New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-19

The three ESSAYS on THE Origin AMI History OF
the Bible Approved by the Roman Catholic Shuich
and On The Origin and History Of the american
Revised Version Of me English Bible Whlch Sc
cured the prizes offered by Miss Helen Miller
Czould z,ere made public last week. They nave
been printed I'm book form ana copyrighted oy the
Bible Teachers Training School. Inc AliOu'ie
-i-+e herewith the text Of the Introduction and
The fourth part OF the essay by the Rev Wllilanl
rrbornaa whitley VI. A. LII NJ. LII D. or Pres
Ten England which secured the hrst ptlze OF >loV0
Herewith IS printed also the answer 10 fdIheF
Isrls statement regarding the authenticity of the
Bible authorized by the Roman Catholic Church
contained in the closing chapter OF the essay py
Charles b Dalton. Of New-York, assistant master
of Trinity Parish School. which secured the third
rrize Of $50 The second prize Of $500 as Is SEN
orally known was awarded 10 the Rev. Dr. Gerald
Hamilton Beard a student doing postgraduate
work at Yale University.
The contest arose out of an incident in connec-
ton with the annual meeting OF Miss Goulcs sew
ing class for girls at Observation-Disclosures In
the class were & number of Catholic girls Inc
meeting was held on a Friday in September, l9US
Some Of the girls ate meat sandwiches which mad
been prepared by Miss Gould's steward. The Kew
Father 7. J. Early the rector Of the Catholc par
fsh at Irvington-on- the-IIudson, then placed ban
on the class Miss Gould informed Father Early
that she had decided TO have the Bible read at
sessions Of the class In the correspondence "hlch
followed Father Early declared: The Cathohc
Church has never prohibited any Of her members
reading the Scriptures or Bible. In every family
whose means viii permit the buying OF copy
there you win find the authentic version OF Goa
Word as authorized by the Church. and which
has come do VI to US, unchanged from'the time OF
Christ himself. But the Catholic Church does OBJ
1ect 10 the reading of Protestant version. which
goes back only to the days Of Henry VIII or Eng
land and was then gotten up for obvious reasons
With the idea OF stimulating investigation Miss
Could through Dr. W. ". White. president Of the
Bible Teachers Training School, offered three
rrizes for essays the doElSe subject mentioned
The contest closed October !, 1891 Essays 10
the number OF 265 were submitted 10 the judges
Several came from Roman Catholics. The writer's
represented all quarters of the world.
After examining the essays The Judges and EDITORS
Of the three prize essays. ia preface TO the vol
urne containing them, reach this conclusion re-
garding the result Of the contest: $500 .--
The outstanding result OF this contest VIII prob
ably be to bring bold relief the great difference
between and the otherwise practical 4i1tty- Of the
Roman Catholic and the Protestant Bibles.
The great difference between the versions is the
presence in the Roman Catholic Bible OF the Apoc-
rypha The collection of books so named is re-
jected by Protestarts as uncanonical The American
revised version does not aude TO the existence
between the TWO versions all other differences are
insignificant. Whatever may be the merits or the
defects of expression In either, and however i'm
portant NAV be correction of teXtual errors by
devout ana enlightened scholarship, both versions
contain the same and the complete message of the
gospel Of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ"