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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTORY. PAGE.
Historical Sketch of the English Committee on Revision, . . 3

PART FIRST.
Organization of the American Committee,  39
PART SECOND.
Correspondence of the American Committee with the English
Companies,  81
PART THIRD.
coerespondenoe with the university presses of oxford and
Cambridge,  99
PART FOURTH.
Sundry Actions of the American Committee,  131
PART FIFTH.
Memorial Papers,  141
PART SIXTH.
Report of the Committee on Finance,  153
List of Donors and Subscribers,  155-174

Sntroiructory*

HISTORICAL SKETCH
OP THE
ENGLISH COMMITTEE ON EEVISION.

[ We present, 'by way of introduction, the following ' ' Authoritative Exposition of
the History and Purpose of Bemsion," which appeared in the London " Times "
{weekly edition), May 20, 1881.]
THE EEVISIOISr OP THE AUTHORISED VERSION OE THE
NEW TESTAMENT.*

On a December day, 346 years ago, the members of the Upper House
of the Convocation of Canterbury were engaged on the same subject
wliicli will this day come before tliat ancient body — the faithful ren
dering of the Holy Scriptures into the vulgar tongue. They then
unanimously agreed that the King should vouchsafe to decree that
the Scriptures should he translated " by some honest and learned
men to be nominated by the King, and to be delivered to tlie people
according to their learning." As we know, no immediate results fol
lowed this very laudable resolution. The King, however, two years
afterwards, made a proclamation in which, while he stoutly forbade
the public reading of the Scriptures in English, he did, nevertheless,
graciously allow " such as can and will read in the English tongue "
to do so "quietly and reverently," and "by themselves secretly, at
all times and places convenient for their own instruction." The
Archbishop, too, appears to have done his best. Cranmer is said to
have sent portions of Tyndale's Testament to several bishops to he
reviewed and considered, and it is said that all returned their revis
ions. But there the matter ended. The subject, indeed, was revived
in 1543, but in a reactionary spirit, and in the sequel with an equally
unproductive result.
The Convocation of Canterbury of onr own day have, however,
been more fortunate. They have not only suggested that a faithful
* " The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ," translated out
of the Greek ; being the Version set forth a.d. 1611, compared with ancieni
authorities, and revised a d. 1881. Printed for the Universities of Oxford and
Cambridge. Oxford: 1881.

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rendering of the Scriptures should be undertaken, but, by means
of members of their own body and co-optated scholars and di
vines, they have completed one portion of the work, and to-day will
publicly receive it. The Revised Version of the New Testament will
be presented this morning to both Houses of Convocation.
Before we make any comments on the work itself wc may, perhaps
not unprofitably, give our readers some general account of the origin
of this really great undertaking, and briefly specify the manner in
which the work lias been done. Our columns for the last eleven years
have contained short notices of tlie meetings that have been held by
the Companies, and of the silent progress of the work. We may
now give the history of that progress, and also mention the various
circumstances connected with the early history of that portion of the
work that lias now been completed.
To find tbe true origin of this undertaking we must look back about
twenty-five years. The year 1856 was marked by several distinct move
ments in favor of a revision of the Authorised Version, and by one
particularly, on which, as a sort of first step in the now completed
work, it may be desirable to speak a little in detail. The subject was
alluded to both in Convocation and in Parliament. On February 1,
1856, the late Canon Selwyn, who had long been deeply interested in
the subject, gave notice in the Southern Convocation of a resolution
in which Convocation was to pray the Sovereign to appoint a Royal
Commission for receiving and suggesting amendments in the Author
ised Version of the Bible. The same course was recommended in
Parliament by Mr. Heywood, one of the members for North Lanca
shire ; but in both cases the result was the same. Neither the cleri
cal nor the lay mind was prepared for such a leap in the dark
as the appointment of a commission to modify the venerable ver
sion that has so long maintained its supremacy. Sir George Grey
more blandly, and Archdeacon Denison more trenchantly, disposed of
the Royal Commission, and, as far as any public action went, no steps
were taken, though there were few probably, either in Convocation or
Parliament, who did not feel that the subject could not long be post
poned. Private effort, however, was much more successful. The Rev.
Ernest Hawkins, then secretary of the Society for the Propao-ation of
the Gospel, was so deeply impressed with the importance of making
some organized effort that he determined to try and gather too-ether
a small body of scholars that should undertake the revision of a por
tion of the New Testament, and that should show by actual results
not only that the work needed to be done, but that it could be done
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efforts he succeeded in gaining tlie support and co-operation of a few
scholars who were known, either by their works or by general repu
tation, to bo interested in the study of the New Testament. He
drew together, in the summer of 1856, the Rev. Henry Alford, after
wards Dean of Canterbury ; Rev. John Barrow, D.D., Principal of
St. Edmund Hall ; Rev. C. J. Ellicott, now Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol; Eev. W. H. [G.] Humphry, Vicarof St. Martin 's-in-the-Fields ;
and Eev. G. Moberly, D.C.L., then Head-Master of Winchester
College and now Bishop of Salisbury. These five scholars agreed to
make an attempt by the revision of the Authorised Version of St.
.John's Gospel. They began their work in the autumn, meeting reg
ularly at the vicarage of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, with their gentle
taskmaster, Ernest Hawkins, acting frequently as their secretary, and
they concluded the first portion of their revision in the course of the
ensuing year. The preface — a composition that will still bear atten
tive perusal — was written by Dr. Moberly, the press arrangements
were superintended by Canon Hawkins ; and a thin volume in royal
octavo, bearing the title " The Authorised Version of St. John's
Gosijel, revised by Five Clergymen," appeared in March, 1857, as
the first sample of a revision of the Authorised Version produced by
the co-operation of several different minds. It was followed by the
Epistle to the Romans, the Epistles to the Corinthians (the preface to
which was written by Professor Ellicott), and subsequently by the
Epistles to the Galatians, Ephesians, and Philippians, by four of the
number, Dr. Barrow having then left England. The work was very
favorably received both in England and America. It received the
commendation of Archbishop Trench, and was spoken of in America
by Mr. Marsh, in his lectures on the English language, as " by far
the most judicious modern recension " that was known to him. It
passed tlirough several editions, and, though now almost forgotten,
must certainly be considered as tlie germ of the present revision. It
showed clearly two things — first, that a revision could be made with
out seriously interfering with either the diction or the i-hythm of the
Authorised Version ; secondly, that a revision, if made at all, must
be made by a similar co-operation of independent minds and by cor
porate and collegiate discussion. A third fact also was disclosed
which had a salutary effect in checking premature efforts — viz., that,
as these revisers themselves said, the work was " one of extreme diffi
culty," and of a diflBculty which they believed was " scarcely capa
ble of being entii-ely surmounted." And they were right : the pres
ent revision, good in the main as we certainly believe it will be found
to be, confirms the correctness of their experience. As we shall
hereafter see, there are difficulties connected with a conservative re-

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vision of the existing translation of the Greek Testament that are
practically insuperable.
After this effort, which from the very first was felt to be only pre
lusive and tentative, the immediate interest in revision sensibly lan
guished. There were those, however, who were determined that the
efforts already made should not become utterly fruitless. As year
by year went onward, every change in public opinion was closely
watched by those who had taken part in the revision just mentioned,
and- especially by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and Dean
Alford. It was thought in 1869 that many things pointed to a re
vival in the interest felt in revision. The Bishop and Dcau frequently
conferred on the subject, consulted all those who were in any degree
likely to forward the undertaking, and at length obtained the hearty
aid and support of Bishop Wilberforoe. The Bishop entered into
the movement with real interest, and, as the sequel proved, materi
ally contributed to its finally receiving a definite and authoritative
sanction. The real difficulty was how to break ground. It was urged
by those most interested that precedent seemed in favor of a Eoyal
Commission. In tho revision of 1611 the King was the sole actor;
and, in the case of the only other Bible that rests on any really valid
authority, the Great Bible, the king's vicegerent, Lord Cromwell,
has always been deemed to have been the real mover, and the one to
whom the sole editor, Coverdale, was entirely responsible. It was also
not forgotten that, in the two abortive attempts in Parliament and
Convocation which have been already referred to, the proposal to pro
ceed by way of a Eoyal Commission was not in itself objected to.
There was, furthei-, this very important consideration, that the ex
treme difSculties connected with the choice of those who were to
undertake the revision would be much diminished in the case of a
Royal designation. Those not chosen would be more likely to accept
the decision, and in the sequel to prove more impartial and tolerant
critics. The spretce injuria formce, as the case of Hugh Broughton
in reference to the Authorised Version very distinctly shows, and as
the revision of 1881 will also find out to its cost, is a very serious
element in the early criticisms that are passed upon a work done by
a necessarily selected few out of a larger and hardly less competent
body. For these reasons it was deemed desirable that an address to
the Crown should be moved for in tho House of Lords, and in the
following terms : " That a humble address be presented to Her
Majesty praying Her Majesty to appoint a Royal Commission to re
vise the Authorised Version in all those passages where clear and plain
errors, whether in the Greek text originally adopted by the transla
tors, or in the translation made from the same, shall, ou due in-

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vestigation, be found to exist." Before, however, so responsible a
step was taken, careful inquiry was made how far such a resolution
would obtain the support of those in authority. It was found that
support could not be promised. It was pointed out that the choice
of the future revisers would involve the greatest possible difilculties ;
tliat a Commission, really to carry weight, must be very inclusive ;
and that both its size and the necessarily heterogeneous nature of its
elements would involve difficulties in the execution of the work, and
still more in the final reception of it, that were judged to be too great
to justify the experiment. The advice, frankly and considerately
given, was acted upon, and the plan of a Royal Commission was at
once given up.
It was obvious that the only other authoritative body before which
the subject could be brought was Convocation. It was, indeed,
feared that if Convocation undertook the work it would not unnat
urally choose the revisers mainly out of its own members, and that
thus, however well the work might be done, the results would never
secure a really national acceptance. Still, there was no choice left.
If Convocation were not applied to, it was clear the work would have
to be postponed till a Royal Commission might seem more attainable ;
and this, with the rapid movement of modern thought, and the neces
sity for the inclusion of very heterogeneous elements, would evidently
become year by year a more hopeless anticipation. So it was finally
resolved to bring the subject before Convocation, and to place that
confidence in the wisdom of the venerable body which the sequel
showed was not placed there in vain.
All was then arranged, and on February 10, 1870, the then Bishop
of Winchester moved, and the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
seconded, the following resolution :
" That a committee of both Houses be appointed, with power to confer with
any committee that may be appointed by the Convocation of the Northern Prov
ince, to report upon the desirableness of a revision of the Authorised Version of
the New Testament, whether by marginal notes or otherwise, in all those pas
sages where plain and clear errors, whether in the Greek text originally adopted
by the translators, or in the translation made from the same, shall on due investi
gation be found to exist."
The resolution was afterwards extended, on the motion of the
Bishop of Llandaff", seconded bythe Bishop of St. David's (Dr. Thirl
wall), to the Old Testament ; the necessary words were inserted ; the
practically unanimous assent of the House was given to the amended
resolution, and a committee appointed. The committee consisted of
the Bishops of Winchester (Dr. Wilberforce), Gloucester and Bristol,
St. David's, Llandaff", Ely (Dr. Browne), Lincoln, Bath and Wells,

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and Salisbury. This resolution Avas communicated at once to the
Lower House, and there assented to very readily It was moved by
Canon Selwyn, and seconded by Dr. Jebb, that the Convocations of
Armagh and Dublin should be consulted, as well as the Convocation
of York, but this addition seems afterwards to have fallen through.
The following committee of the Lower House was then appointed :
The Prolocutor (Dr. Bickersteth), the Deans of Canterbury (Dr.
Alford), Westminster and Lincoln (Dr. Jeremie) ; the Archdeacons
of Bedford (Mr Rose), Exeter (Mr. Freeman), and Rochester ; Chan
cellor Massingberd ; Canons Blakesley, How, Selwyn, Swainson, and
Woodgate ; Dr. Kay, Dr. Jebb, and iir. De Winton.
The subject was discussed shortly afterwards by the Convocation
of York, but, unfortunately, owing to. completely exaggerated fears
as to the nature of the proposal, the Northern Convocation declined
to co-operate.
The Joint Committee of the Convocation of Canterbury, formed of
the two lists just specified, met March 34, 1870, and drew up their
report in the form of the following resolutions :
" 1. That it is desirable that a revision of the Authorised Version of the Holy
Scriptures be undertaken.
" 3. That the revision be so conducted as to comprise both marginal renderings
and such emendations as it may be found necessary to insert in the text of the
Authorised Version.
" 3. That in the above resolutions we do not contemplate any new translation
of the Bible, or any alteration of the language, except where in the judgment of
the most competent scholars such change is necessary.
" 4. That in such necessary changes the style of the language employed in the
existing version be closely followed.
" 5. That it is desirable that Convocation should nominate a body of its own
members to undertake the work of revision, who shall be at liberty to invite the
co-operation of any eminent for scholarship, to whatever nation or religious body
they may belong."
The report was presented May 3, and the following resolution
adopted :
" That a committee be now appointed to consider and report to Convocation a
scheme of revision on the principles laid down in the report now adopted.
That the Bishops of Winchester, St. David's, Llandaff, Gloucester and Bristol,
Salisbury, Ely, Lincoln, and Bath and Wells, be members of the committee.
That the committee be empowered to invite the co-operation of those whom they
may judge fit from their Biblical scholarship to aid them in their worlt."
This resolution was communicated to the Lower House. After one
day of discussion, and some consideration of details on the followino-
day, the report of the large Joint Committee was adopted, and the fol
lowing members of the Lower House appointed to co-operate with the
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the Deans of Canterbury and Westminster, the Archdeacon of Bed
ford, Canons Selwyn and Blakesley, Dr. Jebb, and Dr. Kay.
This second or, so to speak, executive, committee then seriously
took the work in hand. They first met May 35, divided themselves
into two bodies, or, as they were afterwards called. Companies, the
one for the Old Testament, the other for the New, and proceeded to
the difficult and delicate task of choosing colleagues, and of framing
general and special rules for the carrying on of the work. The
labors of the Committee were lightened by the fact that those origi
nally most interested in the cause had already carefully collected the
names of scholars who were judged to be most likely to aid the under
taking, and, when the Committee met, had a sufficiently full list to
present to it. The general and special rules had also been prepared
beforehand in draft by the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, and
were accepted with but slight modifications.
The names of those invited at the above meeting, and at a short
subsequent meeting on July 5, to become members of the Old Testa
ment Company were as follow : Eev. Dr. W. L. Alexander, Mr.
Bensly, Professor Chenery, Eev. Canon Cook, Eev. Professor A. B.
Davidson, Eev. Dr. B. Davies, Eev. Dr. Douglas, Professor Fairbairn,
Eev. P. Field, Eev. J. D. Geden, Eev. Dr. Ginsburg, Eev. Dr. Gotch,
Ven. Archdeacon Harrison, Eev. Professor Leathes, Eev. Professor
M'Gill, Eev. Canon Payne Smith, Esv. Professor J. H. Perowne, Eev.
Professor Plumptre, Eev. Canon Pusey, Rev. Dr. Weir, Dr. Wright
(British Museum), and Mr. W. A. Wright (Cambridge).
The names of those invited at the meetings of May 35 and July 5
to become members of the New Testament Company were as follow :
The Archbishop of Dublin, the Bisliop of St. Andrews, Rev. Dr.
Angus, Eev. Dr. David Brown, Eev. P. J. A. Hort, Eev. Prebendary
Humphry, Eev. Canon Kennedy, Ven. Archdeacon Lee, Eev. Dr.
Lightfoot, Eev. Professor Milligan, Eev. Professor Moulton, Eev. Dr.
Newman, Eev. Professor Newth, Eev. Dr. Eoborts, Eev. G. Vance
Smith, Eev. Dr. Scott (Master of Balliol College), Eev. Dr. Scriv
ener, Eev. Dr. Thompson (Master of Trinity College, Cambridge),
Eev. Dr. Tregelles, Eev. Dr. Vaughan and Eev. Canon Westcott.
Of this long list of names some declined to take the position
offered to them, though in every case with a courteous and friendly
recognition of the proffered honor. Among these were Canons Cook
and Pusey, Dr. Thompson and Dr. Newman. The Bishop of Lin
coln and Dr. Jebb also soon afterwards resigned their places on the
Old Testament Company. Of the New Testament Company (with
which we are now more immediately concerned), it may be here men
tioned that four were removed by death previous to the completion of

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the work-viz.. Dean Alford, Dr. Tregelles, Bishop Wilberforce and
Dr. Eadie. As Dr. Tregelles was never able to attend, and Bishop
Wilberforce only attended once, their places were not filled up.
The place of Dean Alford was supplied by Dean Merivale, who,
after attending for a short time, resigned, and was succeeded by
Professor Palmer, now Archdeacon of Oxford. The place of Dr.
Eadie was not filled up, as his death took place at a time when
much of the work was done. The number of the working members
of the New Testament Company was thus for the greater portion of
the time twenty-four, and so continued to tlie close of the work.
The first meeting of the New Testament Company took place on June
33, 1870, under the presidency of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol,
who held the position of chairman uniuterruptedly to the end of the
ten years and a half over which the labors of the revision extended.
The titular chairman. Bishop Wilberforce, attended once for about a
couple of hours ; but it became, even in that time, apparent to the
Company, and perhaps was so to the Bishop himself, that a little
lighter hand and looser rein were required to guide the Company
pleasantly through the intricacies of criticism and scholarship in
which they were almost hourly finding themselves involved. The
Bishop, however, remained a kind friend to the movement, which
his own eloquence had so largely assisted, and was interested in it to
the time of his lamented death.
During the remainder of the year the work went quietly onward.
The New Testament Company found an able and accurate secretary
in the Eev. J. Troutbeck, one of the Minor Canons of Westminster,
and soon became thoroughly organized and habituated to their com
plicated labors. In the second year of the work some difficulties that
beset them were completely removed. The Delegates of the Oxford
University Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press
entered into a liberal arrangement with the two Companies by which
funds were regularly forthcoming for all their expenses. It may be
remembered that the revisers of 1611 were by no means so, fortunate,
and that the way in which their expenses were met during the greater
period of their labors was very far from satisfactory.
The year that followed was marked by an event of great importance
to the cause of revision— the formation in America of two Committees *
to co-operate with the two English Companies. Into the details of this
movement in America, all of which are full of interest, our space will
not now allow us to enter. In this more general narrative it may be
enough to say that on July 7, 1870, it was moved in the Lower House of
Convocation by the present Prolocutor (Lord Alwyne Compton) that
[*One committee, divided into two companies. — Ed.]

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the Upper House should be requested to instruct the Committee of
Convocation " to invite the co-operation of some American divines."
This was at once assented to by the L^pper House. It was, we believe,
afterwards unofficially agreed that Bishop Wilberforce and the Dean of
Westminster should undertake to act for the Committee in opening-
communications — the Bishop with the Episcopal Church, the Dean
with the leading members of other communions. The result of
this was that towards the close of 1871 two Committees were formed
in America to communicate with the two English Companies on the
basis of the rules that had been already laid down for the revisers in
this country. Very soon afterwards portions of the first revision
that had by that time been finished in England were transmitted to
America, and a system of communication fully established. The
work then went on continuously in both countries, the English
Companies revising, and the American Committees reviewing what
was thus revised, and returning their suggestions, both as regards the
first and the second revision, to the two Companies at Westminster.
The volume that will be published this day will contain a list of
readings and renderings in which the American divines ultimately dif
fer from the revisers in this country. When this list is fully con
sidered, the general reader will, we think, be surprised to find that
the differences are really of such little moment, and in very many
cases will probably wonder that the American divines thought it
worth while thus to formally record their dissent.
Such is a brief sketch of the history of the movement. It may now
be convenient to mention the manner in which the actual work of
revision was carried on by the Company. This will be more easily
understood if we specify the principal rules which were laid down at
the commencement of the undertaking, and to which allusion has
already been made in the earlier part of this narrative. These rules
were as follow :
"1. To introduce as few alterations as possible in the text of the Authorised
Version consistently with faithfulness.
"2. To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such alterations to the lan
guage of the Authorised and earlier English versions.
"3. Each Company to go twice over the portion to be revised, once provision
ally, the second time finally, and on principles of voting as hereinafter is pro
vided. "4. That the text to be adopted be that for whish the evidence is decidedly
preponderating ; and that when the text so adopted differs from that from which
the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indicated in the margin.
"5. To make or retain no change in the text on the second final revision by
each Company except two-thirds of those present approve of the same, but on the
first revision to decide by simple majorities.
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cussion, to defer the voting thereupon till the nest meeting, whensoever the
same shall be required by one-third of those present at the meeting, such intended
vote to be announced in the notice for the next meeting.
"7. To revise the headings of chapters, pages, paragraphs, italics, and
punctuation. '¦ 8 To refer on the part of each Company, when considered desirable, to
divines, scholars, and literary men, whether at home or abroad, for their
opinions." In conformity with these rules the whole of the Authorised
Version of the New Testament underwent a first revision. This
extended over six years. The results werfe arrived at, in accordance
with rule 5, by simple majorities, the Authorised Version having no
further advantage than this— that it was considered to be the form
before the Company, and that in accordance with the system of
voting in the House of Lords it was maintained if the votes were
equal. This first revision was transmitted, portion by portion, to
America, and returned with the suggestions of the American Com
mittee, their rules (as we have already implied) being the same as
those laid down for the English Company.
On the completion of the first revision, tho whole was gone over
again, with the advantage of the criticisms and suggestions of the
American Committee, but the voting was under changed principles.
The Authorised Version was placed in a position of distinct advantage,
and if raised in competition with the first revision, whether English
or American, could only be prevented from returning by two-thirds
voting against it. Where there was a difference of reading in the
Greek, then the rule of two-thirds was not considered applicable, and
the question was decided by a simple majority. Many renderings
that had been removed from the Authorised Version were thus
brought back again, though by no means to so large an extent as
might have been beforehand supposed. The Company had been
silently accumulating for itself a rough code of principles, and com
monly remained true to them, even when the Authorised Version was
raised in opposition to the newly formed revision. Close and con
tinued inspection had also served to reveal that, admirable and
thoroughly idiomatic as the Authorised Version might be, it was fre
quently very far from consistent : nay, even that it studiously affected
a variety of diction when there was nothing to justify it in the
original. These and other considerations led to the maintenance of
the first revision to a greater extent than at first seemed probable.
The second revision, like the first, was communicated, portion by
portion, to the American Committee, and by them returned with
criticisms and suggestions. This, combined with the obvious neces
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was reasonable and possible, led to a further review of the whole
work, under, however, this common-sense condition, that the now
twice-revised version was not to be changed except by a majority of
two-thirds. The Eevised Version, in fact, then had the prerogative
which had belonged to the Authorised Version at an earlier stage
of the work.
Such in general outline was the course of the procedure. Fuller
details will be found in the Preface, but the above fairly represents
the broad principles on which the Revised Version was constructed,
and will probably suggest some confidence in the results. The
Authorised Version had that supremacy assigned to it which the
spirit of the rules absolutely required, and which, it may be said, the
revisers were always ready most loyally to concede to it. The
occasions, however, would of course be many in which the grave
question of what constitutes "faithfulness" (Rule 1) would be some
what differently interpreted by the individual members of a large
company. A merely tentative revision, after which much would still
remain to be done at a future time, would have been a grave mistake.
This has certainly not been the case with the present work. Revision
has been carried out to a fair and reasonable extent, but not, as it
would appear, in any degree beyond it.
The same remark applies in great measure to the critical work of
the Company in connection with the Greek text, which, we are glad
to find, is to be published in a clear and handsome form by the Uni
versity Press of Oxford. The principle in regard to textual criticism,
it will be observed, was prescribed to be that of change only on " de
cidedly preponderating evidence." But here, as in the case of faith
fulness in regard to the rendering, it is obvious that the estimate of
what really constitutes decidedly preponderating evidence will be
widely different with equally honest and impartial critics. To one,
the long array of uncial witnesses, even though it may be almost cer
tain that the mass of them were reproductions of some common
exemplar, will seem clearly to constitute " decidedly preponderating
evidence." To another, who may be guided by the well-known canon
non numerare sed appendere, the concurrence of a comparatively small
number of ancient authorities, representing independent textual tra
ditions, and found by experience to be most worthy of credit, may be
regarded, and justly regarded, as distinctly evidence of the nature
referred to in the rule. It seems clear that this last was the prevail
ing interpretation given to the rule by the majority of the Company,
so that, both in textual criticism as well as rendering, a decided line
has been taken, and a standard maintained happily beyond that of a
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There seems reason to believe that a close examination will show
this to have been very consistently maintained, and that the evil of a
text sometimes up to a good critical standard, and sometimes decidedly
below it, has been successfully avoided. It might have been supposed
from the action of the rule requiring two-thirds to reverse a reading
supposed to underiie the Authorised Version, and, still more, from
the necessarily fluctuating nature of the Company from month to
month, and sometimes even from day to day, that such a standard
could hardly have been maintained. It must, however, be remem
bered that loyalty to principles already felt out would always tend to
repress any disturbing use of the rule ; and, further, that, in spite of
fluctuations, there was a stable element in the Company which greatly
helped in keeping up its traditions and principles. The punctuality
of attendance is, indeed, one of the most striking features of this un
dertaking ; and when the length of the time is considered, and the
distances at which many of the members resided from the place of
meeting, probably unexampled in the history of committees. Out of
the 407 meetings the chairman attended 405 times. Some others
reached also a very high standard ; and, of those who attended more
than three-fourths of the whole series of meetings, the number
amounted fully to one-third of the whole Company. The existence
of this comparatively stable element has tended to preserve harmony
and consistency, and will be found to have been an important element
in the success which we believe has been achieved by the Avork.
A very noticeable feature in the volume- is the large amount of
marginal notes. Of these some are short notes bearing on differences
of reading in the Greek text adopted by the revisers, but the greater
number are short notes specifying differences of rendering, which,
either as having been preferred by a minority of the Company or as
having been advocated by scholars of eminence, it seemed proper to
specify. In the case of the Authorised Version it has often been said
that the marginal note presents the rendering which was probably
deemed by the revisers of that day to be really the most accurate.
However this may be, the remark will not apply to the Eevised Ver
sion. The text adopted represents that rendering which was deemed
by at least one-third of the Company then present to be correct in the
case of maintaining a rendering of the Authorised Version, and of at
least two-thirds in departing from it. The text, therefore, as is
obviously most desirable, records plainly the opinion either of the
actual clear majority of those who considered and discussed the ren
dering, or of that portion of them which constituted a legal majority.
We have thus in the Eevised Version a clear expression of an opinion,
and are left in no uncertainty, as is sometimes the case in the Au-

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thorised Version, as to the actual meaning that is deemed to be con
veyed by the original Greek.
The last portion of the work of the revisers is the Preface, a care
fully constructed and elaborate document, in which the principles on
which the revision has been made are set forth with considerable ful
ness of detail. This important introduction to the study of the
volume was thus constructed : it was prepared in draft by the chair
man several months before the conclusion of the work. A copy was
sent rouud to each member inviting remarks and corrections. The
copies so sent out were returned to the chairman, and formed the basis
of a second and revised edition of the original draft. The document
so amended was finally considered by the whole body collectively, and,
after careful revision, accepted as the authoritative description of
their work. It is to be hoped, in justice to the revision, tliat no
formal criticisms will be passed on the labors of the Company until
this careful and explicit document has been thoroughly mastered. If
it teaches anything it will teach this — first, that the revision of a
translation such as the Authorised Version is a work of almost in
superable difficulty ; secondly, that criticism, to be just, must not
content itself with merely sporadic approval or disapproval of the
renderings adopted, but must first intelligently master all the circum
stances, conditions, and modifying details of the highly complicated
undertaking. What is stated by the revisers on the subject of alterations rendered
necessary iij consequence is well worthy of the most careful attention.
From the single example that is adduced it will readily be inferred
what strong reasons there may be in the backgi-ound for changes
which a mere off-hand critic might condemn with some passing show
of plausibility. A work executed with the obvious care and devotion
to the subject which every paragraph of the revision abundantly dis
plays may, with justice, deprecate a criticism that has not taken equal
pains to arrive at the true aspects of the passage or the circumstances
under consideration. That there will be, especially at first, much
criticism of a very precipitate nature is a matter of the most perfect
certainty, but it is equally certain that criticism of this nature will
not affect in the slightest degree the ultimate and probably slowly
formed estimate of the present revision.
What that estimate will finally be it would be now utterly prema
ture even to attempt to forecast. Our belief is that in the main it
will be favorable, and the belief is founded upon the unquestionable
fact that a body of competent scholars has bestowed extraordinary
pains, for a lengthened period of time, on the revision alike of the
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experience that such carefully organized efforts should ultimately fail.
It is quite probable that here and there throughout the volume par
ticular renderings willbe objected to on reasons that will be ultimately
considered valid ; and it is to be hoped that where such should be the
case nothing will prevent the revisers from reconsidering their former
decisions. This, as we know, took place in the case of the Bishops'
Bible of 1568, and may p.-operiy take place, if found necessary, in the
Convocation Testament of 1881. What is desired on all hands is,
not only a technically correct rendering, but one also that by its dic
tion, rhythm, and loyal adherence, where possible, to the version
now in use should commend itself to the religious judgment of Eng
lish-speaking people throughout the world.
[Then follows an editorial criticism of the Eevised New Testament. J

CONVOCATION OF CANTEEBUEY.
May 17, 1881.
On Tuesday both Houses of the Convocation of the Province of
Canterbury met at Westminster for the despatch of business.
THE UPPEE HOUSE.
The Archbishop of Canterbury presided over the Upper House,
which met in the Board-room of Queen Anne's Bounty Office. Tliere
were present the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol, the Bishop of St. Alban's, the Bishop of Hereford, the
Bishop of Exeter, the Bishop of St. Asaph, the Bishop of Truro, the
Bishop of Lichfield, the Bishop of Eochester, the Bishop of St.
David's, the Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of
Bath and Wells, the Bishop of Bangor, and the Bishop of Llandaff.
The Archbishop read a message, which he had ordered to be sent
to the Lower House, to the effect that h'is Grace the President desired
the attendance of the Prolocutor and such members of the Lower
House as could conveniently attend to receive the report on the
revision of the Scriptures.
In obedience to this message the Prolocutor (Lord Alwyne Compton)
and a very large number of members of the Lower House attended.
The Archbishop, addressing them, said, —
" I have requested the presence of the Prolocutor and such of the members of
the Lower House who might wish to take part in this solemnity, as I regard it as
a matter of great importance for you to hear now what are the results of the
deliberations of the body who for many years have been engaged upon the
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tongue. The first report — that upon the New Testament — is to be presented to
day. We have good reason for believing and hoping that at no far distant date
we shall have the second report— that upon the Old Testament ; but to-day you
will have only the flrst, and I have to call upon the Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol, who is the chairman of the Joint Committee ou the Revision, to lay the
report before you."
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol presented the following
report : —
" The Joint Committee of the two Houses of Convocation, appointed May 5.
1870, for the revision of the Authorised Version of the Holy Scriptures, beg
leave to report that, with the assistance of the scholars and divines whose
co-operation they were authorised to invite, they liave completed one portion of
their labors, — viz., the New Testament, — and now present the volume containing
the same to his Grace in Convocation."
His Lordship then expressed his deep thankfulness for the mercies vouchsafed
to the Committee during the long time in which they had been engaged in the
solemn and important task committed to their care ; and he expressed also his
hope tliat the blessing of God would further rest upon those labors, and that the
Holy Scriptures would more and more be brought to the hearts and homes of
every English-speaking people.
The Archbishop, addressing the Lower House, said that he had thought the
occasion should not be allowed to pass without his expressing, on behalf of this
Convocation, the deep thanks of both Houses to the Committee who had under
taken and carried out this work. Of course, this work had not yet been examined,
and the Houses had yet to examine the revision in detail ; but, nevertheless, the
House would be thankful to the Committee for their labors. (Hear, hear.)
The Lower House then retired to their own chamber.
The Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol then rose and said, —
"I have now the honor and responsibility of placing before your lordships a
portion of the important work assigned by Convocation eleven years ago to a
joint committee of the two Houses of this province. I now lay upon your lord
ships' table the revision of the Authorised Version of the New Testament as
completed by the Company of which I have the honor to be the chairman. In
placing before you such a work, so intimately connected with the past, and so
closely bound up with the noblest labors of former centuries, it is not possible for
me to leave unnoticed in such a speech as the present the various public efforts
of which this is the last that, for well-nigh 350 years, have had for their object
the setting forth, in the tongue wherein we were born, of the holy and inspired
words of the written Book of Life. I must therefore ask your lordships to
bear with me if I briefly allude to the various stages in the progress of the
great work, and especially to the share which this House of Convocation has had
in aiding and furthering the labors of the translators and revisers of the past.
That share has not been a large one. Convocation, till this last revision, has
never taken any prominent part in reference to the successive translations of the
Holy Scriptures. Nay, at times, I fear, it has shown itself hostile and reaction
ary. Still it has its history in reference to the English Bible ; and now to that
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at once very briefly advert. We must look back 350 years. Tyndale's version
of the New Testament had come over to this kingdom, and had been about four
years in private but wide-spread circulation. The souls of men were profoundly
stirred, and the desire to have at length the word of God in our own mother-
toague was vivid and universal. The first public action on the part of the Church
was, I grieve to say, to condemn that version which was the bone and sinew of all
that have followed it, Tyndale's translation of the New Testament. At a Coun
cil held at Westminster, under Archbishop Warham, in May, 1530, that version
was condemned, but we may be thankful also to remember that it was agreed
that the Archbishop should send out a document to be read by all preachers, in
which the King's promise that the Scriptures should be translated in English
was fully set forth. Four eventful years then passed away. The King's suprem
acy was acknowledged the next year, and the first steps taken for emancipat
ing this country from the tyranny of Rome. In 1534 the subject of the transla
tion of the Scriptures was renewed, and ou the 19th of December in that year
this Upper House of Convocation agreed that the Archbishop should, in the
name of the members of the House, ' make instance with the King that Holy
Scripture should be translated into the vulgar tongue.' Cranmer at once set
about the work : he appears to have sent portions of Tyndale's Testament to
several bishops for review and revision. The bishops, it would seem, all re
turned their revisions ; but, from some cause or other, it miscarried. The next
year (1535) Coverdale's translation, dedicated to the King, stole into this country,
and was allowed to circulate, though not formally licensed till 1537. The prayer
of Convocation was thus still before the country. It was not directly granted,
but it appears to have had this indirect effect, that, not more than three years
afterwards, the royal license was given to the second edition of Coverdale's
Bible, and to Rogers' or Matthews' Bible, and that two years later, in 1539, the
Great Bible was published, of which Coverdale was the sole editor. This was
an event of great importance, and may be regarded, iu a certain sense, as the
practical answer to the prayer of Convocation three years before. Convocation,
however, I regret to say, was by no means satisfied with the answer, as very
soon afterwards, in February, 1543, it was decided by this House that the Great
Bible should be revised according to the Bible then in current use, or, in other
words, to the Vulgate. Two committees were appointed. The Old Testament
Committee was presided over bythe Archbishop of York; the New Testament
Committee by the Bishop of Durham. The matter was subsequently re
ferred by the King to the Universities, but in the sequel it happily fell
through. A generation then passed away. The Great Bible had meanwhile
been revised, though in a very different manner to what the Convocation
of 1542 had hoped for and had attempted. It had now passed, by the process of
a revision, performed by several hands, into the Bishops' Bible. The Genevan
version had also been published, and was obtaining so wide a circulation that in
1571 Convocation made a special enactment in favor of what it deemed the more
orthodox volume-the Bishops' Bible. Every Bishop was to have a copy in his
palace. Cathedrals, and, as far as possible, parish churches, were to provide
themselves with this last authoritative revision. Somewhere about this time
t'iere appears to have been some thought of a movement in Parliament as an un
dated paper has been found among the archives of the House of Lords contain
ing the sketch of a bill for 'reducing diversities of Bibles now extant in the
English tongue to one settled vulgar translated from the original.' Another
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practically competitive circulation — the Great Bible, the Genevan version, and
the Bishops' Bible. In Convocation there seems to have been some little reaction
in favor of the Great Bible, for in May, 1604, Canon 80 was passed, by which it
was provided that every church-warden was to provide for each parish a Bible
' amplissimi voluminis,' or, as it would certainly seem to imply, the Great Bible
of more than sixty years before. But a great and signal change was now very
near at hand. In February of the same year (1604) a, passing remark of Dr.
Reynolds at the Hampton Court Conference led the King seriously to take up the
subject of a revision of the existing translations, and before the conference broke
up it appeared as one of the points desired by the King, and, in fact, carried
at his instigation, viz., ' That a translation be made of the whole Bible as con
sonant as can be to the original Hebrew and Greek.' This was the fundamental
resolution, and, as we well know, by the action of the King and some unknown
but most competent advisers, learned men were called together, and the great
work which we familiarly know by the name of the Authorised Version was set
forth to the Church and the world in the year of our Lord 1611. In reference
to this version nothing was said or done either in Convocation or Parliament.
This revision is to be attributed solely to tbe King and to the wise and
learned men whom he was providentially able to call together for the
execution of this great and time-honored work. More than a generation
then passed away, during which the Authorised Version was steadily growing
in public favor and vindicating year by year its distinct superiority not
only over the Bishops' Bible, but over the popular Genevan Bible. And it
was, perhaps, owing to this last fact that we find Dr. Lightfoot urging, iu a ser
mon preached before the House of Commons in August, 1645, the desirableness
of a revision of the Scriptures, and apparently with some effect ; for, in 1653, a
bill was actually introduced for a new revision. Some preparatory steps were
taken ; but happily the Parliament — the Long Parliament — was dissolved, and
the plan entirely fell through. For two hundred years all desire for any further
authoritative revision had entirely died out. There were revised portions of Holy
Scripture, in this long interval, by individual scholars, but nothing that in any
degree helped forward the present movement. At the end of this long period,
however, it was plain that the desire for a new revision had revived, and that the
subject was beginning to take its place among tlie leading questions of the day.
In the year 1856, which might rightly be characterized as the germinal year of the
present movement, Canon Selwyn (ever a true and warm supporter of revision)
moved in Convocation, and Mr. Heywood a few months afterwards moved in Par
liament, for the appointment of a Royal Commission to consider the whole ques
tion. The public movements failed ; but a private movement made by five clergy
men (one of whom is the present speaker, and another my right rev. brother the
Bishop of Salisbury) in great measure succeeded. The publication in the follow
ing year (1857) of a revised version of the Gospel of St. John by these five clergy
men was generally admitted to have established these two positions — (1) that a
sober and conservative revision of the Holy Scriptures might in due time very
hopefully be undertaken ; (3) that when undertaken it would be, almost beyond
doubt, on the principles which this little company of scholars had gradually and
experimentally felt out. The time, however, was not then ripe, though the process
of maturation had commenced. So half a generation passed away. Fresh critical
subsidies were accumulating ; new exegetical works were multiplying ; and at
last the time was ripe, and the great movement with which Convocation has been
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authoritative and practical form. In that month, as your lordships well remem
ber, the late Bishop of Winchester moved in this House, and the present speaker
seconded, a preliminary resolution, which was accepted by both Houses practi
cally unanimously, and acted upon in little more than four months afterwards.
An executive committee was formed ; some forty scholars and divines outside Con
vocation were invited to take part in the work. Two Companies were formed,
the one for the Old Testament and the other for the New Testament, and both at
once addressed themselves to their long and responsible work. Soon afterwards
two Committees were formed in America, and regular and systematic communi
cation established between the scholars on this side and the other side of the
Atlantic. The New Testament Company commenced its labors on June 33, 1870,
and closed them on November 11, 1880, and the result of those labors is the vol
ume which I have had the honor and responsibiUty of placing upon the table of
this venerable House. And here I might, not improperly, close this present
address ; yet, if I rightly interpret my present duty, and perhaps also the wishes
and desires of your lordships, I ought not to do so on this somewhat memorable
occasion without saying a few words on the manner in which the task committed
to us has been done, and also a few words, but only a few words, on the nature
and characteristics of the revision. In regard of the manner in which the work
of revision was carried on, I may remind your lordships that it was in accordance
with rules which had been laid down at the commencement of the work. They
were framed with due regard to modern requirements and ancient precedents,
being in many respects identical with the rules prescribed for the revisers of 1611,
and the rules which appear to have been observed by those who took part in the
Bishops' Bible fifty years before. These rules were constantly tested, and, I am
thankful to say (for I was in some measure responsible for them), proved efficient
and sufficient to the end. These rules it may, perhaps, be convenient that I should
read to your lordships, as they set forth in a succinct form the course which was
to be followed by the Companies in the prosecution of their work : — (1) To intro
duce as few alterations as possible into the text of the Authorised Version con
sistently with faithfulness. (3) To limit, as far as possible, the expression of such
alterations to the language of the Authorised and earlier English versions. (3)
Bach Company to go twice over the portion to be revised, once provisionally, the
second time finally, and on principles of voting as hereinafter is provided. (4)
That the text to be adopted be that for which the evidence is decidedly prepon
derating ; and that when the text so adopted differs from that from which the
Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indicated in the margin. (5) To
make or retain no change in the text on the second and final revision by each
Company except two-thirds of those present approve of the same, but on the flrst
revision to decide by simple majorities. (6) In every case of proposed alteration
that may have given rise to discussion, to defer the voting thereupon till the next
meeting, whensoever the same shall be required by one-third of those present at
the meeting, such intended vote to be announced in the notice for the next
meeting. (7) To revise the headings of chapters, pages, paragraphs, italics, and
punctuation. (8) To refer, on the part of each Company, when considered
desirable, to divines, scholars, and literary men, whether at home or abroad,
for their opinions. Of these rules, one only was found to be superfluous—
the rule which prescribes that, if required by one-third of the Company, the
voting might be deferred ou any difficult and debated question till the following
day. The object was to prevent any lingering heat of controversy having any
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ible, unbiased decision. The rule, however, was never put in action. By the
mercy and blessing of God, no occasion ever arose which made it in any degree
necessary. Amid ceaseless differences of opinion and countless divisions, the
brotherly feeling and harmony that prevailed among us remained unimpaired to
tlie very end, and rendered all such postponement of the final expression of
opinion wholly unnecessary. All the rest of these rules, as our preface will show
more fully iu detail, were very carefully observed. They were felt by us to pre
sent three broad principles, upon which I will venture to make a few observa
tions, as tending to illustrate that on which I now am speaking — ^the manner in
which we have endeavored to execute our work. In the first place, we have felt
that what was required of us, not only in the criticism and translation, but in all
the details of the revision, was to express a corporate and collective judgment.
It is this which distinguishes our work from every other revision that has pre
ceded it. It has been the work of a large body of men sitting together, and
arriving at their results after full corporate discussion. This, as we know, was
not the case with the Bishops' Bible. Our latest historian of the English ver
sions of the Bible (Dr. Eadie) reminds us not only that there was no consultation
among the revisers, but even no final supervision. We have no reason for think
ing that it was otherwise with the Genevan Bible, which, though the work of
persons dwelling for a time in the same city, does not present any traces of hav
ing been executed or discussed in common. The first edition, indeed, of the New
Testament is known to have been the work of a single hand. Even in our
Authorised Version the work of revision was carried on, in the case of the New
Testament, by two separate companies, that only communicated their results to
each other, but never discussed them in common. In the final supervision,
which, however, only lasted nine months for the whole Bible, the discussion was
probably corporate, but it was only by a small number, and, from the very nature
of the case, was probably more of a merely harmonising nature than a revision
in the true sense of the word. In our case it has been utterly different. Revis
ion and supervision have been carried through by the whole Company. Every
detail has been submitted to it ; every decision has emanated from it ; every
judgment rests solely upon its authority. The volume now lying upon your
lordships' table is the result, in every part and portion, of united and corporate
discussion. And if this was our first principle, not less strictly observed was
our second principle — viz., to express that corporate judgment with precision
and distinctness. I do not think there will be found in the whole volume the
faintest trace of a rendering which would adjust itself to one or other of two
competing views of the meaning of the origiual Greek. Our rule was invariably
to put in the text the judgment of the majority, and that of the minority in tho
margin, that majority and minority being of the nature defined by the rules.
There is thus nowhere any uncertain sound. Nor is there any ground whatever
for supposing, as is sometimes the case in the Authorised Version, that the mar
gin is the more correct rendering, which, for some reason or the other, it was not
deemed desirable to place in the text. However it may be with the Authorised
Version, it is certainly not so with the Revised. The text expresses the render
ing or the decision of the majority of the Company — -that which it deliberately
preferred ; the margin expresses the view of the minority, and is to be so re
garded by the reader. Our third principle was not only to express our corporate
judgment with clearness, but to do so only after the fullest and most varied con
sideration. There is not a hastily arrived at judgment to be found in any page
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results that are now submitted to you. When 1 mention that the work has actu
ally gone through seven revisions I feel that I am justified in making the state_-
ment which I have just made to your lordships in regard to the decisions arrived
at iu this volume. Yes, my lords, seven revisions, all more or less thorough and
complete. First, the whole of the version committed to the Company was revised
by it, and then transmitted to America. It was then reviewed by the American
Committee, and returned back again to England. It then underwent, in accord
ance with the rules, a second revision in England, and was again transmitted to
America. After these four revisions it yet underwent a fifth revision in England,
mainly with a view of removing any hardness of diction, or of remedying any
rhythmical defects which might have been introduced through the various
changes which had been imported in the course of this fourfold revision. There
was yet a sixth and most important revision in the form of a harmonizing review
of the whole, thus far, completed work. A Greek concordance of the New
Testament was divided into fourteen parts. Of these, twelve of the members
most constant in their attendance each took a part (the chairman taking two), and
made themselves individually responsible for a close examination of all the ren
derings of the words, each in the portion allotted to them. All varieties of ren
dering were thus brought up before the Company, and wheresoever necessary the
judgment of the collective body formally taken upon them. Thus there was a
sixth revision. And even, in a certain sense, a seventh ; for it so happened that
one ot the two portions taken by the chairman contained the article and the rela
tive pronouns. This involved on the part of the chairman a, careful reading
through, line by line, of the whole volume. This reading revealed several incon
sistencies in the use of the English relative that had escaped notice, and also
disclosed a few slight inconsistencies in other words or expressions which had in
some way or other eluded the vigilance of the revisers. Wlien I add to this that
throughout all this lengthened process the attendance was most remarkable in
regard to numbers and pxmctuality — the average attendance during the whole
ten and a half years being as high as sixteen out of twenty-four — I think I may
be justified when I say that the third principle at which we aimed — ^the expres
sion of opinions only after the fullest and most varied consideration— was thor
oughly and faithfully observed. I now pass, in the last place, to a few remarks
on the nature and characteristics of the version itself, which is now lying on our
table. Much I need not say, as the Preface which is prefixed to the volume really
tells this with a fulness and a detail that leave little to be added on the present oc
casion. Perhaps, as before, it may be best for me to gather up my remarks into the
form of two or three general comments. Permit me, then, to say that these three
characteristics will certainly be found on every page of the Revised Version —
thoroughness, loyalty to the Authorised Version, and due recognition of the best
judgments of antiquity. Our ver.sion is certainly thorough — thorough both in
regard of the text and the rendering. That thoroughness, as your lordships
will remember from the rules which I but recently read to you, was to be reg
ulated by the principle of faithfulness in regard of the translation and a due
regard to decidedly preponderating evidence in the case of the Greek text
which we regarded as the basis of our rendering. Faithfulness and decidedly
preponderating evidence are, of course, both of them expressions which admit
of a great variety of interpretations, and, in a numerous body like that of the
New Testament Company, were certain to receive them. Without troubling
your lordships with any enumeration of these varying shades of opinion, it may
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text and of the Authorised translation has been thorough and up to a full stand
ard of correction. And it would have been a great misfortune if it had been
otherwise. A timid revision that had not the nerve to aim at comparative finality,
but was simply suggestive of a renewal of the process when the public mind
might be judged to be again ready for it, would have had a very unsettling
effect, and really would have frustrated the very progress that it contemplated ;
for such a kind of revision would be used' as a standing argument against
any revision at all. Moreover, to modify a high standard, in some subsequent
review, is a process comparatively easy ; but to elevate a lower and tentative
standard, in the case of a translation of the New Testament, would be found, if
attempted, a work of such peculiar difficulty that it would be very speedily aban
doned. No such misfortune has happened to the Revised Version. It represents
as full a measure of correction as is required by faithfulness, fairly estimated,
but nothing beyond it. The minor changes by which it is marked are certainly
numerous, but all have only one common object — the setting forth with greater
clearness, force, and freshness the language and teaching of the inspired original.
Eleven years ago I alarmed your lordships by the estimate which I then formed
of the amount of change that would be needed ; and, I remember, I led my
brother of Salisbury to say that my words would frighten people from one end
of the land to the other. If the estimate was deemed to be alarming, I fear I
may alarm your lordships still more when I state the actual results and compare
them with what was then only anticipated. I comfort myself, however, with the
thought that when you go to the revision itself these alarms will speedily be
dissipated. What I stated as the very lowest estimate was six changes for every
five verses, one of these six changes being for critical and textual reasons. What
has actually taken place is an average for the Gospels of between eight and
nine changes in every five verses — somewhere about one and a half, or three in
every ten verses, being for critical changes. As might be expected, the average
for the Epistles is still higher. It appears to amount to about fifteen changes for
every five verses — one and a half as before being due to critical changes. I have
formed this calculation on a rigidly accurate examination of the revised version
of the Sermon on the Mount and the General Epistle of St. James, two con
nected portions of Holy Scripture containing each about the same number of
verses. Yet, with all this thoroughness of revision and numerically high
standard of correction, the effect to the general hearer or reader will really
hardly be perceptible. This is due to the second characteristic of our version,
its persistent loyalty to the Authorised translation. To any candid reader
nothing will be more patent than this throughout the whole volume. Our
words in the Preface will show the great reverence that we have ever felt for
that venerable version, and our practice on every page will show how, even
when words may have been changed, our reverence has shown itself in such a
careful assimilation to the tone and rhythm of that marvellous translation that
the actual amount of change will scarcely ever be felt or recognized. Some
times this has been effected by the choice of a word of the same rhythmic quality
as that which is displaced ; sometimes by a fortunate inversion ; sometimes by
the reproduction of a familiar and idiomatic turn ; sometimes by the preser
vation of the cadence even when more than one of the words which had
originally helped to make it up had become modified or changed. In a word,
our care throughout has been, while faithfully carrying cut revision whereso
ever it might seem needed, to make the new work and the old so blend to
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lost, and its fair proportions never sacrificed to the rigidity of a merely pedantic
accuracy. The third characteristic of the version— due recognition of the best
judgments of antiquity— though not equally patent, will, I hope and believe,
rarely be looked for in vain. In all more difficult passages we have ever given
especial heed to the great early versions, and to the voice, wherever it could
he heard in the same language as that which we were translating, of primi
tive and patristic antiquity. In many of those passages, perhaps, on which
hereafter we may be most severely criticised— as, for instance, in the ' deliver
us from the Evil One ' of the Lord's Prayer— it will be found that we are but
reproducing that which had always been the interpretation of the best and
earliest writers of the Greek-speaking Primitive Church. We have thus sought
to tread the old paths as well as the new, and, while never neglecting modern schol
arship, have never reversed old interpretations without such a clear amount of
contextual or linguistic authority as rendered such a reversal a matter of distinct
and indisputable faithfulness. But, my lords, I must detain you no longer. Such,
in general outline, is the Revision which I now have the honor of placing before
you. Whatever may be its faults and shortcomings, it has been done faithfully,
and it has been done prayerfully. Its pages bear the results of long-continued
and arduous labors ; but those labors would have been as nothing if they had
not been hallowed and quickened by prayer. Such is this revision of 1881 ; not
unworthy, I trust and believe, to take its place among the great English versions
of the past ; not also without the hope of holding a place among them of honor,
and, perhaps, even of pre-eminence. But those things belong to the future.
For the present, it is enough that I commend this volume to the favorable con
sideration of your lordships, and ask for it your fatherly prayers."
The Archbishop, on behalf of the House, recorded thanks to those members of
the Revision Committee who were not appointed by Convocation, and his Grace
also expressed his opinion that the House was very fortunate in having had
the advantage of the services of a scholar such as the Bishop of Gloucester
and Bristol to take part on behalf of the House in this revision. (Hear,
hear.) The Bishop of London expressed his hope that the position this Revised
Version would take would not be misunderstood. He feared that this position
had been misunderstood. The Revised Version had been spoken of as if it would
at once take the place of the Authorised Version. He begged to remind the
House that no one could at present use this Revised Version. When the whole
work was completed it would go out to the public and would be before the Church
for consideration ; it might be years before the proposed alterations from the
Authorised Version had so approved themselves to the Church — both clergy and
laity— that steps could be taken to give authority for the use of the Revised
Version. However, it must be understood that the Revised Version could not
now be used in the churches. He begged to express the hope that there might
not be, for the next two or three years, frequent speaking and discussion by
young clergymen, especially by those who most probably could not construe the
original, on the proposed alterations set forth. A great deal of patient study
ought to precede any attempt at criticism of the proposed alterations, and clergy
men—young clergymen especially— who had little knowledge of the original,
should be careful not too readily to express an opinion as to the superiority of the
one version over the other. The real purpose and value of the revision was that
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the ancient Church, and the result was an exceedingly valuable one, upon which,
however, no opinion could be given until after full study and with adequate
knowledge. The House would be thankful for the work which, under the bless
ing of God, had thus been carried out — a work, however, which did not supersede
that version of the Scriptures which all English-speaking Christians had learnt
to esteem and love. (Hear, hear.)

