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I VCTSITV T1tSJ z .
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England, anu that great bloIe pruning Us
tsblisbmept will nl,ce nm edition of 500 900
'"ohsniient VIII Pia'' "a" ''''''' "
| comics IN the market simultaneously in this
|
country and in Great Britain. IN the day
nhuieu' IL VIII pc l'in''u III van
and sizes of type ranging from nonpareil to
n;ca and tho n,ice will he from Il cents TO
s1s according IN size and binding. Proba-
blv American renripts will appear at an early
date after comics are given to the public.
The REVISION of ,he KING lanes Bible has
boon oa;,.,ed f,r many vears but was not
,rdor,olo, rn,;, lima .. ts70 Two wears
were consumed in nrcnara,ion actual work
w.s becun i, 1879 opd the Ncw Testament
w,s finished in November 1880 since which
Tim. m. immense edition obove mentioned
b,, been printed and prepare, for sale. The
American members of the committee of re-
vision arc as follows.
| E1-Presiien. T. u. woolsey, d. D.. Ii. d, New
raven oSnh T@a,r pa1 nenry o T,ayer p And
oyer Mass secretaries Prof A Era AbPSm, pr, y; D.
Madison, n. j.; Prof. Thomas Chase. NJ. A.. lIayer-
iS'I oglissG' n New YORK.. Prof Timothy dwight
?. D.. New Haven Conn. Prof; Horatl@ g.; D.
Charles Hodge, d. D., LII. D., Princeton, ". j. /;
RiVht Rev. Alfred Lee. d. B.. bishop OF the diocese
81 Delaware f1o, pn MATTHEW pbsp s:haa = m u ID
New York; the Rev. E. A. Washburn, d. D., New
IT,, pu,;., Co,,;,,oo :. ho.d.d Inv tho
p;.,,o :, C,,,oo.,or on, pris,o, and com
80, Co.. - Tho mos, o,,;ror, ,,o,
- -. .,... a,.
-. oa,o,'os 80 Pn.ia,J coo,,aod ord
I,a,ond
Of the an,er;can Committee Professors
u.oLo,, ana Uod,o and tho Rev Dr
w.sbh,rr 5;o, in tho ,;ds, of their lsbors
Tho revision will of coprse be variouslv
I,..;vo, Nam, dovor, R,hIe rooders will
bs surrr;s.d ,,J ncrbans shocked TO find that
tho ross.oo. "Tboro arc three that beor roc.
o,d in Ueavor. ,he Father ,he Word and
,ho uo,r Ghost, and ,hoso ,hroo ore ono
A., ,,o,, ..o ,hroo ,,,, ho.r ,v;,ress i,
,,,,, tho sn;r;, on, ,he po,ar and the
t,ood ond ,heso ,hree o,ree in o,e - the
ao.oo,, 30 ,ho .nno, into tho mo-, of Rc,hes-
do and tho s,orv of the adulterous woman
do No, an,ear in the revised New Testa-
WAN, p,, tho commi,,ee decide these 10
y. ;,,or,a,,o,;ors hv oor,v ,ranslators and
-; oroo,s
anu tha' 'neir ohiission ho"''0 ''ie~'
the doctrInal teaching of the scriptures.
There ore other striking changes. The SEN
H., Ior,,, ,,or .sDeIivor us from
''n'e III '"e
evil, Is rendered, DellVer US ironi tle
syil one" The word now translated "hell''
,.;, .,r,;o,, will ho :. bodos - tho
IN '"o :. a.
committee agreeing 'hat II reiciS s'iiii'y W
the grave or the place of the dead. The
commi,teo consider that this change does not
a., ,,oo,., IS ,,,rr, ,,,,r;shr,.nt nc
ch"nSc 'he uoo''iio w 'us"'o 49,
revealed IN the New Testament "hi'e
many may prefer their old Bible, doubtless
MANY more will find the new to be the old,
-.,;.,.,,,doro,
SIMPLY ymoreaosaraieiy auu rei'ao'S 'eiue.'u,
where there has been any change. And
there can be no doubt that AS a basis of all
o.,,,,.-, ,,;,o,,,,;o, IN, avnos;,i,, the n,v
'enoA'i' a' -, N.
wiiirepiace Inc Old Inc opiuion III he', H.
