New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-23
THE REVISED TESTAMENT.
cou1r,tra rpoM vARIOrs PULr us.

PRovAL OF CHANGES
At Grace Church yesterday morning the
Rev DR. Potter preached about the revised edition oi
,h v Testament His text was the First Epistie to the
Corn,hians xiyo $50 likewise ye, except ye ulIer
by the tongue words easy TO be understood now snai
q he known what Is spoken for shall speak INTO the
air" -,
In Paus letter said the speaker there great "e
written about the GIT Of tongue The power 10 Tp'"A
several languages IF not meant but rather the eAP"
sion OF feeling Every passion has It's own language
and no man has ever been able TO put this In "r'nK'
Paul smoke of that ecstac characteristic OF religious
enthusiasm seen I'm early times well as in the religious
revvals in England under Wesley and EdWaru H''Hs'
IL taught nothing and Paul. with MS chaIao'c''
sound sense. replied 10 those who wrote 10 MN N
for this particular Gift with the text nave reaa "o
principle In this has bearing upon the BOOK rom
which II was taken We call that book revelation r"
God To be = revelation 1t must tell us something
How can II do this do not understand tf has u
ever occurred TO you what would have been the result
onr foreathers had refused 70 change the accepted 'e
sion Of the Bible Even II they had been more nper
than the Roman Catholic Church suppose that tney
had cling 70 wycles translation. IT would nave oeeh
nv duty TO read such those Dr. Potter then
| read n part OF the Lesson Of the day "a " "aN III
Wyclifes translati0nl II WAS this obvious onahee "
the form and meaning Of words which Induced our oo
fathers 10 make change in the accepted VERNON Vi o
| Bible.
It, ,oroos,s vorson which succeedcd Wyclifc's, Ia
900 wears old In that time there have been changes OF
tongue almost radical between the time 81 Wycnne
and King James For 'nstanc' Cast meant
a boundary line. Prevent" was 10 60 before. 10
take no thought for the morrow was simply MOI 70 n
unduly an xiOus about the morrow. suppose tsl hi"t
Jaues's version contained only single hrchtslu'
hat n any one Of our old rcla had brought down
with him figure OF speech that mhhe MN an "9'
ON nsssou for the nnguc strong hut II If not de-
sirahe cling Ia the ola simply because II II o- ~ ~
must we say when there are many hundred Inc ln,,
that there have been 40 many needed 'hAhgn n, S ~,
npcn the door lest Good should come pouring IN rt
has been in scholarly commentaries for nearly
half century. The progress "l e'no'"' cp " 10
turned upon the New Testament r., n"'d vo OF
! sion reads, " Forgive us our debts as We I"IEtN'
even our drhoe iinurctsnc upon us the duty OF first
forIving our enemies Instead 81 making we m.,P,s
criticisms which hay" diSglhcrd 'he r''. IL 20
shOdId Examine seriously Ia see whether tcSc chhhI,
have been made in the direction o run, Iui h e.,
prpose Of tins boob To- ten the uulu eln 70, -, q,
James made, new man i-crlptr nave CON-
sht aud We have mastered ~, Git,h gd,'"'''@
have procured the ~" ." t'h"tAISh!p nus '.,,
for the wurk-th scholarship which Is a once iVctcnl
| and profound The work has hc"n coWp,ri'd' u'lsif
and successIllv H. history has been IKE al OF H.
predecessors particularly like that 81 the MIG iah
opposition md ignorant criticism Ana Nthlulr !"
predict that liz fate m the future vii as" be hFue' ~
tl,i AT the me- James version. That wts never al
thnrlxrd but II gained - authority 10y uTe among ln'
coi,Ir Oar own communion will De slow t0 aH"pl l1r
~ ~ "orinn hnt il viii nnd it, way into the closet and
from there the prrs- vii he fct Lot honor tho-c
sho have carried ON th- great work for years. win
out my fee or rcrnnpr-c let forget also g. az
prccaie properly the STARE winch our own country men
have had IN she work
OPINION OF DIR. TAYLOR.
