San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-06-16
THE BIBLE REVISION.

byterian Church, which seems to call
FOR few further remarks on our part,
We have by no pesns made a special
study of the Bible revision subject
but have merely made casual hotice
Of the leading points as they have
come before III from time 70 time IN
our exchanges. Hence in Our hastily
written article we made the mistake
dwclt upon by Mr. Zivlcy, OF stating
that all Christian denominations were
reprcscnted on the board of revision
This however is substantially true as
regards Professionals, all the leading
creeds of which we believe were rep
resented. As TO the preponderance
If the Church of England on said
board, We confess our attention had
not been called to it, nor Ind we be-
fore seen any complaint in regard to
it. We confess further that we should
have been pleased to see fairer rep
rcsentation of other denominations,
American especially. Yet we VEN
ture to suggest the following points
as indicating that tie matter is after
MI not 20 serious as our correspond
q
eat seems to take it to be:
1. In any enterprise Of this kind
1t is only natural that the leading de-
.omimtion of the mother country
should be predominant among the
representatives OF the Enslsh'speaN
ing people of the world.
2. The Church of England OF to-
day is very different establishment
from what it was in the days OF King
James /, and for long time after
when it tolerated no dissent from its
dormas; but hunted down the Gov
cnnntcrs of Scotland like wild beasts,
and prosecuted such men as Baxter
Bunyan, Geo. Fox and their followers
and later Wesley and his co-laborers'
It is now vastly more liberal, and has
been disarmed, through public opln-
ION taking form in Legislation, OF some
of its more odious powers 1t is now
comparatively harmless and on the
,wane. Wehaye no doubt there aremul'
titudes of peoplenow living who will
ace ia entire disestablislment
3. But granting the very worst thai
might be said of its preponderance II
the Bible revision, surely it is still
vastly better than before, for fhen ii
was srpremely exclusive in its work
while now other branches OF Protes
tantism mcroprescnted, SATISFACTORY.
to themselves and their views.
In addition it might be argued
that in n conservative point OF we"
the fact Of the revision being made
under the auspices of the Church o.
England is only favorable Ii ever
that Church has walked mp to the ne
-essity of revision, surely it canno
but have been imperative, and surely
too that ctmay be taken as guara
see that no extreme q violent change
haye.b been made For every motly'
which has ordinarily influenced tina
Church would have led to its settin;
its face against any change whatever
The advocates of more sweeping an'
radical changes may reasonably oblec
to the leading part which the Eng
lish Church has had in the revision
but we do not understand why con
seryatiye, such rs we take our cor
respondent to be, should object to II
especially as we do not undrfst'ra'
him as intimating, nor have we hear'
the charge made from any quarter
that the new version is especially II
vorable ia loctipal matters to tn
Church of England.
We think it only fair to state VIVA
the reyisers proposed to do. This W
give IN the language OF one OF tn
American Committee,in the course
. recsut address at Pittsburgh:
Mr.. Philip schatf. Chairman of tn
Bible Revision Committee. addresse
n large audience here on the Revisio
of the New Testament. After brleii
reviewing the different Translation
made from time tO time, the speake
said for fifty years there Lad been
growing demand for new tfnsl'
ton. The reasons for such rev
ion were two. First, the changes
the language: and second the pr
gress in Biblical scholarship. Ever
living lan,,plge changes from TIM
Certain word have changed the
meaning to the direct opposite 10
me-ly expressed Such as prevent
used in the sense Of '-precede, lei
for hinder. carriage for baggage
..by-and-by." for .-torthyit6 I'll
most Important reason. loweTer.
the growth Of k-sowlodge. The fort.
seyen men xho made the Ming Jam,
translation had none Of them been
Dto.,,,a and krryv little of IIhEC