
The Cambridge edition Is the better
Orders for 1000, 600 copies Of ths re-
vissd New Testament have already been
received and partly Gllsd. Public
feeling, however, is strong against the
book. Many alterations srelooked upoa
q. needless and mischievious. The changes
in the Lords Prayer have raised 8 storm
OF protests; even Greek puris0 condemn
them, while in The popular judgment
the tsmpering with = form ofpfAyeI
familiar 70 every family in the land is
sufficient to condemn the entirs work.
The book sells for the momert, bat tbs
old version viii hold its ground The
crowds ct tbs distributing Offices hAvt
been so great that trafhc in tina street.
has been almost stopped. The revision
COMMITTEES. on the Old tTestGnent hai
closed its sixty session. and CARRIE
the revision to the end Of Solomon
Song.
j New York, 2s.-Tri61sne: The re
vised Testament was the subject Of ser
mons 10 q number Of pulpits yesterday
Outiines Of number Of The discourses x
be found elsewhere, show disposition
almost without exception, TO spproyetbs
J work and to look forward to its nltimatI
adoption By the body Of the Christian
, church. There seems good reason TO be
lieve that this Is the feeling with whiei
j pulpits in ga1eral are prepared 10 receivI
the new version. .1