The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-05-21
EMENDING THE SCRIPTURES.
The Now Revision of tho Old Testament
s Finally Given to the Waiting Public ;
I'm LondtM

Il. Finally Given to the waiting Public
In LosdtM
Synopsis Of Changes Made in the Old Familiar
Text, and Sketch Of tho Work q
Revision
The Now Old 1es.ssSment
IosDoN, May lS.-Copies Of the revised
version Of the Ola Testament were given, %
the Newspapers at midnight last Aight All
the papers this morning contained extracts
from tho work The Times says:
Finally "A International work of fourteen
years mas come to close. The revised version
NV The Sevsed ISL
be published in all parts Of the English speak
Ing world y; This revision !. che most lpofss6t
161i. The success Of the 81. Testament nav
nos Se as great as thas Of the New, Of which
ois sss sna 'G %Ss Ss 'G sS;e
Of copies before the close Of the veaS but it viii
probably be more fayeras.S received and less
| the Hebrew text, no older manuscripts than che
| Masoretso having been discovered, and tho idtom
Ut the authorized version is most carefully pre-
feeling Of the church in its attachment Tor ths
language of the old version Ali errors ~ ~ AZ
asioh n '! have bee9 ren.oye and the
Bible reader to be very Great Improvement. It
presents the results of the combined labor OF a
.ataS Aa'aees of the best HspFaists aid biblical
OF them professors 0. Hebrew in universities
and semiuaries. It has, moreover, the adyant-
age OF tte Vast advances Of the last fifty years in
qntes al Of Wick we're BUT MISERY impel
lcctiy understood by TIE 1orty-sevcn translators
OF King 9arsc. Tho new version is not a good
Improvement Of u good version. The MOT client
c CO Of Gantestrfy the mother church
the adortsoS. OF the following resolutions:
THE FIRST STEPS.
.nth That It is desirable that revision 2t the
6e undertaken; that The 1evtien be so con
Quoted as to comprise 10th marginal render
,nxs ana sase e1aendations as it may be found
necessary 70 Insert in the text Of the authorized
yerstoh; that VIC do not contemplate any new
translation Of the Bible. or any alteration OF
language, except where in the jqd gment Of the
most competent scholars, such change Is fieces-
aas: tnat IN SUCH ehnes the style Of
closely followed; tsat it is desirable that the
cohvocatior ehoHld nominate body Of its own
1nema1era 70 undertake the work of revision who
shalt D" at liberty to invite the cooperation OF
any eminent TOR scholarship. to whatever nation
or religious body they may belong" Atepe
toward the formation of an Arncyicau committee
OF revision were taken almost Immediately after
nst msesnS % t 81 NJ E"s TT
IN England ~ss held June 90, 1870 on the 7t6
OF J@ly following the two houses o. con
some American a,v}rcs. ~? - oPera!ion OF
force and Dean staniev vas ' ,nnaa itoel
inc res"le Was the selection of certain gentle
likely to he regarded M ,rtio MGh' aug were
learning by the American public, and the sub.
%issiea Of their names to Bishop Ecott ard
few months later on iaG '' "a 9si HS PHpay
Stanley wrote to DR.: schafTi whA was in 1>t H.
facilitating et%een y, TN t Rn, way
and American d;vincs and requesting him to
Rrestsnt the matter to Bishop Potter Of New
church and arrange mode If ,, n,,
the same subject Bishop Wilbesterye addressed d
two letters to Bishop Potter which We're SUB.
That body decided Take no o in new New 1o TX
work, hut LETT individual members frea Ia act as
they might: Final arrangements :of the American Si
ls72 In the auln;nn the commission henan ~, ..
work. Though nearly two Years later thar t he
English companies in beginning the work they
were enabled to co.:,p;e:e it temnoraneo YSy
" 18th their English brcthcrn. 'o"'''
r, ,.,, THE BOOK ITSELF.
,nent. The preface opens with a Statement ~
the general principles on which Tho revis;on h.a
been conducted, The revisers have borne III
mt - ra, Wy n3t 20 make new translation,
ou. ~ revise .hst already existing, and have de.
pa,.en from ~ Only when it disagreed with the
ssanslators OF l6ll upon the meaning OF a word
OF sentence The tcr'>s of natural history are
~, lxeo Ssrs:on IS incorrect Where it Is doubtful,
"i,. "nefs IS an alternative, the rendering Is
sr nSen on Inc margin In some words Of
be,nS eltner inadequate or Inconsistent, changes
ia nave neen Introduced with az mitch uniformity
a a. rraSteasie FSr Instance Tabernacle Of
hNpn a,toro
sgo, tent 81 meeting" In regard to the word
"a eih "o the usage Of tho authorized versioE
nh t' nc the reyisers not thinking it advis-
"G o =" MseIt IL uniformity tn place of Lord"
,,ra..' "h,G LII; Wnen printed in small! capitals
tcI,, 81 re words substituted by Jewish cns-
f,n,, t t Ina n1alable name of technical terms
hcom VI" ne,Hrew, or, IN three seem to have
IfndosSS e"c.ai! introduced. The word "Groven
WIZ Sxvnl, has been replaced ny "Ashera"
IN tho ~e.t icoi Ashst,nl anu Asheroth.
S Wnlch mas peer. changed in prose passages to
IN. sae eroVe: and the pit" with "sheol" in the
MARGIN. OF these rcnderings, HE'LL" says the
preface If it could be taken in its original sense
as uset! in the creed would be a fairly adequate
eGa ,valsn1t tor :ile Hebrew word, but it is so
That to employ it frequently would lead to inev.
table misunderstanding" IN Isaiah xiv, Where
hell Is used in more Of its original sense, the
.sheol IN the margin Abaddon,' which has
n MI been known to English readers of the
s'ote only from the Kew Testament REV. tx ~
D60A introduced naa asa IN,
Job and twice in Proverbs ne tsrnS A~0 ="
MEAT oFFER1NG."
has been changed into meal altering tho for,cor
term having ceased to be tho general name for
t a. 1000: new Piural-peoples- has been in
1i ow.Ms sltn0ueh sometimes this becomes
~. usu.nes wren Inc contrast TO the chosen poo
kson d.o "ane9' AZ hneau1ngs o! chapters have
nd t hsoppeG, az IN the revised New TESTAMENT
hui t to VA nus oeen dylded into paragraphs
SooA .ne Sio cnapter ana verse divisions have
uesa letsanea on the MARGIN for convenience Of
enabled to rejoin psalm K to psalm tx, and
psalm Kill. to psalm xiii, and to begin
dsain IN: at chapter liii, verse 3D. The several
nayS OF me creation are made more prominent by
breaks OF line between the verses This ex-
p Pc! has enabled the revisers to make use Of
Inc dialogue FORM and to show the dramatic
Of which, for example, is divided into seven
ss?ceches The Psalm: ais definitely divided into
nvs :o24: tho las5 four: beginning respectively
~ xn', XIII &c. and evil. A striking improve
n c 10 sne PrlntinE Of gu poetlca passages in
RoeelcTst 1orn This has been done in the Psalms,
Proverbs, job and the canticles, but the PROPHETS