ORGANIZATION OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.

ORGANIZATION OP
THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE.
COERESPONDENCE PKOM JULT, 1870, TO DECEMBER, 1873.

[Letter of Dr. Angus to Dr. Schaff.]
College, Eegent's Paek, London, June 9, 1881.
My Dear De. Schaef :
I enclose a copy of Dr. Ellicott's letter, as you request, and a
copy of a letter I sent to Dr. Woolsey and others from New York
early in Aug. 1870. Your proposed rules you no doubt have.
The Eeport to the Bishop and his approval thereof I can hardly
send : on my return I put it all into Dean Stanley's hands, who has
corresponded with you. The details have great interest 
It will give us pleasure to see you on our side again.
, Yours, Joseph Angus.

[Letter of Bishop Ellicott to Rev. Dr. Angus.]
{Copy.)
Portland Place, London, July 20 [1870].
Dear De. Angus :
As you do me the favor of asking me, I take the responsi
bility, as acting chairman of the New Testament Company of the
revision body, herewith to commend you as one of our most
trusty helpers to the scholars in the United States who may be
interested in the undertaking. Perhaps you will kindly explain
to them how we work, viz., round a common table, and how it is
thus difficult for us to incorporate our brethren across the water.
It will, however, be very easy for . us to transmit our work in its
provisional state to an authorised committee in the United
States, and pay all attention to the corrections they may sug
gest and the observations they may be pleased to offer. We
shaU be very interested in hearing when you come back how you
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Pray give my respectful compliments to any scholars with
whom you may confer, and believe me very sincerely,
Yours, C. J. Gloucestee and Bristol.
[Bishop Ellicott, Chairman of the N. T. Company.]

[Letter of Dr. Angus to American Scholars.— Sent out in August, 1870.]
My Deae Sie :
I am not sure whether you have seen the enclosed plan of
Bible revision [the rules, etc., of the English Company]. The
method adopted of having the work done by each Company
together makes it impracticable to ask the co-operation of
brethren in America at the initial stage of their proceeding :
but there is a strong and general feeling among the revisers that
we should get their co-operation to the extent at least of securing
their criticisms and suggestions before our revision is finally
published. Could you help in such a work by looking over the
revision as we prepare it, and giving suggestions? If a com
mittee of a dozen or eighteen were formed in the States, we could
send the copy of the revise to each, and they might meet and
agree on suggestions. If meetings are impracticable, we might
still obtain individual judgments ; but the plan of a united judg
ment has obvious advantages. The expense of such meetings
would not be great : and probably it might be met by friends
interested in our work. In England the revisers give their time
and labor ; and we propose to meet the expenses of printing and
travelling by an appeal to the English public. Expenses in
America might be met in a like way ; or we might add these
expenses to ours, and meet them all out of a common fund. I
had hoped to confer with you on this subject during the N. Y.
Alliance meetmgs. They, however, are postponed, and I must
therefore trust largely to correspondence. Bishop Ellicott (our
acting chairman) gives me an introduction and asks me to obtain
such help as I am now writing about.
Dr. Schaff and Dr. Conant agree to help either individually or
in committee. When you have thought the matter over, favor
me with a reply addressed to the Alliance Eooms, Bible House,
New York. Yours very sincerely, Joseph Angus.

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 31
[Letter of Dr. Schaff to Dr. Angus, President of Regent's Park College,
London, and Member of the Commission for the Revision of the English
Bible.]
New Yoek, Aug. 18, 1870.
Mt Dear De. Angus :
In compliance with your request, at our recent interview,* I beg
leav.e to submit to you and to Bishop Ellicott the results of my
thoughts on the important subject of American co-operation with
the British Commission appointed by the Convocation of Canter
bury, May 6th, 1870, for the Eevision of the Authorised Version
of the Holy Scriptures. SUGGESTIONS.
1. The members of the American Committee to be invited by
the British Committee from the best Biblical scholars of the
leading evangelical denominations of the United States, with
power to add to their number and to supply their vacancies.
2. The American Committee to co-operate with the British Com
mittee on terms of fraternal equality and on the basis of the prin
ciples and rules adopted by the Convocation of Canterbury and
the British Committee.
3. The British Committee to submit to the American Commit
tee, from time to time, parts of their work as they have passed
the first revision, and the American Committee to submit their
suggestions to the British Committee for the second revision.
4. A joint meeting of both Committees to be held, if possible,
in London or New York, for the finail revision.
5. The expenses of the American Committee to be met by the
American friends of revision.
6. The following names of American scholars are suggested as
being most likely to secure the universal confidence of the
churches they represent :t
* [Dr. Angus visited the United States as a delegate to the Sixth General Con
ference of the Evangelical Alliance, which was to be held in New York, Sept.,
1870, but was postponed, on account of the Franco-German war, to the autumn
of 1873. He had several personal interviews with Dr. Schaff, and requested him
to draw up apian of co-operation and a list of revisers, and to address him at Chi
cago on his Western journey. Dr. Angus visited the United States again in 1873,
and met the American revisers when they were at work in the Bible House.]
t It is expected that, in addition to the names here suggested, the British Com
mittee will select and invite some bishops and divines of the Protestant Episco
pal Church of the United States to co-operate with the American Committee.
This list, therefore, is designedly incomplete.

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A. For the Old Testament Compamj.
Prof. Green, D.D., Theol. Seminary at Princeton, N. J. (Pres
byterian). Dr. Conant, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Baptist).
Dr. Van Dyck, Am. B. C. E. M., Beyrut, Syria, translator of the
Arabic Bible.
Dr. Whedon, Ed. " Meth. Quarterly Eeview," New York (Meth.).
Prof. Tayler Lewis, Union Col., Schenectady, N. Y. (Eef'd).
Prof. Day, D.D., Yale Col., New Haven (Congregationalist).
Prof. Mead, D.D., Andover, Mass. (Congregationalist).
B. For the Neiv Testament Company.
President Woolsey, Yale Col., New Haven (Congregationalist).
Eev. Dr. Washburn, New York (Episcopalian).
Prof. Henry B. Smith, D.D., orProf. WiUiam G. T. Shedd, D.D.,
Union Theol. Sem., N. Y. (Presbyterian).
Prof. Hackett, D.D., or Prof. Kendrick, D.D., Eochester Theol
¦ Sem., N. Y. (Baptist).
Prof. Chas. Krauth, D.D., Univ. of Pa., Phila. (Lutheran).
Prof. Charles Hodge, D.D., Princeton, N. J. (Presbyterian).
Prof. Strong, S.T.D., Drew Sem., Madison, N. J. (Methodist).
Eev. Dr. Stowe, Hartford, Conn. (Congregationalist).
This list, however, should be kept subject to revision before a
formal appointment is made.
Hoping that your visit to this country will result in the com
plete success of your mission in regard to this important subject,
I am yours very truly, Philip Schaef.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Angus, now at Chicago.

[Dr. Angus to Dr. Schaff.] London, Aug. 15, 1881.
My Dear Friend :
* * * I greatly fear there is no document earlier than the
Bishop's letter, which I sent you. Convocation authorized this
Committee to correspond and arrange with foreign scholars.
That resolution was published as part of the original programme.
When I was visiting the States in 1870 I spoke to the Bishop of

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 33
Gloucester, our acting chairman, and said that if I could help on
our work on your side I would gladly do so. This note was the
result. I had previously had a large amount of consultation with
him on various questions : my speaking to him on the matter was
very informal. On my return I presented my report, and then
Dean Stanley, as a member of the original Committee, took up the
matter and corresponded with you. Meanwhile, the lawyers de
clared that our Company (not the Committee of Convocation)
alone had power over our work, so that the correspondence was
between your Companies and ours. That correspondence you
have, and any resolutions in relation to it (which are very few
however,) are on our Tninutes, which minutes are now deposited
in the LamhetJi Library.
The note I sent you, therefore, is really the heginning of every
thing : the documents came after, when the scholars named were
requested to act, or recognized as acting, in that matter. The
exact wording you ought to have, or it may be seen in our minutes.
The words " at his request," in the Bishop's letter, mean simply
that I pressed the importance of American co-operation, and
offered to do anything I could to secure it ; the confirmation of
all depending, of course, on the subsequent action of the Com
panies. With aU affectionate regards, Joseph Angus.
[Dean Stanley to Dr. Schaff.*]
Deaneey, Westminstee Abbey,
London, Jan. 13, 1871.
My Deae Sir:
I have been in communication with Dr. Angus on the subject
of the revision of the Authorised Version of the Bible, now set on
foot by two Companies of Enghsh, Scottish, and Irish scholars,
appointed under the authority of the Committee of the Convoca
tion of the Province of Canterbury.
By that Committee, and in pursuance of a vote of the Lower
House of Convocation, the Bishop of Winchester and myself were
requested to ask the friendly co-operation of some divines from
the United States of America in a work that, it was felt, concerned
* [The handwriting of the late Dean Stanley is almost illegible, and, with all
the care taken in deciphering his hieroglyphics, it is quite possible that some
slight mistakes may have been made.]
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34 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
that vast pari of the English-speaking races of the worid as nearly
as ourselves. I find that the Bishop of Winchester has already
communicated on the subject with Bishop Potter,* with the view
of procuring the assistance of such scholars as the Protestant
Episcopal Church of America may furnish; and I, therefore,
undertake the charge of addressing myself to you, as having been
the centre, as I understand, of the communications of the non-
Episcopalian churches with Dr. Angus during his recent visit.
May I ask you, iu consideration of the distance of space and the
length of time which would be involved in repeated correspond
ence with each member, to enter into such negotiations as you
may deem advisable with the scholars of these churches ?
It will, of course, be readily understood that the object of
the Committee of Convocation and of the revising Companies is
to procure the assistance of which I speak purely on the ground
of scholastic and Biblical qualifications — the assistance, as the
vote of Convocation expressed it, " of any eminent for scholar
ship, to whatever nation or religious body they may belong."
With this view I have consulted with Dr. Angus and others, and
venture to submit a list of such eminent persons as have occurred
to us as falling within the above description. You will, perhaps,
have no difficulty in arranging with them, and, also (if you think
fit), with Bishop Potter, representing the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and to whom I have not written, as the Bishop will
understand, only because he has aheady received a communication
from my superior in rank, the Bishop of Winchester.
The details of the mode of co-operation will easily suggest
themselves ; on them I need not at present enter, but will con
clude with the hope that the joint and cordial co-operation in this
great and holy work may add another link to the friendly inter
course and communion between English Christendom and that
powerful and ever-increasing offspring that it has produced be
yond the Atlantic. Yours very faithfully, A. P. Stanley.
[This letter is accompanied by two papers: (1) the principles and rules of the
British Companies (A), which will be found further on in the letter of invitation
to American revisers (p. 43), and (3) by the following list of revisers (B) and Post
script.] * [This letter is not accessible, but a later letter of Bishop Wilberforce, dated
Aug. 7, 1871, is given below, together with the action of the American House of
Bishops declining to co-operate. See pp. 47 and 48.]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 35
[B.]
List of names suggested by Dr. Angus after conference with
American divines. Old Testament.
Dr. T. J. Conant, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Prof. W. H. Green, D.D., Princeton, N. J.
Prof. Tayler Lewis, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y.
Prof. C. M. Mead, Andover.
Dr. Van Dyck, Beyrut, Syria.
Dr. Whedon, New York. I^ew Testament.
E. Khhoij, LL.D., Librarian of Harvard Col., Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. H. B. Hackett, D.D., Eochester, N. Y.
Prof. Kendrick, D.D., Eochester, N. Y.
Prof. C. P. Krauth, University of Pa., Phila.
Prof. Jas. Strong, D.D., Drew Seminary, Madison, N. J.
Prof. C. E. Stowe, Hartford, Conn.
Prof. Dr. Philip Schaff, New York.
Prof. Shedd, D.D., New York.
Prest. T. D. Woolsey, D.D., Yale College, New Haven.

The Episcopalian divines suggested by Dr. Angus are here
omitted, in consideration of the communication opened between
the Bishop of Winchester and Bishop Potter, it being thought
more convenient and important that they should be invited
through that channel.
It has also occurred to me that on points of language and
taste it would be right to consult Dr. Longfellow, the poet, and
Mr. Marsh, author of the well-known work on the English lan
guage. P.S. — You will understand that the long delay which has taken
place has been occasioned .only by the necessity of discussing,
with the various persons here concerned, the best mode of action.
It may, perhaps, prevent any further necessity of correspond
ence to and fro, if I add that the arrangement which was dis
cussed between you and Dr. Angus seems to be perfectly satisfac
tory, and no doubt would commend itself to the Companies here, —

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that the British Companies shall, from time to time, communicate
to the American Companies such parts of their work as have
passed the first revision, and that the American Companies should
communicate their suggestions to the British Companies, if possi
ble, before the second revision.
The enclosed paper (A)* will indicate the principles on which
the British Companies act, and on which, of course, the American
Companies would act for the sake of uniformity.
The enclosed list (B) contains the names to which I referred in
my letter ;— many of the persons so indicated have, I understand,
indicated their willingness to serve.
A. P. S.

[Dr. Schaff to Dean Stanley.]
Bible House, New Yoek, Feb. 7, 1871.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster,
My Deae Dean :
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of
January 13th, in which you authorize me, in the name of the two
Companies of British divines for the revision of the English ver
sion of the Bible, and in pursuance of a vote of the Lower
House of the Convocation of the Province of Canterbury,t to
invite a certain number of American scholars, whose names I had
suggested to our friend Dr. Angus, at his request, during his
recent visit to this country, to form a Committee in friendly co
operation with the British Committee, for the promotion of the
important work entrusted to their care.
It will afford me great pleasure to extend this invitation to the
gentlemen named in your letter, including the two distinguished
laymen (Mr. Longfellow and the Hon. Geo. P. Marsh), whom you
very properly suggest as being well qualified to aid the Committee
by their advice on points of language and taste.
As to the selection of suitable Bibhcal scholars who are to
represent the Protestant Episcopal Church, I shall, at your sug
gestion, put myself in communication with Bishop Potter, of the
Diocese of New York, and inform him that I am ready to act in
concert with him in this whole matter.
*[The principles and rules adopted by the British Revision Companies. See
p. 43.]
^ [The resolutions were adopted by both Houses of Convocation.] •

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 87
There is a deep and growing interest among the churches of
America in the work of such a careful and judicious revision of
our admirable version of the Holy Scriptures as will adapt it to
the present state of sound Biblical scholarship without sacrific
ing its idiom and hallowed associations, or any of its beauties and
felicities. There is, moreover, a strong confidence in the ability
and soundness of Christian scholarship which has already been
enhsted in behalf of this revision. In my opinion the British
companies are abundantly competent to discharge their trust
without foreign assistance. Yet, inasmuch as the revision
concerns all denominations who use the Enghsh version in
public worship and in their daily devotions, it is extremely desir
able to secure at the outset the hearty sympathy and co-operation
of representative Biblical scholars from all parts of Anglo-Saxon
Christendom, so that the revision ina.y appear with a sort of
oecumenical authority.
I am happy to leam that the suggestions I made to Dr. Angus
in regard to the best mode of co-operation meets your approval ;
namely, that the English Companies of the O. and N. T. transmit,
from time to time, such portions of their work as have passed
the first revision, to the American Committee for their examina
tion and suggestions, which are to be returned before the second
and final revision.
As soon as I shall receive the first part of your work, say the
Gospel of St. Matthew, which I understand is about half com
pleted, I shall invite the members of the Committee to meet in
my study, or some other convenient place, for the purpose of
organizing and proceeding with their work as expeditiously as
possible. In conclusion, 1 can only reciprocate your wish that this enter
prise may strengthen the union between Great Britain and the
United States on the basis of the revealed Word of our common
Lord. In pleasant remembrance of our interviews at Oxford in 1844,
and in the Deanery of Westminster in May, 1869,
I am, with profound respect, Yours, Philip Schaff.

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[Dr. Schaff to Bishop Potter.]
Bible House, New York, Feb. 8, 1871.
The Right Rev, Bishop Potter, D,D., New York.
My Dear Sir :
I have received a communication from the Dean of Westmin
ster, authorizing me, in the name of the two British Companies
for the revision of the English Version of the Holy Scriptures,
and in pursuance of a vote passed by the Convocation of the
Province of Canterbury, to invite a certain number of Biblical
scholars of the various non-Episcopal denominations in the United
States whose names I had previously suggested, by request, to
form an American Committee in co-operative union with the
British Committee for the accomplishment of the work of re
vision, which concerns all branches of Christendom using the
Authorized English Version in public worship and in their daily
devotions. I have also been informed that the Bishop of Winchester has
written, or will write, to you concerning the selection of suitable
Biblical scholars who are to represent the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States.
At the suggestion of Dean Stanley, I beg leave to inform you
that I am ready to receive any communication you may be
pleased to make to me on the subject, and to act in concert with
you in this important enterprise.
I embrace this opportunity to assure you of the high consider
ation with which I subscribe myself.
Your obedient servant in the Lord,
Philip Schaff.

[Bishop Potter to Dr. Schaff.]
New York, 38 East Twenty-second Street,
Feb. 14, 1871.
To tlie Rev. Br, Sehaff,
My Deae Sie :
I beg to acknowledge the communication made by you at the
suggestion of Dean Stanley respecting the subject of revision,
and to ssvj,— first, that my letters from the Bishop of Winchester
touching that undertaking have as yet made no reference to the

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 39
formation of an American Committee, and, second, that it will not
be in my power, in any event, to take any action in relation to it.
I am, my dear sir,
Very respectfuUy and cordially yours,
«  Horatio Potter.
[Dr. Schaff to Dean Stanley.]
Bible House, New Yoek, Feb. 27, '71.
The Very Rev, the Dean qf Westminster.
My Deae Dean :
I have made all arrangements for carrying out your wishes in
regard to American co-operation with the work of revision, but
a communication from Dr. Potter, Bishop of the Diocese of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of New York, makes it desirable to
wait for further instructions.
At your suggestion, I wrote to the Bishop that I was ready to
receive any communication he may desire to make to me on the
subject, and to act in concert with him. He courteously replied,
first, that his letters from the Bishop of Winchester have as yet
made no reference to the formation of an American Committee,
and second, that " it will not be in his power, in any event, to take
any action in relation to it."
Please inform me as early as convenient :
(1) Whether you wish me to organize the Committee as far as
the non-Episcopal scholars are concerned, without Avaiting for
further action on the part of the Bishop of Winchester and his
correspondents in this country.
(2) Whether, in view of Bishop Potter's declining to act in the
matter, I may be authorized to invite Bishop Mcllvaine, of Ohio
(who is well known in England), the Eev. Dr. Washburn, of Cal
vary Church, New York (a highly accomplished scholar), or any
other Episcopal scholars you might name, to act as members of
the American Co-operative Committee on Eevision.
Most truly yours, Philip Schaff.
[Dean Stanley to Dr. Schaff.]
Deanery, Westminster, April 8, 1871.
My Deae Sie:
I have to apologize for the long delay in answering your last
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It has been solely occasioned by the preoccupations of the Bishop
of Winchester, which prevented him from being able to give his
attention to the subject at an earlier date.
I now, with the Bishop's approval, write to say that we do not
feel ourselves authorised to offer any suggestions for the regula
tion of the mutual relations of the American scholars amongst
themselves. I had written to you on the supposition tliat, as in England, so
in America, the Episcopahan scholars would have felt no difficulty
in co-operating with their non-Episcopalian brethren, and I would
still hope that this may eventuaUy be found to be the case. But
at this distance of space and time, and in the presence of the ob
jections which your letter communicates to us, I think it better
that any arrangements of this kind on the other side of the
Atlantic should be left to be settled amongst yourselves.
My former letter was, as you are aware, sent on the understand
ing that the names mentioned to me by Dr. Angus were such as
would commend themselves to the scholars of the United States,
and that the communication with the Episcopalian Church
through the Bishop of Winchester was the mode that would be
most agreeable and most respectful to themselves.
If you think it advisable, with a view of preventing any further
misunderstandings, to publish my correspondence with you, you
are quite at liberty to do so ; and I trust that, in that case, tho
slight difficulty which has arisen may be dispelled.
Yours faithfully, A. P. Stanley.
I may add that the provisional revision of the Gospel of St.
Matthew and of the Book of Genesis will not be completed for
some weeks, and till that time it would be premature to send over
any proof-sheets.
I may also add that the resolutions of Convocation anent M'hich
these communications have been made, were not, as might be in
ferred from a passage in your letter, confined to the Lower House,
but were unanimously adopted by both Houses, and as such acted
upon by the Joint Committee, consisting of members of the Upper
as weU as of the Lower House.
A. P. S.

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[Dr. Schaff to Dean Stanley.]
Bible House, New York, May 1, 1871.
The Very Rev, the Dean of Westminster,
My Dear Dean :
I received your letter of April 8, in which you renew your re
quest, with the approval of the Bishop of Winchester, that I
should organize an American Committee on the revision of the
Authorized English Version of the Bible in co-operative union
with the British Committee.
I shall now without further delay proceed in this work and dis
charge the trust as weU as I can. I intend to confine myself to a
small and select number of Biblical scholars of recognized author
ity and representative character, who are able and willing to give
efficient aid in this important and responsible enterprise.
I have drawn up a plan, and submit to you three printed docu
ments : 1. A Letter of Invitation. 2. The Principles of the
British Committee. 3. Draught of a Constitution of the Amer
ican Committee. I shall be glad to learn your opinion on this
plan. I do not see any good reason at present for publishing our cor
respondence. I expect to saU for England early in June, and hope to confer
with you and other members of the Committee personally on this
subject. With great respect, yours,
Philip Schaff.

[Documents submitted to Dean Stanley, as promised in preceding letter.]
1. Letter of Invitation.
No. 38 Bible House, New York, — — — 1871.
De.\e Sik :
I have been requested and authorized by the British Comm,ittee for a revision
of the Authorized Version of the Holy Scriptures, through the Dean of West
minster, to form an American Committee in co-operative union with the British,
and to invite a select number of Biblical scholars from different denominations to
assist in the proposed revision.
You are aware that this important work has begun under very favorable
auspices, and has already enlisted the best Biblical scholarship of Great Britain.
It affords me great pleasure to extend to you, hereby, an invitation to become a
member of the Old {New) Testament Company of the American Committee.
I trust that you will not hesitate to co-operate in a work which concerns all
branches of American Christendom as much as those of British, and which will

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be followed with deep interest by all who use the English Bible in their public
and private devotions. _
To facilitate your decision, I inclose the principles and rules of revision which
have been adopted by the two Companies of the British Committee, and also the
draught of a constitution for the American Committee, which will be submitted
to them when they are convened for organization.
In accordance with a provisional arrangement, the two Companies of the Bntish
Committee will forward, from time to time, such portions of their work as have
passed the flrst revision to the American Companies for examination, and the
American Companies will send the results of their deliberations to England before
the second revision.
As soon as the first portion of the revision (the Gospel of Matthew) arrives, 1
intend to invite those members of the American Committee who have in the
meantime accepted the appointment, to meet in New York, for the purpose of
effecting an organization and proceeding with their work in such manner as they
may deem best.
Hoping to hear from you at your earliest convenience, I am, in Christian bonds.
Truly yours, Philip Schaff.
[A]
PEINCIPLES AND EULES OF THE BEITISH COM
MITTEE.
At the first meeting of the Committee, appointed by the Con
vocation of Canterbury, May 6, 1870, in accordance with the sub
joined Eeport,* accepted by Convocation at its last session, the
following resolutions and rules were agreed to as the funda
mental principles on which the revision is to be conducted :
Resolved, —
I. That the Committee appointed by the Convocation of Canterbury at its last
Session separate itself into two Companies, the one for the revision of the
Authorised Version of the Old Testament, the other for the revision of the
Authorised Version of the New Testament.
11. That the Company for the revision of the Authorised Version of the Old
Testament consist of the Bishops of St. David's, Llandaff, Ely, Lincoln, and Bath
and Wells, and of the following members from the Lower House: Archdeacon
Rose, Canon Selwyn, Dr. Jebb, and Dr. Kay.
* " 1. That it is desirable that a revision of the Authorised Version of the Holy Scriptures be
undertaken." " 2. That the revision be so conducted as to comprise both marginal renderings and such
emendations as it may be found necessary to insert in tbe text of the Authorised Version."
"3. That in the above resolutions we do not contemplate any new translation of the Bible, or
any alteration of the language, except where, in the judgment of the most competent scholars,
such change is necessarj'."
" 4. That in such necessary changes, the style of the language employed in the existing version
be closely followed."
" 5. That It is desirable that Convocation should nominate a body of its own members to un-
dertalse the work of revision, who shall be at liberty to invite the co-operation of any eminent for
scholarship, to whatever nation or religious body they may belong."

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111. That the Company for tbe revision of the Authorised Version of the New
Testament consist of the Bishops of Winchester, Gloucester and Bristol, and
Salisbury, and of the following members from the Lower House : the Prolocutor,
the Deans of Canterbury and Westminster and Canon Blakesley.
IV. That the flrst portion of the work to be undertaken by the Old Testament
Company be the revision of the Authorised Version of the Pentateuch.
V. That the flrst portion of the work to be undertateu by the New Testament
Company be the revision of the Authorised Version of the Synoptical Gospels.
VI. That the following scholars and divines be invited to join the Old Testa
ment Company : —

ALEXANDER, Dr. W. L.
CHENERY, Professor
COOK, Canon
DAVIDSON, Professor A.B.
DAVIES, Dr. B.
FAIRBAIRN, Professor
FIELD, Rev. F.

GINSBURG, Dr.
GOTCH, Dr.
HARRISON, Archdeacon
LEATHES, Professor
McGILL, Professor
PAYNE SMITH, Canon
PEROWNE, Prof. J. H.

PLUMPTRE, Professor
PUSEY, Canon
WRIGHT, Dr. (British
Museum)
WRIGHT, W. A. (Cam
bridge)

VII. That the following scholars and divines be invited to join the New Tes
tament Company : —

ANGUS, Dr.
BROWN, Dr. DAVID
DUBLIN, Archbishop of
EADIE, Dr.
HORT. Rev. F. J. A.
HUMPHRY, Rev. W. G.
KENNEDY, Canon

LEE, Archdeacon
LIGHTFOOT, Dr.
MILLIGAN, Professor
MOULTON, Professor
NEWMAN, Dr. J. H.
NEWTH, Professor
ROBERTS, Dr. A.

SMITH, Rev. G. VANCE
SCOTT, Dr. (Balliol Coll.)
SCRIVENER, Rev. F.
ST. ANDREWS, Bp. of
TREGELLES, Dr.
VAUGHAN, Dr.
WESTCOTT, Canon

VIII. That the general principles to be followed by both Companies be as
follows :
1. To introduce as few alterations as possible into the text of the Authorised
Version consistently with faithfulness.
2. To limit as far as possible the expression of snch alterations to the lan
guage of the Authorised and earlier English versions.
3. Each Company to go twice over the portion to be revised, once provision
ally, the second time finally, and on principles of voting as hereinafter
is provided.
4. That the text to be adopted be that for which the evidence is decidedly
preponderating ; and that when the text so adopted differs from that
from which the Authorised Version was made, the alteration be indi
cated in the margin.
5. To make or retain no change in the text on the second final revision by
each Company, except two-tliirds of those present approve of the same,
but on the flrst revision to decide by simple majorities.
6. In every case of proposed alteration that may have given rise to discus
sion, to defer the voting thereupon till the next meeting, whensoever
the same shall be required by one-third of those present at the meeting,
such intended vote to be announced in the notice for the next meeting.
7. To revise the headings of chapters, pages, paragraphs, italics, and punctu
ation.
8. To refer, on the part of each Company, when considered desirable, to
divines, scholars, and literary men, whether at home or abroad, for
their opinions.

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IX. That the work of each Company be communicated to the other as it is
completed, in order that there may be as little deviation from uniformity in lan
guage as possible.
X. That the special or by-rules for each Company be as follows :
1. To make all corrections in writing previous to the meeting.
2. To place all the corrections due ta textual considerations on the left hand
margin, and all other corrections on the right hand margin.
3. -To transmit to the chairman, in case of being unable to attend, the cor
rections proposed in the portion agreed upon for consideration.
S. WINTON,* Cliairmm.
Mat 25, 1870.

[B]
DEAUGHT OF A CONSTITUTION OF THE AMEEICAN
COMMITTEE.
Subject to ]ievision.\
I. The Americin Committee for a revision of the Authorized Version of the
Holy Scriptures to be constituted by authority and with the concurrence of the
British Committee, and to be composed of a select number of Biblical scholars
and divines from the leading Protestant denominations of the United States.
II. The American Committee, when constituted, to have the power to elect
their officers, ta add to their number, and to fill their own vacancies.
III. The American Committee to co-operate with the British Committee on
terms of fraternal equality, and on the basis of the principles and rules of revision
adopted by the Convocation of Canterbury and the British Committee.
IV. The American Committee to separate itself into two Companies, the one
for the revision of the Authorized Version of the Old Testament, the other for the
revision of the Authorized Version of the New Testament.
V. The British Committee to submit to the American Committee, from time
to time, such portions of their work as have passed the first revision, and the
American Committee to transmit their criticisms and suggestions to the British
Committee before the second revision.
VI. A joint meeting of both Committees to be held, if possible, in London or
New York, before final action.
VII. The American Committee to pay their own expenses, and to have the
same ownership and control of the copyright of the Revised Version in the United
States of America which the British Committee have in Great Britain, until they
are reimbursed for the necessary expenses incurred.
[* Bishop Samuel Wilberforce, of Winchester,]
[t This constitution, with the snggestions ot the Dean of Westminster (see next letter), was
afterwards submitted to, amended, enlarged, and aiopted by the American revisers at their flrst
meeting, December 7, 1871. See below.]

-4.MERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 45
[Dean Stanley to Dr. Schaff.]
Deanery, Westminster, May 30, 1871.
My Dear Sir :
I beg to thank you for the papers which you have sent to me
through Dr. Adams.*
I take the liberty of calling your attention to two or three inac
curacies almost inevitable from the complex nature of the work
and of the negotiations involved, but which had better be cor
rected in order to avoid misunderstandings.
In your letter of invitation (paragraph 1) it would be more
exact to say :
" The British Committee for a revision of the Authorized Ver-
" sion have requested the Bishop of Winchester and the Dean of
" Westminster to communicate with the scholars of the United
" States of America with a view to inviting their co-operation in
" the work of revision. The Bishop of Winchester has communi-
"cated with the American Episcopal Church. I have been
" requested and authorized by the Dean of Westminster to com-
" municate with scholars from the other denominations."
In paragraph 7, of the same paper, the phrase " the Gospel of
Matthew " had better be omitted. There is no likelihood, — espe
cially no certainty, of that Gospel being circulated for the second
revision until further progress has been made with the work.
The Paper B :—
Paragraph 1 had better read thus :
" The American Committee for a revision, etc., to be composed
" of a select number of Biblical scholars and divines from the
" United States."
For (1) it is manifestly out of the question for the British Com
mittee at this distance of time and space to undertake upon itself
" the constitution " of the American Committee. That must be
left to the Americans themselves.
(2) As the sole qualification desired is that of scholarship, it is
against the principles laid down by the British Committee and
accepted by Convocation and the companies to bring forward into
prominence " the leading denominations," And, under any circum
stances, the word " Protestant " is unnecessary, and would be in-
* [See the preceding three documents, which were transmitted with the accom
panying letter to Dean Stanley through the kindness of the late Rev. Dr. William
Adams, President of the Union Theological Seminary, New York.]

