Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-04-01
Bible Revision.

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ask. nlln how IN revision Jared.
u" /, s,s flushed soma iimo ago he
,,;a ",,,i,h" En2lish University Press
Sas rr,;i',d $50 600 copies for the first
y" when will this book DO put upon
the uta'ee'?' asked.
w ;" ,.irk fifty or hundred thousand
! .oins AZ, start for thus country Ill "a
ovi aL nr two. Tae American Commit.
.ee haze h,,i Their pnrt III the r. vision,
sua t,,l,.rs this, they have written "a
nYot..t which ~ printed as all appendix,
farny,rL certain cnnstructiGns on whic!!
.ha E,aII ~ Is whole was unable to
ogre. , , ,.
msdr professor?
40. nnrdreds, tlousanda, but most of
then, are what wouli not b. cor sidtre /
:. vary vital. If the book were read from II
rnjuj, four ont If five pnr-ons wou!d
not notice any difference at ALL"
"You had brforc you, of conrse, all
tho old manuscripts, recently liscov.
sred. the Ticheniorf, Naticau, and
others
s;on pt The BiOlC was prepared 10y kDg
James's forty seven, they had 10 man
scri,,ts a Ter than the eighth or ninth
oontury. and these had been Mutilated
and iuterpoirei by monks, for one
nnrpe.n r another. Bat now We have
tba AIeyspdrian, tho Vatican and the
Siuatrc, or the Ti''ena"rf, M you call
4 all dating ~ early RS the fourth cen
tury
"What rule of Interpretation did the
Committee adopt 7
an iuilexiblo rule. Ii the three
ollest versions agreed i'll emitting
somtthinE in our accepted text, we
I generally struck it out; if two versions
omittr II and Que contlined II, We gem
erall cncl scd it IN brackets. ~ apoc.
ryphrl matter; and if all included 1t,
we generally let it stand. Bat in some
instances all Of ti2te rules have been
reversed, for we applied the internal
evidence ard contex! test, also"
"What are the important changes 2
"We!i, we have struck out the We ses
about The angel troubling tito pool,
evid atty an irterpoiatipu; AND that
about the Trinity, there he three tina.
bear record III heaven, the Father. Son,
I and II by Ghost, and thcs3 three are
one, o,ohub!y the Invention If some
piOus monk +; and we have changed the
Lords Prayer by omi.tinE the dUxoiogy
| al the eud, for thine is the kingdom,
anil the power, and the glory, forever,
amen, nnothtT middle ages addition
mol f. a't in any OF the older maui
}scrip's."
"T4ese will be missed. Professor.
"Ytg; but truth is truth. and per
haps iae truth is as good as anything"
"TAe6a are the most important
chanCos 2" / asked.
"Thrre are some others that might be
deemed AS important oil changes in
the Il Yt of The Bible are jmportant. in
10 certain sense. We include il brack-
cts, as probably apocryphal, the story
of the woman taken in adultery, and
the last twelve verses of the sixteenth
chapter of Mathew
\ Not Icing ~ able to quote tho whole
Iot the gospels as the reader doubtless
lis, referred to u Bible at hand, and
Hound that the verses thus covered with
Idoub, include some OF the most vital
Iparts If the record Of the intercourse
of Jesus with his disciples, in which he
toretold his second coming, spoke of
himself as Jesus the Christ, and con-
ierred on them the power to Loose and
bind for heaven, the power still claimed
by Cstholi priests.
DR.. Bright said il Was inf rtuItte
THAT All American copyright bad not
jbeen taken cnt, for now the cheap book
plrat.s would icrriut tie book - soon
as a copy laGdei acre, aud hlod the
country with them at low prices. If a
copyright had been obtained, there
would be some chsuce that tho dc
voted men who have spent years over
(itmight tie pnii for their labor and
!sacritice.
forgot 10 ask Tie Baptist breth"rn
What t fleet the revision had had on the
dspu,ed passage abou: immerrlon; but
hear from other quar- ers that thei1-
nerslouists "havo 1t, ami that the great
copper IL Ill The ascendant.
An Episcopal friend tells ne that
IBishop a. Cleveland Coke, of Huil'Io,
Ioelng asked last week what Was the
best use that could be made uf the re
IvlSed revision Of the Testament. immc-
Idlately answered, "Ti put it III ite
me- His father, DE-. Coke. the prom
laent Ptasbl tcrian divine, Has, on the
lo'her hand, nlwny been in f'y;r of :he
lewiston.
Per! srs, by the Tny, you have rc,ct
heard ct the time when DR.. { rXe ny
Iplied 10 his son for an exchange. The
bishop considered his fathers applica-
lon al pniaful lepgih, and tiualiv de-
Iehned on the srouad that his father
taad not received aro2to!ic rai"mtipn.
May the Lord forgive nae. exclaimed
Ine Old gentleman, in sudden aeyout
luess, " !pr raising such IL fool Half
loi his chllar"u aye ,u.mht-> Of tine
enorch III eplte o( tbs patr:n,l minis
liatlots and example. and VIXEN asked
IsOou' til"ni he il said to have txplalned
I,9at five Of Them are wise AID five
ILpkcop4iians.'
III the Lew version, may add, til"
present arrange mcnt of chapters and
feists introduced j.. the III! al" EHc'D
drorYca, and nulur&l divisions INTO
TYPES and Paragraphs are substituted.
I,n The revision of the GA Testament,
lue pN"'ms ana ether poems "lil up
Eefsiil' 4 and arranged rhythmlc'lIy y
A. \. Letter tn Indianapolis J,ulnai