The Evening critic., 1881-06-28
THE EVENING CRITIC.
ESTABLISHED AUGUST. Is0s.
THE NEW TESTAMENT.
What the Washington city Bible So
ciety Say in Regard TO 1t.

ciety Say in Regard TO 1t.
The monthly meeting of the Washington
City Bible Society was held last evening,
the first business considered being the report
Of the committee appointed to revise the
new version of the New Testament. Rev.
A. w. Pitzcr, chairman of the committee,
stated that each member had taken sixty
pages to read and compare, as u result of
which he would submit the following: The
undersigned having been requested by the
Washington City Bible Society to unite in
an examination of the revised version of
the New Testament, respectfully submit the
following report:
"This is one of many TRANSACTIONS since 1880
--Wyclifies, Tyndall's, Coverdalc's. Mat
thews, Cranncr's, Parkcr's Gcnevan, Douay,
King James, and many Others since.
with all the variations in the different
manuscripts and the various rcnderings in
the translations, the system of the Chris.
tian religion remains intact. No fact,
truth, orduty is changed in the least.
while the ConvOcation of Canterbury
originated and has controlled the revision,
and while the great religious bodies Of this
country and Great Britain, as such and the
Bible societies have not co-operated in the
work. yet the revision has the cooperation
and assistance of eminent scholars outside
the Anglican church, both in Great Britain
and America.
"Thc rcvisers have had the use of more
abundant material (notably the four Oldest
manuscripts in exstence), the benefit ofthe
comparatively new science of biblical critic
ism, and enlarged knowledge of the Holy
Land. With these advantages over previ-
GUS rcvisers, they have labored nearly eleven
years, without compensation, to give us the
nearest English equivalent for the original
Scriptures.
In general, the changes from the author
lied version are more exact and correct
renderings Of the original Greek, and, since
the great object of every translation is to
approximate as nearly as possible to the
thoughts of the Holy Spirtas embodied and
$ expressed in the original Scriptures, this is
an excellence of the highest value.
Among the merits of this revision we
note the following: Tho substitution of
modern for obsolete words; the uniform
rendering of proper names throughout the
Bible; the omission of the headings to the
chapters, which are in reality q commcn-
tary, and form no part of the Scriptures,
and the noting in the margin only of the
convenient but arbitrary division of the
Bible into chapters and verses, which is u
matter of purely human origin
"In the few instances of important changes
and omissions the reviscrs have evidently
sought with diligent and conscientious care
~ slNH us tnc 'lahS"''ioh vi Purer text Oh
NY oU II, = no, ai' .'
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Ian fosiscls, "s PrinHu III inc appendix,
. Len SIno.s a1oP.eu, IN our Juuslnehl
:ne revls,oh "ouiu nave peeh stiil 1urther
i"tp nv
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s rea.os. vi Lts,isn clssics, ana living re-
pIouuc t;o VI .hc original scriptures III
i aa hnsnsn Wy Mci, Us reverent ana
u t; us ie'.raeu, anu us oeso recommends
eioh Is b.s unlvers''i auoptlon ana use IN
oycry rloIes.unG Inurch ana h0uscholtl
f Mmeio .nS iiuHisa iahguasc Is spoken IL
mus auiiiIapiy served lts purpose Tor 80
years, anu Is 80 inatrwoy We, win English
hnu acl,oan in.eta.ure 'haV IL can never
oc e,.ilciy supcIscucu.
anu yeu Nv tne same tiine thls revision
narns ~. oi. IA oioiie,i sciioiarshiP, ana lts
PEpnc'..ioh meets anu tellus largely TO sat
lsiy inc scheiai anu urgent demand Tor the
Sloic accurate renHering OIL the original
scriptures INTO !le English tongue.
ts clrcuia.ioh anu use as II companion
anu commentary anu neip 10 the authorized
cersion VII, Ia. III our Juusihent' result Ill the
lar Miuer ai1 mi, Viz anu more correct under
sltiu,i,g Vi YOU worn;
right, under its present charter, to publish
TINS revision we would recommend such
pupiicatioh, not TO supplant the authorized
version, but as " companion to 1t and m