The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-05-21
EXTENDING THE SCRIPTURES.
The New Revision Of the Old Testament
Finally Given to the Waiting Public
In London.
Synopsis Of Changes Made In the Old Familiar
Text, and Sketch Of the Work q
Revision


SynOpsis Of Changes Made In the Old Familiar
Toxt .,a , Cla,nh ~ ~. wo~l a
AeAS ~A~ CAo'oA VI sH0 "vAs ~
Revision.
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The New Old Testament
LONDON Nav 15-Copies of the revived
vers;o, IF tho Old Tast.m. At wWara sr;var To
., e-o.o- " Wv ~ -, "oA0, sis0" w
the newspapers ~ mldnlght last nlgnt AL
the papers this morning contained extracts
from the work. The Times saws.
80 .s WA Ane AinAee says
rnally an international work OF fourteen
ye:es has come to close. The revised version
OF the New Testament Was ies6ed In May, 1881,
and now the revised Old TESTAMENT will soon
be published Ia all parts Of the English speak
ing wVad; This revision Is the most important
event In the history OF the English Bible since
tne pupmcatlon OF the ing James translation IN
1911. The success OF the Old Testament may
not pe ae Sreat as that OF the New, pi yMhacH
mere IMAM million copies were SOTO on the Gay
Of cpnas nsfors th nu ,s =, ths snte int n
PROBABLY he more iavorably received and less
seseTSsy criticised Tor II involves no changes OF
IN. ,he heorew text, no older manuscripts than the
Masoret1c having been discovered, and the idiom
OF the authorized version Is most carefully pre-
served OUT OF regard Tor the conservative
ieelne Oh .ne cnulcn Ia l.s a1taonmenl ior tne
,aiiSuase Oh Tue oiu VERSION AL errors OF Trans
Iation, however ,,Y ", nave Deen removed ana the
n1ps tss 70 rss oe very great har a
srse number OF tne rest Hebraists and biblical
- S, " an" IIe n'su o.S.es liost
sn,, ss,inaras r bas ors IN t% "dyanss
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and ant,nnit,as 81, NJ wh.H MI bn, i,nnr
fectIv nndersto"s ~ We forty seven translators
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rarssar IL the ,i,ce nS =. haS nnc h,t RAT
Of sSSa version The
eonvocation Of Canterbm m the mnther c bS
~ 49,, Son C; .n s. o. stm IN
the adoption Of tha fnllow;ny resoiut,orat y
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a. ,hatt IN ,'i a sueS enahse Is neces
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closely followed, that !, + nes r. e tha, the pe
CONGREGATION sho,,S nn.,sn IA a 49, t,a' Ins
membars -, rnsrS.9n W. 81, oo y. vi JUS o~n
sha ii he =. sShe.fS, RI inrita ~ ~ ,,ns,; ny
sev eminent for scholarship 70 ubotwa oti y.
toward the Formation Of an aT.rnn s.sps
of revision were taken a,most ~ %
the organization of the Ennliel "A, r.stts 1ht
first meeting Of the X.w T4stanent committ az
In England was t;eia 3nno 90 So H. W. ~
of IWiy se,,bIriny thn two honsSss - s, u
v,,,at,na yotsd tr,,;ts tsGS2r, ~ ~.
some American tivsnen w 10 Risbon WiIhs Oh
sorns .sa r ~ n,sS,tn,. n,.o 10 Dlsiop toeE
s,he ,es,,,s .as tho SaIecta nf .his eask.
mEn who were fitted for The - wort ana ,.aso
likely To be regarded az .nthorites ia any hh Se.S
iearninp b,- tns Anar;n ",si 90 az, D'',. M
mission Of heir nan,es ~ n;s;, Ei ~ euss
Daa St VI snes - ~ si.Sof E.icott ana
A few months atsr on Ian ny y, III pfn s.S
StanIey ,.,{,.e ~ ~ S,bae ~ u peaa
fsnitr,f States off.-;,,r Ss,-s ~ az, ~ tne
facili,. inc corTa n,; a. % ~ 'He Nay
and AIneri,I xinas sp, LIVE tne hit 81
nrnsen, .ha ,,.trsr 10 pihn, Ets nm W
York. reresen i1a the Iroiesta uy.eT E Gt VIEW
cbnrcb sad sr,a is .ne dt3 4. Episcopal
the same subject Rishop Wiiherrorre address.a "a
two letters to- Bishop Potter, wh;cS srre snh.
