New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-21
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
e,,ps op THE NEWEST TESTAMENT.


AN EARLY AND HEAVY DEMAND on THE BOOK
SELLERS.
The sales OF the revised edition Of the New Tesla
ment Yesterday from the houses OF Thomas Nelson
Sons and K Funk Co; amou 3 20 o' 81
any prominence obtained large quantities OF the
books and quickly disposed Of generous portion OF
the stock before shutdown. The employees OF Ihomas
Nelson a. Sons and l. X. Funk & Co. were busy all
night packing up Testaments and in the early hours
of the morning crowd of jobbers publishers anu
agents gathered at tho doors. g. Houston, mahsgcr
for the Nelson's said yesterday afternoon that tee
phonic and telegraphc orders were constantly ar
irving, and orders for $4,000 copies hau NOT Su'
been filled owing 10 the demands made upon en-,
ployes In the warehouses and store were lo0,oOO
copies, which would be soon disposed OF lu1g-
ing from the outlook The hrm r nSa oe-
The delivery began at 3 o'clock yesterday
morning in time TO connect with trains, and rom
hafpast to o'clock most OF the OrS puo
in demand clerk from the house OF A. H. r ran
doph & Co. was on hand at o'clock to get an cary
copy for the Rev. DR.. w. NJ. Taylor, of the Broad
way Tabernacle Church, who wished TO use lhe
Testament tomorrow. Mr.. Houston thought there
would be general use Of the book in New ork pu-
pits Tomorrow In regard 10 the prOhtS on the
sales Mr. Houston said that on the larger orders OF
cheap books the discount given was Such 'hat an
actual loss was sustained by the hrn, ths pIOht
being on the highCr-priced editions As 10 the les
lament being issued 10y reprinters, he Thought That
somebody would have some plates for sale ny iaII
At the stores of booksellers generally II was as
considerably in excess of the supply. About 15,OOo
copies were taken by Ncw-YOrk booksellers 10000
going TO one house Twenty thousand volumes went
10 Chicago, and 10000 TO San Francisco. a san
Francisco dealer ordered his copies scnt by mall ana
500 in postage required for their TRANSMISSION
The earliest arrivals at the bookstores were clergy
men and theological students. The American share
of the Cambridge editiOn-250.000 cOpcs-was Is
sued by Lppincott of Philadelphia, to the trade at
the same time that New-lOrk publishers received
their copies.
The Rev. DR.. Crosby, one Of the American revls-
ers at the request of the students, read from copy
of the new revision at the University Chapel exer-
cises Yesterday morning, and made few general
comments upon the work. In order to explain a
very important change he read the first part oi the
tenth chapter of John In the authorized version
the fourteenth and fifteenth verses read am the
good shepherd, and know my sheep and am known
of them. As the Father knowCth me, even so know
| the Father" There is no reference IN these words
to similar mutual relation existing between
Christ and His people that exists between II IN ana
God but this is clearly brought out in the new
version which reads am the good shepherd ;
and know mine own, and mine own know me-
even as the Father knowcth me aud | know the
Father" . -,
The Chancellor said that he could appeal to the
reason and not merely to the prejudice of his hear
crs, for he not unaware that much opposition
would have TO be overcome before the new version
would be generally received Perhaps ten years
would be necessary Ii took twice that time Ia make
King James's Bible popular The simple question to
be met and answered was is il better rendering
of the Greek than we now havef II 1t be no bet
ter il should not be received for would wish
to change the form OF language To which e had been
so long accustomed.