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bo. Appointed to be road in Churches," no avidence and come down to us to show that ever had any dognita ccclesiastical or logislative sanctina; It is possiblo that the documenta which were destroyed ou the oocaalon of the fire at Whitehall Palaco In the reign of Oharles I. might havo throwa light on the subject, as also on the particular month in which the work issued from the Pross."
TRIVUSH OF THE AUTHORISED VERSION,
Anyhow, it is clear that the Authorised Version won its way by sheer merit and thas gradually displaced even the Genera Bible, which had previously stood high in popular estimation. In fact it remained without a rival from the middle of the Seventeenth Century until the appearance
the Revised Version in 1881.5-The standard of scholarship early in the
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PRÉSENTS
THE FOLLIES" -
Seventeenth Century was fairly high. By AnniNGEMENT WITH H, G. PELISSIER
The revisar at that period, however,
And, not some of cho materials that aro
FROM THE APOLLO THEATRE, LONDON,
IN WORLD-FAMOUS ENTERTAINMENT COMPRUSING
asossible to present-day scholars, Early VAUDEVILLES, BURLESQUES & PELISSIER'S
txts are now available that wore then. an own. Still, with all its faults, the vesion which inspired 'Paradise Lost,' and THE BRITISH BIBLE. Dr Konyon, who, as is well known, is Pilgrim's Progress' holds the first place in one of the greatest authorities on our ha afections of the English people. The Tercentenary of the English Bible, is enthusiastic to bis prisos viners of thirty years ago trinted the text of its merits as a mero mugument of the on the whole with respect, but they made Authorised Version.
English language at its very best. Be willing alterations which far upon the Three hundred years ago there tested does not think that the revisers of Kiugrunder, and often spoil the beautiful shythm from the press a book which was destined James's time purposely adopted & style of the older version. The late Me Spar- that was antiquated in their day, as some oot, who had a wonderful kusok of hilting. to become a priccicas national possession of writers have suggested. Just as slaug is the right nail on the hond, sald, that the the English-speaking mee-the Authorised colloquial language in the making so the revisors understood Greek and Rebrew, Vorsion of the Bible, which was prepared colloquial language becomes in course of but that they did not understand English. I under the direction of that "High time to a certain extent the language of know this, that out of 20 Bibles issued by this Mighty Prince, Jatrics, by the Grace of
the literary export. **I ng aware," he Society 19 are the old Authorised Version. Gol, King of Grant Britain, France, and
S Trials in
10r people, our Bibles boing pultisbod hilating to hoge of King James. But it not to the tropat July Undersigned treve received in THE Undemigod has received instruc. Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c." different from that of the ato rule is It is true that we supply in the main oily in less courtly language of our first far as Lam. aware, more accule than that may be of the sales of the two versions Start King, but in this one' respect at of the dignified eloquence of great Treintes, lenat, reinacks the London, Moning Posh like Huaker, who flourished at the sante wo all unquestionably owe bim a debt of period." Among the Biblical manuscripts gratitude. Not only did the noble Autho-to be shown there will be a copy of the rised Version giro an impetus to the study Pentateuch in Hebrew, dating from the
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unong all classes of the community it is extremely diflctlt to say: I think there can be no doubt, however, that the Au therised Version is out and away the more
of the Holy Scriptares, but it is the pure Ninth Century, which is probably tho in demand. At 6rat, when the Rovised
A fyw Old Beats, Blocks, Sels of Senleg VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD well of English undefiled from which our oldest manuscript now in existence of any | Version appeared, people rusbod, to` huy i
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Hongkong, February 14, 1911.
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substantial part of the Bible in that it in order to find out in what respect it language, and a Greek Bible and a Gresk Gospel of St. Luko dating from ecuturies earlier even than that.
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"We do not know," he said, "in what the total deaths being 20,107 against 12,143 King George on a data that bas yet to be
xed in order to secure his Majesty's month of the year 1011 the Authorised reparted the previous week The worst co-operation in the matter, and on March Version was issued. Any data this year, afected provinco is the United Provinces the 21st February, *1910, commencing at 23 there wil be a demonstration at the therefore, will do as well as any other for where the deaths from plague ma from the celebration of the Tercentenary. In,029 to 11,325. The Punjah reported Royal Albert Hall.
A representative of the Morning Post Count it will take place next month, 2,044 deaths, Bengal 2015, Bombay 1,591 hnd an interview with Dr F. G: Konyon, and I am going out to that country in the Central Provinces 1,502, Mysore 359, the Principal Librarian of the British fortnight's time to take part in the Madras and Central India 300 cach, Rajputana 300, Buraia 276, Hyderabad 148, Musoum, who is engaged in the work of pro- celebration. In England Match has been Kashmir 17 and North West Frontier paration for the forthcoming exhibition: selected, and Scotland bolds it com Province §.
The exhibition," he said, "will be. inmemorative gatherings a little inter, I two parts, one in the King's Library and think in April. There will also be an the other in the Manuscript Saloon. It important celebration in April in the will consist mainly, It not exclusively of United States. The British and Foreign copies of the Bible which are included in Bible Society is doing all it can to farther the British Museum collection. Of course these colebrations, although we are keeping we should be glad to have the loan of pre in the background as much as possible, as cious editions of which we have no copy but we do not want it to be thought that car there are very low such in existence. The
object is to advertise ourselves and fact is that ourcollection of British Bibles has thus got salseriptions. But we shall
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On View from only, the 20th Febno rival in the world, although other hold an exhibition hers at our head collections may be stronger in versicas of quarters in Queen Victoria Street. We pos- the Bible belonging to other countries, sees undoubtedly the largest collection of Want we do not want is editions of the Bibles in the world. We shall have on Bible which may be found in almost any view Bibles printed in more than five collection. People who got hold of a hundred different languages and dialectsr Breeches Bible or a Vinegar Bible are very Only Inst year wo reisired a complete set pre-Reformation German Bibles. No other collection of the kind is in existence, not even in Germany."
*
on
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quito plentiful. Still, there are precious volumes in which the Museum is lacking. Bir Durlew took the interviewer round
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