The Broadway TABERNACLE was crowded IN every part
Yesterday noru,,r when the Rev. Dr. william II. Tay
or rr, achrd the revised edition Of the Now Tesla
n,cnt His text Nehemiah Via = -" they r'hd IN
the book In the Of God distinctly and gave the SENSE
and caused them 10 understand The reading lie
sIcsScr sad. In part
ON opening tho revised edition struck with the
fact that the text printed IN characters like that OF or
binary books and facility ~ reference l. aided Icy the
placng Of the Numbers OF the chapters ~ the top OF mo
page and the numbers ~ me N.fsr- on I'd. .ir ,
gins The printing Of the quotations from the prophets
Ia metrical form shows the ,hr'iy 81 rHcN ln"A"h7
that were made those writers J"rruy which l"oe-
somewhat diSrctprctl"l I" th' "lu pI"i'. ~ 80
Jeremiah and what IA more important chsnG". IN Nc
vii 30 Jesus chan ed 10 Joshua IN the ~l"t"h Z"
changes that differed from the authorized edition the re-
VIZ, ~ selected the text pr which the "vdeh" "t- PIE
The main they honestly end nNufcd to al on thl~
principle The result Of their hho Is to PIT me "''iinp
Irsh render IOs-essun 81 facts known heretofore
mostly scholars and few cancellations 10 TINS respect
will he new To them
MANY persons will be sOrry that the doNoocy al the
end of the Drd- PRAYER has h'"u omitted II ms been
ind.souhiy associated with the ncnnrcs OF cindb""i
uineness however j. not one OF pcr-onh preference ut
of fact and to be decided hy evidence Ihrc are NO
traces of the 0osy the udcnt manuscripi-, ard
am certain that ouly conviction That they were Lht
~ , co,,n, te ~ consent 10 is oinss on am thanh
n inr the the fourth V"r~ OF the MIN chap
ter John. for the omission makes the Brrdh anger
hcilious person. The passage john speaking 81
I'm. three heavenly Witnesses has been reno, td a. pun
n, aud indur-, Dr. Hobcrt-s statement that IA" de
fender Of this passage vii probably h'Ho a-ilh Ihc
rt,tscrs have PAID much attention. Ia the creek hi'lr
and some Of their best changes nave i, brought aO"it
by bringing out III meaning Ah'h- tn, oo,,'' ""iu
that have been changed let a replaced by hl"cr ana
the phrase seeking an9thcre vain Nno. Ia"( as, uI
very we'd on the stock ENclancc' has been Translated
| '-t,ckinC enOthcr's wcliarr.'
The revised edition, however woId have been Letter
II the suggestions OF one American Sonmtce hal Irh
adopted The brethren an TINS side o The "at'r have
show trt They rlur than hold their own With TIE hut
i-l Committee IN sch"larshlp and ultimately th'r tug
gcstjnns may mud their Way into the text Mh"rNtr ut
lcctr Int apendiA VII nt Ictt ~nut "a c Li''
important thin-s, 'Iliici'y e"N'l"'t'o, u, 'n'
preie:rnco shown in the rcsl~ti elliuh
tOr utral Examinations Of the GrR dIuuS L" i4uiua's
eVurr,siops Inc word. III the Lords Prayer. my v
"a 49, i ,,,l IN H. IN heaven" would have letter
remained unchanged, nothing OF HE sour" - los" ~
.hr au horizcd ,crsion 1o .Iae 'HtcLt the I3uiai"
u or OF the English version has been pr-rNcd oui tc
1ircek has been gwen preference &" tne Lnthsh d"n
where the laucr would perfectly r,li,r'n, l'' m.'nF
| The new version viii help pc"pe :" nhnrlf l"hI i.'
scriptures AMI lie means Of tl h'ntI'h 10 ". Ls'
the numerous Little changes VIII be- "I s'If'e ana wa
turn attention to the thought usr oi "a" HPl
We are accustomed h. the old version and rr" 10 almost
by without noucng the thought chpicTr" ti'i'lh
hold The meaning Oi the doom
| EDWARD EVERETT HALLS 81 QUESTIONS.
| The H.y DR. Edward Everett Hale. Of the south
CONGREGATIONAL Outar NJ Church OF Boson. preached
for the Rev John W. Chadwick In the Second Unitarian
Church in Brooklyn yesterday NOR ing Dr. Hale rrl
passages the revised version 81 The Ne" Ictn' NJ
| which ie said he had provided himself with ~ order
that the hrst opportunity Of noting this great event OF
the century might pass un0b-erv6i This however
was unnecessary, n handsome copy OF tho new book
has been placed IN the pulpit Before reading lac said that
willie MANY the changes Of the rcvl~rr1 were slight
nnd uninOrtant and long passages could la READ win
out noticing any change some -! them were radical
d cst,l!y ~ In tho Inc Of the religion OF the Ina-
ran Church The thrcc especial proof teXts IN relation
to the doctrine OF the Trinity, which persons not over
well yerscd in theology apt To quote III railway
cars hotel pazzas IN talking with Uhtatans, had
| Vanished These the well known text IA 1. john,
one i'm TiInOthy and the IN stephens prayer when
r wus stoued in five other teAts often discussed
| the new version sustained the Unitarian view.
| Ii VIA a matter Ot great moment tho preacher CON