46 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
consistent with the invitation issued by the British Committee to
an eminent Eoman Catholic (Dr. Newman). Dr. Newman de
clined purely on grounds of his not being sufficiently familiar at
present with the needful scholarship. But there will be no objec
tion on the part of the British Committee or Companies were any
Eoman Catholic scholars of the United States willing to join.*
Paragraph III. Omit the words " with the British Committee on
terms of fraternal equality," For aU practical purposes the deal
ings of the American Committee will be with the Companies, not
with the Committee, and the expression "fraternal equality"
though doubtless most reasonable as regards the spirit in which it
is made, might mislead unless more carefuUy explained.
Paragraph Y. For the same reason the words " Companies " to
be substituted for " Committee,"
Paragraph VI. The spirit of this is excellent, but as it is un
likely that it can practically be carried into effect, and might,
therefore, mislead, it had better be omitted.
Paragraph YII. By a recent and necessary arrangement the
copyright of the Eevised Version in England will, so far as is
practicable, be transferred to the two Universities that have
undertaken the cost of printing and publishing. The whole of
the clause, as regards the copyright, had, therefore, better be
omitted as inapplicable and misleading.
I trust that these corrections will be accepted in the spirit in
which they are proposed, and that they will obviate further mis
apprehensions. Yours faithfully,
A. P. Stanley.
[Before this letter was received Dr. Schaff had a personal conference with Dean
Stanley, at Westminster, and came to a full agreement with him on the several
points of difference.]
* [No Roman Catholic divines were invited to join the Committee, because it
was taken for granted that their conscientious convictions and official position
would not permit them to co-operate with Protestants in the revision of a Protest
ant translation of the Holy Scriptures. Cardinal Newman, who was pre-eminently
qualified as a scholar and master of classical English, had no doubt weightier
reasons for declining than the one which he modestly put forward.]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMJIITTEB. 47
[Letter of Bishop Wilberforce, of Winchester, to Bishop Potter,'of New York.]
(Copied from the "Journal and Proceedings of the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of
the Protestant Episcopal Church," 1872, pp. 615-616.)
BusBRiDGE Hall, Godalming, Aug. 7, 1871.
Eight Eeverend Brother :
As the time of your General Convention approaches, it seems
to me due to my high respect and brotherly affection for your
venerable body that I should, as Chairman of the Committee of
the Convocation of Canterbury which is charged with the duty of
preparing a revised text of our Authorised Version of the Sacred
Scriptures, communicate formaUy to you what has been done, is
doing, and is intended, touching an enterprise which must, I
think, deeply interest all the English-speaking branches of the
Church of Christ, and, very specially, our beloved sister commun
ion in America. The purpose for which the Committee was ap
pointed was this : — not to make a new translation, but to exhibit,
in a revised version of the existing translations, any corrections
which either the discovery of new manuscripts and versions or
the advance of scholarship, aUowed the Committee to recommend.
It was our universal belief that these corrections, though impor
tant as to technical accuracy, would affect no doctrine, and add to
instead of diminishing the authority of the present version. We
felt that there was danger in leaving suspicion free to exaggerate
according to her wont, small defects, and swell them to dimensions
which might weaken the authority of the existing version. The
Committee having been appointed with power to seek aliunde the
assistance of experts qualified by classical and biblical learning for
the task, has formed, out of itself and such associated workmen,
two companies ; one of which is proceeding with a proposed revis
ion of the Old, and the other of the New Testament. From the
first, our Convocation desired the aid of your body, and I have
my.self made various communications from it to individual mem
bers of your Episcopate. The approaching session of your Gen
eral Convention gives me the opportunity of a more formal com
munication, which I now make to you as the Presiding Bishop,
requesting you to bring the matter, in such Avay as you deem
meet, before the General Convention. As our work has pro
ceeded, it has appeared impossible for us to obtain from you in
the progress of our labors that aid to which we stiU look forward
at their close. When the work of the Companies is finished, it

48 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
will be the duty of the Committee of the Convocation in its sepa
rate unity to revise the work done, and either to reject it, or to lay
it, witli or without alterations, before the Convocation of Canter
bury. That body wUl then judge for itself of the merit or demerit
of what its Committee so presents to it. Should the Convocation
judge it so far successful, it would authorize such other steps as it
may deem fit. One of these, I have little doubt, would be to sub
mit the tentative revisions to the other English-speaking branches
of the Church, and should your Convention encourage our doing
so, pre-eminently to you. No such important change as any alter
ation in the Authorised Version of the Sacred Scriptures could
be carried out without allowing full time for all snch judgments
as that of your branch of the Church to be formed and expressed ;
nor untU the revised version had received the sanction of general
approbation could it, in any sense, be authorised amongst our
selves. Commending this important matter to your care, and earnestly
seeking your prayers for the due fulfilment of the work in hand,
through the heavenly assistance of God the Holy Ghost, for the
glory of the eternal and ever-blessed Trinity, and the edification of
the Church of Christ, I remain, right reverend and dear brother.
Yours in the bonds of the common faith.
(Signed) Samuel Wintonensis.
The Right Rev. the Presiding Bishop op the Church in America.

[Action of the House of Bishops ou the preceding letter.]
(From the "Journal," etc., pp. 363-353.)
A communication from the Eight Eev. the Lord Bishop of
Winchester, Chairman of the Committee of the Convocation of
Canterbury on the Eevision of the Authorized Version of the
Holy Scriptures, to the Presiding Bishop, was read by the Secre
tary. On motion of the Bishop of New York it was
Resolved, That this communication be laid on the table, and
printed for the use of the House, (p. 262.)
The Bishop of New York offered the following resolution :
Resolved, That the Eight Eev. the Presiding Bishop be and is
hereby requested to return to the Eight Eev. the Lord Bishop of
Winchester a courteous and brotherly acknowledgment of his

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 49
communication relating to a revision of the English of the Holy
Scriptures, stating that this House, having had no part in origi
nating or organizing the said work of revision, is not at present in
a condition to deUver any judgment respecting it, and at the
same time expressing the disposition of this House to consider
with candor the work undertaken by the Convocation of Canter
bury, whenever it shaU have been completed, and its results laid
before them.
The Bishop of Louisiana moved to strike out the following
words : " Having had no part in originating or organizing the said
work of revision " ; which was lost.
The question recurring on the original motion of the Bishop of
New York, it was adopted, (p. 353.)

[During the summer of 1871 Dr. Schaff had satisfactory conferences with the
English Companies in the Jerusalem Chamber, and especially with the Dean of
Westminster and Bishop Ellicott, concerning American co-operation. After his
return the correspondence was resumed.]

My Dear Sir :

[Dean Stanley to Dr. Schaff.]
Deanery, Westminster, Oct. 14, 1871.

In answer to your letter just received by the Bishop of Glouces
ter,* I take up the thread of the correspondence which, as I was
the first to begin (under the direction of the Committee of Con
vocation) I may as well continue.
Your proposal as to the mode of transmitting the proofs wiU be
far the best plan. Our main anxiety is to secure that under no
circumstances shall the proof become public or be made known
bej'ond the circle of revisers tUl the time comes for submitting to
the public such portions of the work as have received the final
touches which it will have received from the various suggestions
made to us, whether from this side or the other side of the At
lantic. When that time comes the public will have every oppor
tunity of judging of our labors, but not before.
It would be a satisfaction to the members of the Company
(both for their own information and also for the sake of the secu
rity to which I refer) to have a complete Ust of those to whom
(whether as actuaUy taking part in a continual consideration of
[* Of this letter no copy is found ; its contents must be inferred from the answers.]
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50 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
the revision or as occasional referees) the proofs should be sent.
The Ust which you agreed upon with me when you were here is
perhaps exhaustive, but as I could not be perfectly sure of this, I
think it better that we should have the Ust exactly as it exists in
your hands. Yours faithfully,
A. P. Stanley.

[Bishop Ellicott to Dr. Schaff.]
Gloucester, Oct. 23, 1871.
Dear De. Schaff :
I send herewith a resolution from our Company which wiU ex
plain itself.
We meet again Nov. 14, and if this reaches in time should be
rejoiced to have a Une from you by that time.
I am thankful to say that we are going on capitally. We meet
for four days every month, and do on an average forty verses a
day. I trust this finds you weU. Pray present my best respects to
your Company. Very faithfully yours,
C. J. Gloucester and Bristol.
RESOLUTION.
That the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol be requested to com
municate with Dr. Schaff to the effect that the work of the N. T.
revisers is at present only tentative and provisional, and that it
may be considerably altered at the second revision ; — ^but that
upon the assurance of Dr. Schaff^ that the work, so far as it is at
present advanced, will be considered as strictly confidential, the
Company will send a sufficient number of copies for Dr. Schaff
and his brother revisers, for their own private use, the copies to
be in no way made public beyond themselves.
For this purpose that Dr. Schaff be requested to send the
names and addresses of the scholars associated with him in this
matter so soon as the Company is completely formed.

[Dr. Schaff to Bishop Ellicott.]
Bible House, New York, Nov. 10, 1871.
My Dear Lord Bishop :
I have the honor to acknowledge your favor of Oct. 23 inclos-

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 51
ing a resolution of the New Testament Company of Eevisers with
reference to American co-operation.
In reply, I beg leave to say that I was fully aware of the tenta
tive and provisional character of the first revision, and intended
to shape the American work accordingly. When I had the pleas
ure to confer with you personaUy and with the other members of
the Company last June, it was agreed that a Umited number 
say about thirty copies — of the revision of Matthew should be for
warded to me this autumn to be distributed among the American
revisers for strictly ^rivafe use, and that other portions of the
work as it progresses should follow. The American revisers were
to examine the work of the EngUsh Companies, and to submit to
them from time to time the results of their work for the second
and final revision. On my return from the continent last Sept. I
called at the Deanery of Westminster and learned from your Sec
retary that he would ssnd Matthew as soon as he had directions
from the Company, which would meet again in October.
I did not think it worth while to convene the American revisers
before I could lay before them some practical work. I have in
vited only a limited number of representative scholars of the lead
ing denominations, and they have accepted, and are ready to co
operate as soon as I call them together. I inclose a copy of the
letter of invitation with tha accompanying documents. As soon
as the Company is properly organized I shall forward you the
names and addresses. But ifc will be more convenient for the
Secretary to forward the packages to me, and I shall see that
every reviser receives a copy with the understanding that no public
use whatever be made of it. The present number of American
revisers is fourteen, seven (the holy number) for the New Testa
ment, and seven for the Old. But when they come together they
may find it advisable to increase the number. I would rather
leave this to them, having confined myself to such scholars
about whose qualifications there can be no doubt.
I shall now look forward to a speedy transmission of Matthew,
and shall be happy to receive any communication your Lordship
may see proper to make to me on this important subject.
May the Holy Spirit of wisdom and harmony preside over your
meetings and bless your labor of love for the advancement of
the Eedeemer's kingdom. With profound respect.
Yours in the Lord,
Philip Schaff.
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Gloucebteb and Bristol.

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[On his retum from Europe, in autumn, 1871, Dr. Schaff proceeded with the
work of organizing the American Committee. Most of tho scholars applied to ac
cepted the invitation, and their letters are on record. For those who declined, ^
others were selected after proper consultation. A complete list of members will bo
given below. After a sufficient number of members were secured to justify an
organization, a meeting was called for the purpose. The correspondence relating
to this meeting and the results of the meeting now follow.]

[A circular letter to the members to convene for organization.]
New York, Nov. 28, 1871.
My Dear Sir :
You are respectfully invited to attend the first meeting of the
American revisers of the Authorized Version of the English
Bible, at my study, in tho Bible House, on Thursday the 7th of
December, at 10 a.m., for the purpose of effecting an organization
and adopting a constitution.
You are also invited to attend a public meeting ou Bible Ee
vision in Calvary Episcopal Church (Dr. Washburn's) in Fourth
Avenue, at 8 o'clock, on the evening of the same day, when the
Eev. Dr. Howson, Dean of Chester, will speak on the subject in
behalf of the British Companies of Eevision.*
EespectfuUy yours, Philip Schaff.
Rev. Dr. Woolsey, New Haven, Conn.
" Db. Green, Princeton, N. J.
" Dr. Conant, Brooklyn, N. Y., and others.

[Dr. Schaff to Dean Howson.]
New York, Nov. 28, 1871.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Chester.
My Dear Sir :
I acknowledge your favor of yesterday in which you inform me
that you have been able to fix upon Thursday the 7th of December
for the pHbUc meeting on Bible Eevision.
This is the best time, and Dr. Washburn's church the best place,
[*Dean Howson, D.D., then present ona visit in America, isnotoneof the Brit
ish revisers, as he belongs to the Convocation of York, which refused to ioin the
Convocation of Canterbury in the revision, but he is in full sympathy with the
movement, and expressed a desii-e to aid it during his visit in any way he could ]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMJIITTEE. 53
for the meeting. I shall at once invite the American revisers to
meet for organization in my study in the Bible House, on Thurs
day the 7th of Dec. at 10 A.M. You are hereby cordiaUy invited
to meet with them. Some of them may find it convenient to at
tend the pubUc meeting in the evening.
The arrangements for the public meeting I must leave in the
hands of your Episcopal friends. Dr. Cotton Smith, I under
stand, is unwell. Dr. Washburn caUed yesterday, and expressed
himself ready for co-operation whenever informed of your con
clusion. He expects to see you this evening at Dr. Morgan's,
when you can arrange with him the details.
If I can be of any use to you during the remainder of your stay
in this country, I shall be most happy to have an opportunity.
You wUl find me in my study every morning.
Very truly yours, Philip Schaff.
I inclose the Doc. which I have prepared so far for the benefit
of the Am. revisers.

[First Meeting of the American Committee.]
(The foUowing extract from the Minutes of the Committee (p. 5), was furnished to
the press by the Eev. Dr. Day, as an authorized statement of the facts relating to
the recent formation of an American Committee, in co-operation with the British
Committee, for the Revision of the English Version of the Scriptures.)
New York, Dec. 7, 1871.
At a meeting of gentlemen invited by Eev. Philip Schaff, D.D.,
to meet this day at his study, Bible House, New York, for the
purpose of forming an organization to co-operate with the British
Committee in the revision of the Authorized English version of the
Scriptures, the foUowing persons were present, viz. :
Prof. PhiUp Schaff, D.D., New York ; Prof. Henry B. Smith,
D.D,, New York ; Prof. William Henry Green, D.D., Princeton,
N. J. ; Prof. George Emlen Hare, D.D., PhUadelphia, Pa. ; Prof.
Chas. P. Krauth, D.D., PhUadelphia; Eev. Thos. J. Conant,
D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Prof. George E. Day, D.D., New Haven,
Conn. ; Ezra Abbot, LL.D., Cambridge, Mass. ; Eev. Edward A.
Washburn, D.D., New York.
Dr. Howson, Dean of Chester, was also present by special in
vitation, and took part in the deliberations.
Ex-President Woolsey, Prof. Hackett, Prof. Strong, and others.

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were prevented from attending, but expressed by letter their
hearty interest in the proposed work, and their readiness to co
operate. The meeting was organized by the appointment of Prof. Henry
B. Smith as Chairman, and Prof. Geo. E. Day as Secretary.
After prayer by the Chairman, Dr. Schaff introduced the sub
ject of the meeting by stating that he had been requested by the
British Committee for the Eevision of the Authorized English
Version of the Scriptures, tlirough the Dean of Westminster, to
invite American scholars to co-operate with them in this work.
He had accordingly extended such an invitation to a limited
number of scholars, most of them professors of biblical learning
in theological seminaries of the leading Protestant denomina
tions. In the delicate task of selection, he had reference, first of
all, to the reputation and occupation of the gentlemen as bibU-
cal scholars ; next, to their denominational connection and stand
ing so far as to have a fair representation of the American
churches ; and lastly, to local convenience, in order to secure reg
ular attendance on the meetings. He would have gladly invited
others, but thought it best to leave the responsibiUty of enlarge
ment to the Committee itself when properly constituted. He had
personally conferred during last summer with Bishop EUicott,
Dean Stanley, Prof. Lightfoot, Prof. Westcott, Dr. Angus, and
other British revisers, about the detaUs of the proposed plan of
co-operation, and was happy to state that it met their cordial ap
proval. Dr. Schaff then read the foUowing list of scholars who had been
invited to engage in this work, and who have accepted the invita
tion: I. On tlie Old Testament,
Eev. Thomas J. Conant, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Prof. George E. Day, D.D., New Haven, Conn.
" John De Witt, D.D., New Brunswick, N. J.
" Wm. Henry Green, D.D., Princeton, N. J.
" George Emlen Hare, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.
" Charles P. Krauth, D.D., PhUadelphia, Pa.
" Joseph Packard, D.D., Fairfax, Va.
" Calvin ElUs Stowe, D.D., Hartford, Conn.
" James Strong, D.D., Madison N. J.

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 55
Eev. C. V. A. Van Dyck, D.D.,* Beyrut, Syria.
Prof. Tayler Lewis, LL.D., Schenectady, N. Y.
II. On the New Testament.
Ezra Abbot, LL.D., Cambridge, Mass.
Prof. H. B. Hackett, D.D., Eochester, N. Y.
" James Hadley, LL.D., New Haven, Conn.
" Charles Hodge, D.D., Princeton, N. J.
" Matthew B. Eiddle, D.D., Hartford, Conn.
« PhUip Schaff, D.D., New York.
" Charles Short, LL.D., New York.
" Henry B. Smith, D.D., New York.
" J. Henry Thayer, D.D., Andover, Mass.
Eev. Edward A. Washburn, D.D., LL.D., New York;
" Theo. D. Woolsey, D.D., LL.D., New Haven, Conn.
A draft of a constitution for the American Committee was
then presented by Dr. Schaff, which, after being considered arti
cle by article, and somewhat amended, was unanimously adopted,
and is as follows :
"I. The American Committee, invited by the British Committee engaged in the
revision of the Authorized English Version of tho Holy Scriptures, to co-operate
with them, shall be composed of biblical scholars and divines in the United States.
" II. This Committee shall have the power to elect its officers, to add to its num
ber, and to lill its own vacancies.
"III. The ofBcers shall consist of a President, a Corresponding Secretary, and a
Treasurer. The President shall conduct the official correspondence with the Brit
ish revisers. The Secretary shall conduct the home correspondence.
" IV. New members of the Committee and corresponding members must be
nominated at a previous meeting, and elected unanimously by ballot.
"V. The American Committee shall co-operate with the British Companies on
the basis of the principles and rules of revision adopted by the British Committee.
' ' VI. The American Committee shall consist of two Companies, the one for the
revision of the Authorized Version of the Old Testament, the other for the revision
of the Authorized Version of the New Testament.
" VII. Each Company shall elect its own Chairman and Recording Secretary.
" VIII. The British Companies will submit to the American Companies, from
time to time, such portions of their work as have passed the first revision, and the
American Companies will transmit their criticisms and suggestions to the British
Companies before the second revision.
"IX. A joint meeting of the American and British Companies shall be held, if
possible, in London, before final action.
[* Dr. Van Dyck, the translator of the best Arabic Version of the Bible, cannot
be expected to attend the meetings, but may be occasionally consulted on ques
tions involving a thorough knowledge of Arabic and other Shemitic languages. He
afterwards sent several written communications to the O. T. Comp.]

56 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
" X. The American Committee to pay their own expenses, and to have the own
ership and control of the copyright of the Eevised Version in the United States of
America."* A communication from Bishop ElUcott to Dr. Schaff, dated Oct.
23, 1871, was read, containing the following resolution of the Brit
ish Committee.
[Now follows the resolution of the British Committee communicated by Bishop
EUicott in his letter to Dr. Schaff dated October 33, 1871.— See p. 50].
After some other business relating to future work, the following
action was taken : —
" That the Eev. Dr. Schaff, in conjunction with the officers of
this meeting, be requested to publish such an account of the for
mation of the American Committee of Eevision, and the work in
trusted to it, as may be necessary for the information of the
Christian public. " Henry B. Smith, Chairman.
" George E. Day, Secretary."
[The public meeting referred to in the previous communication was held on the
evening of the same day (Dec. 7), in Calvary Episcopal Church, New York, and
very largely attended by clergymen and intelligent laymen. It was conducted by
the rector. Dr. Washburn, and addresses were made by Dean Howson and Dr. Schaff.
Full accounts were published in the Christian Intelligencer, the Church Journal,
and other religious papers.]

[Dr. Schaff to Bishop Ellicott.]
Bible House, New York, Dec. 20, 1871.
The Lord Bishop of Gloucesisr and Bristol.
My Dear Bishop :
I send you by to-day's mail a number of copies of statement
concerning the formation of the American Eevision Committee,
for distribution among British Eevisers. I inclose one in this let
ter. Dean Howson has probably already reported to you, having
been present by invitation at our meeting. I am happy to add
that everything looks promising. We are now waiting anxiously
[* The last article, as far as it refers to the publication of the revision, was aban
doned by the American Committee in the course of negotiations with the British
Universities, for sufficient reasons, as will be shown below. ]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 57
for the Gospel of Matthew, and for Genesis, that both Companies
may go to work without much delay.
The gentlemen composing the two American Companies are
among the ablest bibUcal scholars in the United States, and com
mand general confidence. Very truly and respectfuUy yours,
Philip Schaff,

[Dr. Schaff to Dean Stanley.]
Bible House, New York, Jan. 2, 1872.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster,
My Dear Sir :
The request of your letter of Oct. 14 has been anticipated. You
must have received by this time the inclosed printed report of the
organization of our Committee, with a list of American revisers.
The list is the same as the one which I originally proposed, with
a few necessary changes. It includes the best known bibUcal schol
ars of our leading Uterary institutions. The press has indorsed
the selection as judicious and impartial. I have not heard of
a single complaint. We shaU probably elect some honorary
members for occasional consultation.
We are now anxiously waiting for copies of Matthew and Gene
sis revised, and shall go to work as soon as they arrive. About
thirty copies will be sufficient for the present revisers. We shall
keep your and our work strictly confidential.
As the Committee hold their meetings in my study until perma
nent arrangements can bo made, the copies may aU be sent to me,
and I shall have them distributed. I understood all along that
the arrangement made Avith you appUes to the Old Testament
Company as weU as the New, and that consequently we may look
for copies of Genesis soon. Is this so ? I have not conferred di
rectly with the Old Testament Company.
I proposed to my pubUshers (who are also yours*) to republish
in one volume "Trench, ElUcott and Lightfoot on Eevision," as
the best way to introduce the subject before the American pub
Uc* Very truly yours, Philip Schaef.
[* See letter to Dr. Lightfoot below, p. 58.]

58 documentary history of the
[Dr. Schaff to Dr. Angus.]
Bible House, New York, Jan. 2, 1872.
Rev. Dr, Joseph Angus, Regent's Pari College,
My Dear De. Angus :
I had just answered a letter of Dean Stanley when I received
yours of Dec. 14. The best reply I can make is by inclosing : 1,
The prmted Ust of American revisers, with their church connec
tion ; 2, an account of a very interesting pubUc meeting in Dr.
Washburn's Episcopal church at which Dean Howson spoke at
length on Bible Eevision.
An Episcopal divine of the highest influence just told me that I
could not have made a better selection from that body. Bishop
Mcllvaine and Bishop Lee were both invited, but modestly de
clined on the ground of defective critical scholarship, and they
approve the selection I made. Dean Howson was present at our
meetmg of organization, and seemed to be perfectly satisfied with
the proceedings.
I understood my commission was to extend over the Old Testa
ment Company as well as the New. Can you not sanction the
matter as it is ? The Ust of revisers seems to give universal sat
isfaction. I have not heard a word of complaint.
We have not yet received a single copy of the revision of Mat
thew or Genesis, and can do nothing till they arrive.
Very truly yours,
Philip Schaff.
[Dr. Schaff to Dr. (now Bishop) Lightfoot.]
Bible House, New York, Dec. 18, 1871.
Prof, J. B. Lightfoot, D.D,
My Dear Sir :
I have advised my publishers (Messrs. Charles Scribner, Arm
strong & Company) to pubUsh in one volume your own work and
the works of Archbishop Trench and Bishop EUicott on the revis
ion of the Authorized English Version of the Scriptures, with a
brief introduction by myself on American co-operation, which has
recently been organized in this city, by invitation from the British
Committee, as you wUl see from the inclosed official statement.
The publisher thinks the repubUcation wUl not pay expenses — the
market being already supplied with imported copies — but in the
interest of the cause of revision he is inclined to undertake it.

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 59
Before proceeding further I desire to secure the consent of the
esteemed authors on their own terms, and the latest copy of their
work, with such emendations and additions as they may wish to
make. I therefore respectfully ask you to favor me with such a cor
rected copy of your work on revision at your earliest convenience
and to transmit it by mail to my address, Bible House, New York.
I shaU, of course, send you a copy of the reprint as soon as it
leaves the press.
I embrace this opportunity to assure you of the high consider
ation in which I am Your obedient servant, Philip Schaff.
[Messrs. Scribner, Armstrong & Company, on reconsideration, declined to pub
lish, but Messrs. Harper & Brothers did publish the revision treatises with
Schaff 's Introduction, and supplied each of the revisers with a copy. The
American Committee afterwards issued three separate editions of the Introduction
as a prospectus of the proposed revision, for gratuitous distribution among per
sons asked to contribute towards the expenses. The book aided the cause of re
vision among American scholars. This is the reason why this letter is introduced
here. Archbishop Trench, Bishop Lightfoot and Bishop Ellicott kindly gave
their consent to the republication of their valuable treatises, and Bishop Light
foot made some suggestions in the proof-sheets of Dr. Schaff's Introduction which
were followed. Archbishop Trench's work had been previously reprinted in the
United States.] [Bishop Ellicott to Dr. Schaff.]
65 Portland Place, London, W., April 22, 1872.
Dear Dr. Schaff :
I assure you I am very sorry that at present you have not been
able to secure on your Company any Bishops. I still, from your
letter, have hopes. We at present are in great difficulty. We
wish to be on the most cordial and reciprocative terms with you
in America, but we have many violently opposed to us here at home
who seek every opportunity against us. It, therefore, reaUy would
be imprudent for us to take any final step till your Committee is
so constituted as to represent (with other Communities) the Epis
copal Church distinctly and acceptably. The presence of two
Bishops or so would at once give the home-pubUc of Church-peo
ple the needed confidence.
At present, for the good of the cause generally, I advise sus
pending matters till we see you in England. We hope, ere long,
to be connected with the Universities, and then we shaU be
stronger in public opinion, and can act more freely.

60 DOCUJIENTARi: HISTORY OF THE
At present our suspended action is not due to any unfriendli
ness, but to necessary caution.
I write this letter in my private capacity, and not as the acting
chairman of our Company. * * * *
Very faithfully yours,
C. J. Gloucester and Bristol.
[In consequence of the preceding letter of Bishop Ellicott, which explains the
delay, Dr. Schaff resumed correspondence with several American Bishops, and
succeeded in securing the valuable aid of the venerable Bishop Lee, of the Dio
cese of Delaware, who is next to the Senior Bishop in age and rank, and second to
none of his colleagues on the Episcopal bench in sound learning, judgment, and
weight of character. He was one of the most regular members of the New Testa
ment Company, and attended almost every meeting till October, 1880. Other Bish
ops declined, not, however, from opposition to the work of revision, but chiefly
in consequence of the refusal of the House of Bishops at the Baltimore General
Convention of 1871, to have any official connection with it. See the action on
the Letter of the Bishop of Winchester, pp. 48 and 49.
It is proper that the letters of the Bishops, before and after the preceding let
ter of Bishop Ellicott, in reply to the invitation, should be published here together,
beginning with that of the late Bishop Mcllvaine, of Ohio, who was best known
in England and America, and flrst invited by Dr. Schaff as soon as he received
authority to that effect from England. It is not necessary to print the letters of
invitation.] [Bishop Mcllvaine, D.D., LL.D.. to Dr. Schaff.]
Cincinnati, May 20, 1871.
Eev. and Dear Sir :
I have just returned home after a week's absence, having re
ceived in the hour of departure your obliging communication on
the subject of revision of the Scripture version.
I am glad that as the revision in England was set on foot by
a Convocation of the Church of England, and is proceeding mainly
under such guidance and control, in constituting an American
Committee to co-operate, the work of formation has been given
by the British Committee to a non- Episcopalian, and to yon,* This
wiU greatly help not only the all-sidedness of the work, but in
case it shall be desirable to introduce it into substitution for the
present version wiU very matetially prepare the way for such result.
I am much indebted to you for the kind estimate you evince of
my revisionary qualifications, in doing me so great an honor as to
ask me- to be on the American Committee. But I am sure you
have overestimated my abiUty. The sort of life a Bishop must
[* The italics are the bishop's.]

AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. GI
have led, who for almost forty years has superintended this large
diocese, is not favorable to the sharpness and fuUness of that
sort of learning and that habit of mind which such revision de
mands. But there is a reason for my asking you to excuse me
which admits of no question. The state of brain-health, is such
that I can undertake nothing that would require close inves
tigation, and especially critical study. It seems to have be
come so established that during the few years, at the very longest,
that I may be continued here, I can expect nothing but, by
great caution and quietness, to be enabled to do my moderate
and untasking work. I shall carefuUy mind your word " confi
dential," There is a clergyman of my diocese. Professor of Divinity in
the Theological Seminary thereof, at Gambler, an exceUent He
brew and Greek scholar, whose mind has been much given to in
terpretation, who I think would be a very good member of the
Committee — the Eev. J. J. McElhinney, D.D., of Gambler, Ohio.*
Yours very respectfully, Chas. P. McIlvaine.
The Rev. Dr. Schaff. 
[Letter of Bishop Lee, D.D., to Rev. Dr. Washburn.]
Wilmington, Del., Nov. 10, 1871.
My Dear Dr. Washburn :
I am indebted to you for your favor of 7th inst., and for the
kind interest you take in the matter of my consenting to act with
the Eevision Committee. I agree with you in the opinion that
our Church ought to be represented in a work of such great im
portance. The point on which I differ with you is my compe
tence to take this position. It seems to me that it would be
assuming on my part a measure of scholarship which I know does
not belong to me, and that I should be incurring a greater re
sponsibiUty than I can well meet. I should not think it right to
occupy a merely nominal position in so weighty an enterprise,
and one the result of which wUl be so anxiously awaited by such
multitudes of Christian people.
Then I doubt if it would be safe for me to impose a heavier

[* Considerations of convenience and economy induced the Committee not to
invite scholars living at a great distiince from New Tork, where the monthly
meetings were held.]

62 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OP THE
burden upon my eyes and head than they are now obliged to
bear. Has the name of the Eev. Dr. Hare, of Philadelphia, been
suggested? My impression is that he is one of our best biblical
scholars, and that he might be wUling to serve.*
I have an engagement in New York next Thursday evening,
and wiU try to call on you the day foUowing, but hardly think I
can be led to take a different view on the subject.
I remain, very sincerely, yours,
Alfred Lee.
Rev. E. a. Washeurn, D.D.,
New York.

[Dr. Washburn to Bishop Lee.]
New York, Calvary Eectory,
103 E. 21st St., 11 March, 1872.
Dear Bishop Lee :
I have been requested by Dr. Schaff to write again, and ask
your permission to place your name on the list of the American
Committee of Eevision. It was at your kind suggestion that Dr.
Hare was invited ; and this choice is most satisfying to all.
But you wiU doubtless remember that you gave me, at that time,
good reasons to think, should he be made one of the Old Testa
ment Company, that you would be willing to be added to the
number. It is felt to be more and more important to secure the influ
ence, so far as our Church is concerned, of one of its most hon
ored heads. I may repeat, what I wrote before, that you will be
asked to give no more toil in this work of supervision than you
choose. All know your load of official duty. But j-our charac
ter, both as a scholar and as a Bishop whom all good men of aU
parties respect, may be and wiU be in this day of discord most
valuable for the sacred work of revision. May I not beg you, my
dear Bishop, for that reason above all ; for the doing of a task we
must hold to be the highest and holiest in this age of Christen
dom ; for the union of our own Church in this common duty of aU
Protestant churches, to grant this request ?
[* ,Dr. Hare, of the Episcopal Divinity School in Philadelphia, was invited at
this suggestion, and accepted. He has been connected with the 0. T. Company
from the beginning.]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 63
Let me hope, dear Bishop Lee, to receive your affirmative ;
and believe me, with great respect,Yours very faithfuUy,
E. A. Washburn.
The Rt. Rev. Alfred Lee, D.D.,
Wilmington, Del.

[Bishop Lee to Dr. Washburn.]
Wilmington, Del., March 18, 1872.
My Dear Dr. Washburn :
I have given renewed consideration to the subject of your let
ter of 11th inst., and appreciate very highly the kind and favorable
expressions it contains. I find it painful to be obUged again to
decUne a request so strongly urged from such a source.
But I feel that to permit my name to be associated with this
great and important work would be taking a position before the
Christian community to which I am not entitled and assuming a
wrong character. The very limited aquaintance which I made
with the Hebrew language in my education for the ministry I
have not been able to maintain, owing to a difficulty of vision in
former years and to the pressing duties of a later period. I can
not but think those who serve on this Eevision Committee ought
to be competent judges of the emendations proposed, whether of
text or of translation.
Eespecting the success of the enterprise I have little doubt.
The result of the best scholarship of the Church in England and
America will command assent, and the opposition will speedily
subside. With sincere thanks to Eev. Dr. Schaff for his flattering pro
posal I remain sincerely yours,
Alfred Lee.
Rev. E. a. Washburn, D.D.

[Dr. Washburn to Bishop Lee.]
Calvary Eectory, March 19, 1872.
My Dear Bishop Lee :
I must beg pardon for trespassing anew on your time and
patience, but I omitted in my last to add one very weighty sug-

(54 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
gestion. Your kind letter reminds me of it. It is the wish of
Dr Schaff that you should take part in. either division of the
work you prefer. If the Greek be more fitted to your taste, or
your line of study, the New Testament Company wiU gladly wel
come your co-operation.
I take the liberty to write this, because it meets your own ex
pressed objection. Let me stUl hope that you wiU accept the
invitation, and believe me Very cordially yours,
E. A. Washburn.
The Right Rev. Alfred Lee, D.D.
[A few weeks after the date of this letter, in April or May, 1873, Bishop Lee
had a personal interview with Dr. Schaff and Dr. Washburn, and consented to
serve as a member on the New Testament Company.]

[Bishop Williams, D.D., to Dr. Schaff.]
Middletown, Feb. 26, 1872.
My Dear De. Schaff :
In some correspondence with the Bishop of Winchester I have
respectfully decUned to take even the very humble part I could
take in the now pending revision of the Bible.
Let me assure you it is from no feeUng that a revision is not
needed, nor yet from any unwillingness to invoke aid in making it
from others than members of the Church of England that I have
been led to this view of my duty. Quite other grounds than those
are the ones 1 stand on, though I need not trouble you with any
details as to their character, With great respect truly yours, J. WlLLIiMS.
The Eev. Dk. Schaff. [Dr. Schaff to Bishop Williams.]
New York, March 11, 1872.
My Dear Bishop:
I just received the inclosed letter from the Bishop of St. An
drews,* and forward it to you without delay, hoping that it may
[* Dr. Wordsworth, a member of the British New Testament Company, who
urged Bishop Williams to co-operate with the American Committee.]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 65
have the desired effect, in which case you will have the kindness
to inform me. BeUeve me, with great respect yours,
Philip Schaff,
Right Rev. Dr. Williams, Bishop of Connecticut.

[Bishop Williams to Dr. Schaff.]
Middletown, March 15, 1872.
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
I thank you heartUy for your courteous note, and for sending
me the letter of the Bishop of St. Andrews.
My views as to my duty are not, however, changed, and I must
stiU decline the honor you offer me. Some day I hope I may
have the opportunity to converse with you, and I think I can
convince you that my reasons are sufficient. With most sincere
respect I am Very truly yours, J. Williams.

[Bishop Whittingham, D.D., to Dr. Schaff.]
[Private] Baltimore, Feb. 24, 1872.
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
I have already, some time ago, declined an invitation from the
Bishop of Winchester (late of Oxford) to take part in the revis
ion of the Authorized Version now carrying on by the Convoca
tion of Canterbury, for reasons made known to him — not arising
out of any hostUity on my part to the.revision itself.
Of course, I am unable to accept the gratifying and courteous
invitation wliich you now extend to me.
I am glad of the opportunity thus afforded me of saying how
much pleasure I have in any approach to the renewal of well-
remembered profitable intercourse enjoyed in former days, and
how truly I am
Your faithful and affectionate friend and brother,
W. E. Whittingham.
Rev. Db. Schaff. 5

66 documentary history of the
[Dr. Schafl to Bishop Whittingham.]
New York, May 7, 1872.
Bishop Whittingham, D,D,, Baltimore,
My Dear Bishop :
A letter from Bishop EUicott just received induces me to soUcit
again your valuable aid in the pending revision movement.
I succeeded in securing Bishop Lee, who, at first, likewise de
cUned, for the New Testament Company, but I have no Bishop
for the Old Testament Company. It is of very great importance
for the work both in this country and in Great Britain that the
Episcopate should be well represented. I know of no one whom
for various reasons I would rather have associated with the work
than yourself. I respectfully entreat you, therefore, to give us
the benefit of your name and influence. We will relieve you of
labor as much as possible and send you the proofs for your
inspection. If you join us we shall be able to move along harmoniously and
satisfactorily. In every other respect things are ready. One
more Bishop, and the composition of the two Companies wUl be
complete and unassailable. We must fall in with this oecumenical
revision movement as matters now stand, or run the risk of an in
definite multiplication of sectarian versions, as there are already
a Baptist and a Unitarian Version.
I expect to sail for England next Saturday, and to confer in per
son with the revisers. Please answer immediately. If you can
not before I depart, please write to my coUeague, Prof. Henry B.
Smith, 108 East 25th Street. Most respectfully yours, Philip Schaff,
[Bishop Whittingham to Dr. Schaff.]
Baltimore, May 8, 1872.
Rev. Dr. Schaff.
My Dear Brother :
My position in regard of the Authorized Version of the English
Bible was not taken without much reflection and some conference
with others. However unwUling to decline any proposition ur
gently addressed by one whom 1 respect so very highly, I must,
therefore, adhere to my resolution to withhold myself from partici-

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 67
pation in the work, of which I have not yet seen any occasion to
change my views.
Heartily wishing you much usefulness and enjoyment in your
contemplated European trip, I am with very hearty affectionate
respect Your friend and brother,
W. E. Whittingham.

[Circular letter of Dr. Schafl to Prof. Thos. J. Conant, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. ;
Prof. Wm. Henry Grreen, D.D., Princeton, N. J. ; Prof. Geo. Emlen Hare, D.D.,
Philadelphia, Pa. ; Rev. Theodore D. Woolsey, D.D., LL. D., New Haven, Conn. ;
and other members of the Committee.] New York, March 16, 1872.
Dear Sir:
I am happy to inform you that the selection of biblical scholars
who are to constitute the American Committee of Eevision meets
the entire approval of the British Committee as far as it goes.
At the same time I am requested by several members of that
Committee to select and invite three or four more members with
a view to balance and satisfy all denominational interests and
wishes, and to report as soon as possible, that the work may then
proceed without obstruction. The Church of England members
are especially desirous that one or two Bishops should join the
Committee. It is not my fault if this has not been done before,
as my correspondence will prove. But I will make another
effort. Having passed the responsibUity of enlarging the Committee
into the hands of the Committee itself, I do not wish to carry
out the request of the British Committee without the consent
and authority of the American Committee, and as I cannot expect
them to come to New York simply for this purpose, I take this
mode of asking you and the other members, whether, in your
opinion, I shall proceed without delay to select and invite three
or four additional members of the Eevision Committee, and, if
they accept, to notify them of the next meeting of the Committee.
Hoping to hear from you at your earUest convenience,
I am truly yours,
Philip Schaff.
[Affirmative replies were received from all the members addressed.]

68 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
[Dr. Angus to Dr. Sehaff.]
College, Eegent's Park, 22 AprU, 1872.
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
Your note has just reached me, and I send at once replies to
your queries. I hope you will be able to read them.
I had hoped that before this our flrst revision would have
reached you. Bishop Wordsworth has had Bishop WiUiams's
reply, which is friendly, but he declines serving, on grounds of
etiquette, i.e,, he does not like to serve when his brethren have
decided negatively. (The mistake was in asking them as a
hody^ We should at our last meeting (just held) have resolved to send
you the New Testament revision ; but Bishop Ellicott said you
were expecting to get a Bishop to join, and so nothing was done.
If this refers, as I gather, to Bishop Lee, I think it would be weU
to press him to join. It is desirable to take away all excuse for
not co-operating.
This delay, and the hope of having everything satisfactory, have
made the Committee of Convocation slow to bring the matter be
fore the Old Testament Company. It is only now formally before
them. I hope, however, all wUl go well. Time and patience are
needed when great bodies have to move. If Bishop Lee join the
Old Testament Company that will relieve the difficulty : so speciaUy
would one Bishop on each.
I shall be glad to report Prof. Warren's appointment : that and
Dr. Kendrick's will do good.
We shall be glad to see you when on our side. We had our
united gathering of the two Companies and other friends last
week. Had I known of your coming I would have moved to put
it off tiU then. It is only rarely that the meetings of the two
Companies synchronize. In great haste to catch the mail.
Yours sincerely,
 ¦ J. A,
Pr. Schaff to Dr. Angus.]
New York, April 12, 1872.
Prof, Jos. Angus, D.D., London,
My Dear Sir :
I am happy to inform you that Bishop Lee, of Delaware, with
whom I had a long interview yesterday, has consented to join

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE, 69
the New Testament Company of our Eevision Committee This
breaks the force of opposition from that quarter, and wUl satisfy
I hope, the Churchmen of England. Bishop Lee is one of the
most worthy and influential of the American Bishops, and his
judgment has great weight.
I learnt from Bishop Lee that the House of Bishops, at their
late session m Baltimore, declined to take any action on a letter
from the Bishop of Winchester inviting their co-operation in the
work of revision. This non-action, in connection with the open
opposition of a few Bishops, has created the false impression that
the Bishops as a body were unfriendly to the movement. He
thinks that the scruples of some will be gradually overcome,
especiaUy if the Convocation of York should fall in.
I have not received as yet any material to work upon from
England, and hence we are at a standstUl. I may have the
pleasure of seeing you next June or July. Yours truly, Philip Schaff.
[Dr. Schaff to Bishop Ellicott.]
New York, May 7, 1872.
My Dear Bishop :
Your favor of April 22d has just come to hand. I appreciate
your motives for caution and delay.
You will feel considerably relieved if I inform you that Bishop
Lee, of Delaware, has at last consented to join the New Testament
Company of revisers. He is an accomplished scholar and an
admirable Christian gentleman. He is very sound and judicious,
and one of the most influential as weU as oldest members of the
House of Bishops.
From the inclosed extracts of letters of Bishops Whittingham,
WUUams, and Mcllvaine to me, you will be pleased to see their
kind feeling towards the movement. What induced them to de
cline was partly etiquette and partly modesty.
I shall make another effort to secure Bishop Whittingham for
the O. T. Company. He is a good scholar and would best rep
resent the High Churchmen among his brethren. If he declines
again, I shaU try Bishop Huntington of Central New York. ¦"
* [Bishop Huntington was invited through his friend. Prof. Henry B. Smith,
D.D., during Dr. Schaff's absence in England, but declined.]

