Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-11
Bean stnnley ON the Revised Version.

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Dean Stanley ON the Revised yersi ON.
The question will arise in many minds. is |
there any change produced 10 the doo:riuo pre- |
sented by the New Vcrsion2 To this question |
the arsHer is No aud Yes. There is no change |
10 any Of the great doctrines which all Chris !
tisrs alike hold the impcrIanco Of charity, Ct
mercy, Of judgment, the trans,endent and d. |
vine beauty OF The Character in the Gospels and |
the force OF the incidents and sr2umcnIs in the 4
Aois and in the Epestles are beyond any posi- !
Dillty of alteration from new reading or nt " !
ooIlooation OF phrases. But if it DO asked
whether some of what are commonly called dec !
trpes a,c placed 10 new light, then The answer
must DO 10 the affirmative. For example, toe very
word "dOotrlue,' PERHAPS not from the fau,
Of the traDsators, but from the change of mean
iug which hes taken plsos in the lapse of time
has undergone transformation 70 hch converted
pert. city general expression into one synouy
nous with dtgnatic teaching. This error, if 80
| we msy call il, has been removed almts5 uni.
fUrmy 10 the present REVISION, which retdars
the original word. not by doctrine" but by
| "tosching." "Heresss' and "hcretical,"
which in etc esastica pariaros fer many Gen,
| tusl,s have cuma TO mean error in opinion,
have DOW the mask taken from off them, aud
they appear in their true light as factions or
parry spirit.
ALI lhe modern fsrocs which have congre
gated round the words "helI," "cverlssog.
and ''demnaion' have from dflreot c'uses
| been exploded in thio verslon Tho words
ubioL uAvs been hitherto translated "Dell' are
| now, either 10 the tx; or tho narsio, reduced
| RI hair al nf
| 'Hadcs." or 'TartsIu,." each WITH very
6,tfereut sigui6c ,tioo the ono from the
other, and oil from the mesning which
they had scqulred 10 mod.rn popular
langu, Sc. The word "evtras,inp, at least 10
the m ,rgiu, Is CIV .ys acc Impsnud by al ndl
| c,,lou that lis real meanog is "fUr the age"
| or ter he ages or else the far mora sublime
aud ethereal word of eternal. "Dsunatloo.
which had acquired 80 harsh Specification 10
| later Eoglsb, ls DOW entirely banished from the
Sscr. d volume: and appears ouIy eilber as
''copde mua'ioa' or judgment" 'Inspira
too" although it migu, iairS have been 10
terpresed in a less lcouDioal sense, yet now in
| tbs one text which was employed for vindici-
ting the Verosl authority OF the Sacred Scrip
turas has been transformed from "A scripture
Is given by inspiration of God, and is pro6ta-
| bic" into 'EVory scrip urs Inspired of God is
prohtsb!c." Sumo of the great scholastic doc
| trlnes have lost their chief supports, and that
someslm,s By variation of Interpretation. mcr,
often by variation of reading. The passage 10
| Phil. Ii. 6 is now not translated, "He thought
1t DOT robbery to bs equal with God," but be
coun:td II not ptizs to be 90 equality with
God" The word 'person" in Hebrews l. 3.
hss made way tor phrase which 10 the Atbs
asslao Creed is used ns the opposite of it, and
roappesrs as ",ubstsnoe." Tbs tex. God
manifest in the Fl sh" ls now WHO wss mani
tested 10 the fssh, and the old reading We are
told, rests on no sufficient evide1c,. The last
tWsVe veisas of the last chapter ef 81. Mark,
which formerly were quoted as decisive for the
rigid character CT the Gcspel teaching. arc now
Separated by space from the genuine nsrra-
! tive, end We are tod that the two oldess Crock
manuscripts aud some other authorities omit
them. Ibe King of the BelRians is reported to
have said to BIshop Wilberforce. II say with
Athanasus. the only ground for Church to
stand en- is, believe this or you are damned"
he would have found himself at loss
10 the new translation, both in the spirit
and in the letter. The curious appearance
ct Patrl. psssl onlsm 10 Acts Xxx 2S. is permitted
to bear the slternatiV, rendering Of the words
"ehe Lord" The theological passage 10
Romans ix 5, has shadow of uuc,r,anty cast
over it by long marginal variation. The
verse l. Jonn Y. 7, which 10 tho last century
was regarded by diVnes IS the surest buwsrk
ct an orthodox representation OF cherished
doctrine, has now disappeared from he Epistle,
and it's place knows it no more. The angel at
the Pool OF Bethesda John y, 4), which has
supplied many text for Summons at the
medicinal waters at Buxton and Bath, is
relegated to the margin with expressions OF
dsparagemeDt. The implicit recommendation
! m fast,np onntaine6 in Mari iv opS T
Corinthisns, vii. 5. has vanished from one
passage and is doubtlulIy mentioned in the
other. There are, 90 the other hand, some
PASSAGES ~hich still remain uushaken in their
support of established modes of expre ssiop.
In Hebrew i, S. the ALVth Psalm is still cit. d
iu the form m Ist conducive to the received
doctrine The exclamation of Thomas 10 John
Xxx. 2S remains iutao:. Io John j, l8 there IS
q new expression OF singular foros introduced
iGto The margin, With The support OF mao,
sccient authorities. 10 whon the "Loeos' 10
d-slsua,ed God only begotten" o her
varia rs have been accepted which will 10
d'ffereot ways give sh.ck 10 the pub io uiod.
La The Lo1d's Prayer the expression "evl,"
shich in the Sermon on the Mcuot is used
three times over Matt. Y. 1l-37, vi. 49,. is 10
this Que lns.arce not qule oonsisteutg
translated the Evil O0e." "Esil," or "the
evil, DOWeVeE, sppshCe IN tue ul3IRlQ. ne
f d.xology Is atose her omitted (Matt. vi. l3j.
10 tho version OF the same form of prayer 10
Luke ri +. the varieties are still more
numerous. The gracious aud beautiful story
OF the woman taken 10 adultery (John viii.
LII is preserved indeed ia the texs, bu,
: lis doubtful character is clearly indicated The
T.. passage so otsen quoted in behalf OF Christian
torbtarance in the .buks to the disciples who
would have cll!st uJSu fire from heaven
: (Laksix, 54) is now shorn of lis most persuasive
( appeal. Inc still N ore pathetic and solemn
o prayer. Father, forgive them, tor they know
not what they DO" remains in the text (Luke
xiii, 34) but not with ut 8 statement IN the
m ,rsin tnAt it is omitted in some ancient suthori
Y lies. Even o variation in such matter is pain
!u We may console ourselves that in all these
three instances the doubtful expressions are 30
| an,lreiY in the spirit Of the Gospel and 80 er .