The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-05-21

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The nual arrangements Tor ihn Amer
loan committee were made iu Inc fnW
msf ~ iFI1 These arrangements " nff
concluded ~ ~. Sohaf, who Vl i0l
Enaiaud thai summer iUr the pufI n
On his return in the autumn ihn n1n
mittan hegau work Though nearly i've
years latnr than the English comp BIO.
~ halinning the W ~, they pres ID
forward with such activity that they
were enabled IA complete II contempt
raneOusly with tho English version
Tho first meeting Of the American COM
mittee, VII ~ ~ organization was CON
piotad, WAS held at the Bible house in
New YORK, on the ith oi October, 1879
Tho list Of the American committee, AZ
finally constituted, u rs follows, M
GLIDING both those who participated la
the organization Of tho body aud who
were admitted % membership by cleo
ton at tho time of tho earliest meet
ings,
Philip Sohoh, ID, ID, l.. l.. D., PRESIDENT
George y. Day, ID; d., secIelary,
First, the Old Testament committee,
as follows: Prof. William Henry
Green, ID. D., l., l., D., chairman OF the
Theological seminary ofPrinoeton,Sew
Jersey,
PROF George Il. Day, ID. d., secretary
OF the divinity school Of Yale college,
New Haven, Connecticut.
Prof. Charles A. Aiken, ID. d., OF the
Theological seminary of Princeton:
Rev. II. w, Chambers D. -, OF the
collegiate Of the Reformed Dutch church
Prof. Thomas j. Couart, d. D., OF
RrOOklVu.
Prof. John Dewitt. ID. D., of the theo-
logical seminary OF New Brunswick.
Prof George Emlin Hare, ID. d., l.. l.
D., OF the divinity school OF Phiiadel-
phis.
D., vice provost OF the university oil
Pennsylyania, at Philadelphia.
Prof. Taylor Lewis, l.. l.. D., OF Union
school, Schenectady.
Prof. Charles NJ. Meade, ID. d., OF the
theological Seminary of Andover, Mas
Prof. Howard osgood, d. D., l.. l.. D.,
of the Theological Seminary oil Roches'
ter, New York.
Prof. Joseph BACKYARD, ID. D., OF the
rboolog'cOl Seminary OF Alexandria,
Prof Calvin EIis stowe, D. d., OF
Hartford, Cpnnccticutt.
Pr {. James Strnnp, l.. l.. d., OF the
Theological Seminary, oil Madison,
Prof Rev. @. V. Avandick, d. ID. NJ.
D., OF the Theological Seminary OF
Beyrent, Syria advisory member or
questions OF Arabic).
The meetings of the two American
committees were held every month
from September and May incln n,t,
each year at rooms ~ and d, Bible
House, Now York. A sum
mer meeting was held iu the
month of July, usually at
New Haven, Andover and Princeton
The summer meetings. continued for
week, the other meetings for two days
The members sat around common
table, and freely and fully discussed
such passages or chapters as had been
previously assigned for the particular
meeting, each member having already
examined and investigated thom for
himself. In this way the whole oil the
New Testament and the Old was
infinitely considered and discussed
The work was reviewed III
this careful manner twice from
beginning TO end. In the first revision
changes in the authorized version were
recorded for further consideration, IN
case they were favored by amajority OF
the votes, but in the second review
me TulS a wv VI
two-thirds in order to adopt the pro-
posed change. Finally all the passages
were examined third time and in
which differences still remained be-
tween the views of the English and the
American committees. 1t may safely be
said that no new criticism has been
on the New Testament portion OF the
work already published, which was not
anticipated, and accorded, q fair and
toll discussion by the revisers
in the progress of the work.
AS the two committees in
Guided scholars of the principal pro
testant denominations, an opportunity
was given for q fair and able presenta-
ton of the views of each bearing upon
the matter of translation of
words and sentences. Controversy,
However, never arose in the meetings
on points dividing religious bodies. The
spirit of scholarship ross far above the
sectarian spirit, and the latter was at no
time manifest. This fact may also bear
with itself testimony to the general
accuracy of their work."