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I expect to saU in the City of Brooklyn next Saturday and to
proceed first to Scotland. If you wiU kindly inform me (in care
of Mr. T. Clark, pubUsher, Edinburgh) when and where I can best
see you during the early part of June, I .shall be happy to confer
with you in person on this and other matters.
With great respect yours, Philip Schaff.
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Buistol.
[During his visit to London, in the summer of 1873, Dr. Schaff met the re
visers again iu the Jerusalem Chamber, and laid before them the results of his
labors in the organization of the Committee. He was assured by them that the
result was satisfactory, and that material would now be forwarded to him for tho
work of the American revisers. When at a previous private interview he asked
Dean Stanley whether one bishop was sufficient, he promptly replied : " One
bishop is quite enough."]

[Dean Stanley to Dr. Schaff.]
Deanery, Westminster, July 17, 1882.
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
.... I sincerely trust that you wUl not think of retiring.
You deserve, in my opinion, much gratitude and respect for the
patience and forbearance with which you have borne our tedious
negotiations, and I think that you ought to have whatever credit
there may be in carrying on to the end what I trust wUl be
entirely successful.
I have no doubt that aU wiU now go smooth, and by the time
you return [from the Continent] I trust that official inteUigence
will reach you to the same effect. . . .
Yours sincerely,
A. P. Stanley.

Dear Sir

[Circular Letter of Dr. Schaff to the American Revisers.]
New York, Sept. 13, 1872,

I have the honor to inform you that, during a recent visit to
England, I have succeeded in completing the arrangements for
co-operation with the British Committee of Bible Eevision, and
that confidential copies of the revised version of several books
of the Old and New Testaments have been forwarded to me for
the use of the members of the American Committee.

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 7l
You are therefore requested to attend a meeting of the Ameri
can revisers to be held on Eriday, Oct. 4, 1872, at 2 p.m., in my
study in the Bible House, for the purpose of completing the
organization and commencing actual work. It is especially im
portant that this meeting should be fully attended.
EespectfuUy yours, Philip Schaff.
Rev. Db. Woolsey, and othees.

MEETING OE THE COMMITTEE,
October 4, 1872.
Tlie Organization Completed.
[Prom the Minutes of the Am. Com.]
New York, Oct. 4, 1872.
The American Committee on the Eevision of the EngUsh Au
thorized Version of the Bible met this day, at 2 p.m., at the study
of Dr. Schaff, No. 40 Bible House,* to complete their organiza
tion and make arrangements for the work before them.
Present: Drs. DeWitt, Green, Hare, Strong, Lee, Woolsey,
Abbot, Kendrick, Thayer, Schaff, and Day.
Eev, Dr. Woolsey was appointed temporary Chairman. After
prayer by Bishop Lee, the minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
Prof. Charles Short and Prof. James Hadley were unanimously
elected, and took their seats as members of the Committee.
Letters, or messages, were received from Profs. Krauth, Lewis,
Smith, Hackett, Warren, and Eiddle, expressing their regret at
not being able to be present, with the assurance of their con
tinued readiness to co-operate.
Printed copies of the revision by the British Companies, so far
as completed, viz., in the O. T. of Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus ;
in the N. T. of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, were
then distributed to the members of the American Companies, with
[* The study of Dr. Schaff was afterwards removed to No. 48 in the same
building, and this and the adjoining room, No. 44, were used by the two Compa
nies of American revisers till the close of their work. It is proper to remark
that the American Bible Society, which owns the Bible House, but rents out
many rooms to individuals and religious societies, is in no way responsible for
the revision, and is, by its present constitution, restricted to King James's Ver
sion.!

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the express understanding that they should be regarded and kept
as strictly confidential.
After a brief statement by Dr. Schaff in regard to the present
state of the work of revision in Great Britain, and the desire of
the British Committee to come into immediate connection with
the American Committee, the foUowing officers were appointed
by baUot : Eev. Dr. Schaff, President.
Prof. George E. Day, Secretary.
Prof. Charles Short, Treasurer.
It was then voted :
1. That the two Companies hold their meetings in New York.
2. That the officers of the Committee be authorized to secure
the room No. 42 in the Bible House for one year or less, and to
purchase the necessary furniture.
3. That Profs. Short, Day, and Green be a Committee to report
upon the means of obtaining the necessary funds for the prosecu
tion of the work of the Committee.
The two Companies then separated for the purpose of organiza
tion. On meeting again the O. T. Company reported that they
had made choice of Prof. William Henry Green, Chairman ; and
Prof. George E. Day, Secretary. The N. T. Company reported
that they had elected Eev. Dr. Woolsey, Chairman ; and Prof.
Charles Short, Secretary.*
The Committee then adjourned to meet at No. 40 Bible House
on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 9 a.m.
George E. Day,
Secretary.
[Dr. Schaff to Bishop Ellicott.]
New York, Oct. 12, 1872.
Mt Lord :
I have the honor to inform you that the American Committee
of revisers is now fuUy organized, and has entered upon its work.
A meeting of the revisers was held in my study on the 4th of
October. Bishop Lee opened the meeting with prayer. Most of
the members were present ; the rest sent letters asking to be ex-
[* Afterwards Prof. Thayer was also elected Secretary of the N. T. Company
and relieved Prof. Short of a part of the work, which became very laborious as
the revision proceeded.]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 73
cused for unavoidable absence, but expressing deep interest in
the work, and their readiness to co-operate.
I distributed among the members present copies of the revised
version of Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus, and of the Gospels of
St. Matthew, St. Mark, and St. Luke, which were intrusted to me
by the British Committee for the exclusive use of the American
Committee. The confidential character of these documents wiU
be sacredly respected.
The organization was then completed by the unanimous elec
tion of the undersigned as President ; of Prof. George E. Day,
D.D., of Yale College, New Haven, as Corresponding Secretary ;
and of Prof. Charles Short, LL.D., of Columbia College, New
York, as Treasurer.
The Company for the revision of the Old Testament elected
Prof. W. Henry Green, D.D., of the Theological Seminary at
Princeton, its Chairman, and Prof. Day Eecording Secretary.
The officers of the New Testament Company are the Eev. Ex-
President Theodore Woolsey, D.D., LL.D., of New Haven,
Chairman, and Prof. Charles Short, Eecording Secretary.
Both Companies agreed to hold periodical meetings every
month. The next meeting will begin Nov. 2. We have rented
and furnished a room in the Bible House, and shall soon take
measures to provide for the necessary expenses.
As President of the whole Committee it is my duty according
to Art. III. of our constitution to conduct the official correspond
ence with the British revisers.
It is in discharge of this duty that I write this letter.
I look forward with great pleasure to a continuance of the
correspondence with our brethren in England.
I may add that our recent meeting was a very harmonious one,
and gives good promise of earnest and vigorous co-operation with
the British Committee. We apprehend no material difference,
and feel confident that so noble and holy a work, which engages
the united labors and prayers of Christian scholars from aU
branches of Anglo-Saxon Christendom, will be crowned with the
blessing of the Divine Author of the Scriptures.
I assure you and the members of the Company you represent
of my profound regard and best wishes and prayers for the suc
cess of your work. Truly yours, Philip Schaff,
The LoBD Bishop of Qloucesteb and Bkistol,
Chairman of the New Test. Comp. of Revision.

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[Bishop Ellicott to Dr. Schaff.]
Gloucester, Nov. 21, 1872.
Dear Dr. Schaff :
I am requested by the New Testament Company to thank you
for your kind note and to express their sincere pleasure at hear
ing so exceUent an account of your progress.
The Company present their kind compliments and best wishes
to the distinguished scholars over whom you preside.
Very faithfully yours,
C. J. Gloucester and Bristol.

[Bishop Ellicott to Dr. Schaff.]
Gloucester, Dec. 24, 1872.
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
My friends forming our Company desire me to thank you kindly
for your note, and rejoice in your progress.
I am further to tell you that we did send two extra copies. If
they did not reach you, please kindly send word.
I am also to mention that we do not issue copies to any save
actual members (working) of the Company. * . . .
With kind regards.
Very sincerely yours,
C. J. Gloucester and Bristol.

LIST OE THE AMEEICAN EEVISION COMMITTEE.
As finally constituted.
This list includes those members who were subsequently elected
by the Committee themselves to fiU vacancies.
GENERAL OFFICERS OP THE COMMITTEE :
Phhjp Schaff, D.D., LL.D., President.
George E. Day, D.D., Secretary.
(1) Old Testament Company :
Professor Wm. Henry Green, D.D., LL.D. (Chairman), Theo
logical Seminary, Princeton, N. J.
[* This refusal made void the proposed election of Honorary Members from
the more distant sections of the country.]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 75
Professor George E. Day D.D. (Secretary), Divinity School of
Yale CoUege, New Haven, Conn.
Professor Charles A. Aiken, D.D;, Theological Seminarv
Princeton, N. J.
The Eev. T. W. Chambers, D.D., Collegiate Eeformed Dutch
Church, New York.
Professor Thomas J, Conant, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Professor John DeWitt, D.D., Theological Seminary, New
Brunswick, N. J.
Professor George Emlen Hare, D.D., LL.D., Divinity School,
PhUadelphia. Professor Chaeles P. Krauth, D.D., LL.D., Vice-Provost of the
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Professor Tayler Lewis, LL.D., Union CoUege, Schenectady,
Professor Charles M. Mead, D.D., Theological Seminary, An
dover, Mass.
Professor Howard Osgood, D.D., LL.D., Theological Semmary,
Eochester, N, Y.
Professor Joseph Packard, D.D., Theological Seminary, Alex
andria, Va.
Professor Calvin E. Stowe, D.D., Hartford, Conn.
Professor James Strong, S. T. D., Theological Seminary, Madi
son, N. J.
Professor C. A. Van Dyck, D.D., M.D., Beirut, Syria (Advisory
Member on questions of Arabic).
Note. — The American Old Testament Company lost by death Prof. Tayler
Lewis, d. 1877; Dr. Kbauth, Philadelphia, d. Jan. 2, 1883; and Dr. Stowe, by
. resignation. (2) Neio Testament Company,
Ex-President T. D. Woolsey, D.D., LL.D. (Chairman), New
Haven, Conn.
Professor J. Henry Thayer, D.D. (Secretary), Theological Sem
inary, Andover, Mass.
Professor Ezra Abbot, D.D., LL.D, Divinity School, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass.
The Bev. J. K. Burr, D.D., Trenton, N. J.
President Thomas Chase, LL,D., Haverford CoUege, Pa.
ChanceUor Howard Crosby, D.D,, LL,D,, New York,

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Professor TiMOTHY Dwight, D.D., Divinity School of Yale Col
lege, New Haven, Conn,
Professor James HAOiEY, LL.D., Yale CoUege, New Haven,
Conn. Professor 'Horatio B. Hackett, D.D., LL.D., Theological Sem
inary, Eochester, N. Y.
Professor CharlEs Hodge, D.D., LL.D., Theological Seminary,
Princeton, N. J.
Professor A. C. Kendrick, D.D., LL.D., University of Eoch
ester, N. Y.
The Eight Eev. Alfred Lee, D.D., Bishop of tho Diocese of
Delaware. Professor Matthew B. Eiddle, D.D., Theological Seminary,
Hartford, Conn.
Professor Philip Schaff, D.D., LL.D., Union Theological Sem
inary, New York.
Professor Charles Short, LL.D. (Secretary), Columbia Col
lege, New York.
Professor Henry Boynton Smith, D.D., LL.D., Union Theolog
ical Seminary, New York.
The Eev. E. A. Washburn, D.D., LL.D., Calvary Church, New
York. Note.— The American New Testament Company lost by death Prof. James
Hadley (who attended the first session), d. 1873 ; Dr. Henry Boynton Smith
(who attended one session, and resigned from ill health), d. 1877 ; Dr. HoratiO
B. Hackett, d. 1876 ; Dr. Charles House (who never attended the meetings,
but corresponded with the Committee), d. 1878 ; Rev. Dr. Washburn, d. Feb. 3,
1881 (after the completionof theN. T. Revision); and Rev. Dr. Burr, d. Api-il 84,
1883. Dr. G. R. Crooks and Dr. W. F. Warren, who accepted the original
appointment, found it impossible to attend any meetings and resigned.
A number of Bishops of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and professors of
sacred learning, who had been invited to join the American Committee at its first
organization in 1871, declined, from want of time or other reasons, but expressed
interest in the work, and confidence in its success. Among these may be men
tioned Bishops Mcllvaine, Whittingham, and Williams, Dr. Whedon (Methodist),
Dr. Nevin (Reforcied), Dr. Shedd (Presbyterian).
MEMBEES of the finance COMMITTEE
Co-operating with the American Bible Eevision Committee.
This Committee was appointed in May, 1875, at the suggestion
of several laymen, with a view to relieve the revisers of financial
care and responsibUity. Tjie list includes all the members who
have at any time been connected with ftie Committee.

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 77
Hon. Nathan Bishop, LL.D., Chairman,* New York.
Andrew L. Taylor, Treasurer, "
Eev. Wm. Adams, D.D., LL.D., "
Eev. Thos. D. Anderson, D.D., "
A. S. Barnes, «
-Alexander Brown, PhUadelphia.
James M. Brown, New York.
WilUam A. CauldweU, New York,
Hon. Wm. E. Dodge, "
Eev. H. Dyer, D.D., «
John ElUott, "
Hon. E. L. Fancher, LL.D., New York.
Prof. Wm. GammeU, LL.D., Providence, E. I.
John C. Havemeyer, Yonkers, N. Y,
Morris K. Jesup, New York.
Francis T. King, Baltimore.
Eev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., LL.D., New York.
Howard Potter, "
ElUott F. Shepard, Esq.
John Sloane,
EosweU Smith,! "
Eev. Eichard S. Storrs, D.D., LL.D., Brooklyn.
Charles Tracy, Esq., New York.
John B. Trevor, "
Alex. Van Eensselaer (d. May, 1878).
S. D. Warren, Boston.
Norman White, New York.
F. S. Winston, "
* After the death of Dr. Bishop in Aug., 1880, Judge Pancher, of New York,
was elected in his place.
f Resigned, March, 1881.

^lart Setontr.

COEEESPONDENCB OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE
WITH THE ENGLISH COMPANIES.

COERESPONDENOE OF THE AMERICAN COM
MITTEE WITH THE ENGLISH COMPANIES.

FIEST ACTION OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.
[From the Minutes, pp. 26, 27.]
New York, Saturday, May 31, 1873.
The subject of the practical relations of the American revisers
to the EngUsh was brought up, especiaUy as respects the influence
of our suggestions upon their final action. A general and
decided expression of opinion was made, resulting in a vote of
instructions to Dr. Schaff, as foUows :
" That Dr. Schaff, on liis approaching visit to England confer
with our English brethren, especially in reference to the follow
ing points : What weight shall the opinions of the American
Committee have in determining the revision; and that he be
authorized to intimate that we expect to have a positive and well-
defined weight in the decision : and farther (if he shall find it
necessary), that he request them to appoint those of their number
who may come to America in October to act with power as a
committee of conference with us on this subject."
Adjourned to meet in New Haven, July 8, 1873, at 7.30 P. M.
J. H. Thayer, Sec. pro ten-
Attest :
George E. Day, Sec,

EESPONSE OF THE BEITISH COMPANIES.
1. Ofthe Old Testament Com-pamy.
At a meeting of the O. T. Company of revisers, held in the
Chapter Library, Westminster, on Thursday, July 17, 1873, the
following resolution was passed :

82 DOCUJIENTARY' HISTORY OF THE
" That this Company have heard, with great pleasure, from
Dr. Schaff, of the cordiaUty with which the American revisers
have entered into the work and of the progress they have already
made. " That they are prepared to give the most careful consideration
to any suggestions that may be made to them by the American
Committee, but are of opinion that by the original constitution,
as weU as by the terms of their agreement with the University
Presses, they have not the power to admit to a share in the right
of voting any but the members of their own Company.
" That it is their desire to recognize, in the fuUest way compat
ible with this Umitation, the labors of the American Committee,
but that they feel it would be premature, in the present stage of
their proceedings, to settle the details of an arrangement by which
that recognition could be adequately secured."
2. Of tha New Testament Company.
At a meeting of the New Testament Company, held in the
Jerusalem Chamber, on Wednesday, July 16, 1873, it was resolved
unanimously :
" That the New Testament Company learn with lively satis
faction, from Dr. Schaff, that the American Bible Eevision Com
mittee are making such favorable progress, and that the results
arrived at by the two bodies are so much in accordance. The
N. T. Company are glad to have this opportunity of repeating
the assurance that they will attach great weight and importance
to all the suggestions of the American Committee, and in each
case take into account the unanimity or preponderance of opinion
with which the suggestions have been made : but they are pre
cluded by the fundamental rules of their constitution, as well as
by the terms of their agreement with the University Presses, from
admitting any persons, not members of their body, to take part
in their decisions.
" The N. T. Company desire, finally, to express their confident
hope that no ultimate difficulties wUl be found in adjusting any
points in which the American and English Companies may
differ in their respective decisions."

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 83
ACTION OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE ON THE
PEECEDING EESOLUTIONS.
(From the Minutes, p. 33 seq.)
New York, Sept. 30, 1873.
. . , Dr. Schaff, having returned from Europe, but not being
able, on account of other engagements, to be present, sent the fol
lowing resolutions of the two British Companies— that of the 0. T.
Company from the Bishop of Ely ; that of the N. T. Company
through Bishop EUicott, — to the effect that, while purposing to
give careful attention to any suggestions made by the American
Committee, they do not regard themselves as able to admit to the
right of voting any but the members residing in Great Britain.
[Now follow the resolutions, printed above.]
After remarks by several members of the Committee, Drs.
Crosby, Hare, Aiken, Washburn, and Day were requested to pre
pare a paper expressive of our views, to be presented to-morrow
morning at 9 o'clock. Adjourned to that hour.
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1873.
Met according to adjournment at 9 a. m. Dr. Schaff in the
chair. Prayer was offered by Dr. Stowe. The paper prepared
by the committee appointed yesterday was presented and dis
cussed, and a verbal statement was made by Dr. Schaff of his
conference with the British Committee.
At this point the discussion was suspended in order to allow Dr.
Dorner, Professor in the University of Berlin, now in attendance
upon the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance in New York, and
a member of the German Commission engaged in the revision of
Luther's Version, to be introduced. He gave an interesting ac
count, in German, of the progress already made, and expressed
a desire for a mutual correspondence between the American and
German Committees.
A committee, consisting of Drs. Woolsey, Day, Eiddle, and
Green, was appointed to prepare a suitable paper in response to
this invitation, and to report the same at the present meeting.
The Eev. Dr. Angus, a member of the British Committee, who
had been invited to meet with us, then gave a statement cf their
views in regard to the nature of our co-operation with them ;
after which the paper which had been prepared, after some mod
ifications, was unanimously adopted as foUows :

84 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
" The American Bible Eevision Committee, having received a
reply from both Companies of the EngUsh Committee to their in
terrogatory concerning the weight that their voice would have in
the final decisions of the revision work, to the effect that the
American Committee were expected to have no vote in the said
decisions, would respectfully suggest to the English Committee
that the Eevised Scriptures are designed for the entire English
speaking people, nearly one half of whom are resident in America,
and that these so resident wiU naturaUy look to the American
Committee as their authority in the use of the revision. In view
of this fact, bearing so largely upon the results of the revision
labor, in the uniform reception of the completed revision, the
American Committee would urge it as its well-considered opinion
that the labors of the two Committees severally should have their
appropriate influence in the completed work.
" This proposition is made with a view to the widest circulation
of the Eevised Scriptures, and in the belief that two separate re
visions would operate unfortunately for the interests of Protestant
Christianity. " The American Committee feel also impelled to declare that, in
accepting the invitation of the English Committee, after its
enlargement in Great Britain, to co-operate with them in the
revision of the English version of the Scriptures, and in adopting
the same principles and rules, they did so with the understanding
that the members of the American Companies were invited to a
joint responsibility with the members of the English Companies,
and regard the recognition of this relation as most important for
the success of the undertaking.
" They would also trust that no agreement with the University
Presses, made subsequently to the organization of the American
Committee, may stand as a hinderance to so important a union.
" They therefore cannot but hope that such an interpretation
may be given to the rules as will make the adoption of any result
dependent upon a full and formal co-operation of the American
Committee. " Voted, That this paper, signed by the chairman and secretary,
be transmitted to the British Companies.
" Voted, That Drs. Washburn, Crosby, and Aiken be requested to
confer with Dr. Angus and other members of the British Com
mittee who may attend the meetings of the Evangelical AUiance
in regard to possible modes of responsible co-operation with the
EngUsh Committee, and report the result at the next meeting."

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 85
FUETHEE ACTION OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE,
March 26, 187.5.
(From the Minutes, p. 66.)
The Bible Eevision Committee at its session held March 26,
1875, at No. 42 Bible House, New York, after full discussion,
unanimously passed the foUowing resolution :
Whereas we have now finished and transmitted to our Eng
lish brethren the revision of a large part of the Pentateuch and
the four Gospels, and enabled them to form a correct estimate of
the character and merits of our co-operation with them in the
joint work ; therefore,
Resolved, That the President of the American Eevision Com
mittee be authorized and requested to reopen correspondence
and personal conference (if convenient) with the British Com
mittee on the unsettled question of our precise status as to the
authorship of the joint revision, and to recall to them our previous
expectation of a " positive and weU- defined weight in the final
determination of the text of the Eevised Scriptures." (See our
instructions to Dr. Schaff, May 31, 1873.)
The President shall represent to our British brethren that we
originaUy accepted the trust and entered upon our labors under
the impression that we were fellow-revisers, and not simply ad
visers, and that we feel that much of the success of the enterprise
with the American public depends upon a clear setting forth of
this principle. The President wiU also express to our British
brethren our sense of their courtesy and frankness in their inter
course with us, our hearty reciprocation of the kind wishes con
veyed to us in letters from both the British Companies, and our
fervent desire that by the blessing of Almighty God we may hap
pUy conclude in fraternal harmony the important work in which
we are now engaged. Howard Crosby, Secretary pro tern.

[Letter of Dr. Schaffi to Bishop EUicott.]
42 Bible House, )
New York, AprU 17, 1875. j
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol,
Chairman of the N, T. Revision Company.
My Dear Bishop :
I have the honor to transmit to you the inclosed action of our

86 DOCU.MENTARY HISTORY' OF THE
joint Eevision Committee, which I send also to the Chairman of
the Old Testament Company.
The Committee desire me to visit England this summer aod to
explain to your Companies our present situation, and the grounds
of our request. But as the May meetings of your two Companies
synchronize, and as I cannot possibly leave my post before the
middle of May, perhaps not before June, I forward the document
in advance, that you may take it into joint consideration if you
think proper to do so.
I ¦ am quite confident of a result that shall be satisfactory to
both parties. You will find us quite reasonable in all minor de
tails. Our notes on the Gospel of St. John are noAV in the hands of
the printer, and will be forwarded to Mr. Troutbeck in a few
days. We ha,ve begun Acts.
Hoping to see you during the coming summer, I am,
With great respect,
Your obedient servant, Philip Schaff.
[A similar letter was sent to the Bishop of Winchester, as Chairman of the Old
Testament Company.]

[Dr. Schaff to Canon Troutbeck.]
42 Bible House, )
New York, May 1, 1875. (
My Dear Sir: ' j ^ J
I beg leave to send you by next steamer thirty copies of our
Notes on St. John for distribution among the members of your
New Testament Company. We are now in session and have
just reached Acts, ch. viu., first revision. I will send an extra
copy to the Bishop of Gloucester.
The Committee have directed me to reopen negotiations with
your Committee concerning our precise relation, and wish me to
do it by personal conference. Perhaps I may leave before the
close of this month, and see you this summer.
Very truly yours, Philip Schaff.
Canon John Troutbeck,
Sec. N. T. Revis. Comp.,
4 Dean's Yard, Westminster.

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 87
[Letter of Dr. Day to Dr. Schaff.]
New Haven, Conn., May 12, 1875.
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
Please find inclosed a certified copy of the resolution in re
gard to our relations with our British brethren. 1 fully agree
with you that more can be done in the deUcate relations in which
we are placed by personal conference with the British Companies,
than by correspondence, and am glad that you have decided
to cross the ocean again. May He who rules the winds and
waves watch over you and bring you back in safety and health.
I am not very sanguine, however, as to the result, and contem
plate quite distinctly the possibility that we may be obUged to go
on with our work alone. ***** Your friend truly,
George E. Day.

[Letter of Dr. Schaff to Dr. Day.]
42 Bible House,
New York, May 14, 1875.
My Dear De. Day :
I thank you for your letter and copy of resolution just received.
I fully agree with the sentiments you express concerning th^nego-
tiations with the British Committee. They require extreme deli
cacy and prudence— much more than I possess. Yet I shall do
the best I can for the Committee. It is simply impossible to do
it by mere correspondence, and I go at my own expense. The
Finance Committee which I succeeded in organizing wiU not
move till they learn the result of these negotiations— which will
materially affect their mode of operation. But I am sure they
wiU help in any case.
I send you, inclosed, a letter to the Committee, which please
lay before them at the next meeting.
I also inclose a letter from Mr. Wright, Secretary of the O. T.
Company, which ought- to be read before the Committee, as weU
as before the O. T. Company. Please keep and return it to me
for my correspondence.
If the O. T. Company have finished Leviticus and Numbers,
they had better send them directly per express without waitmg
for my return.

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I have just turned over to Mr. Taylor, the new Treasurer, the
balance of my special collections of the last few days, which wUl
enable the Committee to go on without further aid tiU the end of
the year. I have also handed him all business papers and lists
of donors, etc., and feel greatly relieved. I worked hard on these
uncongenial business detaUs for the last weeks, and I feel ex
hausted. It is high time for me to get away. I have not yet
begun to pack, but shaU positively saU to-morrow, D. V.
Most truly yours, Philip Schaff.

ACTION OF THE BEITISH COMPANIES ON THE AMEEI
CAN EESOLUTION, 1875.
[Extract from the Minutes of the Proceedings of the New Testament Company,
on Tuesday, 11th May, 1875.]
A joint meeting of the two Companies was held in the Jerusa
lem Chamber, at one o'clock, when the following resolution was
passed, and ordered to be communicated to Dr. Schaff, as repre
senting the American Committee : —
" The two English Companies having taken into consideration
the resolution of the American Bible Eevision Committee dated
March 28, 1875, and communicated to them by Dr. Schaff; and
having also carefully considered their previous correspondence on
this subject, and especially their resolutions of July 17, 1873 —
namely, ' That this Company (the Old Testament Company) have
heard with great pleasure from Dr. Schaff of the cordiality with
which the American revisers have entered into the work, and of
the progress they have already made ; that they are prepared to
give the most careful consideration to any suggestion that may be
made to them by the American Committee ; but are of opinion
that, by their original constitution, as well as by the terms of their
agreement with the University Presses, they have not the power
to admit to a share in the right of voting any but the members of
their own Company ; that it is their desire to recognize in the fuU
est way compatible with this limitation the labors of the American
Committee ; but they feel it would be premature in the present
stage of their proceedings to settle the details of an arrangement
by which that recognition could be adequately secured.' ' That the
New Testament Company learn from Dr. Schaff, with lively satis-

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 89
faction, that the American Bible Eevision Committee are making
such favorable progress, and that the results arrived at by the two
bodies are so much in accordance. The New Testament Com
pany are glad to have this opportunity of repeating the assurance
that they will attach great weight and importance to aU the sug
gestions of the American Committee, and in each case take into
account the unanimity and preponderance of opinion with which
the suggestions have been made ; but they are precluded by the
fundamental rules of their constitution, as well as by the terms of
their agreement with the University Presses, from admitting any
persons not members of their body to take part in their decisions.
The New Testament Company desire finally to express their confi
dent hope that no ultimate difiiculties will be found in adjusting
any points in which the American and English Companies may
differ in their respective decisions : ' — it was resolved
" That the English Companies are unable to depart from the
above resolutions, but that they will continue to give the greatest
possible weight to every suggestion of the American Committee,
and will also endeavor, whether by conference or otherwise, to
arrive at an agreement upon any points of importance as to which
the English Companies and the American Committee may not be
fully agreed." J. Troutbeck, Secretary.

A PLEA FOE THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.
Abstract of two addresses made by Dk. Schaff, on behalf of the American Committee,
before the New Testament Company (the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol in tlie
chair), m the Jerusalem Chamber, June 15, 18~5 ; and before the Old Testament Company
(the Lord Bishop of Winchester in the chair), in tbe Chapter Librarj', Westminster, July 8,
1875.
I have the honor to appear before you a second time, on behalf of the Amer
ican Revision Committee, to arrange the terms of a final settlement of the text of
the Revised Scriptures, and our legitimate status in this work.
At a joint meeting of the two Companies held in May last, before my arrival in
this country, you have again decidedly, though very courteously and respectfully,
declined our request, being shut up to this course by your original constitution
and your contract with the University Presses. Notwithstanding the apparent
failure of my mission, I entertain a confident hope that we shall be able to arrive
at a satisfactory settlement without any sacrifice of right, consistency, or dignity
by either party. If I thought otherwise I would not venture to address you.
We have now labored together for several years with a degree of harmony
which is most remarkable, and promises certain success to our work in both hemi
spheres. We are fully agreed in the fundamental principle of revision, which is,
to ra'.se the Authorized Version, within the limits of its idiom and vocabulary, to

90 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY" OF THE
the standard of the best biblical and English scholarship of the present day, so
that, with very many changes and improvements, it may atill read like the venera^
ble and familiar old Book, and retain all its flavor and sacred associations. We
are also agreed in the execution of this principle to the extent that we have
adopted, I may venture to say, nine-tenths of your changes iu reading and rendering,
and you have adopted, as I am happy to learn, a large proportion of our sug
gestions. Our intercourse and correspondence have been uniformly marked by
Christian courtesy and kindness which it gives me great pleasure to acknowledge
before you.
The only serious difficulty between us is the proper status of the American
Committee in the final work. It would be a sin before Grod and a disgrace before
the Christian world if we should allow a question of this kind to endanger tho
prosecution and success of a work in which every reader of the Bible feels an
interest. But this cannot and shall not be.
Permit me, courteously and frankly, to explain the nature and grounds of the
American position, and to discuss the pos.sible modes of settlement : —
I. The question before us is, whether the Americans are simply advisers, or fel-
io-w-revisers and feWovi-authors, with corresponding claims and responsibilities.
You seem to maintain the former, we the latter. Practically, you recognize us as
fellow-revisers, but, in form, you exclude us by your resolution from your Com
mittee, and allow us not a single vote on auy question, although we number nearly
thirty. I wish you to consider that we do not claim an equal share, but only a. just
and equitable share iu determining the final text. It is not a question of equality
of numbers or merit, but simply a question of right and principle. We cheerfully
concede to you the primacy of honor in originating this great work, and all the
rights of a majority. We have given you practical proof of our high regard for
your eminent scholarship and abundant qualifications for the great and diflicult
task which rests mainly on your shoulders. We ask you only to recognize, in
form, our actual share and title in the joint work as far as it is already or may
yet be adopted by you, and to do this in a manner that shall be available in law
and in busine.ss in case we shonld determine to secure an American publisher for
the Revised Version.
II. We make this claim first, on the ground oi justice. The American revisers
are regularly and fully organized in two Companies, precisely as the English
Companies, and are composed of about thirty biblical scholars of the leading
churches and theological institutions of a nation of forty millions : they meet
regularly every month, at considerable sacrifice of time and comfort ; they go
through the whole critical and exegetical process ; they give you the results of
mature deliberation with all the weight and authority that attach to a represent
ative body ; they pay their own expenses, and expect no compensation ; upon
their exertions mainly will depend the success of the new revision in America.
Why then should this whole American Committee be deprived of the right which
every single member of the English Committee possesses, and be left out of
account in the final decision ? It would be unreasonable to continue such an
expensive machinery for ten or more years simply for giving advice.
We make this claim, secondly, as a matter of honor, in behalf of the American
people, who have inherited from their British ancestors a spirit of self-respect
and manly independence that will never consent to occupy a subordinate and hu-
miLatmg position. The Americans have the same interest in the Bible, our com-
mon inheritance, and hail this opportunity to discharge a part of their gratitude
to England by making the good and precious book still better and dearer to the

AMERICAI< BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 91
Anglo-Saxon race. They will continue to support our Committee liberally if we
are properly recognized as fellow-laborers ; but not otherwise. This matter of
national feeling and self-respect is not to be lightly set aside, even in so sacred a
cause. Only reverse the position ; and need I ask jou whether high-minded
Englishmen would think for a moment of accepting a subordinate position in the
revision and publication of their own Bible, or show any zeal for the introduction
into their churches of a foreign version to which they had merely contributed
valuable advice 1 Even Scotland would take little or no interest in your work if
she was not properly represented by a number of her ablest scholars, with full
power to vote on every question.
We make this claim, thirdly, on grounds of expediency. Without a right and
title to authorship, wo have no heart to ask our friends for further contributions
towards cur expenses. Without such title properly recognized by you as the
principal authors, and by the University Presses as the sole owners for England,
we can get no copyright in the United States. And without copyright we can get
no publisher. Your own English edition will then, in the absence of an interna
tional copyright, be exposed to literary piracy and ruinous competition outside of
Her Majesty's dominions.
And this is the reason why we feel sure that the University Presses will not
hesitate to recognize our share iu the authorship as far as it goes. For thereby
they will enable us not only to secure a copyright, but also to protect the purity
and integrity of the revised text in the United States. We could buy from them
duplicates of their plates, which they already have offered to us on certain terms),
for publication in the States; they would still bo free to export their editions to
America (which we would not hinder even if we could) ; and no publisher in
either country could injure the one or the other party by an irresponsible reprint.
For'it will be a, joint copyright for joint authorship in a joint worJc. Copyright in
a part of the work would cover copyright in the whole. By an express under
standing between the British and American publishers, and a proper notice in the
Preface, absolute protection can be secured on both sides of the Atlantic. So we
have been advised by American lawyers well versed on the subject of copyright.
III. But now we come to the practical question : How can we come to an un
derstanding consistent both with your position and with the American claim ? I
do not ask you. to recede an inch from your position, but only to consent to a sup
plementary action, which is left open by your own expressed desire to arrive at a
full agreement with us, " whether by conference or otherwise."
The following plans suggest themselves to my mind as feasible, and which I
beg leave respectfully to submit to your j udgment : —
1. Adopt some members of the American Companies into your Companies, and
allow them a certain number of votes by their printed notes. You will at once
raise the objection that you cannot allow absent Americans to vote when you
refuse this right to your own absent members. But the physical impossibility of
our presence on account of the intervening ocean would, perhaps, justify an ex
ception. And, to avoid any semblance of invidiousness, we might adopt a similiar
number of English members into the American Companies, with the same right
of voting by letter. .
2. A Conference Committee, at the close of the work, to sit in London (or in
New York if you will honor us with your presence and give us the pleasure of
showing you a most cordial and liberal hospitality), and to vote with power,
according to your own rules, on the remaining differences. But this method is
expensive, and would considerably protract the work.

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3. Independent co-operation as heretofore, with simultaneous publication of
two editions, one for England and one for the United States, with possible vari
ations on minor points, which might be adjusted at some future time. This I
prefer, upon tho whole, and I beg leave, therefore, to submit it to you in writing
with liberty to shape it as you deem best. (See p. 93.)
This plan, it is true, will involve, probably, a departure from the or'iginal plan
of issuing one and the same text on both sides of the Atlantic ; but it has the
great advantage of leaving both Committees free to do full justice to the dialectic
and provincial tastes and peculiarities of the two nations they represent. More
over, it docs not necessarily exclude the other two proposals, which may be com
bined with it, reserving only the right of final decision and publication to each of
the two Committees.
The differences, after having been minimized by mutual conference between the
two Committees or sub-Committees (as may be deemed best), would be so few and
intrinsically so unimportant as to strengthen rather than weaken confidence in the
revision. They would be of far less moment than the textual variations of the
Greek Testament, or even the Keria in the Hebrew Bible. In some respects we
are more conservative than the British Companies, in other respects we are more
progressive. In many cases we have gone back to the Old Version for rythmical
or other reasons (as in the rendering of the Greek aorlst, which sometimes seems
to require the English perfect), but we very seldom differ in the readings, and
in the grammatical sense of a word or passage as far as it affects the translation,
with which alone we have to do.
From our past experience, the differences of the two editions would be chiefly
of three kinds :
{a) A few archaic forms (such as w7dch and the which for who, be for are, wot
and wist for know and 'knew, to prevent for to go before, ov precede, to let for to
hinder,) which your Committee would retain in deference to English taste and
liturgical usage ; while the American editions of the Book of Common Prayer
have anticipated the change. Archaisms which are not contrary to modern
grammar, or misleading, will be cheerfully retained by the American Committee.
(5) The renderings of Hebrew, Greek and Roman measures, weights and coins
where the Americans would insist upon closer renderings (as in the case of penny
for denarius) or national equivalents (at least, in the margin).
(c) The restoring of distinctions in the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures which
are obliterated in our Authorize! Version, as the difference betweea Shaol or
Hades (the realm ofthe dead) and aehenna (the place of torment), between the
(one) devil and the (many) demons or evil spirits.*
The first and second class of variations would at onco be appreciated by the
common people in both countries as perfectly innocent and natural, and will no
more disturb their devotion than differences of .spelling and pronunciation.
The third class is more important, but would be explained and made harm
less by marginal notes. For in nearly all these cases the Americans have simply
introduced the more literal marginal reading of the British Companies into the
text, and explained the original Greek or Hebrew word (if retained) by a marginal
note. The third arrangement would not interfere with our getting duplicates of the

[* It is proper to state that some of these points, as the important distinction between Ilndes and
HeU, have been adjusted in the course of negotiations by the concessions of the British Committee,
or rectified by marginal explanations.]

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 93
English plates. The changes could as well be made in England. A Preface in
both editions would state the differences. After a few years of trial the
Churches may demand a compromise, and a restoration of one text for both coun
tries. For, after all, our work will be subject to the judgment of the Christian
public, for whose benefit it is intended. By its own merits, and by the decision
of the churches, it will stand or fall.
I now beg you, in the name of the American Committee, in the interest of the
great and good work we have in charge, to take this whole matter into renewed
and final consideration ; and, if none of the three proposals commends itself to
your judgment, to devise a better plan. Give us the substance of what we feel
we have a right to ask as our share in this joint work, and there is no reason
to fear that we shall fall out about the mode.
If your last action is to be final, the American Committee will be paralyzed, and
maybe forced to the unf ortunate altemative of either disbanding the work, or car
rying on an independent revision of their own. This, of course, we have a perfect
right to do. But we greatly prefer, in the interest of the Bible and of inter.
national good-will, to co-operate with you to the very end, and to unify our
labors as far as possible and desirable. If only a proper legal status in this
joint work is secured to us, we pledge our most hearty co-operation till the
Anglo-American revision is completed and introduced into the Churches, that
it may carry on, with increased force, as far as the language of Shakespeare and
Milton resounds, its holy mission of glory to God and peace and good-will among
men.

ADJUSTMENT SUGGESTED BY DE. SCHAEF TO THE
ENGLISH COMPANIES.
The British and American Committees continue to co-operate
as heretofore, as independent Committees, with equal rights and
responsibUities in reference to the two countries with which they
are severally connected, and with the right on each side of syn
chronously publishing a common Eevision of the Holy Scriptures,
with the reservation of such differences as it may be found in the
sequel impracticable to remove.

SETTLEMENT PEOPOSED BY THE ENGLISH COM
PANIES.
Copy of resolution passed by the Old Testament Eevision Com
pany, in the Chapter Library of the Deanery of Westminster, July
8, 1875 :
" That the Old Testament Company, in their desure to recognize
the co-operation of the American Committee in the work of revis
ion, would suggest that the practical end of expressing this

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recognition, and at the same time of securing the copyright of
the Eevised Version both in England and America, will be best
answered by the appointment of certain members of the American
Committee as members of the English Eevision Companies and
vice versa," W. Aldis Wright, Secretary.
Eesolution passed by the New Testament Eevision Company,
Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, July 15, 1875 :
" That the New Testament Company of Eevisers of the Author
ized Yersion are desirous to see an American copyright in the
Eevised Version secured for the American Eevision Committee.
That for this purpose they are willing to concur in the plan sug
gested in the resolution of the Old Testament Company, subject
to the following conditions :
"(1.) That they receive the assurance of competent lawyers in
America and England that the effect of co-operation, such as is
proposed, would be to secure to the American Committee the
benefit of the copyright of the work in America.
"(2.) That the number of American members to be thus added,
be definitely limited to two for each Company.
" (3.) That the appointment of the American members be made
by the English Companies in the same manner and on the same
conditions as other additional members.
" (4.) That the American members so to be co-optated shall have
no claim upon the funds agreed to be paid bythe English Presses ;
it being understood on the other hand that the members of the
English Companies receive no share of funds which may be
raised in America, or which may arise from the American copy
right. " (5.) That the whole arrangement obtain the express consent of
the two University Presses." J. Troutbeck, Secretary.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE ENGLISH PEOPOSITION BY THE
AMEEICAN COMMITTEE,
[From the Minutes of the American Committee, p. 77 seq.]
At the regular monthly meeting of the American Bible Eevis
ion Committee, held at their rooms in the Bible House, New
York, September 24, 1875, the PresideAt of the Committee,

AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 95
Eev. PhUip Schaff, D.D., gave an account of his conferences with
the British Eevision Companies, and presented the resolution
passed by the EngUsh Old Testament Company on the 8th of
July, 1875, and that passed by the EagUsh New Testament Com
pany on the 15th of the same month ; upon which the foUowing
paper was prepared, and at an adjourned meeting the foUowing
day was adopted, viz. :
" The American Committee has heard with great satisfaction of
the action of the British Companies, by which the American
Companies are recognized as feUow-revisers, and this recognition
is expressed by the resolution to elect certam members of the
American Companies into the British Companies (the American
Companies making a like election of members of the British
Companies) : and hereby records its fuU acceptance of this plan
of unification in the great work we are sustaining in common.
" The American Committee takes this opportunity to convey its
thanks to the brethren in Great Britain for their courtesy to its
representative on his late visit in their behalf, and for theur con
siderate regard for the interest by him represented."
The foUowing resolution was also adopted (p. 83) :
Whereas, it is of the utmost importance that the nearest prac
ticable approach to unanimity among those engaged in the re
vision should be secured :
"Resolved, That we request the British Companies, after receiving
and acting upon our emendations, to send a list of any differences
which may remain to the American Companies for their recon
sideration ; with the understanding that if differences after such
reconsideration should stUl exist, a special joint Committee of the
British and American Companies shall be appointed, who shaU
report the results of their deliberations for the final decision of
the several Companies." Geoege E. Day, Secretary.
[These resolutions were transmitted by the President to the Lord Bishop of
Winchester, Chairman of the Old Testament Eevision Company, and to the Lord
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, Chairman of the New Testament Revision
Company. The further proceedings and final results are embodied in the cor
respondence with the University Presses. . See next Part, especially p. 133.]