Richard S. Storrs, who was interviewed on
tho opbiect Last week hv 4 Brooklyn report-
N /. a,,,, oIon,o1 .s oonno.
ei' VIII oe sens'".'' "'f0
.,,,is;,o of
| tho ,ronsIat;on in noe
n Whv do Won think that
4 Racouoe many of the early manuscripts
| ~ Tho .orin,uroo which were not known at
Tho time when the King James version. So
oaI,od uos made have since come to light
and have haen carefully examined and be-
cane n great many forms of expression
which were current and entirely ineligible
Of ,ba, t;mo with the general progress in
the EngI;sb language have acquired new
meanings or have become obscure.
| n Do Won think then that the revision will
he received as authoritative?
A Yes. tbe ARRANGEMENT orthisrcyision has
seemed To me TO have been very intelligent
and catholic in its spirit. and look forward
with a qreal deal of hone and quite confident
exnact.i;on 10 ,he resnlt of il
n VIII !, give r;se IN any Jisputation
| q Trdonh,eJIv there will be n great deal
of con,rnversv about particular messages
,.,,;c,, NAV ha omitted ar differently inter
nra,.d fr,, What they hnve been hut the
Christian peoplc have only one desire in til,
u'a,,ar % ,a Go, What was the scripturc
n;vcn Inv insnira,ion of God. in its orisina
form most nerfcctly reproduccd in the pres
,U,a' u, ao,''unn , EnCl;sI Iancuage
>"'
THE PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS
of the members of the committees, Englisl
and American are such rs TO give them grea
weight of influence in the world of scholar:
and with common Christian readers. Th,
only authority in il is the authority of th,
personal qualifications of the individuals con
stimt;np The committees, though | believ,
the English committee was selected by u con
vocation of the English church.
q. Well. il there should he any 'oh'i"
Vefsy' VIII !. DC 0, iia''.' " ''''''
TOOL VI onI,s.lan u1a,"e In,
A ~ noun 'lic ieaS.- -, ,., ,.,a, !,
Y, for instance, II ;,,aas Is sa,au 'na n';u he lf
known as 'he tnree "''"''o' "'
out
A II ought 10 DC. ,..;,
Y. are there not many "ho AA'e n"''
their belief In the lfini.y on 'iia' pus'aSe.
A. lhere may pe, put ,n.ie va, ,,', ~ ~ u,
Tor lncluuihg passage 'ha' was
scrioe' hfst III the iiiai sin "a = =, 80
anu then aiteTwaru III 'he W. d" ,,, :,
part OF Inc uiVihe "o'u anu 1t '"s"' y
be expelled -, ,,,.,or
" AA'' ....,,.,
come to include H. uhuer sui" VIZ u'''
stances'
A. 1t is said that Erasmus IN niahins u
his Testament, declared himself Wiilhs
to insert the'tex II II could be iouhu III III.
important Greek manuscript IL was ioun
! in one, and therefore was inserted ny MIN
Q. Was that an ancient manuscript
A. No, not very ancient II was compare a
lively recent, but do not femehioer II
;, date. a., .;,
,, q In making this revision tilc cp'lii''',
tee takes the printed version Ming '"'i'es
as
THE BASIS OF ITS OPERATIONS!
Va aud ,hov usod whatever manu-
-;.,a 80 90 accoss;hle ,o them
! ~ 1"w Far hacL do these MANUSCRIPTS 20
A They 20 back TO TO the iou,.n anu ,a MI III
u, ,no -, nf ;,,rJs No, belonripr to tn
scripture or the dropping of what properl