The Red Cloud chief., 1884-11-07
Sanaa,.Nhssi l~ssas
ruEssa O.
The REVISION oF THE Old Tt>
IAMENI.

On toe IHtb uf ~fsh-uArt. i~1H. nov
over fourteen year, sgu n resolution
Was unanimously GAINED through to'n
House. ui the souysz3'iun of taHtvg-
burr a. appoint a In Ia. Committee 80
report upon the dr iral!.ur-s Il a nrsis
ion q Tic authorized s~us.ou oi Ih~ tid
aud New Testament. whether by mar
ginal notes 80 ~oghgrRs~ ia al thu.v
passages where Ulain AID clear errors.
whether To- the lirbr.~ or ,.rceN Tea,
originally adopted bv the Translator.
or IN tie ty4uslat uns made from tbr
same. shall ou due Investigation be
found Ia EXIST lhi- led 81 the for
mat on 90 twu Compaut-s-ouc . iabvF
uu the Olj Testament and tn, other ,o
i1hor OF tie New Testament. aud iueeo
couTaI -. though in,.sdiUE eight ot
~" most accumpl shed Eng, IA shops.
acre cuiarEc,i bY utbc. eminent .cbol
ar without ryCarl 81 nationality % -.
lg'uu~ creed ard fart ser. an American
COMMITTEE on each q. the IcstancuIs
was invited - cooperate with the ing
Hsh rrI s.fs. The results of the New
Testament Committe' Rave already
been gwen Ia the world. with what suc
cess our readers have hal ample oppor-
tuui:y "a know.
Owing To changes rcSul,iu. from
death and otherwise. and tho iui;vduc-
ton % new members INTO the cid Ir.-
lament Committee. Il VS. deemed all
yIsahle not TO br coniaut with a second
final revision Of their 2ork. but o. sees
Greater thoroughncss aud accuracy BY
review ing I, a third time AMI in the
most critical n This has been
the occasion OF some delay. but we un-
der>tand that nj their meetings dur N
the latter part of October aud Noycm-
Ter, the American scholars Will throw
into an appcndN certain Of the cmenda-
tons which they originally proposed.
but which wero ret adopted by their
English b e;hren into the text. aud that
then the task 81 Publishing the CON.
plcte old Testament will he RAPIDLY
[ pushed forward. II will not. however.
be out probably before the first of NAV.
The only authorized editions viii IL
those from the University presses ol
Oxford and Cambridge. but from these.
| doubtless. Their. will be- innumerable re.
prints in var ous forms. Two reason
oonspire To render the publ alton slow
first. because i is intended to prn t one
edition in four volumes on heavy paper
not for the rJarket but or p~resenia.
ton toeycry person who his. contributed
So or more toward the publication.
The labor dorc on this will be largel,
by hand IA very elegant. but. 81
course. tedious. \ second reason foi
siowncss will be the necessity IL getiin.
q vast number Of copies ready IN nj
vance of attempted sale. 49, as tn d.
able 10 nee. Ia, immense demand tha
will certainly re made for them
The reyiscrs. wishing their work .,
stand or fail On its completed merit
and not by on, partial criticisms OF
particular anu disconnected passages
are pledged to secrecy a. 20 The specihi
character If the changes maize. !
seems. how TO De- pretty well an
dersiood that they have been mncl
more conservative than were their New
Testament colleagues, aud that. Z.
quote the languag. Of DIR. Chambers
''they have confined Themselves in ibI
main to such changes as were dceme'
Indispensable, instead Of embracing n
the c.ses which might seem desirable
In corrobosaticn Of this DIR. Conan
SAYS
"tnc h has not coumfttrd rsch ~ tn
be 20 memory could read the new edition
Tor PAGES without Know. nz that any change
had teen made Tbs reTt~crs have teen yer
conservative and ssvs left the old text snd.
turbed wherever possible. some OF IN.
broader passages. Eoweser. have iren s,fi
cned. add a number 20 minor changes made
agCh A. rgra N NJ the pfF H.h~,. -.-f -.
hoyah instead OF the mo4crn Tenderfnl
Lord. TIE English ~revfs~rs. however, cifns
% the vort Lord We have found IN ou
iabors that the Cd HcSisers uerc better Grr~l
than Hehrew scholars and that many Of tibet
mistakes wcrc due to- too siayfso s1apfstloi
OF the Se~piuaylui"
The established order of the book
will not he disturbed. The apocryph;
will not be- included. bat will be- revise,
by m English Committee. independen
Of the Revision Committee And IL Il
supposed hat some such changes vii
bs introduced ~ tn following In plac,
OF the Hebrew plural ehsrubim Their,
viii be the English plural chsruhins
and 10 the same way sersDbifns. ncsh
!nims. anakims. etc. In;slligiDle ord
aud phrases VII take the place 81 81
cha.sms sgch "a .tarhes. '-ouches.
"knOps." "nees.ngs, and '1ail to-
meaning alto-e her. again. uniformit,
viii b. sought in the spelling Of proper
names and places. re;a.n NJ. however
as I rule. tie Hebrew forms Tor Hebrvs
names. except where = foreign nam.
has been thoroughly n~aturzliz-i an
unal,erably fixed IN Engii-h usage
Again. there will be \ rev sion Of orrnox
raphy. pronunciation. capitals ane
perhaps . me,rcai arrangement o
poetry according to the laws Of Hebres
parasie!isan- These and similar change
were AZ least foIe-hadowci IN an ar
te.e long since Published by Dr. Schaa
-CAFIarus 1s Work.