Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-16
THE NEW BIBLE.
...d Edition Of the Old Tests-
s'. q. a,vsu to the World Af-
'''' tsr Fourteen Years.
o..,.0eou Of the Great Work aud
H. I Was Carried Out by the
n's v /. Minds of the Age,

!. vet been permitted 10 receive
s,alste copy of the revised Old
''irmsnt. The five thousand PEOPLE
EIovsd in binding and packing are
m watched to prevent a breach OF
j On their part.
IN revised edition of the ola Tes-
:, will be issued to the newspa-
4 Friday night. 1t will be distrib-
:, .mopg the booksellers Monday.
A .Napges are described as being
4 sumerous In proportion, but more
q a,,snt, than those of the revised
3, testament. Great precsution
4 ...u taken to prevent their dis.
d = before the publication Of the
NEW ERA IN HISTORY.
MON, May 16.-Copies Of the
\ version of the Old Testament
rI,en to the newspapers at mid
ISL night. All the papers this
uIur contain copious extracts from
work. In the following para
IL are presented the substance of
Unofficial article prepared for the
|8cn Times, in which some account
. Il work of the revision with par
|<Iu reference to the American part
a IA given:
Sualk it is an international work
8mteen years, as 1t presents the
In Of the continued labor of q large
.uber of the best Hebraists and
AlIesl scholars of England and the
A I'd States, most of them professors
AIebreW in universities and semi
4ss. 1t has moreover the advan-
I Of the vast advances of the last
II years in oriental philology,
&llcal geography, history and
all of which were
n imperfectly understood by the
Sy4eyen translators of King
$is' time. Although it Is freely
2hl.ted that they did the very best
Hhair day, the new version Is great
&royement over the old version.
movement for the present revision
. inaugurated by the Convocation
n Canterbury, the mother OF the
$rch Of Anglo.SaXon Christendom,
q, 1870, by the adoption OF the
3Oving resolutions:
INST, that it Is desirable that o re-
lon Of the authorized version of the
scriptures be undertaken.
9ecOnd, that the revision be so
ducted as to comprise both margi-
y readings and such cancellations as
pay be found necessary to insert in
y text Of the authorized version.
Xhlrd, that in the above resolutions
DO not contemplate any new trans
Gus oil the Bible or any alterations
ne language, except wherein the
gment Of the most competent
2olars shall declare that 3 change is
esssry.
0urih, that in such necessary
9nge the style of the language en-
Ngd in the existing version be
fey followed.
1lth, that 1t is desirable that the
vocation should nominate body
" own members to undertake the
! Of revision, who shall be at lib.
s lolnvite the cooperation of any
sninent for scholarship, to what
nalion or religious body he may
rg
MS towards the formation of an
sucan committee for revision were
almost Immediately after the
@nlstlon of the English commit
Inc first meeting Of the New
Ient company in England was
June %, 1870. On the 9th OF
Iollowlng the two houses of con-
won voted to invite the co-opera-
q some American divines
bshop Wherefore and Dean
ssy was assigned, soon afterwards,
WY q securing this result. They
u ,S.lsd Dr. Angus, who was con.
pauhgavisit to America, to open
'sspolaence with the Rev. DR.,
~ ~ ana other American scholars
y " me United States In regard
Il 'u'9 work. In August OF
VI Angus sent letters
M ssflous American scholars
s'In he explained the plan OF the
~ work and suggested the for
2|' VI an American committee OF
nj nj eighteen To which the work
4 y "A uglsn revlsors could be sub
,or criticism and suggestions.
Y =: ~ come hints as to how the ex.
sol such committee could be met,
~ a'l,ed correspondence on the
AZ" Dr. Angus also had a per.
4 N communication with DR.
NJ, me result was the selection
isa n gentlemen who were fitted
s ~ NoIk and were likely TO be re-
8 ~ - eminent in Biblical learning
4 M austrian public, and the sub
~ Oh their names to BishoI
N, snu Dean Stanley as repre-
ERs me English body. A few
later reAn Stanley made
uA formal communication
rss ~ y, The discharge of the duty
@ MIN after the vote of the
X ~ sa " in July OF 1870. Their
IN SINE sine correspondence between
n n ,hsshiey and DIR. Schaff, aftel
IN ~ s statement says:
. sI,;as unA arrangements for tn,
e nm,. committee were made IL
s. als~sIsr OF 1872. These arrange
o vl.,.le concluded by DIR. Schafi
~ born.seu England that summer TO
a emrp Se, ON his return in tn,
Il me sne committee began thei
tsough nearly two year
& n. nan the English com
I'm ~. IN beginning their worl
III NV r,sssed forward with sueh actiy