Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1899-05-31
REVISED VERSION a Dnuo-
6ooksellers Still Overstockeo
copies of the Newest BLDG.


Comics ef the Newest BLDG.
rhose who remember the enormous
sales which attended the introouction
Of the revised version Of the holy SCRIP.
tures will be not q little surprised al
the general collapse which has gradu'
olly made this publication q drug Oh
the market. Over sixteen yeats Aso
the first edition Of the revised Ne"
Testament was published by the O1'
ford Press, and at the time 30 strenu'
Gus were the efforts made to optain Ao'
vance sheets Of 1t that one house aione
offered f5, 600 for a single copy wnhou'
success. When the revised version o'
the entire Bible was published, foui
wears later the run on the OAtoTo
University Press warehouse was "n
precedented, upward Of 100000 cop
les being issued between one mldnlsn'
and the next midday. At the Ne"
York branch of the Oxford Press, IL
Blocker street. the Office was besieged
the night before publication, and spe
cial detectives were placed around the
building to prevent over-eager purcnas
ers from obtaining copies. even oy De
posting their money.
1t is estimated that 100000 copies
were sold in this country during the
first three weeks after the publication
Such a sale had never before beer
known, and several American firms
including Harper Bros, D. Appleton &
Co., Dodd, Mead & Co.. and Porter q
Coates Of Philadelphia, issued Amer
lean editions in large quantities to mee'
the demand.
The collapse was experienced less
than two months after the first appear
ance Of the new version. The total LOST
to the American firms interested hal
been variously estimated to be between
$500. 900 and 100000. From that date
until now the sales have been extreme
ly small, less than eight copies being
sold to 100 Of the King James version
That the revised version will evel
supplant the King James version seems
extremely doubtful from the present
outlook. AS is well known, the new
version Is never used in either the Ro
man Catholic or Protestant Episcopal
church in public worship, and can new
er be, unless authorized by those in
power. which is extremely unlikely te
occur. owing to the origin of the re
vised version. The Douay Bible is al
present used almost exclusively among
Engiish-speaking people Of the Roman
Catholic church, and the King James
Bible in the Protestant Episcopal
church. In churches Of other denomi
nations the revised version has made
little or no headway, and the regula,
Scripture reading for the day is rarely
taken from it
AS a textbook, however, 1t is con
sidered almost invaluable, and Is used
extensively by clerqymen of all de
nominations and n many Sunday
schools. Its superiority in technical
accuracy is everywhere recognized Its
lack Of popularity in public worship
seems to grow out Of a loss Of senti
ment, which is found to so large a de-
gree in the authorized version. One oi
the passages which has evoked the
most unfavorable comment Is the
translation Of the Lords prayer, which
in Matthew Vi, Ola, is made to read
as follows:
"Our Father which art IN heaven
hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom
come. Thy will be done, as in HEAVIER
so on earth. Give us this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our debts a:
as we also have forgiven our debtors
And bring us not into temptation, bu
deliver us from the evil one" Tht
substitution of "the evil one" for "evii'
brought forth food Of criticism.
Another passage which has attract
ed attention is the translation Of "Glor
ia in Excelsis." Ins,ead Of GLORY be tt
God in the highest, and on earth peace
good will to men," the revised versio,
has 1t: "Glory to God in the highest
and on earth, peace among men /,
whom he is well pleased"
These two passages, perhaps, alon,
have decided the fate Of the new YER
sion as book appointed to be read /,
churches. New York Times.