The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1882-02-12
THE NEW VERSION.
The Subject Again Ente rest
iDsly RDfscu.~cG.
ARTICLE NO. 6,-Rzv. b. A. roGzRs.

ARTICLE NO. 6,-Rsv. B. a. TOGERs'
Another OBJECTION SCI ousiy urged
against any revision of the Scriptures is
that the sermons Of the world viii cave
20 be rewI.tte ! "l'he sermons o. the
world have mos y done thelC woTh, Al, d
are upon the shelf. The world is entl-
tied to fresher an0 b5t.er oLes than the
ma. or.tv OF those A.rocly written ever
were. But if ii Eust b. 8ffiiu ed with
repetitIons, let them be rewritten 0y all
means.
But, seriously, is science of SO much
more III. .ortf ace than ev ve.sticn, thG {
the pelS end presses OF tle word a e to
be forever kept bus -. resti.yl1G its
errors, 20 matter at what loss Jr trouh-e
to pub .l1Ee.s, uoo1sel lers, teachers end
scho'ars-and yet not pen or type is
to he moved to correct the errors OF the
BOOK IL which GJa's recorded VII Is
bound up, because his selvants might
be put 20 tie trouble of cOIcec il. . their
Old scTmCps !. they aesIre to preach
them again?
Are no sound objections scarce when
such as { are made fvai.ab.e?
Anotnec and more IN 30 - TT IS that
the new version has t c M u Changes.
But un.e IS 8stne, ga, .eGsoLs can jus. y
a desi, 70 preserve tie exGct -si.guage
On t4sns.atiO. that, no-withs!aEI ing
its itert y e..encler IS often faulty
because OF -; - @ Il; unI sen1ania- -
ac3uracies, - j are to set aside 81 the
demands Oi .o4 II; e5a TO .le o gin :,
now coGld tn l.. " Cu. 4Ie5 nave been
avolueG? AIv ess 5ne.a4 revision
woU4- have as GssU- sd V o.1u. - upon
the Tev.seIs the o-er.e CT InaccTracy
an .aCk OF sIaO-@rsii ip aG the present
revision h s thar CT wan On change aMd
a desire to e,ter. Ike revision was
soie4y IL the interest OF faith -ciness
to the OliGlne.. AM i@ili..U SIS, ci.aer
to the letter or spin O1 the O.4SInai, Ge-
manded a thai has been dore, L do
not see how any schO. ar coutd have
risked bis reputation by any less critical
or general revision. DR.. johnson, of
Trinity College, says that it is too Hccu-
rate and not poetic. | confess that, for
me. God word cannot be too accurately
preserved. And that | can get along
without poet.y wherever the OI;ginaI
revelation was sven il prose. If ChIist's
m;~'sters are more Gu .oUs to ado.
the Sunday sci, ces V tn poetic ex-
pressious, lIIomatlc sentences end
rounded pei C.is, than TO procir m the
pO. lted t lth3 OF the ever ast;ng gospel
in the e act ieL5 5uage of o nal 1spi-
rat or, hen the ourci : OF "tOo accurate,
not poe.ic," is vely We Otherwise, ac-
curacy to the o. nal, il seems to me.
mighs be con5ld red eve enough "alu
L" we enou h" ml~ht be Let lone.
81 another objection urged 3 shat
L" we are too fam;l IT til the old to
VI igiy accept u new, til 50 msny
ch; lges in it,
L e the others, T! $ objection
leaves out of sight the whole que,tion
that llder!ies tine neces i.y OF fly re-
visioI.- ;:at of II th IS ed Gccu-a-
cy-r u goes uDon the ground o, t; ste
raihei 9Eel tru.: 1t de'e, 'cs and needs
no !. he "rswer. Ard - it is OF eve.
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