©art EUtti.

COEEESPONDENCB WITH THE UNIVEESITY PEESSES
OF OXFOED AND CAMBEIDGE.

COREESPONDENCE WITH THE UNIVERSITY
PRESSES OP OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE.

COEEESPONDENCB WITH THE UNIVEESITY PEESSES.
[Letter of Dr. Cartmell to Dr. Schaff.]
Christ's College Lodge, -t
•D^™ T^ r. Cambridge, Feb. 7, 1874. \
Eeverend and Dear Sir : > , j
The Delegates of the Oxford Clarendon Press and the Syndics
of this Press have carefully considered your letter of June 30,
1873*, in regard to the pubUcation of the Eevised Version of the
Holy Scriptures in the United States of America.
We are disposed to consider favorably your suggestion, that a
duplicate set of stereotype plates of the Eevised Version should
be furnished for joint publication in the United States; and we
shall be glad to be informed whether it wUl meet your views to
make an offer for such privilege.
BeUeve me, reverend and dear sir.
Very respectfuUy and truly yours,
_, „ „ „ James Cartmell.
The Eev. Philip Schaff, D.D.

ACTION OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.
(From the Minutes, Feb. 27, 1874.)
The Chairman then read a letter from Dr. James Cartmell,
President of the Cambridge Syndics, expressing the wiUingness of
the Delegates of the Clarendon Press at Oxford, and the Syndics
of the Cambridge Press, to consider favorably the proposal to
furnish to the American Committee, on suitable terms, a duplicate
set of the stereotype plates of the Eevised Version.
Voted, that Dr. Schaff be requested to continue his correspond
ence in regard to stereotype plates of the revision.
* [This was merely a letter of inquiry, written in England. No copy preserved.]

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Dr. Crosby was requested to act in place of Dr. Strong, now
absent from the country, in the matter of obtaining a copyright
for the Eevised Version in the United States.

[Letter of Dr. Schaff to Dr. Cartmell.]
42 Bible House, New York, March 30, 1874.
Eeverend and Dear Sir :
Your favor of Feb. 7 was duly received and laid before the
Eevision Committee at its last meeting.
I am authorized to say in reply that the American Bible Eevis
ion Committee is wiUing to pay a fair price for a duplicate set
of plates of the Eevised Version of the Scriptures in all the editions
which the British Committee may issue, and wiU be glad to re
ceive definite proposals from you whenever you are prepared to
make them.
Such an arrangement will secure, what is most important, entire
uniformity and accuracy in the editions of the Eevised Scriptures
lo be issued in Great Britain and the United States. Besides it
may enable us to make an arrangement with an American pub
lisher or with the American Bible Society similar to the one
which the British Committee has entered into with the University
Presses. We are willing to give the Delegates of the Oxford Clarendon
Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press the
commercial benefit of our revision labors for the British Empire,
and we believe that in justice we are entitled to the same privilege
within the United States. All we ask is that, in the absence of
an international copyright, we may get the dupUcate set of plates
on such terms as will secure us against injurious competition.
I have forwarded to the British Committee in December our
revision of the Book of Genesis, and the Gospel of St. Matthew.
Exodus, and St. Marl:, wiU soon follow. Our suggestions wiU be
acted on by the English Committee in AprU. Bishop Ellicott
wrote to me, Jan. 27, in behalf of the New Testament Company,
that the greatest possible attention will be given to aU criticisms
and suggestions of the American Committee. The result of this
examination of our criticisms by the English Companies wiU
enable you to form an estimate of the nature and extent of our
labors. I wiU only say that we find ourselves in fuU harmony

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with, the principles, tact and taste which have guided the British
Companies, and that our criticisms and suggestions are all in the
same line. We shaU spare no pains to finish the important and
laborious work which Providence has laid upon us.
Hoping to hear from you as soon as you have agreed upon the
terms of the purchase and the time of publication,
I am very respectfully and truly yours,
Philip Schaef.
The Rev. De. Caktmell,
Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.

[Letter of Dr. Cartmell to Dr. Schaff.]
[Confidential.] Christ's College Lodge, |
Cambridge, 5 August, 1874. [
Eeverend and Dear Sir :
Your communication of March 30, 1874, relative to the pubUca
tion and sale in the United States of America of the Eevised
Version of the Holy Scriptures, has been received by me, and
most carefuUy considered by the Delegates of the Clarendon
Press at Oxford, and by the Syndics of the University Press at
Cambridge ; and I am authorized on their behaU to make the
foUowing proposals to the American Bible Eevision Committee.
We presume that under the arrangements we propose, you wUl
secure to yourselves, or to some authorized agent, the sole and
exclusive copyright of the version for a certain number of years,
together with the consequent exclusive right of sale in the United
States of America ; and on this presumption we are ready to con
cede and convey to you the sole and exclusive right of printing,
publishing and selUng the same, or any part thereof, in the United
States, during the whole term of our copyright as by the laws of
England established. Tliis term is now forty-two years from the
date of pubUcation.
We will also supply to you in London, for the purposes con
ceded, plates, either stereotype or electrotype, as you may desire,
of every edition of the book or any part thereof, whatever bo its
size, form, or type, at the trade prices for such plates as are cur
rent in England at the time ; and we wiU give you due notice of
the intended printing and pubUcation of such book or part of
book, so that the plates maybe sent to America in such time that

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there may be simultaneous publication in both England and
America. In consideration of this concession, and the exclusion of our
selves from the market in the United States, we think it fair that
the American Bible Eevision Committee should pay to us five
thousand pounds sterling (£5,000), by instaUments proportionate
to the portions of the first edition of the whole book, containing
the Old and New Testaments and the Apocrypha, of Avhich the
plates or copy are from time to time delivered to yon.
The foregoing terms, if accepted, to be embodied in a proper
legal agreement, comprising all usual clauses applicable to the
case. BeUeve me, my dea^ sir, Very truly yours,
James Cartmell.
The Rev. Db. Schaff. [Dr. Schaff to Dr. Cartmell.]
42 Bible House, New York, Sept. 5, 1874.
The Bev. Dr. Cartmell, Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Eev. and Dear Sir :
I have the honor to acknowledge your favor of Aug. 5, in which
you offer, in the nariie of the Delegates of the Clarendon Press at
Oxford and the Syndics of the University Press at Cambridge, to
furnish the American Bible Eevision Committee stereotype or
electrotype plates of every edition of the Eevised Version of the
Scriptures and parts thereof, at the trade prices for such plates
current in England at the time, for simultaneous publication in the
United States, with the exclusive privilege of pubUcation, and to
the exclusion of the British pubUshers from the American market,
for which concession you ask five thousand pounds sterUng by
installments. I shall lay this important communication before the joint meet
ing of the two Companies on the last Friday of this month, and
shall inform you in due time of their action.
For the present I confine myself to the remark that in no case
would we exclude the English editions from the American market
even if we could.
The only thing we could do is to prevent republication, provided
we can secure the copyright in the United States, which will de
pend somewhat upon the final determination of our status and

AMERICAN ¦ BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 103
precise relation to the British Committee. It would facUitate our
decision if you would kindly inform us how many editions you
propose to issue, and whether the demand of £5,C00 is independ
ent of the number of editions we may desire to purchase from
the University Presses. Believe me, my dear sir.
Very truly yours,
Philip Schaff.

[Dr. Cartmell to Dr. Schaff.]
Christ'^ College Lodge, i
Cambridge, Oct. 16, 1874. J
Eeverend and Dear Sir :
I had the honor of receiving your letter of September 5 (whilst
I was absent from Cambridge) and have communicated it to the
Delegates of the Oxford Clarendon Press.
I regret that I did not receive it in time to enable me to send
an answer to your inquiries before your meeting the last week in
September. Eeferring to the last paragraph of your letter, I would say :
1. That, inasmuch as the copyright of the Eevised Version
belongs jointly to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the
two University Presses would do what was possible for them, to
prevent English editions from competing with the sale of your
editions in the American market.
2. That we cannot name beforehand how many editions we
shall issue, as that will depend upon the demand of the English
public for the Eevised Version.
3. That tUe sum of £5,000 has been named, independently of
the number of editions you may desire to purchase from the
University Presses.
By the payment of such sum you wUl obtain the right to pur
chase, on the terms named, plates of everj^ edition, whatever be
its size or form, issued by either or both the University Presses,
during the whole term of our copyright.
I amj reverend and dear Sir, with much respect.
Very faithfully yours,
James Cartmell.
The Bev. Philip Schaff, D.D.

104 documentary histoey of the
ACTION OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.
(From the Minutes, Sept. 26, 1874, p. 57.)
A letter from Eev. Dr. CartmeU, Eector of Christ Church, in
the name of the Delegates of the Clarendon Press at Oxford and
the Syndics of the University Press at Cambridge, was read, in
which they offer for the sum of £5,000 to furnish the plates of
all editions of the Eevised Version issued in England at the price
of the plates in that country, the American Committee to have
the exclusive right of publishing the version in the United States.
After remarks from several members, it was voted that the
Executive Committee confer with a number of leading publishers
in regard to the pubUcation of the Eevised Version in the United
States, and report the result of their conference at the next meet
ing. [In accordance with instructions from the American Company, the President
and a memljer of the Committee entered into correspondence with three well-
known publishers to ascertain whether and on what terms they would be willing
to assume the publication of the Revised Version. Two declined at once. A
third firm looked upon the terras more favorably, with certain modifications, but
made no offer. The University Presses no doubt deemed their terms liberal, in
view of their very large outlay in paying all the expenses of the British Com
mittee. At the same time it is due to the American Committee to state that while
they expected to pay the full price for duplicate plates, including one-half of the cost
of composition (which are the usual terms on which American publishers can se
cure duplicate plates of any English book), they were not prepared for an additional
charge of .€5,000 or $25,000 ; considering the fact that by their gratuitous literary
labors they have increased the commercial value of the work, and that they never
intended (as expressly stated in the letters of Dr. Schaff, p. 103, etc.) to interfere
with the freest importation and circulation ofthe University editions in the United
States, such as the University editions of the King James' Version have always
enjoyed. It is not surprising, therefore, that no American publisher was willing
to accept the terms of the University Presses, and even if they had been ac
cepted, the American Committee would have been still under the necessity -of
providing for their own expenses.]

[Letter of Messrs. Harper & Bros, to Dr. Schaff.]
Franklin Square, i
New York, Oct. 29, 1874. [
Dear Doctor Schape :
* * * With regard to Dr. Cartmell's letter (returned here
with) we think that the terms proposed are not unreasonable,
provided :

AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 105
1. That the price for plates shall be simply for the cost of
stereotyping or electro typing, that the plates shall be perfect, and
that there shall be no charge for composition.
3. That we could maintain the copyright in the United States.
But we question whether such a copyright could be maintained.
Therefore a fair plan would be for the American editors to guar
antee the copyright to the American publisher, who would pay,
so long as the copyright held, a royalty to the American editors,
and some corresponding royalty to the English proprietors, until
the amount thus paid shall reach £5,000, the sum proposed by
them. We understood you to say that it would be several years before
the work, or any portion of it, will be ready, so that there will be
ample time for a modification of Dr. Cartmell's proposition.
Yours truly.
Harper & Bros.

[Letter of Dr. Schaff to the authorities of the University Presses.]
42 Bible House, New York, November 16, 1875.
The Eev. James Cartmell, D.D.,
blaster of Christus CoUege, Cambridge,
My Dear De. Cartmell :
After some unavoidable delay I am able to send you, for the
authorities of the University Presses, the inclosed documents
containing the action of the American Eevision Companies in
response to the plan of adjustment proposed by the English
Companies,* and the legal opinion of the Hon. Judge Fancher,t
formerly SoUcitor in the United States Courts and member of
the Supreme Court of the State of New York, concerning the
question of copyright.
We have also consulted other lawyers, and they agree with
Judge Fancher in the opinion that, on the plan proposed, we can
secure a copyright, and that the election of several members of our
body as members ofthe EngUsh Companies wiU tend to strengthen
the copyright, but that the chief condition is the assignment of
the copyright interest by the EngUsh revisers to the American
revisers for use in the United States.
Such an assignment is undoubtedly intended by the British
[*Seep. 94, 95. [f See p. 156.]

106 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OP THE
Companies and clearly implied in their scheme of consolidation.
It is as clearly understood on our part that we make over to the
British Companies our share in the literary property of the com
mon work for exclusive use in England, and even for free exporta
tion of the English editions into the United States. In this way
the copyright will secure mutual protection and guard the purity
and integrity of the text in both countries.
Beyond this object, so important to both parties, we have no
interest in the copyright. We do not expect to need it for the
payment of our expenses. For our friends are wilUng to furnish
the necessary means in order to facilitate the widest possible
circulation of the Eevised Version, provided we can assure them
of the recognition of our fellow-authorship. This recognition is,
in our opinion, absolutely essential to the success of the revision
in this country, and will ensure such success without a reasonable
doubt. We are quite satisfied with the proposed plan of acknowledging
this feUow-authorship, and are willing to consummate the ar-
I'angement on om~ part as soon as we learn that the University
Presses have ratified the same.
I am requested by the American Eevision Companies to trans
mit to you these views, with the assurance of our jirofound regard
and cordial gratification at the prospect of a satisfactory conclu
sion of our negotiations. Believe me.
Yours very truly,
 Philip Schaff.
LEGAL OPINION OF THE HON. JUDGE FANCHEE ON
THE COPYEIGHT QUESTION.
229 Broadway, New York, October 2d, 1875.
Eev. Philip Schaff, D.D.,
President of the American Bible Revision Committee.
Dear Sir :
Your letter of the 18th ult. has been duly received, and would
have been sooner answered but for my absence from the city.
I have read with care the plan of co-operation, as proposed
between the British and American Companies having in hand the
work of the revision of the Holy Scriptures. It suggests an
arrangement between the American Committee and the EngUsh

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 107
Committee (in which are to be included the representatives of
the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge) to tha effect
that the English and American Committees shaU be consoUdated,
so far as the rights of authorship are concerned, to secure to them
the joint ownership and copyright of their Eevised Version of
the Holy Scriptures, as weU as to guard the purity and integrity
of the text against spurious and erroneous reprints in England
or America.
I am of the opinion that, upon the proposed plan, the copy
right of the revised work may be secured in tho usual method
under the Acts of Congress of the United States. But, in order
to effectuate such protection to the copyright, the English
authors should assign to the American Committee th-eir rights as
such authors, so as to bring the case within the provisions of the
Act of Congress. That Act allows citizens or residents of the
United States who shall be the authors thereof to copyright
their books, etc., and it extends the same privilege to their ex
ecutors, administrators, or assigns. U. S. Eev. Stat. p. 966.
Previous, therefore, to the deposit of the book with the Librarian
of Congress, for the purpose of securing the copyright, a proper
transfer should be executed and delivered by the English authors
to the American Committee, so that the latter can lawfully claim
here the full copyright, both as authors of the portions prepared
by them, and as legal assigns of the portions prepared in Eng
land. It has been held that the assignee of an unpublished Uterary
composition from a non-resident aUen author is entitled to the
protection of our Act of Congress. Keene v. Wheatley, 9 Am.
L. E. 33 ; Brightley's Dig. p. 181. If such assignment be made
to those in America who are the authors of that portion of the
work produced here, then they will have a good title to the whole
copyright of the American editions.
You have asked another question, which is, " What effect wiU
the plan have upon the importation and sale of the English
editions of the Avork to be published by the University Presses
of Oxford and Cambridge ? " I answer : No difficulty need arise
in that respect ; for it would be proper that the American Com
mittee should execute a paper, at the time they receive the
assignment from the EngUsh authors, consenting and granting
Ucense that the University Presses of Oxford and Cambridge
shall be at liberty to publish the whole work in England, and also

108 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
to export to and sell in the United States any of their editions
of the same.
I should add, to prevent misconception, that I do not think the
copyright above mentioned will cover anything but the alterations
and additions of the revisers. The original text is the property of
the public, and cannot be the subject of copyright. It was decided
iu Stowe v. Thomas, 2 Wall, Jr., 547, by Mr. Justice Grier that it
was not an infringement of the author's copyright to print a
translation of the romance called "Uncle Tom's Cabin." A
translation may not be a piracy of the language of the original
composition. A copy of the one Avould not, in words, be a copy
of the other. But so far as a translation is itself a creation or an
invention, it is the work and language of the author, and may be
protected. The composition is his own, and an unauthorized
transcript thereof would, I think, invade the author's right of
" copy." It is the application of new toil and talent to produce
novelty and improvement, when revisers make a new version of
the Bible. With much regard, yours truly,
E. L. Fancher.

[Letter of the Rev. Dr. Cartmell.]
Christ's College Lodge, )
Cambridge, January 5, 1876. j
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
I was favored with your letter of November 16, inclosing a
printed co^iy of the resolutions of the American Eevision Com
pany, and of Judge Fancher's opinion in regard to the copyright.
These I have communicated to the Syndics of our University
Press ; and I desire, on their behalf and my own, to thank you.
We shaU very shortly take the matter into careful considera
tion. But, in order that Ave may have the Avhole case before us,
I wish to call your attention to the pecuniary arrangement pro
posed to you in my letter of August 5, 1874, and to ask you to
inform me Avhether, in the event of the other points being settled
to your satisfaction, you are prepared to accept it.
You win I am sure agree in the importance of having an ex
plicit understanding on this point.
Believe me, my dear Dr. Schaff,
Very truly yours,
James Cartmell.
The Rev. Philip Schaff, D.D.

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COJIMITTEE. 109
[Letter of Professor Price to Dr. Schafi.]
Secretary's Eoom, Clarendon Press, )
Oxford, Jan. 8, 1876. [
My Dear Sir :
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter dated New
York, Nov. 16, 1875, respecting the admission of certain members
of the American Company of Eevisers into the English Compa
nies, and the mode of securing copyright of the Eevised Version
in the United States. I am also favored Avith a copy of the reso
lution of the American Company in reference to the resolutions
of the English Companies, and with a copy of the opinion of
Judge Fancher on the question of copyright.
The Delegates desire me to thank you and your Committee for
these communications.
The Delegates observe that you do not expressly state Avhether
you agree to aU the terms stated in the letter addressed to you
by the two University Presses in June, 1874, and especially
whether you are Avilling to buy stereo- and electroplates of the sev
eral editions on the terms therein mentioned, and also to pay five
thousand pounds sterling (£5,000) for the copyright and other
privUeges proposed to be granted to you. The Delegates desire
to know whether you accept these terms, provided that a copyright
in the United States can be secured to you. Also, as the money
is to be paid not all at one time, but from time to time in instaU
ments at a ratio proportionate to the Avork delivered to you, they
would desire that some responsible person or persons should
guarantee the payments in due course in a manner to be approved
by them.
These matters are evidently of great importance, and the Dele
gates venture to hope that you may be ablo to reply to these
inquiries without much delay, so that they may proceed to the
consideration of the other questions referred to in your letter.
We presume that Judge Fancher's opinion was given on a case
submitted to him. Would you be good enough to favor us Avith
a copy of the case, so that we may see more clearly the several
points on which he gives an opinion.
Believe me to be, my dear sir,
Yours very faithfully,
Bartholomew Price,
Secretary to the Delegates of the Clarendon Press.
The Rev. Dn. Schaff.

110 docuaientary history of the
EESOLUTIONS OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.
Extract from the Minutes of the Meeting held, 42 Bible
House, New York, January 28, 1876.
The letters [of the Eev. Dr. CartmeU and Professor Price] were
referred to a Committee consisting of Bishop Lee, Chancellor
Crosby and Professor Day, with instructions to report upon the
same at five o'clock this afternoon, to Avhich time it Avas voted to
adjourn. At five o'clock the following paper was presented by the Com
mittee named above, through their Chairman, Bishop Lee, and
after having been considered and discussed, article by article, Avas
unanimously adopted.
Whereas, We are requested by the representatives of the Syn
dics of the University Press at Cambridge and the Delegates of
the Clarendon Press at Oxford to state, as antecedent to their
consideration of the question between the British and American
Committees engaged iu the revision of the Authorized Version
of the Scriptures, Avhether we agree to a proposal made in Au
gust, 1874, by the Syndics and Delegates of the above mentioned
Presses, to purchase of them the stereotype or electrotype plates
of the proposed version of the Scriptures " at the trade prices
for such plates as are current in England at the time," and also
" to pay to them the sum of £5,000 sterling in consideration of
this concession and the exclusion of the British publishers from
the market in the United States ":
Resolved, First : That any financial arrangement on our part
for the publication in this country of the Eevised Version by the
purchase of the stereotype plates or otherwise is premature, and
at present entirely impracticable, and that the question of a
commercial arrangement with the University Presses is, iu our
judgment, quite apart from the main question of our position as
feUow-revisers. Resolved, Secondly : That Ave continue to regard it as essential
to the mutual co-operation of the British and American revisers
and the success of this great undertaking in the United States,
that our joint responsibility in the production of the Eevised
Version should be mutually and frankly acknoAvledged, and that
Avith this vicAV we accepted the arrangement proposed by the

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. HI
English Committee for the expressed recognition of our joint
agency in this work.
Resolved, Thirdly : That we consider it exceedingly desirable
that the main question of our joint responsibility in the revision,
treated independently of all commercial arrangements, be settled
as speedily as possible, with the understanding that the recogni
tion of our full co-operation in the revision work does not inter
fere in any degree with any relations subsisting between the Eng
lish Companies and the University Presses, or give us any pecu- j
niary rights whatever in Great Britain or her colonies. I
Resolved, Fourthly : That our work in America has advanced
so far that (supported as Ave are by the growing sense among the
American people of the importance of the revision) Ave cannot I
conscientiously abandon it, but must carry it out to the end, and
that we devoutly trust that in so doing Ave may ever act in com
plete accord with our brethren of the English Companies.
Resolved, Fifthly : That the President of tho American Ee
vision Committee be authorized to communicate this action both
to the University Presses and also to the English Companies, as
being a response to the interrogatory of the former and an expla
nation of our position to the latter.

[Letter from Bishop Ellicott in behalf of the English New Testament Company,
.in response to the Resolutions of the Am. Com., Jan. 28, 1876.]
Jerusalem Chamber, S. W., \
February 23, 1876. )
Dear Dr Schaff :
I have the honor of transmitting to you and the American Com
panies the following resolution :
That inasmuch as the New Testament Company has transferred
the copyright of their revision to the University Presses, and as
the resolutions recently transmitted materially affect the interests
of the possessors of the copyright, it is to tho Presses that the
New Testament Company must refer the American Companies
for an answer to the questions raised in their resolutions.
I remain, with kind compliments,
Very faithfully yours,
C. J. Gloucester and Bristol.

112 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
[Letter from Bishop Browne of Winchester, and action of the English Old Testa
ment Company.]
Farnham Castle, Surrey, )
March 20, 1876. f
My Dear Dr. Schafp :
I have been desked to send to you, as representing the Ameri
can Committee, the inclosed resolutions of the English Old Testa
ment Company, and I very heartUy join in the expression of earnest
hope that the questions between us may be satisfactorily settled.
Believe me ever
Very sincerely yours,
E. H. Winton.

Copy of Resolutions -passed ly the Old Testament Revision Com
pany, Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster, March 15, 1876.
1. That the Old Testament Eevision Company, having taken
into consideration the resolutions of the American Committee
passed January 28, 1876, are of opinion that inasmuch as ques
tions of a financial character have been raised betAveen the Ameri
can Committee and the University Presses, of which the Company
were not cognizant and which they have no poAver to decide, it is
impossible for them, having transferred the copyright of the Ee
vised Version to the University Presses, to interfere Avith the legiti
mate claims of the Presses in respect to it. And however desir
able it may be to separate financial considerations from the
question of joint authorship and copyright, the Old Testament
Company would respectfuUy submit that in the present instance
such a separation cannot be effected, inasmuch as the interest of
the University Presses in the revision is to a large extent, although
not exclusively, of a financial character. The Company therefroe
feel unable to go beyond their resolution of July 8, 1875, and
must leave the financial question to be settled as it has been
raised, between the American Committee and the University
Presses. 2. That the Bishop of Winchester be requested, in conveying
the above resolution to the American Committee, to express on
the part of the Old Testament Company their earnest hope that
the questions which have arisen between the American Commit
tee and the University Presses may be satisfactorily settled.

AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 113
STATEMENT OF THE AMEEICAN BIBLE EEVISION
COMMITTEE TO THE BEITISH BIBLE EEVISION
COMMITTEE, MAY 26, 1876.
[From the Minutes, pp. 105, 100.]
It has seemed expedient to the American Bible Eevision Com
mittee to make a statement of their vieAvs on the matter of dif
ference between them and their brethren of the British Bible
Eevision Committee, without any direct reference to the former
correspondence. We therefore respectfully submit the foUowing
to the British Committee : *
1. The desire, we believe, is earnest on both sides the Atlantic
that the Eevised Bible shaU be accepted wherever the EngUsh
language is spoken ; and that tho revision shaU be one.
2, As this country contains about one-half the EngUsh-speak
ing people of the world, it is proper to consider that the success
of the revision here depends very largely upon the connection of
American scholarship with the work.
3. Therefore the American Committee deem it essential to the
true success of the revision that their co-authorship be acknowl
edged, no mere advisoiy position meeting the want in any just
degree. 4. The particular way in which this co-authorship shaU be
recognized is a matter of comparatively small moment, and may
be left for decision until the time for final revision and publica
tion, it being clear that we cannot be responsible for any part of
the work in the final determination of which we have no voice.
It may be proper at this point to remind our English brethren,
that, although we have regularly transmitted such suggestions as
occurred to us in examining their work, copies of which were
courteously furnished us, Ave have not yet been officially informed
of the action taken upon any of them.
5. The two questions of copyright and co-authorship are not
necessarily connected, so far as Ave are concerned. It is sufficient
for us to say that no copyright is sought by us, except for the
preservation of the purity of the text. It should be clearly u^;ider-
stood that our expenses are defrayed from wholly independent,
voluntary sources, and that we have no pecuniary interest or ob
ject in the pubUcation of the Eevised Version.
[* The report was made by Dr. Crosby as chairman of a committee previously
appointed, and was adopted unanimously, with the exception of Dr. Krauth, who
voted against it. 8

114 DOCUMENTAEY HISTORY OF THE
G It is equally clear, that the relation between the British
Committee and the University Presses is one Avith Avhicli we have
nothing to do. That is largely a pecuniary relation. Our claim
is a moral one entirely, and Avill in no way increase the expenses
of the University Presses. We ask no financial help from them ;
but we actuaUy put into the work, Avithout compensation, the
commercial value of our Uterary labors. It is our mature convic
tion that we should take no other position than that of Christian
scholars, giving our time and labor from a single-hearted interest
in the study and propagation of the Holy Scriptures.
We lay this plain statement of the case before our brethren,
hoping that they Avill fully appreciate the motive Avliich prompts it.
We are Avilling to go forward Avith the revision, as we have done
during the past four years, but Ave claim it as due to justice that
our share in the authorship be clearly recognized.

[Letter from Canon Troutbeck.]
4 Dean's Yard, Westminster, [
14 June, 1876. i
My Dear Sir :
I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 30, an
nouncing the dispatch of your notes on the Catholic Epistles,
which I hope wiU reach us in the same good condition as did
your last parcel containing your notes on the Acts.
I am requested by the Company to inform you that the Uni
versity Presses have prohibited them from sending you any more
of their work, and that untU this prohibition is removed they
have not the power to supply you Avith any more material.
I remain yours very truly, J. Troutbeck.
Rev. Db. Schaff.
ACTION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT COMPANY.
The New Testament Company at their meeting in the Bible
House, New York, July 0, 1876, having heard the letter from
Canon Troutbeck, took the foUowing action :
Resolved, That this communication from the British revisers be
referred to the general meeting of the Committee on September
29, at 9:30 a.m. (instead of 7:30 p.m., as before voted), and we ask
the concurrence of the Old Testament Company in this action.
J. Henry Thayer, Sedy of N. T. Co,

AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 115
The Old Testament Company at their session in New Bruns
wick, N. J., July 12, 1876, concurred in the above action.
John DeWitt,
Sed y pro tern, ofthe 0, T, Comp.
[Letter of the Rev. Dr. Cartmell.]
Christ's College Lodge, )
T.T -r. -i^ f. Cambridge, 10 Julv, 1876. j
My Dear Dr. Schaff : j, u.w. ;
I have given to your letter of May 5th much careful consid
eration. 1 transmit herewith the joint resolutions of the Delegates of
the Oxford Press and the Syndics of the Cambridge Press, in
reply to the resolutions of the American Committee dated Janu
ary 28, 1876.
The authorities of the Presses do not desire to urge upon the
American Committee the acceptance of the offer contained in my
letter of August, 1874. At the time, we thought the offer reason
able and equitable ; but as you are unable to accept it, we Avith-
draw it in every particular.
Also, considering the practical difficulty and uncertainty of es-
tabUshing in America a copyright m the Eevised Version, I think
the question of copyright had better be withdrawn from dis
cussion. And as I understand that the proposal to permit our revisers
to elect into their respective Companies members of the American
Committee was made solely in the hope of obtaining for the Com
mittee copyright in America,* this, of course, must be abandoned. '
The co-operation however of the EngUsh Companies and the
American Committee need not be discontinued ; and any arrange
ment for continuing it, I am persuaded, shall receive from the
authorities of the Presses favorable consideration, provided that
due security is taken to prevent the disclosure to the public of the
communications between the Companies and the Committee —
which must necessarily be confidential.
Believe me, my dear Dr. Schaff,
Very truly yours,
James Cartmell.
The Revehend Philip Schaff, D.D.
[* This is a mistake ; the arrangement was proposed mainly for the purpose of
securing the moral rights of the Am. revisers.]

116 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
EESOLUTIONS OF THE UNIVEESITY PEESSES.
Revision of the Authorized Veesioh: of the Holy Scriptures.
Memorandum.
The Delegates of the Clarendon Press, Oxford, and the Syn
dics of the University Press, Cambridge, have had under consid
eration the resolutions of the American Eevision Committee,
dated January 28, 1876, which have been communicated to them
by Dr. Schaff.
The Delegates and Syndics have resolved as foUoAvs :
1. That, whereas the terms stated by Dr. Cartmell on behalf of
the two Presses in his letter to Dr. Schaff, dated August 5, 1874,
have not been accepted, these terms be noAV Avithdrawn.
2. That, whereas the resolutions agi'eed to by the English Ee
vision Companies in July, 1875, Avere expressly declared to be
subject to the consent of the University Presses (as indeed they
must necessarily be), the Delegates and Syndics cannot consent
under present circumstances to give effect to such resolutions.
3. That tho American Committee be informed that, if they can
see their way to make any other proposals to the Delegates and
Syndics, such proposals shall receive respectful consideration, if
communicated not later than November 1st next.

ACTION OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.
42 Bible House, New York, )
September 30, 1876. f
[From the Minutes, pp. 111-113. The following report was prepared by the
officers of the two Companies and unanimously adopted by a full meeting.]
Whereas, we have received information from the Noav Testa
ment Company of the British revisers, under date of June 14,
1876, " that the University Presses have prohibited them from
sending any more of their work " ; and
Whereas, suice then we have been invited by the authorities
of the EngUsh University Presses and by the Eev. Dr. CartmeU,
in a letter dated July 10, 1876, "to make any other proposals
for continuiug the co-operation of the English Companies and
the American Committee " :
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AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION CO.MMITTEE. 117
the assurance made by the British Companies that they would
supply us Avith their revision, and we are unable to divine why
the fuUfilment of that agreement should have been prohibited ;
yet from the memorandum of the University Presses and the let
ter of the Eev. Dr. CartmeU we are glad to infer that the prohibi
tion has been or avUI be removed, and thus the original and nec
essary basis of co-operation re-established.
Resolved, II. That inasmuch as Ave have to assume a certain re
sponsibility for the revision in the United States, we regard it as
right for us, before any part of the revision goes finally to the
press, to know what shape it will ultimately take, if we are to
have one and the same revision for both countries.
We therefore propose that, prior to the publication of any
part of the revision, an attempt should be made to bring the
work of the British and American Companies into entire ac
cordance ; and, Avith this view, that a report be made to us of the
action taken upon our suggestions, thus affording an opportunity,
by conference or otherAvise, of securing a satisfactory adjustment
of any remaining points of difference. In case such an adjust
ment be secured, the American market will be freely open, Avith
our cordial endorsement, to the English editions of the revision,
with Avhatever commercial advantage may accrue to the Univer
sity Presses for a specified period.
Should the preceding proposal be unsatisfactory or impractica
ble, we submit the following alternative as a general basis, the
details to be adjusted hereafter :
That the EngUsh and American Committees continue to co
operate as heretofore by a confidential exchange of their labors,
working on the same principles and aiming at one and the same
revision of the English version ; yet reserving for each Committee
the right to A'ote finally on all questions, and to issue (in case it
be deemed best) tAvo recensions of the same revision, with such
differences as they may not be able to adjust to their mutual satis
faction—it being understood that, in this ease also, the American
Committee does not intend (and never did intend) to anticipate
the British publication of the revision, in whole or in part, or to
interfere with the free circulation of the editions of the University
Presses in the United States.
It is understood by the American Committee that the confiden
tial character of the communications between them and the
British Companies shall be sacredly observed as heretofore.

118 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY- OF THE
[Letter of Dr. Schaff to the American Revision Committee.]
JSSELL StREEI
January 4, 1877

London (Great Eussell Street), )

To the Bible Revision Committee, Neio York,
Dear Brethren :
Upon my arrival in Liverpool I set myself in communication
with the Eev. Dr. Cartmell, and after some preliminary corre
spondence I concluded with him an arrangement Avhich I here
with transmit to you. It is based upon our second proposition
without excluding the first, and leaves us free to carry out the one
or the other as we think best. There are no conditions attached
to it, but only two desires concerning the unity of the revision,
and its completion within the ten years originally fixed. In these
desires we ourselves fully share. The arrangement is therefore
as satisfactory as we can wish. It AviU be shortly submitted to
the University Presses and the EcAasion Companies for their for
mal ratification. I am assured by several influential members
that it Avill be cordially sanctioned by both.
I learn here that the New Testament Company has not yet
acted on our notes, except those on the Synoptical Gospels ; that
it is nearly done with the Hebrews, and expects to finish Eeve-
lation in May. After that it wiU proceed to the second and final
revision, and in connection with it carefully consider our emen
dations and suggestions. The Secretary promised me to send us
a full account of then- action. The Old Testament Company AviU
no doubt do the same.
In the meantime it is weU worth your consideration whether it
might not be better for you to revise the remaining books inde
pendently, and to consider the English revision on your second
revision, Avith a view to conform the two as nearly as possible. I
have, however, left directions for the transmission of new material.
Having accomplished all I could at present in England, L shall
now proceed to Bible lands Avithout any delay and return in May
or June, Avhen I shall see the British revisers and the representa
tives of the University Presses for any further business relating
to our work. I shall be Avith you in spirit at your monthly meet
ings, which it is a great priA'ilege to attend and a great loss to
miss. With the best Avishes for many happy New Years,
I am yours faithfully,
Philip Schaff.

AMEEICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 119
[Letter of Dr. Cartmell to Dr. Schaff.]
Christ's College Lodge, Cambridge, )
30 December, 1876. )
My Dear Dr. Schaff :
I am AviUing to recommend the Syndics of this Press to sanc
tion an arrangement something Uke the foUowing (which is based
on the second of the proposals contained in your letter of 30th
Sept. last) between the American Committee and the two English
Companies of revisers.
That the American Committee and the English Companies
continue to co-operate as heretofore by a confidential exchange
of their labors, Avorking on, the same principles, and aiming at
one and the same revision of the present English Authorized Ver
sion, yet reserving for the American Committee the right ulti
mately to decide for itself, independently of the English Compa
nies, any question on which an agreement cannot be arrived at,
and also the right to issue, subsequently to the publication of the
English Eevised Version, a recension of its own, if it thinks nec
essary so to do.
As a part of the arrangement I adopt with pleasure your own
words, merely saying by way of parenthesis that I never doubted
the assurances contained in them :
" It being understood that the American Committee does not
intend (and never did intend) to anticipate the EngUsh publica
tion of the revision, in whole or in part, or to interfere Avith the
free circulation of the editions of the University Presses in the
United States."
" It is understood by the American Committee that the confi
dential character of the communications between them and the
English Companies shall be sacredly observed as heretofore."
To this I desire to append two observations :
(1) I earnestly hope that a second recension may be found un
necessary, and that it may be possible to secure the substitution
of a single revised version for the present Authorized Version
which has hitherto been used so largely over the EngUsh-speak
ing world.
(2) As the ten years within Avhich our two Companies have
undertaken with the University Presses to complete the revision
are fast gUding away, the Companies Avill naturally be anxious to
secure as much rapidity as possible in the transmission of com
munications from the American Committee.

120 DOCUMENTARY' HISTORY OF THE
I will suggest to the tAvo Companies to make the American
Committee acquamted Avith the results of their deUberations upon
the proposed emendations Avhich the Committee have communi
cated to them.
You Avill kindly understand this letter as coming from myself
only. A more formal communication Avill be made to the Ameri
can Committee as soon as the Companies meet.
Believe me, my dear Dr. Schaff,
Very truly yours, James Cartmell.
The Reverend Philip Schaff, D.D.

[Reply of Dr. Schaff' to Dr. Cartmell.]
London (59 Great Eussell Street), (
January 3, 1877. \
My Dear Dr. Cartmell :
Your second letter, after my arrival in England, reached me on
the morning of the first of January — which happens to be my
birthday. It was, therefore, in a double sense, a New Year's
gift, and filled me with grateful joy at the prospect of a speedy
removal of the difficulty which has arisen betAveen the two re
vision Committees, and which might have been avoided had not
the ocean prevented personal conference and explanation.
In your communication of December 30th you kindly say that
you are wiUing to recommend the Syndics of the Cambridge Uni
versity Press to sanction what is substantially our second propo
sal, Avhich I had the honor to submit to you on the 30th of Sep
tember last, stating it almost in the very Avords of our action. So
far then the matter is virtuaUy settled, our consent being pledged
beforehand. To this arrangement you append tAvo observations to which I
heartily consent, with the following explanation :
1. You express the hope that a second recension of the Eevised
Version may be found unnecessary, and that but a single revision
be substituted for the present version.
The same desire is implied in our first proposition submitted to
you. To this we shall adhere, and Ave shaU resort to an Ameri
can recension only in case of imperative necessity. You wUl find
the American Committee ready to make every reasonable conces-

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 121
sion to the harmony and success of the work. But, in order
that we may act freely and intelligently, it is essential that the
British Companies inform us as early as convenient of the result
of their action on the American emendations and suggestions,
and thus enable us to reconsider the rejected changes and to
reduce the differences to a minimum or to remove them alto
gether. We should also be provided with confidential copies of
the final revision of the British Companies before it is given to
the public Avith our approval.
2. You express a desire for the speedy completion of the re
vision and the prompt transmission of the American communi
cations. Considering that the American Committee began its labors two
years after the British Companies, it has progressed as fast as the
nature of the work and the professional duties of the members
would permit.
The New Testament Company has finished the Gospels, the
Acts, the CathoUc Epistles, and the Epistles to the Eomans, i.e.,
all the parts which have been transmitted to us from England,
and — in the want of further supply of material — is now engaged
on the independent revision of the Epistle to the Hebrews. All
our notes have been transmitted in printed copies to the British
Company, except those on the Eomans — which are probably now
on the way ; but I learn since my arrival in England that our
notes have not yet been distributed nor considered, except those
on the Synoptical Gospels. There is every prospect that our re
vision of the New Testament iviU be completed before the elapse
of the decade originally contemplated as necessary for the
work. Our Old Testament Company has likewise exhausted the sup
ply from England (the Pentateuch and the Psalms), and may
shorten its labors by omitting the Apocrypha if necessary.
With the experience of four years' uninterrupted labor both
Companies can proceed with increasing speed, and it is certainly
their desire to do so.
I can see then no difficulty whatever remaining between us,
and aU that is left is the formal ratification of your recommenda
tion by the University Presses and the British Eevision Compa
nies. Our consent, I repeat, is already secured by our action of
September last. I am quite confident that after such ratification
the co-operation of the EngUsh and American Committees wiU,

122 DOCUMENTARY HISTOEY OF THE
with the blessing of Almighty God, go on smoothly and liarmoni-
ously to the happy conclusion of their common AVork.
Wishing you many happy New Years,
I am, my dear Dr. Cartmell,
Very truly yours, Philip Schaff.
p. g. — I beg leave to inclose the draft of five articles of agree
ment, which I prepared on board the steamer whUe crossing the
ocean, to be used if necessary as a basis of negotiations. They
are noAV superseded, but AviU show you how nearly our thoughts
met, and hoAV far the American Committee is wUling to protect
and aid the circulation of the University editions of the Eevised
Version during the period of the American copyright, or until the
adoption of the revision by the Churches in the United States.