mitted to the honse Of his no,,s IN Na,, w
That BODY tecied Ia saks No nf}ciaa nav, ~ IN
work hnt heft ina ;s i'm e,ha ~ - IL - 'ns
they might, nal arrans Inents for M 1ms,icaIs
iS7o In the au,u,nn 10 co,,ssion hnt-ars ~, -
work Thongh ,,esrir ,aa IL t s its
English companies in begining the work "n tsav
nasseri Forward Ti+h So. ao.;t,s,,4 IN. 10y 10y
we're enabled to non,tss e. ta,,ora,,eo,,s9
W it'll their English hre lhe,n l. '''nioi"'eo"sis
a.fiE Book ITSELF.
mes The nraf. o,ean Mttn ehe New Ies0a-
the eeneral nrincin,a1 -, hish = sIaIemeng ot
been cnndnctad To- c ra %n,sn Inc IeVlslon mas
but to revise that slrea asi.tins ,na sns M
parted from il only when IL dissc-asd MIN tNA
translaters Of tDll upon the Iresni;.s Of ,nrS
or sentence The terms of natural history are
only changed when If y certa1n tbat th s. ale
lied version n iacorrect Wbera !. g dnbtsi
or there 4 an Alternative the reTsar;," -
given on the margin. In .ome words ~
frequent occurrence tha authorized varsi.
being either inade;inate or inconsisfem+ ,,nnnna
have been Introduced with as mnoh M ;fnrTtt
as practicable. For instanco. nTaharnania y,
the congregation has hear avarruharn %o ~
to tent Of meetinp. In rorard ~ ,h s1ansea
Jehovah" the usage of the authorized ar mG,u
is followed, the revisers not thtnkiuS il sdviaa
able to insert it nniYormi,v in ,tana f ~ adyisA
God" which when nrinto5 Il ~. ~ l.oi ! =
represent th, words snhSiiitaa s h, capitais
tom fer thd tnfafsh,a nsma 80 ~ , NV iSn us
been generally ;r,rodr.sd 49, 80 ~ nave
tIudres =. MI hs. 49,, ra,>, nc mpru Ilove
with fts tiTroIs .tshar;nt; ~, ps hsne.a'
IN tha neetiooi 800 aehn,- anu Asheroon
which has hoan 1884, sn i aepiaces nell
she cro~e and th go ~ RtOse passages to
margin or these rendnr;r~s b.iil" 80 AZ t tHs
nrefaca -if II cnyid hs tai,a =, g., ,, SOY Ine
as used in the eread Wond he fsjrs .da1a.
no, i,.iaat vo, Nc HJau pe daiLiy auequaoe
cnmmneIv rnders.o,,d os WIZ , ous ~ Is 80
That =, G ,ln, - to,, as Tue pace vi tornent
itahe 80 ~ m9nad ,ead TO lnev
hail g. nsas IL e.au u -. In Isaiah XIV, wnere
rcvsers have eft .ba ~ Tvs oI h sense tne
birberto hoor, n MAJ III huauion, which mas
Rihie onl 49,, NV W Tnssn rea1ers OF tne
- one N." ,0''"nAen' 'hseS' Ia ~.
mas oeen introduced In three passages-once In
job and twice In Proverbs The term
MEAT OFFERING.
mas oeen changed into meal ofer1nR the former
term having ceased to be the general name for
troducsd, althoueh snmetiypes this becnm ne
Gentiles when the contrast - The cbos"n W.
ple is markell All headinoS ~ cba,,ter. hh.va
heen dronned &C in tha raried N TnSta,,,a,t
md ina ~ % h ~ snJ 5dS NC" aes.aeh.'
bnt the old chanter and xersa S Gvsinns nns
been ra+o;n.d 80, ~ ,ar, ~ s.o.U i Low e
resaranc D. o III ;no su ~ ~. ol
enabled IN reioin nsair te ,ssai,1 naEe oee zen
nssin ~, oion pIHn =; w psain LIZ anu
Lair III, ~ o,on+ ~ ";ii ' Snu M, " DELI
davs Of The croat;on &c .do LIZ t
hresl,S ~ In, t. 49, e. @ mi; w
ncdinn. has en.bieI Yha rav;sers t tniS
the dialo~e form and to sn,s TN use ..
charantep Of the snne nf the stv ,st hatac
Of ch FOR eyampe is ;HiSad isto saua,,
snaoho. IT. p pA"npo, 70 mp seven
i've bnoSs e fe are ginie nasraea INTO
At Viii viii re and crii strisin ,e'Ru ,r
ment ia IN. nri mi ~ ali roetina t.
noeticai form Tni hos - hsa 49, ~ th IN
Provorhe Inh nn tha on.i1 ao ht ~ o p.osl,it
hava aen ,os ~ W. h,rara, pmS .u
outcrv. the songs NJ Iamach facoh MiriaIn
Moses Deborah and Hannah the nsaIm If JonaI
and Habakkuk and David's lament in
second Samuel anncar i, a versifed ballad
the origin of Joshuah miracle. sun. stand thou