The Detroit times., 1917-01-13
Multiplicity of Yer
sions Is Befud-
ding
IMENlORIZING TENT
NOW DECLINING
Ministers Afraid To
Quote the Bible
Literally .
g. TIE RELIGIOUS RAMsLER.

81 THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.
Under the surface 81 the day :
religious activities run many real
and important problems, OF ia.
reaching influence one % 'he
most serious OF these, which has
never hitherto been touched upon
II print. 20 ssr as am aware, Is
The fundamental problem o. Bible
Judy created b. tho new vogue o.
modern TRANSACTIONS % The Scri7~
lures
A verbal knowledge o. tho Bible
such A. has been The comforr and
guidance Of Christians for centuries
past. Is threatened BY this new pop
ularity OF versions m the speech 81
the day. The new generation IS
no, Learning by heart Bible texts.
Memorizing % Scripture even
among ministers. Is gong ont o..
fashion And he basic reason =
that there Is no uniformity N the
texi used by Christians
When the authorized or Kinc
James version % the English Bible
issued in 1911. was used by all the
Protestant churches tthe Catholic
church authorizes the pouAy yer
SION it was a simple matter 70
quote Scripture IN concert. Public
speakers did not hesitate 90 w."
passages from he bible Tn Old
Book was then called well o.
English undenled" From whatever
corner OF the earth they came Eng
disappearing people could unite Ia
the use o. Scriptural quotations
The rich and resounding phrases o.
The King James version were
deemed the races richest literary
inheritance.
The Bible Down To Date.
Language "a not q dead hing
bat a constant growth The speech
az today Il unlike The speech q .
century ago. Thus Il came abour
that many OF the passages IN the
King James version. which were
perfectly clear in 1911 grew 20 Be
archaic, and diGcult Tor tho non
critical person 70 understand The
Use OF "let" for hinder OF pre-
vent" for "precede,r and Of man
sions" for abiding places" are H.
Illustrations that drop naturally from
the pens point
with the increased knowledge o.,
the original Hebrew and Greek ian.
ruages. in which the Bible was Or.
lginaily written. there arose
strong demand among scholars 20
a revision OF the King james trans-
lation. British Biblical scholars
took the initiative in estsblshiug
the revision committee. which be-
gan its labors in 1851 and published
the result % Us labors IN 1885.
Many revisions proposed BY the
American member OF the commit.
toe were not accex'ed and we're
published. by agreement 90 an sp
pendlx One OF the mort sisnif
cant OF these was the use o. the
proper name. Jehovah. for the
title. The Lord which the British
reYisers printed in small caps. 10
show that Il meant Jehovah After
10 years the American members Of
the committee who had continued
rTF1r ur-zr111- - :. Il go .hA
American Revised version which
has found wide acceptance among
scholars and clergymen and Bible
students generally.
This idea % rendering Holy Wr.,
into the vernacular took strong hold
~ many persons other version.
began 20 appear. ranging from PROF
Hsupts freak "poiychrome Bible
20 the colloquiai Twentieth Cen
fury New Testament" Probshiv
the best. in point q scholarship and
clearness, OF these many new yer.
slons. are the New Testament in
Modern Speech" By Weymouth
and "a New Translation % mo
New Testament" by Morat; Billy
Sunday has also made his oun yer.
sion OF certain Bible stories
Anew Dilemma -sIhle- s.uasats-
Nobody seems 20 have soreseen
one immediate result of this null.
tiplicity OF versions Confused BY
the many translations. preachers arc
afraid 10 trust themselves 20 quote
literally No longer may ono De
expected to be accurate In his
Scriptural quotations. for the ques.
ton arises. rs ne quoting from the
King James version the English re
vision the English edWioD OF the
American version the American
Standard edition tho Twentieth
Century New Testament. he Wey
mouth version the Monaff transia
ton or some other one % several
rccensions of The text"
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