MEMOEANDUM OF AGEEBMENT.
(third DRAFT SUBMITTED BY THE UNIVERSITY PRESSES, AUG. 3, 1877.)
As a preliminary it seems desirable to state, that the primary
object of the American Committee and the two English Compa
nies is assumed to be. To obtain one and the same revision
of the present EngUsh Authorized Version of the Holy Script
ures. For this end the following arrangement is proposed.
1. The English Companies will continue to send their first and
provisional version to the American Committee from time to time
for their observations thereon.
2. Such observations will be taken (as before) into careful con
sideration by the EngUsh Companies in connection with their
second revision. The English Companies will then communi
cate to the American Committee the results of their second re
vision. 3. The English Companies will give reasonable time for the
American Committee to return their remarks on any points that
they may think important in these last communications ; and,
although the English Companies are precluded by the terms of
their constitution from undertaking a third revision, they will
nevertheless take such remarks of the American Commit-

AMEEICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 123
tee into special consideration before the conclusion of then-
labors. 4. If any differences shaU stUl remain, the American Com
mittee wiU yield its preferences for the sake of harmony ; pro
vided that such differences of reading and rendering as the
American Committee may represent to the EngUsh Companies to
be of special importance, be distinctly stated either in the Preface
to the Eevised Version, or in an Appendix to the volume, during
a term of fourteen years from the date of publication, unless the
American Churches shall sooner pronounce a deliberate opinion
upon the Eevised Version with the view of its being taken for
pubUe use.
5. The English Companies Avill communicate to the American
Committee copies of their revision in its final form before it is
given to the public.
6. All communications between the American Committee and
the two English Companies relating to the work of revision to
be regarded (as heretofore) as made in the strictest confidence.
7. The American Committee will in no case interfere with the
interests of the two University Presses in the Eevised Version as
finally settled.
They will do what lies in their power to promote the freest cir
culation of the editions of the University Presses in the United
States, not only by abstaining from issuing any editions of their
own, but by recognizing the editions of the University Presses as
the authorized editions, and in all proper ways favoring such
issues and discouraging irresponsible issues, for the period of four
teen years.*
* In the first draft of the Memorandum which was submitted by the English
University Presses to the American Committee, February 28, 1877, the seventh
clause was as follows :
" The American Committee will in no case interfere with the interests of the
two University Presses in the Revised Version as finally settled, and will engage
to protect for a term of fourteen years the editions of such version against irre
sponsible reprints in the United States."
A second draft, which was submitted to Dr. Schaff, June 2D, 1877, while in
England, had the qualifying clause, " with the understanding, however, that if
the American Bible Society should be ready to publish an edition or editions of
the Revised Version before the expiration of the fourteen years, no objection be
made to such action."
The reason for omitting this clause in the third and last draft is stated iu Dr.
Cartmell's letter, p. 124. Dr. Day conducted the foreign correspondence in be
half of the Committee during the absence of Dr. Schafi in the Orient.

124 DOCUMENTAEY HISTORY OF THE
8. If the Eevised Version be adopted by the American
Churches, it shall, after such term of fourteen years become
public property in the United States, as the Authorized Version
is now.
Note. — By the term " American Churches " is understood all religious bodies
in the United States which use the present Authorized Version in their public

[Letter of Dr. Cartmell to Dr. Day.]
Christ's College Lodge, )
Cambridge, August 3, 1877. f
My Dear Sir:
The observations which you conveyed to us, in your letter in
the spring, upon the seventh clause of the Memorandum proposed
for regulating the relations between the American Committee and
the two EngUsh Companies of Eevision, have been carefuUy con
sidered. With the view of removing the objections which the Committee
have felt to clause seA'enth, another clause has been drawn up as
a substitute for it, which is expressed in nearly the words of your
letter of March 24, omitting, however, the reference to the con
tingency of the American Bible Society publishing an edition of
the Eevised Version before the end of the fourteen years, as we
think it objectionable to give the permission suggested.
I send herewith two copies of the Memorandum in its final form,
and I trust that it will be acceptable to the Committee.
I trust also that the Committee AvUl agree to its terms by a
formal resolution to be entered upon the minutes of their pro
ceedings. Will you have the goodness to retum to me one of the copies
of the Memorandum, Avith a copy of such resolution transcribed
upon the third page, and duly certified ?
Believe me, my dear sir,
Very truly yours,
James Cartmell.
The Reverend Dr. George E. Day, Secretary A. R. C.

AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 125
EATIFIOATION OF THE AGEEEMENT BY THE
AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.
(From the Minutes of the American Committee, Sept. 28, 1877.)
Resolved, That the American Bible Eevision Committee hereby
accept and ratify the agreement contained in the Memorial from
Dr. Cartmell accompanying his letter of 3d of August, 1877, with
the understanding in regard to Article 8th that the American
Committee assume no responsibility in regard to the action of the
American Churches, or in regard to any term beyond the period
of fourteen years.

[Letter of Dr. SchafE to Dr. CartmeU.]
New York, 42 Bhjle House, Oct. 10, 1877.
My Dear Dr. Cartmell :
Inclosed I have the honor to send you a copy of the Memo
randum of agreement between the two Committees on Bible Ee
vision, together Avith a resolution of the American Committee
accepting and ratifying the same.
The objection previously urged against Art. 7 was again con
sidered, viz., that our Committee has no legal power to protect a
book or editions of a book printed in a foreign country, and to
prevent irresponsible reprints which are likely to appear sooner
or later. AU we can do is to pledge our moral support to the
University editions for a term of fourteen years. This we have
concluded to do. At the same time we have waived our un
doubted right to publish an American edition, from Avhich our
necessary expenses of co-operation might be refunded, as the
expenses of the English Companies are provided for by the Uni
versity Presses. We have made this sacrifice in the inierest of
peace and harmony.
The exception taken to Art. 8 is based upon a strict construc
tion of its conditional language, but it is not supposed that the
University Presses intended to bind the Committee beyond the
specified term of fourteen years.
Believe me, my dear Dr. Cartmell,
Very truly yours,
Philip Schaff.
The Eev. James Cartmell, D.D.

126 DOCUJVIENTAEY HISTORY OF THE
FUETHEE ACTION ON THE AGEEEMENT WITH THE
UNIVEESITY PEESSES.
[From the Minutes of Sept. 25, 1880, p. 149.]
A committee consisting of Drs. Woolsey, Crosby and Thayer,
of the New Testament Company, and Drs. DeWitt, Day and
Chambers, of the Old Testament Company, was appointed to
report Avhat action, if any, is required from us in execution of our
agreement Avith the British Committee to protect their interests
on this side the ocean.
This committee withdrew, and after consultation recommended
that the American Eevision Committee adopt the following paper,
and that the same be given to the press as the true method of
meeting our engagement with the British Committee :
" The American Committee of Bible Eevision hereby announce
to the American public that only those editions of the New Eevis
ion, including marginal renderings, which are published or ap
proved by the University Presses of England will be recognized
by us as the authorized editions."
Voted, That the decision in regard to the time of publishing
the above announcement be deferred to the next meeting of the
Committee. [The above announcement was duly and widely made before the publication of
the Revised New Testament in May, 1881, but could not prevent the appearance
of irresponsible reprints.]

Correspondence with the University Presses concerning the delay of
the Memorial Copies,
(The University Presses and their agent in London had repeatedly assured
the American Committee by letter and cablegrams that they would for
ward the Memorial copies in time for simultaneous distribution to American
subscribers on or before the day of publication. May 17, 1881. The delay caused
great confusion and dissatisfaction, but it is fully explained in the following
letters, and relieves the University Presses and their agent of all blame.)
[Dr. Schaff to Professor Price.]
New York, June 8, 1881.
Professor Bartholomew Price, Oxford.
My Dear Sir :
FinaUy, the last four hundred Memorial copies of the Eevised
New Testament have arrived, nearly three weeks after its publi-

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 127
cation.in New York. They are stUl in the Custom House, and we
may have to wait for them yet a few days as things are subject
there to certain rigid rules. In the meantime our friends who
subscribed for a copy in expectation of receiving it on the day of
pubUcation are getting more and more impatient. The first
copies were not received in store till the 19th of May, and the
pressure on Nelson & Co. was so great that we could not deUver
them till the book was on sale in all the bookstores of the city.
I could give no explanation of the disappointment.
You have no idea, my dear Professor Price, to Avhat an amount
of censure, abuse and mortification we have been exposed by this
unaccountable delay. Letters are coming in every day with
charges of bad faith. If you and Mr. Frowde had not re
peatedly promised that we should have the books in good time
for simultaneous delivery on the day of publication, we would not
have ordered them.
The Memorial copy is beautiful and gives entir-e satisfaction. The
call for the Eevised New Testament continues to be enormous.
Already ten rival editions of all sizes and prices are in the field,
and more are advertised. The whole country Avill be flooded with
copies. Without American co-operation the sale would have
been very limited. The revision is bound to succeed in America.
I am, my dear sir,
Very truly yours,
Philip Schaff.
[Mr. Frowde to Dr. Schaff.]
Oxford University Press Warehouse, •\
7 Paternoster Eow, >•
London, E. C, July 4, 1881. )
Dear Sir :
I wish to teU you how deeply I regret having been unable to
ship aU your Eevised New Testaments in time for pubUcation
day, according to promise. My calculations were based upon
promises which I had received from the University Presses as to
when the quu'CS would be forthcoming, and assurances from the
managers of our binding house as to the rate at which the books
could be turned out. Much to my mortification aU these prom
ises and assurances proved, iu the event, false, as did also certain
representations that were made to me respecting the completion
of the work.

128 THE AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COJIJIITTEE.
All I can now do, is to offer you my most sincere apology for
my shortcomings, and express my sorrow that you should have
been subjected to so much inconvenience and annoyance in con
sequence. Believe me, yours obediently,
Henry Frowde.
Rev. Philip Schaff, D.D.

[Professor Price to Dr. Schafi.]
Secretary's Eoom, Clarendon Press, [
Oxford, August 4, 1881. f
My Dear De. Schaff :
Many thanks for your last letters. All moneys due from your
Eevision Committee in respect of the 2,100 copies of the Pica
Eoyal 8vo. edition of the Eevised New Testament have been
duly received, and I believe that a proper discharge has been sent
to your treasurer. I am very sorry that the books should not
have reached you as promptly as they should have done, but the
enormous demand, Avhich was so unprecedented and beyond all
expectation, outstripped our power of production, and delay in
deUvery became unavoidable. Now there is a lull, and we have a
large stock in the warehouse awaiting orders.
The Avork here has been subjected to very severe criticism, but
has, I think, come out substantially unscathed : it is, if I may so
say, only the fringe of it that has been burnt. The real merits of
the Avork are acknowledged, and it will in my opinion stand, and
eventually replace the King James Version.
Believe me to be, yours A^ery truly,
Bartholomew Price.
Rev. Dr. Schaff.
[Note. — It is only necessary to add in conclusion that the agreement of the Am.
Committee with the English Companies and the University Presses, printed on pp.
122-124, has proved satisfactory to all parties, and has been faithfully observed.]

i^att f outtfi*

SUNDEY ACTIONS OF THE AMEEICAN COMMITTEE.

SUNDRY ACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN COM-
MITTEE.
[This part contains a selection of resolutions and acts of the American Com
mittee which relate to their home-work.]

THE MEETING FOE OEGANIZATION.
[From the Minutes, p. 7, sqq.]
New York, Oct. 4, 1872.
The American Committee on the revision of the English
Authorized Version of the Bible met this day, at 2 p.m., at the
study of Dr. Schaff, No. 40 Bible House, to complete their organ
ization and make arrangements for the work before them.
Present: Drs. DeWitt, Green, Hare, Strong, Lee, Woolsey,
Abbot, Kendrick, Thayer, Schaff and Day.
Eev. Dr. Woolsey was appointed temporary chairman. After
prayer by Bishop Lee, the minutes of the last meeting were read
and approved.
Prof. Charles Short and Prof. James Hadley were unanimously
elected, and took their seats as members of the Committee.
Letters or messages were received from Professors Krauth,
Lewis, Smith, Hackett, Warren, and Eiddle expressing their regret
at not being able to be present, with the assurance of their con
tinued readiness to co-operate.
Printed copies of the revision by the British Companies, so far
as completed, viz., in the O. T. of Genesis, Exodus and Leviticus,
in the N. T. of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, were
then distributed to the members of the American Companies with
the express understanding that they should be regarded and kept
as strictly confidential.
After a brief statement by Dr. Schaff in regard to the present
state of the work of revision in Great Britain, and the desire of
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132 documentary history of the
tho American Committee, the following officers were chosen by
baUot : Eev. Dr. Schaff, Chairman,
Prof. George E. Day, Secretary,
Prof. Charles Short, Treasurer.
It Avas then voted
1. That the two Companies hold their meetings in New York.
2. That the officers of the Committee be authorized to secure
the room No. 42 in the Bible House for one year or less, and to
purchase the necessary furniture.
3. That Profs. Short, Day and Green be a committee to report
upon the means of obtaining the necessary funds for the prosecu
tion of the AVork of the Committee.
The two Companies then separated for the purpose of organiza
tion. On meeting again the 0. T. Company reported that they
had made choice of Prof. William Henry Green, Chairman, and
Prof. George E. Day, Secretary ; the N. T. Company reported that
they had elected Eev. Dr. Woolsey, Chairman, and Prof. Charles
Short, Secretary.
The Committee then adjourned to meet at No. 40 Bible House,
on Saturday, Nov. 2, at 9 a.m. George E. Dat, Secretary.

QUALIFICATIONS FOE MEMBEESHIP.
[From the Minutes, p. 11.]
New York, Nov. 30, 1872.
The Committee met this day at a quarter before 10 a.m., at No.
40 Bible House. Present, Drs. Schaff, De Witt, Conant, Bishop
Lee, Drs. Green, Hare, Day, Strong, Packard, Kendrick, Thayer
and Abbot.
* * * * The foUowing report from the Committee on New Mem
bers, presented by the Chairman, Dr. Schaff, was adopted :
" The Committee appointed to consider new nominations for
membership beg leave to report the following recommendations :
" 1. The primary qualification for membership is, known profi
ciency in biblical scholarship, in accordance Avith rule 5 of the
original commission of the Convocation of Canterbury, under
which the American Committee has been organized.

AMEEICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 1S3
" 2. No religious denomination can claim representation in the
Committee on purely denominational grounds.
" 3. It is proper and desirable that, in due subordination to the
first qualification, regard should be had to a fair representation of
the various denominations using the Scriptures, in the Authorized
English Version, and of the theological and literary institutions
of the country.
" 4. It is inexpedient, at present, to elect scholars residing at a
great distance from New York, unless it be as corresponding
members. " 5. The name of Eev. Dr. Crosby, Chancellor of the University
of New York, is proposed to fill the vacancy occasioned in the
New Testament Company by the resignation of the Eev. Prof.
Henry B. Smith, D.D."
In accordance with the last recommendation in this report, it
was voted that Eev. Howard Crosby, D.D., be nominated for
membership in this Committee, in place of Prof. Smith, resigned,
and that the vote be taken at the next meeting.
Prof. Charles A. Aiken, D.D., of Princeton, was also nominated
for membership in the O. T. Company ; Prof. Timothy Dwight,
D.D., of New ilaven, in tho N. T. Company, in place of Prof.
Hadley, deceased ; and Prof. Charles M. Mead, of Andover, in
the O. T. Company.
Adjourned to the last Thursday of December, at 7 p.m.
George E. Day, Secretary.

OEGANIZATION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
[Letter of Dr. Schaff to the Committee on Bible Eevision. From the Minutes, p. 71.]
42 Bible House, New York, May 14th, 1875.
Dear Brethren :
I am happy to inform you that I have succeeded at last m
securing the consent of about twenty gentlemen of different de
nominations and high standing in the community, to serve as
a Committee of Finance to co-operate with our Committee. After
repeated delays and disappointments, the first meeting was held
in this room May 12th, and an organization effected. The Hon.
Nathan Bishop, LL.D., was elected President, and Mr. A. L.

134 DOCUMENTARY HISTOEY OF THE
Taylor, Treasurer and Secretary. Mr. Taylor is Treasurer of the
American Bible Society, and has his office in the Bible House.
An appeal for funds has also been adopted, but may not be used
tiU my return from England ; for the Finance Committee, before
beginning their work in earnest, desire to know the result of our
negotiations with the British Committee concerning our precise
status in the final revision, as this will have a material bearing
upon the mode of their action, and the character of the appeal to
be made to American friends of revision.
I have, therefore, aU the more felt it my duty to comply with
the desire of the Committee as expressed in your resolution of the
March meeting, and to proceed to England.
I shall spare no pains to secure as favorable terms as possible
from the British Committee and from the University Presses. I
shall saU to-morrow in the Inman steamer "City of BerUn," and
hope to return in August. I shall make no claim on you for the
reimbursement of my traveling expenses.
To relieve you fi-om all financial care and effort during the year,
even if I should fail to organize the Finance Committee, I made
a special effort during the last few days to raise funds. I secured
$620 from a few friends, one of whom had already given $500.
This makes, in all, $1,325 raised by me during the year from May,
1874. I received also several good promises for further aid.
The treasury stands now as foUows :
Balance in hands of Prof. Short, May 12, . . . $1,064 06
" of my coUections paid this day to Mr. Taylor, 324 91

$1,388 97
This is more than enough for our expenses tUl the close of the
year. Mr. Taylor awaits your instructions for arrangements Avith
Prof. Short, our faithful and efficient Treasurer.
Wishing you aU a pleasant vacation, I am with great respect
and affection. Your brotUer and feUow-worker, Philip Schaff.
VOTES OF THANKS.
[From the Minutes, Sept. 25, 1880. (p. 151.)]
Voted, That at the close of the work of the Old Testament
Company, the books purchased for the use of the Committee be

AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 135
presented to our Chairman, Eev. Prof. Philip Schaff, D D in tes
timony of our appreciation of his important services and 'faithful
labors m the work of Bible revision.
[Prom the Minutes, Oct. 29, 1880. (p. 153.)]
Resolved, That the thanks of this (N. T.) Company be rendered
to Dr. Schaff for the efficient and constant and successful labor
which he has imposed upon himself in raising funds to meet the
expenses of the American Bible revisers, and in aiding the prog
ress of the work in various other ways. We regard these labors
as having been essential and vital to our success, and we ask the
Old Testament Company to join us in the expression of thanks.
[Prom the Minutes, Jan. 27, 1881. (p. 160.)]
Resolved, That the American Bible Eevision Committee recog
nize and acknowledge the efficient and cordial co-operation which
has been given to their work by the gratuitous services of Mr.
Andrew L. Taylor, and hereby record their thanks for the financial
furtherance of their labors due to his ready activity as their
treasurer. This acknowledgment was unanimously adopted.

PEEPAEATION OF DOCUMENTAEY HISTOEY.
[Prom the Minutes, Jan. 27, 1881. (p. 161.)]
The President, Dr. Schaff, was requested as a committee of this
body to prepare a report or documentary history of the American
revision work, with such reminiscences as the members might be
willing to contribute.
EESOLUTION OF OCT. 28, 1881, EBLATING TO ANNUAL
MEETING AND THE PEBFACE AND APPENDIX
TO EEVISED NEW TESTAMENT.
[From the Minutes (p. 165.), October 28, 1881.]
Voted, That an annual meeting of the Committee be held in Octo
ber, and that the members residing in the city of New York be a
committee of arrangements for the next meeting.
In regard to an inquiry proposed by Dr. Woolsey, whether it
would be proper for individual members of the Committee to pub-

136 DOCUMENTARY HISTOEY OF THE
Ush unfavorable criticisms upon any part of the revision, the Sec
retary was directed to enter upon the minutes the opinion gener
ally expressed that such criticism is the right of each member of
the Committee, but should be used in a way not to imperil the
general adoption of the revision.
In regard to our relations to the English Committee,
Voted, That the American Committee think that the Preface of
the Eevised New Testament ought to have stated expressly that
the American criticisms and suggestions were not only " closely
and carefully considered," but many of them adopted also, and that
the heading of the American Appendix ought to have been printed
according to promise, exactly as written, and not so changed as to
represent its appearance as a faA'^or instead of a right, by virtue of
agreement of August, 1877 ; and that they trust that in the Pref
ace and Appendix which shall hereafter be issued in connection
Avith the Old Testament these omissions may not be repeated.*

ACTIONS OF THE TWO COMPANIES AT THE ANNUAL
UNION MEETING, HELD OCT. 26, 1882.
[See Minutes, pp. 174^176.]
On motion it Avas voted that the resolution of the Old Testa
ment Company under date of April 28, 1882,t be approved and
adopted.

* This resolution was by direction of the 0. T. Company transmitted to the
British 0. T. Company, with explanatory note, July 19, 1883-
The heading of the American Appendix, as sent to England, was as follows
(nearly in the language of the Agreement with the University Presses) :
" The American N. T. Revision Company, having in many cases yielded their
preference for certain readings and renderings, jpresent the following instances
in which they differ from the English Company, as in their view of sufficient im
portance to be appended to the revision, in accordance with an understanding
between the Companies."
The English Company, without the knowledge or consent of the American
Company, has substituted for this the following heading :
"List of readings and renderings preferred by the American Committee, re
corded at their desire.''
•[ This refers to room rent and clerk hire, and is as follows :
At a meeting of the Old Testament Company held April 28, 1882, at No. 44
Bible House, the following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the Old Testament Company having heard Dr. Schaff state the
existing arrangements with the American Bible Society and the Pinance Commit-

AMEEICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 137
The report of the Committee of Arrangements was read, and
the recommendations it contained were considered in then: order.
It was Voted :
1. That a committee be appointed, with full editorial power, to
make all necessary arrangements for the pubUcation of the history
of the work of the American Bible Eevision Committee prepared
by Dr. Schaff, with the provision that this history be not issued
until the whole has been submitted in print to each member of
the committee, and passed upon at a meeting of the joint Com
mittee regularly convened. [The Committee of Publication ap
pointed under this resolution were Drs. Sehaff, Crosby, Chambers,
Dwight, Abbot, and Day.]
2. Voted, That two committees be appointed to draw up a digest
of the actual work of the American Companies, as it appears in
the pubUshed revision, to be presented in print to tho whole Com
mittee, but not published until ordered, and that the sum of one
hundred and twenty-five doUars, at least, be paid to each member
of said Committee for this special service.
[Under this resolution. Bishop Lee and Drs. Abbot, Eiddle,
Thayer, and Dwight were appointed on the New Testament ; and
Drs. Osgood, Green, Chambers, and DeWitt on the Old Testa
ment.] 3. Voted, That the Secretaries of the two Companies be re
quested to prepare a statistical report of the meetings of these
Companies. 4. Voted, That the consideration of the fourth recommendation
be postponed.*
The President was requested to present to Col. Elliott F.
tee, as detailed in the memorandum of tho Treasurer, Mr. Andrew L. Taylor
(dated April 3d, 1882), in regard to the room occupied by them, and the clerk em
ployed by the Finance Committee in their service, hereby express their entire
satisfaction with the same, and desire the same to be continued till the revision
work is completed.
Unanimously passed. W. Henky Geeen, Chairman.
Talbot "W. Chambers, Sec. pro tern,.
[Tho memorandum of Mr. Taylor referred to above and recorded in the Minutes, pp. 169-171,
provides that the Am. Bible Societ}- release the Revision Committee of all charge for rent in con
sideration of Dr. Schaff's paying annually " a proper and sufficient sum " for Us private use of
Booms 42 and 44, when not occnpied by the Committee.]
* The fourth recommendation was as follows: " That the expediency be consid
ered of the Companies holding further meetings to consider what changes it may
seem desirable to make finally in their work."

138 HISTOEY OF THE BIBLE REAaSION COMMITTEE.
Shepard the thanks of the Committee for his courteous invitation
to a social reunion at his residence this evening.
The following resolution was adopted :
Whereas, the Congress of the United States, at the request of
the Finance Committee, has unanimously remitted the usual duty
on the copies of the Eevised Version of the New Testament im
ported for the use of the Committee,
Voted, That the President and Secretary of this body be au
thorized to sign the legal papers required.

^latt ftfti).

MBMOEIAL PAPEES,

MEMORIAL PAPERS.

DE. HACKETT.
[Prom the Minutes, Nov. 26, 1875, p. 89.]
A committee consisting of Drs. Kendrick, Woolsey and Abbot
was appointed to draft a minute commemorative of our associate.
Dr. Hackett, deceased since our last meeting. They prepared the
foUowing paper, Avhich was ordered to be placed on our records
and a copy to be given to the press for publication :^
" With profound regret this Committee have to record the death,
since their last session, of the Eev. Dr. Horatio Balch Hackett,
one of our country's most eminent bibUcal scholars and a loved
and honored member of this board of revision. Dr. Hackett was
born in Salisbury, Mass., December 27, 1808. Having been grad
uated with high honor from Amherst College and Andover Theo
logical Seminary, he served for four years, first as adjunct Professor
of the Latin and Greek Languages and Literature in Newton Theo
logical Institution, and during the last six years as Professor of New
Testament Exegesis iu the Eochester Theological Seminary. In all
the positions his varied duties were discharged with eminent ability.
" As a biblical scholar he rose rapidly to take rank with tho
ablest scholars in our own and other lands. As a teacher he was
no less distinguished, uniting exact learning and A'igorous method
with a devout reverence for the sacred Word, and an intense en
thusiasm that kindled into life even the driest grammatical details,
he made his lecture-room, to all who frequented it, a place of un
wonted quickening and inspiration. As an author, his various
contributions to sacred literature have been exceedingly valuable.
His Commentary on the Acts is regarded abroad as well as at
home as of standard exceUence ; and his enlarged edition (under
taken in conjunction with Dr. Ezra Abbot) of Smith's Dictionary
of the Bible, to the English edition of which he was a contributor,
has greatly enhanced the value of that exceUent work, and won
for him the lasting gratitude of students of the Scriptures.
" Dr. Hackett came to feel deeply the need of improving our ex
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his valuable services to the American Bible Union, and when tho
American Board of Eevisers Avas organized to co-operate with the
EngUsh Eevision Committee, he entered heartily into the work as
a member of the New Testament section of our body. Though
his increasingly delicate health forbade his uniform attendance at
the meetings, yet his presence was always warmly greeted by his
colleagues in revision, and to his opinions, expressed Avith invari
able modesty, was accorded the weight due to ripe learning and
an admirably balanced judgment.
" In his personal character he was no less estimable. Eetiring
as he was in disposition and living in scholarly seclusion, foAV
knew hoAv deep and warm were his affections, and hoAV tender his
sympathies ; how refined Avere his tastes and how varied his culture ;
how wide was his outlook, and how just were his judgments of pub
lic affairs ; how fervid was his patriotism, and how humble and
unaffected was his piety ; in short, what a Avealth of noble and
Christian quaUties lay hidden beneath that quiet exterior. In aU
his relations as a man, a teacher, a scholar and a Christian he
commanded at once love and veneration, and his later pupUs were
wont to trace in his gentle and chastened enthusiasm a resemblance
to the 'Beloved Disciple' whose writings he so genially expounded.
Nobly has he accomplished his earthly work, and in the higher
sphere to Avhich death has translated him, he is enjoying, we
doubt not, the fruits of a life of faithful consecration to the serv
ice of the Church and the Church's Lord. With heartfelt grati
tude to Him Avho has given to the Church the blessing of such a
life we place on record this imperfect tribute to his high scholarly
and personal exceUence."
Resolved, That the Secretary of this Committee be requested to
transmit to the famUy of Dr. Hackett a copy of the above minute,
with the assurance of our tender sympathy Avith them in their
sore bereavement, and our prayer that the Heavenly Comforter may
impart to them His abundant consolations.
George B. Day, Sec.

PEOFESSOE TAYLEE LEWIS.
[From the Minutes, Jan. 25, 1878, pp. 132, 134.]
42 Bible House, New York, Jan. 25, 1878.
The foUowing paper respecting the Ufe and services of the late
Prof. Tayler Lewis was adopted unanimously. It Avas also voted

AMERICAN BIBLE REVISION COMMITTEE. 143
that it be recorded in the minutes and pubUshed in the religious
newspapers :
" The death of so distinguished a scholar as Dr. Lewis caUs for
a passing tribute from his brethren of the American Bible Ee
vision Committee. While his physical infirmities Umited his co
operation in our work to the occasional communication of written
suggestions, these were always highly prized, and his interest in
the progress and success of the Avork was by many signs known
to be deep and genuine. It was a source of much regret to the
Old Testament Company that they could not enjoy more frequently
and abundantly the results of his prolonged and profound biblical
and phUological studies.
"From the profession of the law, which he had entered. Dr.
Lewis early tumed to the more congenial Avork of a scholar,
teacher, and man of letters. For more than forty years he was by
profession a teacher, and was nearly the whole of this period con
nected first Avith the University of New York and later with
Union College. His special department was that of the Greek
language and literature ; and after disabling infirmities cut him
off from the ordinary work of the recitation room, his own genius
and enthusiasm continued to inspire class after class in the lecture
room, and in his parlors, with something of his own admiration
for Greek literature and philosophy. His studies in Hebrew and
the cognate languages began early and were prosecuted with char
acteristic energy and with rich results. His well-worn Hebrew
Bible bears witness, through his memoranda, to the frequency
with Avhich he had many years ago re-read it in course. And he
left behind him numerous and carefuUy elaborated comments on
many of its difficult passages. The Committee cannot withhold
the expression of the wish that these notes, or a judicious selec
tion from them, may yet be published, in addition to the biblical
studies which he had given to the public during his life. Dr.
Lewis was no recluse. In philosophical, political and theological
discussion he was deeply interested, and with unusual versatility
and power took ready part in such debates. He Avas not merely
a loyal and valiant, but an aggressive, champion of what he held
to be the truth. EspeciaUy were aU his energies and resources
ready for the most prompt and vigorous use in maintaining the
supremacy of the Word of God over all human thinking and liv
ing. With himself has passed away one who in the variety and
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144 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE
American scholarship, and whose memory wUl be cherished by
aU who appreciate his faithful labors for Christ."

DE. NATHAN BISHOP.
[From the Minutes, Sept. 25, 1880, p. 148.]
The foUoAving paper, prepared by Dr. Schaff, commemorative of
the late Hon. Nathan Bishop, LL.D., Avas adopted :
" The American Eevision Committee record with profound sor
row the death of Dr. Nathan Bishop, Chairman of the Committee
on Finance, who was called to his reward August 7, 1880, at Sara
toga, aged seventy-two years.
" We share in the universal esteem for his pure and consistently
Christian character, his amiable and catholic spirit, his sound
judgment, his generous liberality in promoting every good cause.
He Avas a man who delighted in doing good Avithout ostentation,
from principle and from pure love to his Lord and his fellow-men.
He took a deep and inteUigent interest in the revision movement
from the start, and never doubted for a moment its final success.
He Avas the most liberal and cheerful contributor toward the ex
penses of our Committee, and considered it an honor and privilege
to promote a cause so sacred and important to all readers of the
Word of God. His name is identified with the labors of this
Committee, and his memory will be cherished by all who person
ally knoAV him.
" Resolved, That a copy of this minute be sent to the widow of
Dr. Bishop."

DE. WASHBUEN.
[Prom the Minutes, Oct. 28, 1881, p. 163.]
The foUowing memorial paper, prepared by Bishop Lee, on the
death of Eev. Dr. Washburn, Avas read and adopted, and the Sec
retary Avas directed to send a copy of the same to his Avidow, and
also to the public press :
" Since the conclusion of the labors of the NeAv Testament Com
pany, it has pleased Almighty God to take out of this world one
of their number, the Eeverend Edward A. Washburn, D.D., Eector
of Calvary Church, in the City of New York.
" It is the desire of those associated so long with him in this

AMEEICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 145
important work to place upon their records an expression of their
high estimate of the character of their lamented feUow-laborer,
and of their affectionate regard for his memory.
" Dr. Washburn was a man whose marked abUity and noble
qualities commanded universal respect, whUe his ready sympathy
and kindliness endeared him. to a large circle of friends. He was
a scholar, assiduous audAvell trained, whose powerful mind readily
grasped and fed upon knowledge, both secular and sacred. As a
faithful pastor and an instructive, forcible preacher, he stood in
the foremost rank. In the pursuit of truth he Avas honest and
earnest, and in the avowal of his convictions fearless and out
spoken. In his Avliole intercourse he Avas remarkably transparent,
open and genuine — a man to be admired, trusted and loved.
" In the present revision of the English Bible his interest was
enUsted from the beginning. He took an early aud decided
stand as its advocate, and the first public meeting in this country
in behalf of the undertaking was held in his church. Disease,
against which he manfully struggled through a large part of his
life, drove him to a foreign land in search of health soon after the
labors of the Committee commenced, and after his return the same
cause often interrupted his attendance at our meetings. It has
been a source of great regret to his associates that they lost so
much of the advantage that would have accrued from his more
frequent co-operation. But when he could be with us his pres
ence was gladly Avelcomed, and his suggestions highly A'alued.
Upon his connection with this work we look back with satisfaction
and gi'atitude. He was not permitted to hail the public appear
ance of the volume to Avhicli he had given so much time and
thought, but its saving truths Avere dear to his heart, and we can
not doubt through divine grace were instrumental in preparing
him for the event which came so unexpectedly.
" Eemoved in the fiilness of his ripened powers and in the height
of his usefulness, his end might seem to us premature, but we bow
in submission to His will who doeth all things weU."

DE. BUEE.
[From the Minutes, Oct. 26, 1882, pp. 175-177.]
The foUoAving tribute to the memory of the Eev. Jonathan
Kelsey Burr, D.D., of the New Testament Company, deceased
10

146 DOCUMENTAEY HISTOEY OF THE
since our last meetmg, presented by Dr. Strong, was unanimously
adopted, and directed to be placed upon our minutes, with the
request to Dr. Strong to communicate tho same to the survivmg
members of Dr. Burr's family :
" The Eev. Jonathan Kelsey Burr, D.D., a member of the New
Testament Company of the American Bible Eevision Committee,
who died AprU 24, 1882, was born in Middletown, Conn., Septem
ber 21, 1825, and graduated from the Wesleyan University in 1845,
and in 1846 was a student in the Union Theological Seminary.
With the exception of the last two years of his life, when he was
gradually faUing with consumption, he spent the intermediate
years in the active ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
occupying several of the most important pulpits within the bounds
of the New Jersey and the NcAvark Conferences. As a preacher
and pastor he held a high rank in his denomination, and was uni
versaUy respected and beloved for his scholarly attainments, his
uniform urbanity, and his diUgent habits. He was the friend of
the rich and the poor alike, and was equaUy welcome and at
home in the elegant mansion and in the humblest dwelling. He
was a man of extensive reading, of refined taste, and of thorough
culture, as well as of deep but undemonstrative piety. Modesty
combined with activity was a marked feature of his character,
and his conduct in every relation of life evinced a genuine hearti
ness and an earnest sobriety which Avere the result of much self-
discipline, a just estimate of his OAvn powers and duties, and a
manly integrity of purpose. His Uterary quaUfication for the
position which he filled among us with so much ability, credit and
acceptableness, Avas also shown in a very exceUent series of anno
tations on the book of Job, and in occasional contributions to the
religious journals. His estimable Avidow has since deceased, and
two promising sons are thus left entire orphans. We record this
memorial in token of our appreciation of his character and serv
ices, and our sympathy with his surviving friends."

DE. KEAUTH.

At the regular monthly meeting of the Old Testament Company
of the American Bible Eevision Company held in the Bible House,
New York, February 23d, 1883, the foUowing tribute to the memory
of our late associate, the Eev. Dr. Charles P. Krauth, Vice-Provost

AMEEICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE. 147
of the University of Pennsylvania, was adopted and directed to
be presented to the whole Committee at their next annual meet
ing in order to be placed upon their records.
George E. Day, Secretary.
Charles Porterfield Krauth, D.D., LL. D.
Born March 17th, 1823, in Martinsburg, Va.
Died January 2d, 1888, in Philadelphia, Pa.
His paternal grandfather came to this country from Germany
in the latter part of the last century, and was teacher and organ
ist in one of the Eeformed churches. His father, Charles PhiUp
Krauth (1797-1867), was successively pastor of Lutheran churches
in Martinsburg and PhUadelphia, President of Pennsylvania Col
lege at Gettysburg, and Professor in the Theological Seminary at
the same place. Our friend and associate was his oldest son, and
consequently enjoyed great advantages in his early training. He
ivas graduated in 1839 from the college of which his father was
president, and immediately commenced theological studies under
Drs. Schmucker and Schmidt. Having concluded these with high
honor, he was ordained in 1842, and became pastor of a church in
Baltimore. Subsequently he held the same office in Winchester,
Va., and in Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1859 he was called to St. Mark's
Lutheran Church, PhUadelphia, and two years afterward became
editor of the Lidheran and Missionary, through which he made
himself Avidely felt throughout the religious press. In 1864 he
was appointed Professor of Theology and Church History in the
new Seminary then established in Philadelphia. In 1868 he was
elected to the chair of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy in the
University of Pennsylvania, and five years afterward was made
Vice-Provost of the institution. In the discharge of the duties
of these various offices, together with occasional preaching of the
Word, he continued untU his death, constantly growing in influ
ence and usefulness as time developed his rare qualities in guid
ing and stimulating the young men under his charge. But his
earthly tabernacle proved frailer than one would have supposed
from his commanding presence. He sought to gain relief from
growing infirmities by a visit to Europe in the year 1880, but the
improvement was superficial and short-Uved, and on the 2d day
of this year, after an iUness of a fortnight, he quietly feU asleep in
Jesus. Our friend did not round out the usual measure of man's days,

148 DOCUMENTARY HISTOEY OF THE
but he performed enough work to satisfy the most exacting de
mand. His course, whether in the pulpit, or the editorial room,
or the professorial chair, was one of incessant activity. His pub
Ushed Avritings are numerous. They consist not only of such
elaborate volumes as the Conservative Reformation and its Theol
ogy, the translation of Tholuck's Commentary on the Gospel of John,
the enlargement of Fleming's Vocabulary of Philosophy, a new
edition of Berkeley's Philosophical Writings, but also of various
minor treatises touching questions in Theology and Church His
tory, by which he exerted a vast influence in his own denomina
tion. His mind, strong and versatile by nature, was assiduously
cultivated from early youth. His studies were confined mainly to
theology iu its various branches, to philosophy and literature in
its Avide acceptation. He had accumulated a very large private
Ubrary (14,000 volumes) Avhicli was a selection as Avell as a collec
tion. He was, consequently, unusually Avell informed on all mat
ters relating to his chosen sphere, being a careful as Avell as a
constant reader. This fact made him a formidable antagonist in
any question respecting the history of opinion.
In his theological views he was a Lutheran of the Lutherans,
being a zealous defender and maintainor of the Augustana, pure
and simple, and he headed the reaction Avhich has been going on
for a generation in our country against the influences Avhich were
thought to assaU the integrity or the authority of the venerable
Confession of Augsburg. But Avhile he strove with all his might
for the preservation of Lutheran doctrine and order, he cherished
a catholic spirit, and took a cordial interest in the prosperity of
all evangelical Christians. He became a member of this body
from the commencement, and although hindered, sometimes by
professional engagements, at others by the state of his health,
from being as regular in attendance as was desirable, his presence
was always an advantage, and his large acquaintance with the
early EngUsh Aversions ofthe Scriptures, and with the best idioms
of our tongue, made his suggestions often of very great value in
the settlement of a disputed issue. In personal intercourse he
was one of the most deUghtful of companions, genial, courteous,
full of resources, sparkling Avith wit and anecdote^ yet always pre
serving the elevated tone of a Christian gentleman. It would
have been gratifying if he had been spared to witness the termi
nation of our labors, and rejoice Avith us in a successful result.
But the Lord saw fit to order events otherwise, and we bow in

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submission to His holy will, taking a melancholy pleasure in put
ting on record this testimonial to our departed brother. His
death is a great loss not only to the important religious body of '
which he was a shining ornament, but also to the whole Church of
Christ in this land, and to the republic of letters. Our country
has produced few men Avho united in their own persons so many
of the excellences which distinguish the scholar, the theologian,
the exegete, the debater, and the leader of his brethren, as did
our accomplished associate. His leaming did not smother his
genius, nor did his philosophical attainments impair the simpUcity
of his faith. All gifts and all acquisitions were sedulously made
subservient to the Gospel of Christ. He illustrated his teachings
by his life, and has left behind him a memory precious and fra
grant not only to his own large communion but to multitudes
beyond its pale.

Part Sixti).

EEPOET OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND
LIST OF DONOES AND SUBSCEIBEES.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
AND LIST OF DONORS AND SUBSCRIBERS.

OEGANIZATION OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Eevision of the English Scriptures for public use was undertaken as a
labor of love, without any prospect of reward except the consciousness of doing a
good work for the benefit of English-speaking Christendom. But no enterprise
of such magnitude, embracing so many workers and extending through more
than ten years, can be accomplished without considerable expense for traveling,
printing, clerical aid, books, room-rent and incidentals. The expenses of the
English Committee to the extent of $100,000 and more were assumed at an early
stage by the University Presses of Oxford aud Cambridge in consideration of the
exclusive right of publication within her Majesty's dominions. The expenses of
the American Committee were raised in our usual American fashion by voluntary
contributions. No aid was ever asked or ofEered from any foreign quarter.
For four years the contributions were solicited by the President and a few
members of the Committee ; Professor Short acting as Treasurer. A report was
made from time to time to contributors in parlor meetings. Some kind lay-
friends volunteered to relieve the Committee of this additional burden ; and in
May, 1875, a Committee of Finance in co-operation with the Revision Committee
was organized.
This Committee has raised all the necessary funds for the Revision work, first
by soliciting donations, and afterwards in the more convenient way of offering to
contributors of $10 each a presentation copy of the Memorial volume of the New
Testament. The responses enabled the Committee to return to the subscribers
what may be regarded as a full equivalent for their contribution. The Memorial
volumes were ordered from the University Presses and delivered free of charge.
They are gotten up in the very best style of printing and binding and have given
universal satisfaction. The Memorial copies will increase" in value as they grow
older and rarer. ,
The success of this plan induced the Pinance Committee to offer by a circular,
dated January 3, 1882, a Memorial Copy of the Eevised Old Testament bound
in levant morocco to every contributor of $20 towards meeting the expenses for
the completion of the work. The answer to this circular was prompt and liberal.
The result is thought to be sufficient for the completion of the work. If there
should be a balance left in the treasury it will be devoted to some benevolent
object connected with Bible Eevision or Bible distribution.
The gentlemen who flrst constituted the Finance Committee, or who afterward
became connected with it, are :

154 THE AMERICAN BIBLE EEVISION COMMITTEE.
Nathan Bishop, LL.D., New York. {D. 1880.)
Rev. Vi^illiam Adams, D.D., New York. (D. 1880.)
Rev. Thos. D. Anderson, D.D., New York.
Mr. A. S. Barnes, New York.
Mr. M. C. D. Borden, New York.
Mr. Alex'r Brown, Philadelphia.
Mr. Jas. M. Brown, New York.
Mr. Wm. A. CauldweU, New York.
Mr. AVm. E. Dodge, New York. (D. 1883.)
Eev. H. Dyer, D.D., New York.
Mr. John Elliott, New York.
Judge E. L. Fancher, LL.D., New York.
Prof. Wm Gammell, LL.D., Providence, R. I.
Mr. Johu C. Havemeyer, New York.
Mr. Morris K. Jesup, New York.
Mr. Francis T. King, Baltimore, Md.
Rev. Henry C. Potter, D.D., New York.
Mr. Howard Potter, New York.
Mr. S. B. SchiefEelin, New York .
Mr. Elliott F. Shepard, New York.
Mr. John Sloane, New York. (Resigned 1881.)
Mr. Roswell Smith, New York.
Rev. R. S. Storrs, D.D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr. Andrew L. Taylor, New York.
Mr. Chas. Tracy, New York.
Mr. John B. Trevor, New York.
Mr. Alex'r Van Rensselaer, New York. (D. 1878.)
Mr. Sam'l D. Warren, Boston, Mass.
Mr. Norman White, New York. (D. 1883.)
Mr. F. S. AVinston, New York.
The Officers of the Finance Committee have been :
Nathan Bishop, LL.D., Chairman (died, 1880).
Judge E. L. Fancher, LL.D., Chairman (since 1880).
Andrew L. Taylor, Treasurer.
The treasurer reports the total amount of contributions (including remission of
duties and other items) from the beginning of the work in 1872 to May 11, 1888,
as $44,761.60.
The expenses for the same period have been for traveling, for clerk hire, for
office" expenses, for printing, and for books $35,225.60, leaving a balance in the
treasury of $9,535.94 on May 11, 1883, on which date the account was examined
and certified to by the Auditing Committee.
The balance in hand will be used for the further expenses of the Committee,
for the publication of a Documentary History, and for the purchase of Memorial
copies of the Revised Old Testament.

