The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-05-25

41O SShh4AsbCC oCt0 u4oChuEa ~ eoe
Bible house, New York. The English
company frat revised the Greek text
and the transiatiou. examining TO-
gether every word. About forty
verses . day we're examined, and il
took six years to complete the frat
revision. When . portion vas CON-
pletsd it was sent to the American
company, who IN due course, sent
back their criticisms and suggestions.
Thess were carefully considered dur
ing the .e6ent revision, which occu-
pied two years and = half. As the
various portions OF the recent VevisioR
we're completed. they were sent to
America and the Americans sent
back further criticisms and sugges
tions, which were In turn carefully
considered by the English. Finally
the revised version complete was sent
to America, aud the American COM
mittee sent TO England list OF pas
ssges in which they record their
preference for other renderiugs than
those adopted by the English. These
are to be recorded at the end Of the
large edition of the book TO be Issued
from the British university presses.
There are comparatively few of these
passages, and the preference of the
Americans are practically immsterisl.
It will be seen that the revision has
been toe oGrefU Joint work Of biblical
scholars from al the leading Protss-
tant denominations in England and
the United States. The Tules adopt.
ed we're to introduce as few alterations
% possible into the authorized version
consistently with iAishfulness; TO limit,
as far as possible, the expression of
such alterations to the language OF
the earlier versions; each company
to 20 twice over the portion to be re-
vised-oncs Professionally, and the
second time GnAlly; the text adopted
to be that for whieh the evidence is
decidedly prepoadeEasiDg. and when
the text 80 adopted diHers from that
irom which the authorized version
Was made. the alteration to be indi-
Gated in the maIgiH.
Work is progressing BY different
companies OF tho same committees
upon the revision OF the Old Tesla.
ment viii, b will not be completed for
two year'. Great secrecy has been
observed ia regard to both books. but
it 10 limited that the changes in the
Old Testament will be much more
not unfrsqusntly changing
the sense. than they have bssn In the
New Testament. The alterations Of
the text 10 tbs Neg Testament seem
10 have besn many, bat such - We
have seen are unimportAnt except in
the way OF improvement and making
plain soms doubtful readings. In
no instance have We seen where the
Iense has been changed and
The alterations are ia scriptural
language OF the Language OF the age
when Ihs frat sranslGIions we're made.
[. wac natural that there should be
Iome opposition to the revision. A
good many people are welded to
king James Bible" though they
10 not know what il contains. Any
)ther Bible than that-a Bible with q
word or any imperfsction
n the pEinting-Would be regarded
y them 81 3 very wicked book. 1t
vas hardly 10 be expected, however,
hat learned. intelligent and other
rise consistent men would denounce
be revision, Is some seem to be doing.
fortunately, no ose 10 obliged to |
purchase or read the book, or reli-
ions riots might result.