Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-06-10

The 1e--,5 i. Tcatam:n: IN England,
Tic s,cor.ior .l.,h a. .cyi-cd version Of
TIC Ncw cs,src.i has Iaoi sill, IN England
notwithstanding It's onlHluus sale, IS MOI, On
the Who'll, favssalla {, the wofA Of the
Au.lp-Amciican o5mPaujt The Iiat.S
thinks shat j!.a rgyisgrs have introduced
a good many i,lIer eratuilaus changes and
is surprised at The arp,nIiA, which, ii thinks,
contains differences cI Hl,.c moment. The
F,5r> declares that ''rcyisiap has been little
aycr.onc. Too nany alterations have been
n.a,lc and there is often school-boy literal
ness Of rcndGirc." Iturholds the harmless
inconsistencies oithc authorized version, ami
says Of the uew wor!, in general that "whle
their rulcs have been So carefully followed in
points Of very minor Importance, which in
no way touch established dogmatic ideas, the
rcrisers have boldly declined to carry them
out in some CASE ef tie contrary kind. " The
Mars goes on to cite instances. obicciiug to
the rendering Holy Ghost7 instead of Holy
Spirit, and o!,irctinr strongly TO The oranges
nia,;. in The Lords Prayer. II says in CON
clusion: The suggestions Of the american
Revision Committee wleh are aprauded to
the volume, will bc found TO form large
and interesting collection Of various rem
dcrings, such as The American Hevisers pre-
fer and have recommended, successfully,
10 the English Cou'rruy Tie English
student III iy np E.eaiis C.ncar with the
Americans in all the I"ijts tut he viii
find, ucvcflhclrss, ample ls:uJi af thought
and care. SIS well ~ Of sound learning onthe
American side In n...ny ct the clscs, we
are PERSUADE! h. English rcvisors would
l4,r, done w"li ii li'y had i..ii i'nrr alten-
tiou t. l;iem. They .tds,rl;ser believes
that mluy nr,dier. clnsr,, have been male
;tnd thai whatever may u" ,,iii oi the
scholarship Shown in thc NV vs'rip;i, !; I'M
,pu~t..t:,l.ly I,I;5 i,cIaw las great lscleccs-
.or ia ii., .I..c,s If .t,! .in.l il ji,, harmony
OF piir,s,u'"'sy- '.ic- .Stmaaf says:
Alterations oi TIE ,.ictior e thc rlI
version, 'in.,is.;.; nn .5.in m sense, "f
scarcely a P,fel'iil- .ar, swarm in il... rc-
vi~,j t;;itj.n. auI in almost every instance
it is impossible n,i II fr,l that tl:.- i,u.l
tr.nsla.ors however iuirtiur 10 the present
rcvIscrs in p:eci-e ana exhaustive scholar
ship. tcl'u;l or General, ,,cr, Infinitely their
sllpuiors in ti, rar' anI prrcious art Of
writing musical AMI n'asr.Iinc prose. No
educated Gan en- real s,nir Of the passage;
they have altered vitI.rat feeling ansatioa
Of intellectual pain 49,. imaginative loss" In
conclusion the C:ar.c is made a..,;nst the
revise rs that in tI,ir Efforts tn a,'ain Dry
anl merely acknowledgements ol expression.
they have 50 'lcvis2d' th, uohc5i h-oa in the
English language Is f., deprive i; Of much Of
is beauty, and to destroy aan5 Of its his
taric:.l associations~ The T,tgragi thinks
that each change il III, familiar phra aseoilgy
is certain to b. RESENTED l. a,.i years must pass
before Enslishmoncrst teaching Tia tir cliliren
the Lords Prayer, will bring ihams.!r,s T.
Gic:a'e other words than they heard from
the lips Of their own Parents. The result
oi the labors of tn, rcyissr5 is ~ doubt 10
render the New Testament more harmonious
within itself as 4 literary composition, hat,
inasmuch rs no ether gain aCcrues, the qnes-
ton arises whether ii Was worth While 10
make a number Of changes liable 10 irritate
the vast mass Of leaders ty their seemingly
rratr;:ou; cI.ar@CtCr.