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FUND
For Defraying the Expenses

American Bible Revision Committee,
FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK,
October, 1872, to March ist, 1881.

Some donors in the following list hftve contributed more than once. The
amount set opposite their names is the aggregate of their several contributions.
Future contributions will be acknowledged in a supplementary list.

Abbe, Eobt, New Tork 
Abbot, Geo. Maurice, Phila. . .
A Friend, (thro' Dr. Schaff) 
A Friend 
A Friend 
A Friend 
AFriend (by Rev. Dr. Pomeroy),
Cleveland, O 
A Friend (thro' Dr. Sohafif) 
A Friend (thro' Dr. Schaff) 
AFriend (thro' Dr. Schaff) 
A Friend (thro' Dr. Schaff) 
Agnew, Alex. McL., New York..
Aiken, Wm. A., Norwich, Conn.
Aitken, John, New York 
Alabaster, J., Ann Arbor, Mich.
Albright, Joseph J., Scranton,Pa
Alexander, Jas. "W., New York. .
Alexander, Wm., Toronto, Can
ada 
Allen, Arthur H., (Rev.) Islip, N.
Y 
Allen,Miss Candace,Providenoe,
E. I 
Allen,R. D.H., Pequabuck,Conn
Allen, Wm. H., Phila 
Allinson, Saml, Yardsville, N. J.
Anonymous 
Anonymous 
Anonymous 
Anonymous 
Appleton, J. H. (Eev.) New
York 
Armsby, A., Millbury, Mass. ...
Armstrong,H. K.,PennYan,N.Y.
Armstrong, Miss Sarah H., New
York 
Arnold, Mrs., New York 
Arnold, D. H., New York 
Atkins, D. F., Brooklyn, N. Y..
Atwood, N. L., New York 
Auchincloss, Hugh, New York. .
Auohinoloss, J. W., New York..
Austen, Edward, Orange, N. J.
Ayorigg, Benjamin, Passaic, N.J.

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20 00
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Backus,JohnC.,(Eev.)Baltimore 10 00
Bacon, S. J., New York  20 00
Bailey, Latimer, New York  75 00
Baird, John, New York  20 00
Baker, H. E., Detroit, Mich  6 00
Baker, H. K., Hollo well, Maine. 10 00
Baker, Miss Julia, New York. . . 10 00
Baker, John R., Phila  10 00
Baker, Miss P. A., New York. . 10 00
Baldwin, Mrs., New York  10 00
Baldwin, C. H., Columbia, S.
C  10 00
Baldwin, J. G., New York  40 00
Baldwin, M. G., New York  10 00
Baldwin, Simeon E., New Haven
Conn  50 00
Baldwin, W. A., Newark, N. J.. 10 00
Ball, John, Grand Rapids, Mich 10 00
Banks, James L., New York  25 00
Barbour, Robt., Lake George,
N. Y  10 00
Barbour, Wm., New York  5 00
Barker, Mrs. E. L., New York. . 10 00
Barlow, George, Brooklyn, N. Y. 10 00
Barlow, J. M., New York  50 00
Barnard, F. A. P., (Rev.) New
York  10 00
Barnes, A. S., New York  120 00
Barnes, Theo. M., New York. . . 10 00
Bartlett, Edward 0., Kingston,
R. 1  1000
Bartlett, Mrs. M., Boston  10 00
Barton, Mrs. Wm., New York.. . 10 00
Bascom, John, Madison, Wis
consin  5 10
Bash, H. M., Baltimore  10 00
Bates,Dan'l M., (Rev.) Shanghai,
China  l" "0
Bates, James L., Columbus, 0. . 5 00
Bavard, C. M., Phila  10 00
Beadleston, W. H., New York. . 20 00
Beall, Rob't, Washington, D. C. 10 00
Beecher, Willis J. , (Rev. )Auburn,
2^ Y  "00
Beeknian," Gerard, New York. . . 10 00

,156

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

Belknap, A. B., New York  10 00
Belknap. M. L., Louisville, Ky. 30 00
Belknap, Robert Lenox, New
York  10 00
Benedic, Charles, Waterbury,
Conn  125 00
Benedict, E. C, New York  30 00
Benner, F., Baltimore  10 00
Bennett, Jas. A., New York  5 00
Benton, A. L., (Rov.) Fredonia,
N. Y  10 00
Berard, Miss A. Blanche, AVest
Point, N. Y  10 00
Berrian, Edward P., New York. 10 00
Berry J. Romeyn. (Rev.) Mont-
clair, N. J  10 00
Bettle, Jr., Edward, Phila  10 00
Beyer, F., Carleton Place, Out. . 10 00
Biddle, Miss AnneE., Phila. ... 10 00
Biddle, Edward C, Phila  20 00
Biddle, John, Phila  10 00
Biddle, Mrs. T. A., Phila  10 00
Bill, A. W., (Rev.) Menominee,
Mich  5 00
Birdseye, Clarence F.,New York 10 00
Bishop, Nathan, New York  800 00
Bishop, Mrs. Nathan, New York 100 00
Bissell, A. P., (Rev.) Delhi, O. 10 00
Bitting, C. C, (Rev.) Baltimore 10 00
Bittinger, Rev. J. B., Sewickley,
Pa  10 00
Blackall, C. R., New York  5 00
Blaikie, John L., Toronto, Can
ada  10 00
Blair, Wm., Chicago, HI  25 00
Blake, Chas. M., (Rev.) San
Francisco, Cal  10 00
Blakiston, P., Phila  50 00
Blatohford, E. W., Chicago, 111. 20 00
Bogert, Henry A., New York. . . 10 CO
Bohlen, John, Phila  100 00
Bohlen, Mrs. P. M., Phila  25 00
Bonner, Robert, New York  100 00
Boone, Thos., (Rev.) Savannah,
Ga  10 00
Boorman, Miss A., New York. . . 10 00
Boorman, Miss Laura, New York. 10 00
Boorman, Miss Mary, New York 10 00
Borden, Mrs. J. G., Brewster,
N. Y  10 00
Boyoe, Jas. P., (Rev.) Louisville,
Ky  10 00
Bradford, J. Russell, Boston  10 00
Branch, James C, (Rev.) Savan
nah, Ga  10 00
Bradford, Martin L., Boston. . . 10 00
Branch, Thos. P., Augusta, Ga. 20 00
Brand, James, New York  20 00
Brantley,W.T., (Rev.) Baltimore 10 00
Brauns, F. L., Baltimore  10 00
Brauns, P. W., (Rev.) Baltimore 10 00
Bremer, John L., Boston  100 00
Brewer, H. 0., Kansas, City, Mo. 10 00
Briggs, James H., New York. . . 10 00
Briggs, Mrs. W. T.,East Douglass

Mass  10 00
Bright, Edwd., (Eev.) New York 10 00
Brimmer, Martin, Boston .... SO 00
Brinckerhoff, E. A., New York.. 150 00
Brocksmit, J. C, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa  10 00
Brodie, Wm. A., Geneseo, N. Y. 10 00
Brooks, Phillips, (Rev.) Boston. 10 00
Brouwer, Geo. H., New York. .. 10 00
Brown, Alex., Baltimore  10 00
Brown, Alex., Phila  200 00
Brown, Geo. S., Baltimore  10 00
Brown, Geo. Wm., Baltimore.. . 10 00
Brown, I. Wistar, Phila  10 00
Brown, James, New York  300 00
Brown, J. M., New York  10 00
Brown, James M., New York. . . 200 00
Brown, John Crosby, New York 20 00
Brown, John J., Paterson, N. J. 10 00
Brown, Robt. , Jr. , Cincinnati, O. 50 00
Brown, Stewart, New York  250 00
Browne, Henry H.,Brooklyn,N.Y 10 00
Brunot, Fehx, Pittsburgh, Pa... 50 00
Bruton, J. W., Baltimore  10 00
Buell, James, New York  50 00
Bulkley, Eliza A., Southport,
Conn  10 00
Bull, Henry K., New York  10 00
Bull, Wm. L., Phila  10 00
Bullock, F. S., Baltimore  10 00
Bumstead, H. Willis, Boston. . . 20 00
Burkhalter, Stephen, New York. 20 00
Burt, Miss H., New York  10 00
Bush, L., P. Wilmington, Del.. 10 00
Bussing, John S., New York. . . 5 00
Butler, Charles, New York  20 00
Butler, B. F., New York  10 00
Campbell, Miss Isabel, New York 10 00
Campbell, H. P., New York  5 00
Campbell, Mrs. B., New York. . 10 00
Candy, Wm.S., Milwaukee, Wis. 5 00
Canfield, Mary C, Princeton,
N.J  300 00
Carey, Jr., John, New York  50 00
Carey, Saml. E., Keokuk, Iowa. 5 00
Carpenter, George M., Provi
dence, R. I  10 00
Carpenter, R. B., Portchester. . 10 00
Carson, Mrs. M. G., New York. 5 00
Carter, Aaron, New York  5 00
Cary, John G.,Roxbury Statioti,
Mass  10 00
Catlin, F. W., Brooklyn, N. Y. . 10 00
Caughey, John A., Pittsburgh,
Da  10 00
" Cash," New York  5 00
" Cash," New York  5 QO
" Cash," New York  2 00
" Cash," Hampton, Va  10 00
CauldweU, Wm. A., New York. 200 00
Chaffee, Mrs. Eugene, W., Moo-
dus, Ct  10 00
Chamberlain, L. T., (Rev.) Nor
wich, Conn  10 00

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

157

Chambers, Robt. B., Providence,
K. 1  10 00
Chapin, E. P., Springfield, Mass 10 00
Chapin, John E. (Rev.) Neenah,
Wis  5 00
Chapin, J. H. (Rev.) Meriden,
Conn  10 00
Chapin, W. C, Providence. R. I. 10 00
Chapman, Chandler P., Madison,
Wis  5 00
Charlier, Elie, New York  150 00
Charlier, Elisee, New York  25 00
Charlton, John, Lynedoch, On
tario, Canada  10 00
Chester, H. W., Port Huron,
Mich  10 00
Cheston, Gallway, Baltimore ... 10 00
Cheston, James, Baltimore  10 00
Childs, Mrs. Harvey, Pittsburgh,
Pa  10 00
Chittenden, Mrs. Mary H.,
Brooklyn, N. Y  10 00
Christian Union, New York  10 00,
Clapp, A. H., (Rev.) New York.. 50 00
Clark, D., (Rev,) Boston  10 00
Clark, Jas. S., New York  10 00
Clark, Geo. C, Rushville, lud.. 10 00
Clark, Wm. Mortimer, Toronto,
Can  20 00
Clark, R. S., New York  75 00
Clark, W. N., New York  10 00
Clarke, J. C, St. Clair, Mich. . . 10 00
Clarke, T. A., New York  5 00
Clayton, John, Phila  45 00
Clement, J. L., Neenah, Wis ... 5 00
Cloyd, Jas. C, New York  10 00
Coale, Katherine B., Baltimore. 10 00
Coats, James, Providence, E. I.. 100 00
Cobb, Miss Annie C, Freehold,
N. J  10 00
Cochran, H. C, Phila  10 00
Coffin, Charles F., Eichmond,
Ind  10 00
Coffin, Lemuel, Phila  50 00
Coleman, E. W., New York  10 00
Coleman, Mrs. T. I., New York. 5 00
Coles, Miss Mary, Phila  10 00
Colgate, Bowles, New York  25 00
Collection at Lake Mohonk
House, through Dr. N.
Bishop  9 00
Collins, Mrs. Ellen, New York.. 10 00
Collins, Sheldon, New York. ... 25 00
Colton, C. F. Mrs,, New York. . . 5 00
Condit, Blackford, Terre Haute,
Ind  10 00
Condit, Frederic, Providence,
R. 1  10 00
Condit, Isaac L., Parsippany,
N. J  10 00
Conger, Clarence R., New York. 10 00
Conklin, N. W., (Rev.)NewYork 20 00
Oonkling, D. B., (Rev.) Savan-
nan, Ga  10 00
Contoit, Chas. H., New York. . . 10 00

Cook, Mrs. Ann Eebekah, Nev/
York  80 CO
Cook, Paul, Troy, N. Y  10 00
Cooke & Co., Jay, New York  100 00
Coolidge, A. L., Boston  25 00
Cope, M. C, Phila  25 00
Corliss, Geo. H., Providence,
K- 1  100 00
Craig, Hector, New York  50 00
Craig, Thos., Montreal, Canada. 10 00
Crandou Frank P., Chicigo, III. 10 CO
Crane, Mrs. Edward, New York. 10 00
Crane, Mrs. Mary E., Dalton,
Mass  ]() 00
Crawford, A., San Francisco,
Cal  5 00
Cresson, Chas. C, Phila  10 00
Cressou, Wm. P., Phila  25 00
Crosby, Mrs. E. M., New York. . 5 00
Cruger, S. V. R., New York  10 00
Curtis, Wm. C, (Rev.) Rich
mond, Maine  10 00
Curtiss, Samuel Ives, (Eev.) Chi
cago, III  10 00
Gushing, G. W. B., New York. . 10 00
Daggett, A. S., Phila  10 00
Dalrymple, E. A. (Rev.) Balti
more, Md  10 CO
Darrow, Wm., New York  20 CO
Davenport, S. Aug., (Rev.)
Honey Grove, Pa  10 00
Davis, O. F., Omaha, Neb  5 00
Davis, Theo. R., New York  10 00
Dawson, Joseph H., Norfolk, Va 10 00
Day, Frank A., Boston  10 00
Day, Henry, New York  160 00
Deane, John H., New York  100 CO
Decker, David, Elmira, N. Y. . . . 10 00
Deems, J. Harry, Baltimore. ... 10 00
DeForest, H. G., Nev/ York  150 00
Delano, Miss E. D., Hardwick,
Vt  10 00
Denslow, Chas. W., Mendocino,
Cal  10 00
Dickinson, Mies E. B., New Bed
ford, Mass  10 00
Dickson, Mrs. S. H., Phila  20 00
Dillingham, Mrs., New York. . . 5 00
Doan, W. H., Cleveland, 0  10 00
Dodge, Wm. E., Now York  275 CO
Dodge, Jr., Wm, E., New York. 200 00
Douglas, Mrs. Hugh, Nashville,
Tenn  10 00
Dowd, Wm., New York  10 00
Downer, Mrs. E., New York. ... 30 00
Drake, C. D„ Washington, D. C. 10 00
Drake, James H., New York  10 00
Draper, W. F., Andover, Mass. . 10 00
DuBois, Abram, New York  20 00
DuBois, M. B., New York  10 00
Dulles, John Welsh, Phila  10 00
Dunham, Austin, Hartford, Ct. 100 00
Dunham, G. H., New York  25 00
Dunlop, John,. Richmond, Va. . 10 00

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

Dunn, James, Petersburg, Va. . 10 00
DusenbeiTj-, Charles E., Troy,
N. Y  :. 5 00
Dwight, John, New York  50 00
Easter, Hamilton, Baltimore. . . 10 00
Eaton, D. G., Brooklyn, N. Y. . 10 00
Eaton, J. R., Liberty, Mo  10 00
Eaton. T. T., (Rev.) Petersburg,
Va  10 00
Eccleston, J. H, (Rev.) Newark,
N. J  20 00
Eddy Zachary, (Rev.) Detroit,
Mich  10 00
Edwnrdes, Mrs. Emily H,, New
York  10 00
Edwards, Sam'l, (Rev.) Milford
Pfi  10 00
Edwards, Walter, New York  240 00
Eells, M., (Eev.) Skokomish,
Wash. Terr  10 00
Eliot, Boyd, New York  10 00
ElHot, Wm., Iroquois, Ontario. 10 00
Elhott, John, New York  150 00
Elwood, A. R., Richfield Springs,
N. Y  10 00
Ely, Geo. H, Cleveland, 0  5 00
Ely, Mrs. Horace S., New York. 10 00
Ely, Nathan C, New York  10 00
Ely, Rich'd S., New York  30 00
Ely, Z. Styles, New York  45 00
Emerson, George B., Boston. . . 50 00
Emerson, Mrs. M. R., Concord,
N. H  10 00
Emott, James, New York  10 00
Ensign, F. E., Boise City, Idaho
Terr  10 00
Errett, Isaac, Cincinnati, O  10 00
Estes, Charles, Augusta, Ga  10 00
Everson, D. S.. New York  30 00
Fairbanks, Franklin, St. Johns-
burg, Vt  10 00
Falconer, Mary S., Sharon, Wis. 10 00
Paris, Wm. W., Clinton, III  10 00
Farnam, Henry, New Haven, Ct. 200 00
Farnham, Wm. H., Milwaukee,
Wis  10 00
Farnsworth, Ezra, Boston  50 00
Farnum, Mrs. Elizabeth H.,
Phila  45 00
Farr, J. M., New York  60 00
Fay, Jos. S., Boston  25 00
Fellows, Eichard S., New Haven,
Ct  :  50 00
Ferguson. Bryant, Phila  5 00
Ferris, Prank A., New York  10 00
Field, Miss Alice D., New York. 10 00
Field, Cyrus W., New York  300 00
Field, David Dudley, New York. 10 00
Field, Henry M. (Eev.) " 10 00
Field, Wm. T., Easley Station,
S. C  1100
Fisher, Richard D., Baltimore. . 10 00
Fisher, Wm. A., Baltimore  10 00

Fisher, Wm. P., (Rev.) Bruns
wick, Me  10 00
Fitch, Wm., New Haven, Ct. ... 200 00
Fithian, Miss J. C, Woodbury,
N. J  10 00
Flint, Waldo, Boston  10 00
Forrester, H. M., New York  5 00
Forsyth, John, (Rev.) West Point,
NY  10 00
Foster, Lafayette S., Norwich,
Conn  SO 00
Fox, Mrs. Jane Bleecker, New
York  100 00
Francis, Judson T., New York. . 10 00
Francis &Loutrel, New York. . . 31 00
Franklin, S., San Francisco,
Cal  10 00
Eraser, Jas., New York  10 00
Fraser, R. E., Georgetown, S. C. 10 00
Eraser, Thos., (Eev.) San Fran
cisco, Cal  5 00
Frazier, Jr., W. W., Phila  100 00
Freeland, Theo. H,, New York. . 10 00
Frelinghuysen, F. T., Newark
N. J  25 00
French, Edward W., (Rev.) Jer
sey City Heights, N. J  10 00
Frick, AV. F., Baltimore  10 00
Fnssell, A. S., New Yor.k  10 00
Frost, R. S., Boston  25. 00
Frothingham, Chas., New York. 5 00
Fruer, E. P., Toronto, Ont  10 00
Fuller, James M., New York. . . 30 00
Fussell, M. T., New York  10 00
Gage, Alva, Charleston, S. C  10 OO
Gallatin, A. E., New York  10 00
Gammell, Wm., Providence,
R. 1  100 00
Garrett, T. H., Baltimore  10 00
Gasten, Robt., Brooklyn, N. Y.. 10 00
Gates, C. P., Chicago, III  10 00
Gaylord, AVm. L., (Rev.) Chico-
pee, Mass  10 00
Gibson, Churchill, J., (Rev.)
Petersburg, Va  10 00
Gibson, Mrs. P. H., Richmond,
Va  10 00
Gilman, John S., Baltimore. ... 10 00
Gilman, Theodore, New York. . 50 00
Gilman, Jr., AV. S., New York. . 10 00
Glenn, John, Baltimore  10 00
Goddard, E. AV., Concord, N. H 20 00
Goddard, Thos. P. J., Provi
dence, R. 1  100 00
Gouoher, Jno. F., Pikesville, Md 10 00
Gourdin, Robt. N., Charleston,
S. C  20 00
Grant, Miss E. M., Phila  5 00
Graves, Geo. L., Milwaukee,
AVis  5 00
Gray, Geo. C, (Rev,) Cambridge,
Mass  10 00
Grayton, Miss Mary E., New
York  10 00

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

159

Green, Mrs. Ashbel, New York .
Green, Caleb S., Trenton, N. J.
Green, John C, New York 
Greene, E. K., Montreal, Canada
Greene, Jacob L., Hartford, Ct. .
Greene, Stephen, Phila 
Gregory, H. D., (Rev.) Blairs-
town, N. I 
Greshom, John J., Macon, Ga. . .
Grier, John D., Chambersburg,
Pa 
Griffis, Wm. E., (Rev.) Schenec
tady, N. Y 
Grosvenor, Wm., Providence,
R. I 
Grover, W. O., Boston 
Groynne, Cettie M., New York.
Gulick, U. D., (Rev.) Brooklyn,
N. Y 
Hagerman, J. J., Milwaukee,
Wis 
Hale, Edward E., (Rev.) Box-
bury, Mass 
Hall, Mrs. Clara B., Blue Rap
ids, Kansas 
Hall, Edwin 0., Honolulu, Sand
wich Islands 
Hallock Leavitt H. (Rev.) Win-
sted, Ct 
Halsey, Sam'l P., Brooklyn, N.
Y 
Halstead. P. S., New York 
Halsted, J. M., New York 
Halsted. Robt., New York 
Ham, James M., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hamilton, Marmaduke, Savan
nah, Ga 
Hammersly, John AV., New
York 
Hammond, Mrs. George W.,
Boston 
Handy, T. P., Cleveland, O 
Hankinson, John H.; New York
Happer, A. P., (Rev.) Canton,
China 
Harbison, S. P., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hardwick, B. C, Roxbury, Mass.
Hardy, Alpheus, Boston 
Harley, Mrs. M. G., Barnwell,
S. C 
Harmon, E., (Rev.) Winchester,
N. H 
Harper & Bros., New YorK 
Harrington, AVm., Columbus, 0.
Harris, J. Campbell, Phila 
Harris, W. Hall, Baltimore 
Harris, Young L. G., Athens,
Ga  -. 
Harrison, Geo. S., Pbila 
Harrison, John, Troy, N. Y. . . .
Hart, W. D., (Rev.) Little Com
pton, R. I 
Hartshome, Henry, German-
town, Phila 

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Hartzell, Joseph C, (Rev.) New
Orleans, La 
Harvey, Henry D., Baltimore. . .
Hastings, Thos. S., (Rev.) New
York 
Hatch, H. E., Cleveland, 0. . . .
Havemeyer, J. C, New York. . .
Haven, Henry P., New London,
Ct 
Hawkes, AVinfield Scott, (Rev.)
So. Hadley Falls, Mass 
Hawley Martin, Baltimore, Md .
Haynes, D. F., Baltimore 
Hays, Geo. P., (Rev,) Washing
ton, Pa 
Hays, Jacob, New York 
Hays, AV. H., New York 
Hazard, Rowland, Providence,
R. I 
Hedges, Miss C. A., New York. .
Heermance, E. L. (Rev) 
Helm, Thos., Jackson, Miss. . . .
Hemenway, C. C, (Rev.) Au
burn, N. Y 
Henderson, C. M., Chicago 
Henry, John F.. Louisville, Ky.
Henry, Maria C, New York 
Henry, Wm. Wirt, Richmond, Va
Hewes, David, Oakland, Cal. . . .
Higbee, E. C, Cleveland, 0 . . .
Hightower,A. H., Mountville,Ga
Hildeburn, AVm. L., Phila 
Hildreth, Edward, Colorado
Springs, Col  :
Hilton, Wm., Boston 
Hinckley, S. T., Elgin, 111...
Hinman, Wm. K., New York. . .
Hitchcock, P. M., Cleveland, 0.
Hitchcock, Roswell D., (Rev.)
New York 
Hitchcock, Jr.j EosweU D.,
Washington 
Hoe, Eobt., New York 
Hoe, Jr., Mrs. Richard M., New
York 
Hoffman, F. E., Madisonville, O.
Holden, Mrs. Horace, New
York  - .
Holland, J. G., New York 
HoUister, Nelson, Hartford, Ct.
Holman, A. J., Phila 
Holton, E. D., Milwaukee, AVis.
Hooker, Henry T., Syracuse.
N.Y  ;••
Hooper, Alcaeus, Baltimore . . .
Hope, Geo. T., New York 
Hoppin, Jr., W. W., New York.
Horver, J. G., Cleveland, 0. . .
Houghton, H. 0., Cambridge,
Mass 
Hou ghton, Herbert R. , New York.
How, B. W., New York 
Howe, S. G., Oswego, N. Y 
Hoyt, Oliver, New York 
Hubbard, Eli A., Springfield,

10 00

10 00

20 00

20 00

90 00

100 00

10 CO

10 00

10 00

10 00

25 CO

15 CO

100 00

20 00

100 CO

10 00

10 00

10 00

10 00

10 00

10 00

10 00

5 00

10 00

5 00

10 00

100 00

10 00

, 20 00

100 00

20 00

10 00

35 00

10 00

10 00

15 00

10 00

10 00

100 00

5 CO

10 00

10 00

10 00

5 00

5 0(1

20 00

10 00

10 00

10 00

50 00

160

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND

Mass  10 00
Huffmaster, Jas. T., Galveston,
Texas  10 00
Hull, E. C. (Rev.) Ellsworth, Ct. 10 00
Hunnewell, H. H., Boston  20 00
Hunter, D. M., Broadalbin, N.
Y  30 00
Huntington, Daniel, New York. 55 00
Huntington, AV. E. (Rov.) Wor
cester, Mass  20 00
Hurd, Orlando, AVatkins, N. Y.. 10 00
Hurlburt, Henry A., New York. 45 00
Hutchinson, B. E., Madison,
AVi-i  5 00
Hutchinson, J. B., New York .. . 20 00
Hutchinson, AVm., Montclair,N.J 5 00
Hutchinson, AV. J., New York, . 10 00
Hyde, Henry B., New York. ... 10 00
Hyde, AVm., Ware, Mass  25 00
Ireland, Mrs. Hannah, Nev/York 450 00
Irvin, Richard, New York  20 00
Irwin, David, New York  15 00
Isaacs, Wm. M., New York  10 00
Ives, Mrs. C. L., Burlington, N.
J  10 00
Ivison, H., New York  10 00
Jackson, F. A., Phila  10 00
Jackson, Richard C, New York. 30 00
Jackson, S. M. (Rev.) New York. 15 00
Jackson, AV. H., New York  35 00
Jacobs, Mrs. E. B., Phila  5 00
Jaffray, Robert, New York  40 00
Jaggar, Thos. A., (Bishop) Cin
cinnati  10 00
James, D. AVillis, New York  20 00
James, James O., Phila  50 00
Jamison, Chas. A., Peoria, III. . . 10 00
Jardine, Mrs. M. New York  10 00
Jarman, Z. H., New York  5 00
Jay, John, New York  30 00
Jenckes, Miss Annie A., Stam
ford, Ct  5 00
Jenks, Henry F., (Rev.) Boston 10 00
Jeremiah, Thos. F., New York.. 5 00
Jeremiah, Mrs. Thos. F., New
York  5 00
ervis, John B., Rome, N. Y  10 00
essamine County Bible Society,
Ky  10 00
Jesup, Morris K., New York  225 00
Jewell, Chas. A., Hartford, Ct. . 10 00
Johnson Charlotte A., Boston. 10 00
Johnson, E. H., Providence, E.
1  10 00
Johnson, Jas. R., Coshocton, O. 10 00
Johnson, N, B., Louisville, Ky 10 00
Johnson, Eeverdy, Baltimore. . 10 00
Johnson, Saml., Boston  50 00
Johnson, T. H., Northumber
land, Pa  10 00
Johnston, John, Milwaukee,
Wis  5 00
Johnston, John Taylor New

York  250 00
Jones, Jacob P., Phila  250 00
Jones, Lewis, New York  10 00
Jones, Mrs. Lewis, New York. .. 5 00
Jones, Jr., P. C., Honolulu,
Sandwich Islands  10 00
Jones, Tignal AV., Tyler, Texas. 10 00
Journeay, Mrs. James, >tew
York  10 00
Judson, Mrs. D, P., Stratford,
Conn  10 00
Junkin, Geo., Phila  10 00
Keller, P. A., Phila  10 00
Keller, AV. L., Baltimore  10 00
Kellogg, Alfred H., (Eev.) Phila. 10 00
Kellogg, Chas. P., Chicago  10 00
Kendall, John F., (Rev.) La
Porte, Ind  10 00
Kennedy, Mrs. Emma B., New
York  10 00
Kennedy, Francis W., Phila  10 00
Kennedy, Geo. H., New York. . 10 00
Kennedy, John S., New York. .. 10 00
Kent, Elmore A., New York  30 00
Kerr, Mrs. H. A., New York ... 50 00
Ketcham, Tredwell, New Haven,
Ct  25 00
Ketchum, Edgar, New York  20 00
Keyes, Geo. W., Olivet, Mich. . 10 00
Kidder, H. P., Boston  100 00
Kilborne, A. AV., Orange, N. J.. 10 00
Kilborne, Chas. T., Lockport,
N.Y  10 00
Kimball, E. H., New York  10 00
Kimber, John Shober, Phila ... 10 00
King, Francis T., Baltimore  10 00
King, Wm. J., Providence, R. I. 20 00
Kingsbury, Oliver A., (Rev.)
New York  10 00
Kingsland, A. C, New York, ... 40 00
Kip, Wm. AV., New York  20 00
Kip, Leonard W., (Rev.) Amoy,
China  lo 00
Kittredge, J. E. (Eev.) Geneseo,
N. Y  10 00
Kline, Lewis E., St. Louis, Mo. 10 00
Knapp, Sanford K., Peekskill,
N.Y  10 00
Knevals, C. B., New York  10 00
Lahon, Chas. H., San Francisco, 10 00
Lambert, John, Phila  100 00
Landram, W. J., Lancaster, Ky. 10 00
Landrum, Sylvanus, (Eev.) Sa
vannah, Ga  10 00
Lane, Geo. W., New York  . . 10 00
Lane, S. M., Southbridge, Mass. 10 00
Langdon, Woodbury G., New
York  25 00
Langworthy, L P., (Rev.) Bos
ton  10 00
Lankton, Thos., Hartford, Ct... 10 00
Lansing, Charles B., Albany,
N. Y  100 00

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

161

10 00

10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
10 00

Lansing, Gustav G., New York.
Lawrence, Amos A., Brookline,
Mass  200 00
Lawrence, Bichd., New York. . . . 5 00
Lawrence, AVm. R., Brookline,
Mass  150 00
Lawton, Mrs. A. R., Savannah,
Ga 
Learned, L. C, New London, Ct
Lefi, Alfred, St. Louis, Mo 
Lee, Henry F., (Rev.) Holmes-
burg, Phila 
Lee, Henry S., Springfield, Mass
Lee, AVm. F., New York 
Leeds, George, (Rev.) Baltimore
Leiter, Levi Z., Chicago  200 00
Lenox, James, New York  625 OJ
Letchworth, J., Auburn, N. Y . . 40 00
Lewis, Charlton T., New York. . 10 00
Lewis, Henry F., Chicago, 111. . . 10 00
Lewis, Frank S., Phila  10 00
Lewis, John T., Phila  300 00
Lewis, Saml. G., Phila  10 00
Libbey, Wm., New York  100 00
Libbey, Mrs. AVm. New York. .. 600 00
Libby, Mrs. M. L., Brooklyn,
NY  10 00
Lindsay, Robt. M., Phila  20 00
Linsly, Jared, New York  15 00
Litchfield, Edwin C, Bingham-
ton,N.Y  100 00
Littell, H. B., Montclair, N. J . 5 00
Little, Mrs. S. C, JanesviUc,
Wis  10 00
Livingston, Miss Frances, New
York..  10 CO
Lockwood, A. D., Providence,
E.I  60 00
Lockwood, Eadcliffe B., Bing-
hamton, N. Y  10 00
Long, W. E., (Eev.) Wheeling,
W. Va.  10 00
Lonsstreth, Henry, Phila  20 00
Longstreth, Thos. K., Phila. ... 10 00
Lord, Geo. D., New York  10 00
Lord, Danl. D., New York  25 00
Lord Thos., Evanston, III  20 00
Love, John B., Phila  10 00
Low, A. A., Brooklyn, N. Y. . . . 25 00
Lowes, J. A. S., (Rev.) New
Eichmond, Ohio  10 00
Lowrey, Mrs. E. S., New York..
Lowry, Mrs. A. L., Phila 
Ludington, C. H., New York. ..
Ludington, Mrs. C. H., New
York 
Lyman, C. C, Hartford Ct  85 00
Lyon, M. AV., New York  20 00
Lyon AVm. M., Pittsburgh, Pa i" in

5 00
10 00
10 00
10 00
225 00
10 on
10 00

10 00
10 CO
10 CO
100 00
10 00

10 00
5 00
20 00

10 00
10 00
10 00
5 00
10 00

Thos., Germantown,

Mackellar, Pa 
MacMartin, Archibald, NewYork
Magee, Thos., San Francisco.. . .
MaS, A. P., New York  10 00

Manierre, B. F., New York 
Manly, R. F., Mobile, Ala 
Markell, Chas., Baltimore 
Marquand, Allan, Baltimore 
Marquand, Fredk., New York. .
Martenet, Simon J., Baltimore.
Martin, AVm. C, New York 
Marvin, Fred'k R., (Eev.) Mid
dletown, N. Y 
Marvin, S. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. . .
Marvin, Tasker H., Brooklyn,
N. Y 
Mather, Roland, Hartford, Ct..
Mathews, Albert, New York. . .
10 00 i May, Abby W., Boston  10 CO
" May, Joseph, (Rev.) Phila  10 00
Maynard, Rob't B., Ainsworth,
AV. T 
McAllister, John A., Phila 
McAlpine, D. H., New York. . .
McBirnev, Hush, Cincinnati,
O....   75 00
McClellan, Mrs. C, Hartford,
Conn  10 00
McClure, Mrs. Wm. H., Albany,
N. Y  20 00
McCoy, A. Ramsay, NewYork..
McCreery, Mrs, Jas., New York.
McDowell, AV. S., Baltimore 
McElrath, Thos., New York 
McGill, John, Petersburg, Va. . .
McGowan, A. B., Ft. Apache,
Arizona  10
Mclver, Geo. W.,Charleston,S.C. 10 CO
McKim, Jr., Haslett, (Rov. ) New
burgh, N. Y  20 CO
McLanahan, Mrs. J. X., New
York. .  25 00
McMillan, John, (Rev.) Phila. . . 10 00
McMurtrie, A. C, Phila  25 00
McNair, Hugh T., Donsville,
N. Y  10 CO
McNeill, Geo. R., AVood Leaf,
N. C  20 00
McNutt, AV. F., San Francisco. . 10 CO
McPherson, JohnB.,Harrisburg 10 00
McAVilliams, John, NewYork..
Mead, Fredk., New York 
Mead, Joseph S., Brooklyn, E.
D., N. Y 
Meebins, E., Springfield, Mass.
Meredith, Miss C. K., New York
Meredith, R. E., So. Boston 
Merriam, Chas., Springfield,
Mass  10 00
Merriam, Otis W., San Fran
cisco  20 CO
Merrick, Thos. Belsham, New
York  10 00
Merrill, Mrs. Payton, New York o OU
Merrill, Willard, Milwaukee,
yfig  5 to
Merrill, W. P., New York  10 00
Merriman, Danl., (Rev.) AVor-
cester. Mass  10 00

20 00
5 00
10 00
10 00

10 00

10 00
5 00
5 00
10 00
10 00
10 00

45 00
10 00
10 00

162

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

Middlebrook, E. R., New York. 10 00
Middlebrook, S. M., Bridgeport,
Conn  10 00
Miller, Edgar G., Baltimore  10 CO
Miller, E. Rothesay, (Eev.) Yok
ohama, Japan  25 '00
Miller, John AV., New York. ... 2 00
Mills, James M., New York  30 00
Milne, Alex., New York  30 00
Minis, Mrs. S. A., Baltimore. ... 10 00
Minor, John B., Chavlottsville,
Va  10 00
Mitchell, Alex., Milwaukee,
AVis  5 00
Mitchell, C. B. & J. F., New
York  50 00
Mitchell, C. G., Dobb's Ferry,
N. Y  30 00
Mitchell, John J., Newburgh,
N.Y  10 00
Mitchell, AV. B., Jasper, Tenn, . 10 00
Mix,Eldridge,(Rev.)Orange.N.J 10 00
Moak, Nathan C, Albany, N. Y. 20 00
Moffett, Jas. G., New York  15 00
Monell, G. C, Omaha, Neb  10 00
Monroe, Ebenezer, New York. . 10 00
Monroe, EibertB.,Southport,Ct 10 00
Moore, Dennis, Hamilton, Ont. 10 00
Moore, AV. H. H., New York  200 00
Morgan, E. P., Cleveland, 0. . . 5 00
Morgan, J. Pierpont, New York. 100 00
Morrill, Chas. J., Boston  50 00
Morris, Israel, Phila  200 00
Morris, Theo. W., New York. . . 10 00
Morris, Thos. J., Baltimore  10 00
Morris, Wistar, Overbrook, Pa.. 200 00
Morrison, E. A,, New York  5 00
Morse,Riohd.C.,(Rev.)NewYork 10 00
Muiford, Mrs. Robt. L., New
York  5 00
Mumford, Miss, New York  10 00
Munger, H. R., New York.  10 00
Munn, Mrs. O. D., New York. . . 30 00
Munsell, E. B., Cape May, N. J. 10 00
Murklaud, W. U., (Rev.) Balti
more  ^.. 10 00
Murray, Mrs. Lydia S., Carhsle,
Pa  10 00
Nash, Benett H., Boston  10 00
Neff, Peter, Gambler, 0  10 CO
Negley, W. B., Pittsburgh, Pa. 10 00
Nell, Henry D., Phila  10 00
Nelson, H. A., (Rev.) Geneva,
N. Y  10 00
Newberry, John T., Augusta, Ga. 10 00
Newmyer, John C, Pittsburgh,
^^. ,Pf  10 00
Nichols, G., New York  4 00
Nichols, Gideon P., Milwaukee]
"Wis  5 00
Noroross, Otis, Boston  50 00
Norrie, Adam, New York  ... 30 00
Northrup, Mrs. J. E., Centre
Brook, Conn  10 00

Noye, Riohd. K, Buffalo, N. Y. 10 00
Oakley, Henry A., New York, .. 10 00
O'Brien, L. M., Fort Scott, D.T. 10 00
Odell, Mrs., Brooklyn, N. Y  10 00
Ogden, Isaac C, New York  10 00
Olmsted, Theodore F., Geneseo,
N. Y  10 CO
Orrock, J. M., (Rev.) Boston. . . 10 CO
Orton, Mrs. Jas. S., Geneseo,
N.Y  10 00
Osborne, Geo., Peabody, Mass... 10 00
Osborne, John H., Auburn,
N.Y  10 00
Ould Robt., Eichmond, Va  10 00
Owen, T. L., Pittsburgh, Pa  10 03
Packard, A. A., Springfield,Mass 10 00
Paddoek,Benj. H. (Bishop), Bos
ton  10 CO
Palmer, AVm. B,, Olivet, Mich. . 10 00
Park, R. H.. (Rev.) Reynolds-
burgh, 0  10 00
Parker, Horatio G., Boston  10 00
Parker, Mrs. J. H., Charleston,
S. C  10 CO
Parker, Ransom, New York. ... 20 00
Parker, Willard, New York  90 00
Parlett, B. P., Baltimore  10 00
Parsons, John E., New York. . . 125 00
Partridge, Edwin P., Phila  10 CO
Paton, John, New York  10 00
Patton, JohnM., Bentivoglio, Va 10 00
Patton, AV. W., (Eev.) Washing
ton, D. C  10 00
Peabod}', Geo. F., Brooklyn, N.Y 10 00
Pearse & Co., A. F., New York. 50 00
Pelton, J. M., New York  5 00
Perkins, Jr., E. H., Baltimore. . 10 00
Perkins, Mrs. Gilman H., Eoch
ester, New York  10 00
Perkins, Jos., Cleveland, O  30 00
Perry, I. A., New York  10 00
Pert, L. B., New York  10 00
Phelps, Mrs. A. G., New York. . 20 CO
Phelps, S. Dryden, (Eev.) Hart
ford, Conn  10 00
Phelps, W. S., Dayton, 0  10 00
Philips, Saml., New York  10 CO
Phinizy, Chas. H., Augusta, Ga. 10 00
Pierson, J. P., Troy, N. Y  10 00
Pinkerton, J. M., Boston  30 00
Piper, AV. T., Cambridge, Mass 10 00
Plumer, Avery Boston  25 GO
Plummer, John P., New York. . 25 00
Porter, John K., New York  45 CO
Porter, S. S., Rochester, N. Y. . 25 00
Post, Alfred C, New York  15 00
Post, Mrs. L. H., New York. ... 2 00
Post, Mrs. AVm., New York  10 00
Post, AVright E., New York  10 00
Potter, Howard, New York  120 00
Potter, Mrs. Wm. H., Kingston,
B. 1  10 00
Potwin, W. S., Chicago  10 00

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

16c

Powers, Thos. H., Phila  300 00
Powers, AV. P., New York  10 00
Pratt, Enoch, Baltimore  10 00
Pratt, S. B., Boston,  10 CO
Prentice, Sartell, Chicago, III. . . 15 00
Prentice, W. P., New York  25 00
Preston, W. I., New York  20 00
Price, Anderson, New York. ... 10 00
Prime, Ralph E., Yonkers, N. Y. 10 00
Prime, Rufus, New York  10 00
Pugh, Bliss Esther, New York. . 10 00
Pumjahrey. Stanley, AVorcester,
England  10 00
Purcell, E. B., Manhattan,
Kansas  25 00
Purves, Wm., Phila  10 00
Pyne, Percy B., New York  100 00
Quincy, John W., New York. . . 10 00
Ramsey, Francis, Green Tree,
Pa  10 00
Ramsey, Samuel, Reedsburg,
Wis  10 00
Randolph & Co., A. D. P., New
York  10 00
Rankin, Henry AV., Madison,
N. J  60 00
Eaven, A. A., New York  20 00
Eaynolds, C. T., New York. ... 10 00
Read, Chas. H., (Rev.) Rich.
mond, Va. . . :  10 00
Eedfield. John H., Phila  10 00
Reding, C. L., Norwalk, 0  10 00
Eedner, Lewis H., Phila  25 00
Eenwick, Henry B., New York. 10 00
Eenwick, Jas. A " 10 00
Reynolds, N. L., Mt. Pleasant,
Pa  10 00
Ehoads, James E., Phila  10 00
Rice, E. W., (Eev.) Phila  25 00
Rice, Joseph A., Bethlehem, Pa 10 00
Richardson, Mrs. C, E. Stam
ford, Conn  5 00
Richardson, E. T., Brooklyn,
N. Y  10 00
Richardson, George C, Boston. 100 00
Richardson, H. W., Phila  - 10 00
Richmond, Frank E., Provi
dence, E. 1  50 00
Ripley, Jos. B., Savannah, Ga. . 10 00
Roberts, James B., San Fran
cisco  20 00
Roberts, Marshall O., New York 143 00
Rochester, R. H., New York. . . 5 00
Eockwood, Chas. G.,Newark,N.J 10 00
Rogers, Miss H. B., Northamp.
ton. Mass  10 00
Rogers, J. August, New York. .. 20 00
Rollins, E. A., Philadelphia, Pa 10 00
Roosa, D. B. St. John, New
York  15 00
Roosevelt, Alfred, New York. . . 10 00
Roosevelt, Jas. A., New York. .. 10 00
Roosevelt, Mary, New York. ... 10 00

Roosevelt, W. Emlen, New York 10 00
Ropes, John C, Boston  30 00
Ropes, J. S., Boston  25 00
Ross, A. Hastings, (Rev.) Port
Huron, Mich  10 00
Rowell, G. P., New York  10 00
Rumsey, C. E., Pittsburgh, Pa. 10 00
Sabine, G. A., New York  20 00
Sage, G. A., New York  15 00
Salesbury, John, (Rev.) Cox-
sackie, N. Y  10 CO
Salisbury, E., New Haven, Ct. . 85 00
Sammis, Danl. P., NewYork... 15 00
Sampson, A. &E. C, NewYork. 50 00
Sampson, Edw. C, New York. . 10 00
Sandford, T. H., Montclair, N, J 5 00
Santee, Chas., Phila  75 00
Sawver, Mrs. S. A., Allegheny
City, Pa  5 00
Sawyer, W. J., Allegheny City,
¦pa  5 00
Scarborough, AV. W., Cincinnati,
0  200 00
Scattergood, Thos., Phila  10 00
Schieffelin, H. M., New York. .. 15 00
Schieffelin, Jas. L., New York. . 30 00
Schieffelin, S. B., New York. ... 55 00
Schoals, F. P., New York  20 CO
Schuyler, Leila, New York  10 00
Schwab, Gustav, New York .... 10 00
Scott, Jas. B., Pittsburgh, Pa. . . 10 00
Scott, W. A., (Rev.) San Fran
cisco, Cal  10 00
Scull, Mrs. A. P., Phoenixville,
Pa  5 00
Seeley, R. H,, Haverhill, Mass. . 10 00
Selohow, E. G., New York  10 00
Selleck, A. D., New York  10 00
Sellew, T. G., New York  10 00
Seward, Augustus, (Rev.) Red
Bank, N.J  10 00
Shallus, Frank H., Baltimore,
Md  10 00
Sharpe, Ebenezer, Indianapolis,
Ind  10 00
Shaw, J. P., Lexington, Ky, . . . 10 00
Shea, C. B., Pittsburgh, Pa. . . . 10 00
Sheafe, J. F., New York  100 00
Sheare, Mrs. M. M., New York. 10 00
Shearman, Thos. G., New York. 25 00
Sheldon, Jas. O., New York  20 00
Shepard, Elliott, F., New York. 100 00
Shepard, Sidney, New Haven,
N. Y  10 00
Sherrard, Thos. J., Brookville,
Pa  10 OD
Sherrill, Mrs. Samuel, AA''est
Bloomfield, N. Y  10 00
Shiells, Robt.. Neenah, AVis. . 5 00
Shihto, John, Cincinnati, 0  50 00
Shinn, Jas. T., Phila  10 00
Simmons, Chas. E., Chicago.Ill. 10 00
Simonton, JohnW.,Harrisburg,
Pa  10 00

161

CONTRIBUTIONS TO REVISION FUND.

