The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-03-25
Celebration to Begin Tomorrow
and Continue Uutil Sunday
After Easter in All Eng
lish Countries
EVERY DENOMINATION TO JOIN
Biggest Celebration to be Held in Lon
don-Fine Biblical Exhibition
Arranged at the Brit
ish Museum.

London March 25.-Throughout the
British Empire preparations are COM
pleted for the fitting observance of the
tercentenary of the authorized version
of the English Bible. In England Lon
don will be the center of the celebra-
tion, which will begin tomorrow with
special thanksgiving services in all the
churches. The Bible, it's history and
historical sketches of the origin of the
authorized version of the English BIZ
BILE will form the text for every sermon
tomorrow. The churches of every de-
nomination in Great Britain and, in
fact, all English speaking countries,
will join in the observance of the Eng
lish Bibles birthday.
The celebration will not be confined
to this city. In the course of the week
meetings will be arranged in leading
provincial centers in Scotland and Ire
land, similar to the large mass meeting
to be held I'm the Royal Albert Hall
on wednesday. The celebration will
continue for several weeks and will
reach its climax and conclusion on the
Sunday following Easter
Arrange Fine Exhibition.
In connection with the interesting
celebration the authorize, of the Brit
ish Museum have arranged an exhibit
ton of a historical character which viii
attract the attention and hold the in
terest of the thousands OF Bible schol-
ars who will visit London during the
tercentenary celebration. The exhibit
tion will be divided into two sections
manuscripts and printed books the
manuscripts will illustrate the pro-
gress of the Bible from the very ear
liest times starting with examples OF
the Hebrew and Greek originals, and
going on to the Latin Vulgata, which
brought the Bible into England. There
will also be numerous examples or
early English manuscripts, produced at
various intervals down to the time
when the art of printing was intro
duced. There will be about thirty ex-
amples of biblical manuscripts Illus
trating the various periods mentioned
First Printed Bible in 1926.
The printed or book section viii
start with a copy of the first example
of a portion of the Bible printed IN
England. this being Tyndales New
Testament produced in 1926 Other ex-
amples of printed works will show all
editions produced by private individ-
uals from Tyndale's time down to the
first edition of the authorized version
produced in 1911, when the special
committee appointed seven years ne
fore by James l., to revise the BiDle
for all time, produced the result OF its
labor There will also be specimens oi
some specially interesting cA'tions OF
the authorized version since ~ II date.
The exhibition will include a specl-
men of practically every Bible IN the
museum. excluding, however mere
translations into foreign language OIL
the authorized version. Several copies
will be accompanied by documents IL
Illustrating their history, and the IAN
guage and dialects represented in the
whole collection will include Hebrew
Greek. Syrlac, three dialects OF Egyp-
tian, Latin, Anglo-Saxon and Engilsf
of the middle ages, Tudor and ELIZA
bethan periods
Revised by King James.
II was in 1903 that the Puritan wint
of the Church of England petltohe'
James I. for the revision of the BOOB
of Common Prayer To bring about
final settlement of the matter. which
caused considerable dissension amoh'
his subjects, King James summoned
n conference of learned men. theo~,
gians and Bible students which con
yened at Hampton Court. in the KING
presence. on January II. 1904. IL wa
during the four days of that CONFER
ence. which clearly showed the diverg
ence of opinions regarding the existin
English texts of the Bible, the Grea
the Bishops and the Geneva blpp
that James conceived the idea of order
ing a new version of the Bible, hence
forth to be accepted as the only au
thorized version. He dismissed the con
ference, however. without disciosln
his plan.
Task Required Seven Years.
on July 22, of the same year. !
caileu tnc shiie sSho'oiS ''eN
more and charged them with the tas
of making n new version of the Biol
based upon the Bishops Bible iro
which they were to deviate only whe'
absolutely necessary. The -ffty-fo'
scholars of which the conference col
sisted, organized themselves into
sub committees and with all the avai
able material. from the original Gree
and Hebrew manuscripts. Bishop uli
las Gothic translation and later Latl
German. French. Italian and SPANS
translations, to the English Bibles