The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-16

.."J oNf1r0Iy lueI0DeT on the q u6SLlOl
OF the Arabic note. The American OIL,
OF Frot. Taylor Lewis, who died in 1879
Or. Krauth, who died in 1888, ant
Stowe, by resignation. Of the OLE
testament Company, DR.. Krauth wa
the only active member who died, Prof
Taylor Lewis, who died in 1877, having
been unable to participate in any of thu
meetings. 1t is interesting to note tina
lew members who were on the com
mlttee at its first organization wer,
elected by the body almost Immediately
afterwards, so that all these who
brought the work to its completion hat
a part in all its stages from the
beginning. The meetings of the two
American companies were held every
month from September to May. in
elusive, IN each year, at rooms AZ an6
A, Bible house, New York. The sum
mer meeting was held in July, usually
at New Haven, and ever at Princeton
The summer meetings continued fol
a week, the other meetings for two
days. The members sat around a com
mon table and freely and fully dis
cussed such passages or chapters
as had been previously assigned fol-
the particular meeting. Each member
gated them for him eff The work was
revised in this careful manner twice
from beginning to end. At the first re-
vision the changes in the authorized
revision were recorded, and a vote OF
twO-thirds was demanded in order to
adopt the proposed change. Finally
the passages were examined the third
time, in which the unreconciled differ
ences still remained between the
views. of the English and
safely said that no criticism has been
made on the New Testament portion of
the work already published, which was
not anticipated, and accorded fair and
full discussion by the revisers in the
progress of the work. As the two com
panies included scholars of the princi-
pal Protestant denominations, an
opportunity was given for fair
and able presentation of the
views of each bearing upon
the matter of the translation of words
and sentences. A controversy, how
ever, never arose in the meetings on
points dividing the religious bodies; the
spirit of scholarship rose far above the
sectarian spirit and the latter was at no
time manifested. This fact may also
bear with itself testimony to the gen
eral accuracy of their work. The rela-
ton between the committees of re
vision IN the two countries involved
some questions of Importance which
called for extensive correspondence, but
they were finally settled by agreement
between the two parties, which met the
approval of both at an early period in
the history of the work. Arrange
ments have been made between the Eng
lish companies and the officers connected
with the university presses of Oxford
and Cambridge, by which the revised
version in Great Britain became prop
erty of these institutions, on condition
that the large expenses Incl
dental to the work in that county
should be paid by them. The
copyright in Great Britain
accordingly passed into their control.
1t was at no time desired by the Ameri-
can committee to have any such
arrangement made between themselves
and the publishers in the United States,
or in any way to put restriction on the
sale of the new books for the purpose of
securing any remuneration for their
own services, or any benefit for them
selves whatever. No copyright was
thought of or wished for in America
with any such end in view. AT one
time, however, the subject of securing
a copyright for the sole purpose of pre-
venting inaccurate or imperfect edi
tons, was considered. This led
to much correspondence with the uni
versity and with lawyers in America /;
but this scheme was abandoned. The
American revisors were determined not
to accept pecuniary benefit for their
work, and the danger of an incorrect
edition was finally decided to be too
little to change them from their settled
purpose. AS some standard
sary, the American committee agreed
to make public statement that the one
issued by the University presses was the
one for whose accuracy they would hold
themselves responsible The attitude
of the English committee toward the
suggestions of the American reyisors
was always that of readiness to give
them most responsible consideration.
In July, 1873, when the question of the
relation of the two bodies was first
brought under consideration, both the
old and new companies in England,
declared they were glad to have an OPP
portunity of repeating the plan of the
English work, and suggested the forma-
ton of an American commit
tee of twelve or eighteen, to
which the work of the English
rev1sors could be referred for criticism
and revision. He gave some hints as
to how the expenses of such a COM
mittee could be met, and invited CORE
spondence on the, subject. DR.. Angus
also had personal communication
with L. Schaff The result was the
selection of certain gentlemen
who we're fitted for the work
and were likely to be regarded as au-
thorities in Biblical learning by the
American public, and the submission of
their names to Bishop Elliott and Dean
Stanley, as representing the English
body. a few months later. Dean
Stanley made the first for
NAL communication, by letter,
in the discharge of the duty assigned
to him after the vote in the convention
in July IS, 1870. On the 18th of January
1871, he wrote to Doctor Schaff, as fol-
lows:
DEANERY, WESTMINSTER ABBEY,
London, Jan. Ii, 1871.
Ny Dear Sir-I have been in commu-
nication with Doctor Angus on the sub
iect of the revision of the authorized
y-arSion of the RihIa NOW sat on foOt