Author: William Gifford

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-18

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 9781528389877

Excerpt from The Quarterly Review, Vol. 153: January and April, 1882 On the other hand, who could have possibly foreseen what has actually come to pass since the Convocation of the Southern Province (in May 1870) declared itself favourable to 'a Revi sion of the Authorized Version, ' and appointed a Committee of Divines to undertake the work Who was to suppose that the. Instructions given to the Revisionists would be by them. Systematically disregarded? Who was to imagine that an utterly untrustworthy Greek d104, constructed on mistaken. Principles, would be the fatal result? Who was to foresee that, instead of removing the 'plain and clear errors of our Version, the Revisionists would themselves introduce a countless number of blemishes, unknown to it before? Above all, how was it to have been imagined that they would have sown broadcast over four continents doubts as to the truth of Scripture, which it will never be in their power either to remove or to recal? Nesci t v0.1. Missa reverti. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.