Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-01-16

without spot TO God, purge your conscience
from good works TO serve the living God"
THE STANDING FISHES BIBLE.
And shall come to pass that the fishes shall stand
The word fishes s used for fishers in . 4to
Bible printed by the kings printer in London
in 1906, and reprinted in q 4to edition Of
1918 and in an 8vo edition Of 1928.
THE IDLE SHEPHERD BIBLE.
'woe to the idle shepherd that leaveth the hock"-
zech. IL, II.
The word idle shepherd is used instead Of
idol shepherd in q very faulty 8vo Bible is
sued by the Oxford Press in 1901. The print
ers no doubt intended 10 correct what seemed
to them a mistake, and which is undoubtedly
an unfortunate rendering. The exact mean
ing Is vdin, empty, and therefore foolish
Jerome and Pusey consider this idol shepherd
AZ an Antichrist Of the future, and Bishop
Wordsworth sees In him the Pope Of Rome as
adored in the church OF st. Peter by the car.
dinsls after his election.
THE DISCHARGE BIBLE.
az discharge thee before God."-l Tim, ", a..
This reading disfgures 4to Bible issued
by the kings printers in London In 1902. |
am not aware that it has ever been repeated
THE wIFE-HATER BIBLE.
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father
gNhf ehh MS eHh WV saNt NeNs--NeAN @''s
This reading is found in an svo Bible print
ed by the Oxford University Press in 1870
REBEKAH's oAMELs BIBLE.
"And RebekAh arose. and her eamsis."-Gen. xiv.
The word cdnels instead Of damsels occurs
In an 8VO Bible published in 1928 by the
kings printers in London.
TO REMAIN BIBLE.
"Persecuted him that was born after the spirit 10
remain, even 40 1t IL now."-oal. w. 10.
This typographical error, which was perpe.
trsted iu the first $40 Bible printed for the
Bible Soci, ty, takes its chief i'm portance from
the curious circumstances under which IL
arose. l2mo Bible was being printed at
Cambridge in 1906, and the prooi-resder be-
ing in doubt as TO whether or not he should
remove a comma, applied to his superior, and
the reply, penciled on the margin, "t0 re-
mdin,' was transferred TO the body OF the
text and repeated in the Bible Society's Svo
edition 1866, and also in another l2mo edi.
tion OF 1919
THE RELIGIOUS BIBLE.
Because she bath been religious against me- sAith
the Lord."-Jer iy. II.
This word religious, instead OF re5elliOus,
is found in an svo Bible printed in Edinburgh
in 1857.
THE NDEPESDESTs' BIBLE OR TIE YE OR WE
BIBLE.
wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven
Of honest report full Of the Holy GhOst and wis
Vi. 8.
This little word ye instead of we, in this
verse has given rise TO much controversy and
feeling. The correct reading, toe, shows that
while the selection of ofice-b bearers was the
right Of the ohurch-"look ye out"-the Apos-
ties reserved to themselves the power of ordi
nation or setting apsrt-"Whom De may Ap-
point" etc.
In the days when political feeling and reli.
gious passion we're strong, Cromwell was Ac-
cused OF having procured the reading for a
bTibe Of $1,000. The mistake, however, is
found in q magnificent revised Cambridge
Bible printed in 1888. The royal standard OF
civil war was raised at Nottingham in 1912.
and at that period Cromwell could not have
tampered, il be had wished to do 80, with
the text Of the Bible. The charge against
Cromwell simply shows the length to which
the bitterness OF hate may lead.
The reading in the Cambridge Bible OF
1888 was followed in subsequent editions.
have in my possession Bible OF 1858 in
which the mistake is perpetuAted. On the
fy-leaf there is the following Ms. note
"This edition has the remarkable misprilt
in the opinion Of some, but in the opinion OF
others q deliberate vitistion, in Acts vi 8,
whom ye may appoint, which was charged
upon the Independents or Presby yteriana, and
which the General Assembly thought itself
called upon to di iclaim. Acts Y. Assembly
1898
From memorandum on the late Rev.
John Jafray's copy Of this Bible, at
John KuoI's house, CAnnongate, Ed
inburgh."
THE HE AND She BIBLE.
"He measured size measures Of barley, and laid It
her: and he went into the eitie," Gnd che went
into the citie"-Ruth ILL., is.
Everybody knows that the authorized YER
sion, called King James's Bible, was Issued
in 1911 and that the millions Of the author
lied version since printed have followed that
edition.
1t lie not generally known that the 1911 edi.
tion Of the Bible was printed from two sepA-
rate and distinct copies, and that one set OF
the folios follows one copy and another set of
folios another copy. The 4to and svo edi-
tions also run in two streams, one-half fol-
lowing the He Bible and one-half the She
Bible. To possess the first edition OF the au-
thorized Bible it is necessary to have the two
folios, and the key to each is found in Ruth
iii. 10, They differ from each other on a
great many minute points.
There has been much investigation as to
which Of the two deserves to stand first, and
those whom we look to as authorities are di-
vided on the subject. For instance, Mr..
Francis Fry is OF opinion that the He Bible
is the original, but DIR. Sorivener holds that
the right of priority belongs to the She Bible.
Mr.. Henry Stevens, who is also 9 very high
authority, agrees with Mr.. Fry.
am inclined TO believe that the right oi
priority belongs to neither, and that both
were printed simultaneously. The book was
eagerly expected, and facilities for rapid pro
duction we're not very great and doubtless
two presses worked hard and at the same time
on two sets Of copy, and the numerous diver
genoies are simply the slips Of the oopyist anG
the printers of each set OF copy. In q shor
time the Shs Bible prevailed, and only recent
ly Dr. Scrivener, in his paragraph Bible, hal
returned to the correct reading of the He Bi
BILE.
THE YE LORD TRsrAAfKNT.
"what then is Apolos and what is PAulf Minis
ters through whom ye Lord believed; and each th
| gave to him. ~ Cor. iii. 8.
This error, with which close this article
is found in the Revised New Testament, bre
vier 16mo. 1t consists simply in the misplac
ing of the word Lord Ave words too soon il
the verse but even this small mistake viii