, 1881-05-22


Im jt,ssr wiz IS. our English Biules read:
:. nrafsn. and ,l.ssi,g {;od,'' the 'blessin.''
having beer, aided by the copy1st, anu con-
2crsIon. SST .TIe more Intelligent the tran.
scrlber the greater would DC the Danger oI
such lapses. "t:... =. = Z ,..., ~
Lastly. some various rcadingS have been
due ft1 flle Ioctrinal bias Of. the subscriber
:rhe insertion of the famous passage Of the
three heavenly witnesses: l. John; y, anu :,
may seem to have risen from desire IT, yll-
tlitate the doctrine Of the Trinity; yet, on the
other hand it may iIaye nefn n it1,:fe t r.
either case, it is now: reieited py common
consent of scholars, and is therefore omitted
from the revised version. notwithstanding
The strength of this tenpntion + SeSis sI 70
Here Here is s reason 10 believe that few Of these IL
Tentative readings can be ascribed to prcju-
dice or unfaithfulness. g''
: SPEAKING OF. THE WORK OF REVISION -
the American reyiscr, who occupies portlon
OF Dr. Roberts book, says Of the El'gllst1
committee i'll giving all account of the steps
to the Canterbury revision i'll 1870, and to tue
part taken by Amcrica1l revisers III co0pera-
ton with those Of Eugialld: ..~
= The committee was divided into typ
companies one f1r the rey1s2m n; t q n;san 5g o ~
the New (1.nder the cl,airmanship Of the
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. They
held regular monthly neetlnES ~ tn, the
ssGpsae% ssd in The oe cSaptai forary, sslongias
to the Deanery OF Wcsttninster Ing msnl- t,;a
hers co0per;.ted OIL terms Of equality put the
Episcopal members are, as may be eXpe:tea'
hnr Of English reyisers in 1850 amounted to
! fifty-two {twcnty-seven iM tfle Old I,estanent
! Company, twtlltY-tve in the New Testament
Col,,l,any). More than two-thirdS belong to
the Church Of England. Tue lnaspe1naeiih1s, ,' 1,h
i tcrla1l Churches If Scotland (Which had no
share III the authorized version except us the
| .lisOwned mother Of King Janlcs),, are well
| represented i'll the COMMITTEES. Among uhe
rcyiseis are several Of the ablest and sountl-
| est Biblical scholars OF the aEe. VINO would
! be selected BY all competent Judges us pre-
| elni.ently fitted for the task.
| Soon after the organization of tie English
| Committee courteous invitation, was eN-
| tended to American scholars to co0perate
with them in this work Ut colnilloll interest;
| LII view Of the great distance it was deemed
| best to organize Scparate committee tl'la
should fairly represent the biblical seno,t-
stitutiolls OF the United States: Suclt II com
mittee, consisting of about thirty members,
| was formed in 1S7l and entered upon active
| work III October, 1872, when the first revision
It . was likewise divided into two
conpanies. which met every month
feXcept in July and Augnst) i'll the Bible
House ut New York (but witlloutany cnnnec7;
tion with the American Bible SUcitty), anu
! co5pe1;ltel with their. Englisl, brethren ol!
tlle same principles and with the intention of
| bringing out one and the same revision tor
| lotll countries Ex-Presit1ert DIR. WoOlsey,
| Of New Haven, acted us Permanent Cilair-
| man Of the New Testament Company; Dr.
! Green, Professor III prineeton. as Chairman
Of the Old Testament Company. The two
Committees exchanged the result Of their ia
bors in confidential communications. The
| New Testament WAS completed i'll October,
1850. Just 500 years after the first English
| translation OF the whole bible by Wyctitie.
THE revision Of the Old Testament is still III
/ progress ol, bot1, sides Of the Atlantic and
| wiIi be finished III three or four years.
| il it be asked BY what authority the
| American Committee was appointed, we cal.
only say by the authority Of the British
| COMMITTEE, which was vested i'll it from the
| beginning BY the Conyocati0n OF Canterbury.
| The American churches were not coils:lltet,
| except the Protestant Episcopal Church,
Which DECLINED to act officially. The seec-
| zion was carefully made from expert Biblica!
/ scholars {inostly professors of Greek and
| Hebre,y). and with All eye to a fair repre-
selltatluil of tile lealling denominations and
| in tln necessary limits of convenience tor