Sinclair, John, New York  75 00
Sinclair, T. M., Cedar Rapids,
Iowa  5 00
Skidmore, AVm. L., New York. . 40 00
Slade, Fredk. J., Trenton, N. J. 10 00
Slade, Mrs. L., New York  20 00
Slover, AV. G. F., New York. ... 10 00
Sloane, AV. & J., New York.. 113 00
Smith, Benj. H., Luna Land
ing, Arkansas  10 00
Smith, B. Pressley, Charleston,
S. C  10 00
Smith, D. Townsend, Greenville,
S. C  10 00
Smith, Cornelius B., (Rev.) Now
York  10 00
Smith, Draper, Plymouth, Pa.. . 10 00
Smith, E. B., Ridgefield, III. ... 10 CO
Smith, E. G., (Rev.) Morrison,
111...-  10 00
Smith, Gaml. G., New York. .. . 15 00
Smith, Isaac E., New York  10 00
Smith, Miss Mary L., Evanston,
111  5 00
Smith, R. F., Cleveland, 0  10 00
Smith, Saml. G., (Eev) St. Paul,
Minn  20 00
Smith, Sylvester, New Haven, Ct 10 00
Smith, S. M., Dunkirk, N. Y. . . 10 00
Smith, Thos. P., Charleston. S.C. 10 00
Smith, AVm. Alex., New York. . 70 00
Smith, AVm. E., Madison, Wis. 5 00
Smith, AV. H. H., AVashington,
D. C  10 00
Sneed, Mary C, Kirkwood, Mo. 10 00
Southmayd, Mrs. C. G., New
Orleans, La  10 00
Sparks, Mrs. Jared, Cambridge,
Mass  100 00
Spearo, Alden, Boston  25 00
Spence, AVm. AV., Baltimore. ... 20 00
Spencer, Mrs. C. L., New York.. 200 00
Spencer, Miss P. L., Erie, Pa. . . 10 00
Sprunt, James, Wilmiugton,N.C. 30 00
Stanger, I. Newton, (Eev.) Cin
cinnati, 0  10 00
Staples, M. AV., (Eev.) Eich
mond, Va  10 00
Starr, Egbert, New York  15 00
Starr, Mrs. S. M., New York. ... 20 00
Stearns, J. G. D., (Rov.) Zum-
brota, Minn  10 00
Stearns, Jno., N, New York  70 00
Stebbins, S. N., New York  10 00
Steele, Robt. E., Rockingham,
N. C  10 00
Steere, Henry J., Providence,
R. 1  100 00
Sterett, Saml. H., New York  5 00
Steriing, J. C, Watertown, N. Y. 5 00
Sterling, John W., New York. . . 10 00
Sterry, Geo. E., New York  20 00
Stettinius, John L., Cincinnati,
O  50 00
Stevens, F. W., New York  100 00

Stevens, Thos., Louisville, Ky. . 30 00
Stewart, Bryce, Clarksville,
Tenn  20 00
Stewart, John A., Now York  10 00
Stickney, J. Henry, Baltimore . . 5 00
Stille, C. J., Phila  5 CO
Stokes, Anson Phelps, New
York  200 00
Stokes, Miss C. Phelps, New York 10 00
Stokes, Miss O. P., New York. . 10 00
Stone, A., Cleveland, Ohio  50 00
Stone, Leander, New York  10 00
Stone, Levi P., Orange, N. J. . . 10 00
Stone, Miss Mary K. A., Somer-
ville, Mass  10 00
Storrs, R. A., New York  10 00
Stout, A. v., New York  100 00
Stowell, C. L., Rochester, N. Y. 10 00
Strong, Chas. R., (Rev.) New
York  10 00
Strong, Miss M., NewYork  5 00
Strong, Selah B., Setauket, N. Y. 10 00
Stroud, G. M., Phila  100 00
Stuart, George H., Phila  25 00
Stuart, R. L. & A., New York. . 200 00
Stuart, Robt. L., New York. ... 25 00
Sturges, Miss Susan, Mansfield,
Ohio  10 00
Stuyvesant, Rutherford, New
York  50 00
Sullivan, A. S., New York  20 00
Summerbell, Martyn, (Rev.) Fall
River, Mass  10 00
Sumner, Sarah P., Albany N. Y. 10 00
Swan, L.M., Brooklyn, N.Y... 10 00
Swinney, Jas. 0., Keytesville,
Mo  10 00
Taber, AVm. C, New Bedford,
Mass  10 00
Taft, Jas. H., New York  25 00
Taggart, E. B., Mt. Pleasant,
Pa  4 00
Talman, AV. G., Brooklyn, N. Y. 5 00
Tappan, E. T., Gambier, 0  10 00
Tarbox, Myron H.,Lockport,N.Y 10 00
Tatham, Benj., New York  40 00
Tatum, Edward, New York  10 CO
Taylor, Alfred, New York  10 00
T.aylor, Charles, New York  5 00
Taylor, Charles S., Burlington,
N. J  40 00
Taylor, W, M., (Rev.) New York. 10 00
Teague, A. S., Troup, Texas. 10 00
Terbell, H. S. , New York ........ 20 00
Terry, (Eev.)M. S., New York, . 10 00
Terry, Stephen, Hartford, Conn 10 00
Thaw, Wm., Pittsburgh, Pa. . . . 250 00
Thomas, Jas. Carey, Baltimore . . 10 00
Thompson, Mrs. David, Nev,'
York  75 00
Thompson, JohnB., (Eev.) Cats-
kill, N. Y  10 00
Thompson, Morris S., New York 15 00
Thomson, H. C, (Eev.) Mon-

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terey, Mexico 
Thompson, S. H., (Eev.) Healds-
burg, Cal 
Thorndike, Anna B., Chicago, III
Thome, Jonathan, New York.
Thwing, Annie H., Jamaica
Plain, Mass 
Tiffany, C. C, (Eev.) New York
Tilton, Benj. R., Cambridgeport,
Mass 
Tison, Alex., Olivet, Mich 
Tod, Miss Julia B., New York. .
Tompkins, H. B., New York 
Tompkins, John A., Baltimore.
Torrance, L H., (Eev.) Phila. . .
Torrey, A. A., (Eev.) Garretts-
ville, Ohio 
Torrey, Chas. AV., Eiehwood, O.
Townsend, Miss Ellen, Newport,
port, R. I 
Townsend, F. AV., New Berlin,
New York 
Townsend, John B., New York.
Tracy, Chas., New York 
Tracy, J. Evarts, New York 
Trask, Alanson, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Tredwell, Caroline C, Daubury,
Ct 
Trevor, John B., New York. . . .
Trowbridge, F. E., New York. .
Turner, AVm. W., Hartford, Ct.
Tuttle, Esther B., Baltimore. . .
Tyler, A. AV., Indianoplis, Ind..
Tyson, James AV., Baltimore 
Tyson, Jesse, Baltimore 
Tyson, M. D., Baltimore 
Vail, C. E., Blairstown. N. J. ...
Van Arsdale, Henry, New York.
Vanderbilt, Comelius, New York
Van Deurs, Geo., (Rev.) New
York 
VanEensselaer, Alex., NewYork
Van Vorst, Hooper C, NewYork
Van Wagenen, Bleecker, Now
York 
Van Winkle, J. S., San Fran
cisco 
Vaux, George, Phila 
Venable,Chas. S., Charlottesville,
Va 
Vincent, J. H., (Eev.) Plainfield,
N.J 
Vinton, Alex. H., (Eev.) Pom
fret, Conn 
Vose, James E., Ashburnham,
Mass 
Waith, AVm., (Rev.) Lancaster,
N. Y 
Walker, Eugene A., Victor.Iowa
Walker, Geo. E., Saybrook, O. .
Walker, Geo. Leonard, (Rev.)
Hartford, Conn  ' 
Walker, Mrs. L. H., LeaksviUe,

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Wallace, James P., New York.
AValler, Mrs. Julia, Bloomsburf.
Pa  ^
Wandell, B. C, New York 
Ward, Miss Ellen M., Boston ..
AVard, L. B,, New York 
Warren, S. D., Boston 
Warren, Mrs. S. D., Boston. ....
Washington City Bible Society,
AVashington, D. C 
Waters, Horace, New York 
AVatkins, Dr., Montclair, N. J. .
Watson, Chas. L., San Francisco
Webster, Chas. A., Galesburg,
IU 
Weeden, Wm. B.. Providence,
R I 
Weiss, JohnH., Harrisburgh,Pa.
Wells, Chas. J., Stapleton, S. I.,
N.Y 
West, Mrs. Jno. Kingsbury,
Pittsfield, Mass 
Wharton, R. G., Port Gibson,
Miss 
Wheeler, E. P., New York 
AVheeler', H. M., AVorcester,
Mass 
Wheelock, Wm. A., New York..
Wheless,John P., Nashville, Tenn
Whitall, Jas., Phila 
White, Chas. T., New York 
White, Francis, Baltimore 
White, Joseph, Williamstown,
Mass 
White, Norman, New York 
AVhite, Rebecca, Fern wood. Pa.
Whitins, Paul, Whitinsville,
Mass 
Whitney, Edwd, Worcester, Mass
AVhitney, Mrs. James, Phila 
Whitney, J. R., Phila 
Whitney, W. B., Germantown
Pa 
Whitridge, W. H., Baltimore
Whittemore, AV. T., New York
Whyland, AV. J. P., New York .
Wickham, D. H., New York. . . .
Wickham, AV. H., New York. . .
Wilder, E. C, New York 
Wilkinson,J. G., Newburgh,N.Y
Willets, Mrs. J. T., New York. .
Willets, Robt. R., New York. . .
Williams, Frank B., Youngs-
town, Ohio 
Williams, Mrs. J. L., Eichmond,
Va 
Williams, Philip C, Baltimore.
Williams, Eob't A., Coal Valley,
WVa 
Williams, Thos, C, Eichmond,
Va 
Wilson, Jas. P., (Rev.) Newark,
N.J 

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Wilson, W. R.. Baltimore  10 oO
AVilson, AVm. White, (Rev.) Kit-
taning, Pa  20 00
Winn, John, (Rev.) Madison, AVis 10 00
Winslow, J. P., Poughkeepsie,
N.Y  50 00
Winslow, Mrs. M. H., Aurora,
111  20 00
AVinsor, Mrs. A. A. Cotes,
Springfield, N. Y  10 00
AVinston, P. S,, New York,  30 00
Winthrop, Mrs. H. R., New
York  20 00
AViuthrop, R. C, Boston  50 00
AVitherspoon, T. D., (Rev.) Pe
tersburg, Va  10 00
AVolcott, Fred'k H.,Astoria,N.Y. 10 00
AVolfe, Iliss C. L., New York. . . 700 00
Wood, Mrs. J. R., Philadelphia. 150 00
Wood, AValter, Phila  25 00
AVood & Co., R. D., Phila  100 00
Wood, AVm. H. S., New York. . . 20 00
AVoodbridge, C. L., New York. . 10 00
AVoodruff, Chas. H., New A'ork. 10 00
AVoodward, Saml. A, New York, 10 00
AVoolsey, Miss Jane Stuart  10 00
AVoolsey, T. D., (Rev.) New
Haven, Ct  75 00
AVright, J. T., Janesville, AVis. . 5 00
AVright, M. C, Monticello, N. Y 10 00
Yeaman, Mrs., New York  7 00
Young, Lewis Gourdin, Charles
ton, S.C  10 00
Zabriskie, Rev. Mr., Montclair.
N. J  5 00
CHURCH COLLECTIONS.
Central Congregational Church,
New Haven, Ct  40 00
Fourth Presbyterian Church,
Albany, N. Y, by Rev. Dr.
Darling  50 00
Central Presbyterian Church,
(Rev. Dr. Shaw's) Roches
ter, N. Y  15 00
North Presbyterian Church (Eev.
Dr. Calkins,) Buffalo, N. Y. 20 55
Presbyterian Church of the Cov
enant, (Eev. Dr. Vincent's)
New York, (exclusive of
other contributions from in
dividual members, acknowl
edged above)  75 90
Fourth Avenue Presbyterian
Chnrch, (Rev. Dr. Crosby's)
New York, (exclusive of
other contributions from in-
•divided members, acknowl
edged above)  10 qq

Calvary Baptist Church, (Rev.
Dr. McArthur's) New York,
(exclusive of other contribu
tions from individual mem
bers, acknowledged above) . 150 00
Asylum Hill Congregational
Church, Hartford, Ct  10 00
Madison Square Presbyterian
Church, (Rev. Dr. Tucker's)
New York, (exclusive of
other contributions from in
dividual members, acknowl
edged above)  87 52
Westminster Presbyterian Ch.,
(Rev. Dr. Robert's) Eliza
beth, N. J  25 00
Union Sixth Ave. Ref. Dutch
Church, New York  10 00
First Presbyterian Church, (Rev.
Dr. Eel's,) Oakland, Cal. ... 58 55
First Congregational Church,
(Rev. Dr. Stone's) San
Francisco, Cal. (collections
at Union Service  58 75
Presbyterian Church, (Rev. Dr.
Noyes') Evanstown, III.,
(collection at Union Meet
ing)  23 19
Second Presbyterian Chuich,
Kansas City, Mo. (collection
at Union Meeting)  9 13
First Presbyterian Church, (Rev.
Mr. Kerr's), Denver, Col.,
(collection at Union Meet
ing)  21 96
Second Presbyterian Church,
<Rev. Dr. Gibbon's) Chica
go, 111., (collection at Union
Service)  45 00
First Presbyterian Church,
(Rev. Dr. Mix's), Orange,
N.J  40 00
Fourth Presbyterian Church
(Rev. Dr. French's), Chica
go  25 00
AVestminster Presbyterian Ch.,
(Rev. Dr. Ludlow's) Brook
lyn, N. Y  45 00
Fourteenth Street Presbyterian
Church, (Rev. Dr. Marl-
ing's). New York  22 35
Church of the Holy Trinity
(Rev. Dr. McVickar's, Phil
adelphia, (exclusive of oth
er contributions from indi
vidual members acknowl-
edgecl above)  132 93
First Presbyterian Church, Penn
Yan, N. Y  ]o 00

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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS.

Subscriptions from March ist, i88i, to May iith, 1883.

Abbott, Robert S., Kalkaska,
Mich  $10 00
A Friend (through Dr. Green) 200 00
A Friend  20 00
Albertson, J.M,,Norristown,Pa 10 00
Alexander, J. F., Now York. . 10 00
Alexander, Jas. AV., NewYork 20 00
Alien, Arthur H., (Rev.) Islip,
L. L, N. T  20 00
Allen, R. D. H., Terry vi lie, Ct. 20 00
Allen, Richard H., Chatham,
N.J  30 00
Anshutz, John P. , Philadelphia,
Pa  30 25
Armsby, A., Millbury, Mass. . . 20 00
Auchincloss, Hugh, New York 20 00
Bacon, Mrs. Josiah M., Phila
delphia, Pa  10 00
Bacon,R.W., Philadelphia, Pa. 10 00
Bailey, JohnH., Pittsburgh, Pa. 10 00
Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. M. C,
Allegheny Citv, Pa  10 00
Baker, II. E., Detroit, Mich... 20 00
Baldwin, J. G. , Ne w York .... 20 00
Baldwin, M. G. , NewYork .... 20 00
Ballantyne& Son, AVm., Wash
ington, D. C  10 00
Ballou, Augustus, Brooklyn,
K Y  10 00
Banta, Theo. M.. New York. . 30 00
Barclay, Lyman T.,Wliitby,Ont 10 00
Barnes, A. 8. , New York  20 00
Barnes, Theo. M. , New York . . 20 00
Barnier, JohnJ.,Brooklyn,N.Y 10 00
Barry, Chas. C, Boston, Mass. 10 00
Bartlett,Mrs. M., Boston, Mass. 20 00
Bates, Jas. L., Columbus, Ohio 30 00
Bayard. C. P., Germantown, Pa 10 00
Beadleston, W. H., NewYork 30 00
Bedell, G. T., (Bishop) Gam
bier, Ohio  30 00
Beekman, Gerard, New York.. 20 00
Belknap, R. L., New York.. . . 30 00
Bell,Thompson,Pittsburgh,Pa. 10 00

Bennett, Edmund H., Taunton,
Mass  10 00
Benton, A.B., (Rev.) Montrose,
Pa  30 00
Bettle, Wm., Philadelphia, Pa. 10 00
Bettle, Edward, Jr., Philadel
phia, Pa  30 00
Bevan, L. D., (Rev.) New York 10 00
Biddle, Mrs. 0. C, Philadel
phia, Pa  20 00
Biddle, Edwaid C, Philadel
phia  40 00
Biddle, Jas. S..Philadelphia,Pa 10 00
Biddle, Mrs. Thomas A., Phila
delphia  20 00
Bill, A. W., (Rev.) Menominee,
Michigan  5 00
Bingham, David, Orange, N.J. 10 00
Bingham, AV. A., West Deperc,
Wis  10 00
Binney, Miss M., New York. . . 10 00
Bishop, Mrs. Caroline C, New
York  20 00
Bixby, Mrs. Adelaide C, Comp
ton, Cal  10 00
Blatohford, E. W., Chicago, 111. 20 00
Bliss, C. N., New York  30 00
Bogert, Henry A., New York. 30 00
Bookstaver, Henry W., New
York  10 00
Born,P.,(Rev.)Selinsgrove,Pa. 10 00
Bowerman, Allan, Farmers-
ville, Ont  10 00
Boyce, James P., (Rev.) Louis
ville, Ky  30 00
Boyles, AV., Corydon, Iowa. . . 10 00
Bradbury, Cyrus, Hopedale,
Mass  10 00
Bradford, Martin L., Boston,
Mass  20 00
Branch, Thos., Richmond, Va. 10 00
Brand, James, New York  30 00
Bremer, John L., Boston, Mass. 30 00
Brewer, H. O., Kansas City, Mo. 20 00
Brewer, Jr., W. A., New York 10 00

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Bright, Marshall H., New York 10 00
Brinckerhoff, Elbert A., New
York  100 00
Brodie, Win. A., Geneseo, N.Y. 20 00
Brooks, Phillips, (Rev.) Boston,
Mass  20 00
Brown, Alexander, Phila  100 00
Brown, Geo. S., Baltimore, Md. 40 00
Brown, T. Wistar, Phila., Pa. 30 00
Brown, Wm. ]\L, (Rev.) Riode
Janeiro, Brazil  10 00
Brunot, Felix R.,Pittsburgh,Pa 30 00
Buchanan, J. I., Oil City, Pa. . 10 00
Buck, Miss Mamie C, Balti
more, Md  30 00
Bull, AVm. L., Philadelphia. . . 10 00
Bullock, F. S.. Baltimore, Md. 30 00
Bullock, W. R., Wilmington,
Delaware  30 00
Bumstead, N. Willis, Boston,
Mass  40 00
Burkhalter, Stephen, NewYork 20 00
Bussing, John S., New York. . 30 00
Butterfield,H.Q ,(Rev.) Olivet,
Mich  10 00
Carpenter, Edward P., Pough
keepsie, N. Y  -10 00
Carpenter, Jr., G. M., Provi
dence, R. 1  30 00
Cash  10 00
Chaffee, Mrs. Eugene W.,
Moodus, Conn  20 00
Chambers, Robt. B., Provi
dence, R. 1  20 00
Chambers, W. L., Chambers
burg, Pa  10 00
Chapman, Geo.R., Boston, Mass. 20 00
Charlier, Elie, New York  20 00
Clark, AVm. Mortimer, Toronto,
Canada  30 00
Clarke, Jno. C, St. Clair, Mich. 20 00
'Clark, AVm. N., New York. . . 35 00
Clark, Geo. C, Rushville, Ind. 30 00
Clinch, Edward S.. New York 10 00
Coats, Jas., Providence, R. I. . 30 00
Cobb, Miss Annie C, New
York  20 00
CofBn,Cha?.F., Richmond, Did. 30 00
Coles, Barak G., New York. . . 10 00
Collin, Henry P., Cold water,
Mich  30 00
Collins, Mrs. Ellen, New York 30 00
Combs, John W., New York. . 30 00
Comstock, Miss M. L., New
York  20 00
Condit,Blackford,Terre Haute,
Ind  20 00

Conger, Clarence R., New Y'oik 20 00
Conkling, B. D., (Rev.) Water-
town, Ct  30 00
Cook, Joseph W. , Buffalo.N.Y. 10 00
Cooke, Jay, Ashbourne. Pa. . . 30 00
Cook, Paul, Troy, N. Y  20 00
Cooper, J. W., (Rev.) New
Britain, Conn  10 00
Corliss, Geo. H.,Providence,R.[ 30 00
Cornwall, J.H.,Patterson,N.Y. 10 00
Crandon,Frank P., Chicago.Ill. 30 00
Cresson, Chas. Caleb, Phila. . . 20 00
Cresson, Wm. P., Philadelphia 30 00
Cromwell, Miss Caroline A.,
New York  10 00
Crowell, Mrs. 0. C, Blair, Nob. 10 00
Cross, Joseph, Elizabeth, N. J. 10 00
Cutting, R. F., Brooklyn, N.Y. 30 00
Cutting, Mrs. AV. B., NewYork 30 00
Dale, J. W., Cincinnati, Ohio. 30 00
Dana, 8. H., (Rev.) Stratford,
Conn  10 00
Darlington, Miss Eliza, Pitts
burgh, Pa  10 00
Davis, Theo. R., New York. . . 20 00
Davenport, W, R , Erie, Pa. . . 10 00
Day, Henry, New York  20 00
Deems, J.Harry. Baltimore,Md. 20 00
De Forest, Jr., Marcus, Middle-
bury, Conn  10 00
DeForest, Marcus, M.D., Mid-
dlebury, Conn  30 00
Delafield, Lewis L., New York SO 00
Dewey, R. 8., Kankakee, HI. . 10 00
De Pew, John, New York  10 00
Denslow, Chas. W., Mendocino,
Cal  20 00
Dickey, C. D., Now York  10 00
Dickey, Jlrs. H. I., New York 10 00
Didama, Mrs. S. M., Syracuse,
N. Y  10 00
Dodge, Miss S. F., New York 10 00
Donaldson, R. A., San Fr.in-
cisco, Cal  10 00
Dornin, AV. C, New York  10 00
Douglas, B., Chicago, 111  10 00
Douglas, Benjamin J., (Rev.)
Georgetown, Del  10 00
Drown, Jas. T., Boston, Mass. 40 00
Drown, Thos. M., Easton, Pa. 20 00
Dudley, W. S , Jlilledgeville,
Georgia  10 00
Dtidley, T. U., (Bishop) Louis
ville, Ky  10 00
Dulles, John Welsh, Philadel
phia, Pa  30 00
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Dunningham, F. P., University
of Va., Va 
Durand, John, New York 
Duryea, S. B., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Durant, Wm., (Rev.) Albany,
N. Y 
Dwight, John, New York 
Earle, John H., New York 
Eaton, D. G., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Elliott, John, New York 
Elmer, Howard, Waverly,N.Y.
Eraott, James, New Y'ork 
Ely, Horace S., New York 
Ely, Nathan C, New York. . .
Ely, Wm. D., Providence, R.I.
Errett, Isaac, Cincinnati, O . . .
Fairbanks, Franklin, 8t. Johns-
bury, Vt 
Fairbanks, Henry, St. Johns-
bury, Vt 
Fancher, E. L., New York 
Faris, D. 8., (Rev.) Sparta, 111.
Farnara, Henry, New Haven,
Conn 
Farnum, Mrs. Elizabeth H.,
Philadelphia 
Farwcil, P. T., Boston, Mass. .
Fisher, Richard D., Balti
more, Md 
Fletcher, Albert E., Indianapo
lis, Ind 
Force, M. F., Cincinnati, O. . .
Francis, Lewis, (Rev.) Brook
lyn, E. D., N. Y 
Frank, Chailes A., Washing
ton, D. C 
Fraser, Chas. A., Pto. Plato,
8. Domingo 
Frazer, AbnerL.. Cincinnati, O.
Fussell, M. T., New York. . . .
Gammell, Wm.,Providence,R.I
Gehr, Geo. R. , Westminster, Md .
Gest, John B., Philadelphia. .
Gilchrist. A. 8., East Mered
ith, N. Y 
Gill, Mis?, Newark, N. J 
Gilman, G. D., Boston, Mass. .
Gilman, John S.,Baltimore,Md.
Goddard, Thos. P. I., Provi
dence, R. I 
Goodrich, E. D., Boston.Mass.
Good speed. H. 8., New York.
Goodwin, D. R., (Rev.) Phila
delphia, Pa 
Gordon, Robert, New York. . .

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Gratz, H. S., Philadelphia, Pa.
Graves, E. A., Morristown,N. J.
Graves, G. M., Chicago, Ills..
Gray, Geo. C, (Rev.) Cam
bridge, Mass 
Graydon, Miss Mary E., Now
York........ 
Green, Geo. S., Trenton, N. J.
Greene, Jacob L., Hartford,
Conn 
Greene & Co., W. L., Boston,
Mass 
Gregory, H.D., Blairstown, N.J.
Griffin, Geo. H., (Rev.), Mil
ford, Conn 
Griffith, R. H., Rushville, Ills.
Guild, J. H., Rupert. Vt 
Gulick, N. D., (Rev.) Brook
lyn, N. Y 

Hale, John P., (Rev.) Mil
waukee, AVis 
Hale, W. B., Northampton,
Z^Q>SS 
Halsted, ,T. M.'.New York ....
Halsted, Robt., New York. . ..
Hamersley, John W.,New York
Handy, T. P., Cleveland, O. ..
Hannett, Jr., Chas. E., New
port, R. I 
Hardwick, B. C, Dorchester,
Mass 
Hare. R. Emott, Philadelphia,
Pa 
Harmon. E., (Rev.) Winchester,
N. H 
Harris, John Campbell, Phila
delphia 
Harrison, Alfred C, Phila 
Harrison, Geo.L., Philadelphia
Harrison, John Jay, (Rev.) Sag
Harbor, L. L, N. Y 
Hart, W. O., New Orleans, La.
Hertel, C. A. E., (Rev.) Lodi,
Cal 
Hill, J. R.,(Rev.) St. Louis, Mo.
Hill, Wm. , Now York 
Hilton, Hcnrv. New York 
Hinckley, 8. T., Elgin, Ul. ...
Hitchcock,P. M., Cleveland, O.
Hitchcock, R. D., (Rev.) New
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Holiday, H. M., (Rev.) Allen
dale, Mich 
Holman, A. J. & Co., Phila
delphia 
Holt, Geo. Hubbard, Crested
Butte, Col 
Horsburgh, Jr., Jas., San Fran
cisco, Cal 
Houghton, H.O., Boston, Mass.
Hovey, Henry E., (Rev.) Brook
lyn, N. Y 
How, B. W., New York 
Howard, Jas. L., Hartford, Ct.
Howard, Mrs. AVm. A., Grand
Rapids, Mich 
Hubbard Bros., Philadelphia,
Pa 
Huey, Samuel B., Philadelphia,
Pa 
Hughes, H. AV., Cincinnati, O.
Hunnewell, Mrs. J. F., Charles-
town, Mass 
Hunt, A. S., (Rev.), Brooklyn,
New York 
Hunter, Henry T., (Rev.) New
York 
Huntington, Dan'l, New York
Huntington, Henry 8., (Rev.)
Gorham, Maine 
Hurlbut, Henry A., New York
Huston, A. F., Coatesville, Pa.
Hutchinson, Wm., Montclair,
N.J 
Hyde, H. B., New York 
Hyde, Wm., Ware, Mass 
Ives, Mrs. C. L. , Burlington , N. J.
Ives, Wm. A., New Haven,
Conn 
Jackson, AV. H., New York. . .
Jackson, F. Wolcott, Newark,
N. J 
Jacobs, Francis, Westchester,
Pa  .
Jaffray, Robert, Now York 
James, D. Willis, New York. .
Jenks, Henry P., Boston, Mass
Jennings, O. B., New York. ..
Jesup, M. K., New York 
Jewell, Chas. A., Hartford, Ct.
Johnson, Chas. C, Norwich, Ct.
Johnson, Elias H., Chester, Pa.
.Tohnson, Sam'l, Boston, Mass.
Jones, Jacob P. , Philadelphia,
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Kidder. II. P., Boston, Mass..
King, Francis T., Baltimore,
Md 
King, J. F., New York 
King,Wm.L., Morristown,N. J.
Kip, L.W.,(Rev.) Amoy, China
Kirtlnnd,Mrs. A. T. E., Orange,
N. J 
Kittredge, J. E., (Rev.) Geneseo,
N. Y 
Knight, Sam'l, St. Louis, Mo.
Knowles, Mrs. C.H., Westfleld,
Mass  10 00
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Lambert, John, Philadelphia,
Pa  20 00
Lamberton, R. A., South Beth
lehem, Pa 
Lane, Geo. AV., New York 
Lane, S. M. , Southbridge,Mass.
Langdon, Woodbury G., New
York 
Latham, H. D., (Rev.) Madi
son, Conn 
Law, W. W., New York 
Learned, L.C., New London, Ct.
Leiter, Levi Z., Chicago, Ills. .
Letchworth, J., Auburn, N.Y''.
Lewis, H. A., (Rov.) Carlisle,
N. Y 
Lewis, H. P., Chicago, 111 
Lewis, Z. Edwards, New York
Lincoln, P. 8., New York 
Little, Geo.T., Braintree, Mass.
Lloyd, T. A., (Rev.) West
chester, Pa 
Lockwood, A. D., Providence,
R. I 
Long, John D., Boston, Mass.
Logan, J. Lewis, Nicholas-
ville, Ky 
Lord, D. D., New York 
Lord, Thos., Chicago, 111 
Lowry, Mrs. Anie L., Philadel
phia, Pa 
Lyman, C. C, Hartford, Ct. . .
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Mackintosh, W. 8., Pittsburgh,
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Martin, Geo.C, Brooklyn, N.Y.
MacManus, Mrs. Susan R.,
Phila., Pa 
Maey, Miss M. Josie, Lewis-
ville, Ind 
Magie, Ann F., Elizabeth, N.J.
Magie, W. E., New York 
Magie, W. J., Elizabeth, N. J.
Man, A. P., New York 
Marshall, Benj., New Straits-
ville, O 
Marshall, James, (Rev.) New
York 
Marshall, Henry P., New York
Mason, M. B., Boston, Mass..
Mather, Roland, Hartford, Ct.
May, Jos., (Rev.) Philadelphia
McAlpine, D. H., New York. .
McCall,Mrs. Jas. N., New York
McClenthen, Wm. T., Phila
delphia, Pa 
McClung, 0. M., Knoxville,
Tenn 
McCoUom, Jno. H., Oswego,
N. Y 
McKellip, Wm. A., Westmin
ster, Md 
McKim, Jr., Haslett, (Rev.)
Newburgh, N. Y 
McMillan, John, Philadelphia,
Pa 
McMurtrie JR. C., Philadelphia,
Pa 
Menzies, Wm., New York 
Merriam, Chas., Springfield,
Merrill, J. Warren, Boston,
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Middlebrookj ' S. M., Bridge
port, Ct 
Mills, James M. , Ne w York . .
Miller, E. Rothesay, (Rev.)
Tokiyo, Japan 
Milne, A., New York 
Minor, John B., Charlottes
ville, Va  
Minturn, B. B., New York. . .
Mitchell, Elizabeth N., New
York  •••¦•
Moak, N. C, Albany, N. Y.^-
Monroe,Elbert B., South port, Ct
Moore, Dennis, Hamilton, Ont.
Moore, W. H. H., New York.
Morgan, Geo. H., NewYork..
Morris, Israel, Philadelphia.Pa.
Morris, Wistar, Philadelphia Pa
Mumford, Miss A. 8., New
York  ¦ ¦¦- 
Hunger, H. R., New York ....

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Norcross, Otis, Boston, Mass. .
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Norrie, Adam, New York 

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Osborne. Mrs. A. M., Catskill,
N. Y 
Osborne, J. H., Auburn, N. Y.
Ozanne, P. M., Cleveland, O. .
Paine, C. F., Rochester, N. Y.
Palmer, Chas. Ray, (Rev.)
Bridgeport, Ct 
Palmer,- Wm. C, New York. .
Palmer, Henry, Chester, Pa. . .
Parker, Mrs. J. H., Charleston,
8. C 
Parsons, JohnE., New York. .
Paul, Henry N., Philadelphia,
Pa 
Peckham, Miss Addie M.,
Brooklyn, N. Y 
Pendleton,EdwardW., Detroit,
Mich 
Pennock Geo., Philadelphia . .
Perkins, E. T., (Rev.) Louis
ville, Ky 
Perkins, Joseph, Cleveland, O.
Pettit, E. R., Philadelphia,Pa.
Phares, D.L., Agricultural Col
lege, Mississippi 
Piercc,Geo.A., Providence, R.L
Piper, Wm. T., Cambridge,
TVTfms .,.......¦¦
Polhemus", I. H., (Rev.) Mexico
City, Mexico 
Post, AVright E., New York. .
Potter, Howard, New York . . .
Potwin, T. S., (Rev.) Hartford,
Conn 
Powers, Wm. P., New York. .
Prime, Miss Nina, New York .
Prime, RalphE..Yonkers,N.Y.
Pruyn, Jr., J. V. L., Albany,
N.Y  ¦••
Purves, Wm., Philadelphia,Pa.
Putnam, A. P., (Rev.) Brook
lyn, N. Y 
Quincy, John W., New York. .
Raven, A. A., New York . . . .
Redfleld, John H., Philadel
phia, Pa  ^.".'
Reed, Chas. H., (Rev.) Rich
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Reese, Jas. W., (Rev.) West
minster, Md  10 00
Renwick, Henry B., New York 20 00
Rice, Joseph A., Bcthlehem,Pa. 20 00
Richardson,C.E., Stamford, Ct. 5 00
Richardson, Hannah W., Phil
adelphia, Pa  20 00
Roberts, John E., Providence,
R. 1  30 00
Robertson, Thos. D., Rockford,
Illinois  30 00
Robie, Edward, (Rev.) Green
land, N. H  30 00
Robinson, D. 8., Saltsburg, Pa. 10 00
Rockwell, Jas., Utica, N. Y. . 10 00
Rogers, Fordyce H., Detroit,
Mich  10 00
Rollins, E.A.,Pliiladelphia,Pa. 50 00
Roosevelt, Jas. A., New York 100 00
Ropes, J. C, Boston, Mass  30 00
Ross, A. Hastings, (Rev.) Port
Huron, Mich  30 00
Ross, E. A., Albany, N. Y. .. . 10 50
Salisbury, Edward E., New
Haven, Conn  30 00
Santee, Chas., Philadelphia. .. 20 00
Savage, Mrs. Sarah C, Phila
delphia, Pa  10 00
Sawyer, AV. J., Allegheny City,
Pa  30 00
Scattergood, Geo. J., Philadel
phia, Pa  10 00
Scattergood, Mary, Phila  30 00
Scattergood, Thomas, Phila. . . 30 00
Schaff, Philip, (Rev.) New
York  50 00
Schwab, Gustav, New York.. 30 00
Schieffelin, H. M., New York. 20 00
Scott, Jas. B., Pittsburgh, Pa. 20 00
Scott, J. Alexander, Orange,
N. J  10 00
Scull, Jr., David and Edward
L., Philadelphia, Pa  30 00
Selleck, A. D., New York  20 00
Second Congregational Ch.,
Richford, 111., by Rev. F.
P. Woodbury  30 00
Shea, C. B., Pittsburgh, Pa. .. 30 00
Shearman, T. G., NewYork.. 20 00
Sharpe, Thos. H., Indianapo
lis, Ind  10 00
Shearer, Thos., Baltimore, Md. 10 00
Sheldon, Smith, New York. . . 10 00
Shepard, Elliott F., NewYork 20 00
Shepard, Sidney, New Haven.
N. Y  60 00
Shepard, Mrs. Sidney, Clifton
Springs, N. Y  30 00

Simmons, Chas. E., Chicago,
Ills  30 00
Sinclair, John, New York  30 00
Sinclair, Mrs. Thos. M., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa  20 00
Skidmore, Wm.L., New York. 30 00
Skinner, Norman N., Clinton,
N. Y  10 00
Slater, H. N., AVcbster, Mass. 10 00
Sloan, Samuel, New York  30 00
Smiley, Albert K., Lake Mo-
houk, N. Y  48 03
Smith, Daniel. Mobile, Ala. .. 10 00
Smith, Earnest L., New York. 10 00
Smith, Jas. Willson, Sag Har
bor, L. L,N. Y  10 00
Smith, Sylvester, New Haven,
Conn  20 00
Smith, 8. P., Orange, N. J. . . 10 00
Smith. Mrs. S. P., Orange,
N. J  10 00
Smith, Wm. Alexr., New York. 30 00
Smith, Mrs. Wm. H., New
Britain, Conn  30 00
Sparks, Mrs. Jared, Cambridge,
Mass  25 00
Speare, Alden, Boston, Mass. . 20 00
Spence, W.W., Baltimore, Md. 20 00
Spencer, AVm., Erie, Pa  10 00
Starr, Mrs. Sarah M., New
York  30 00
Stearns, J. G. D., Zumbrota,
Minn  20 00
Stebbins, 8. N., New York. . . 20 00
Stedman,EmundC., NewYork. SO 00
Sterling, J. C, Watertown,
N. Y  5 00
Sterling, John AV., New Y'ork. 30 00
Sterry, Geo. E., New York. . . 10 00
Stewart, Bryce, Clarksville,
Tenn  40 15
Stewart, John A., New York. 30 00
Stickney, J. Henry, Baltimore,
Md  20 00
Stimson, Henry A., Worcester,
Mass  30 00
Stokes, Anson Phelps, New
York  20 00
Stone, Elizabeth B., New Y'ork 10 00
Stone, Mary M., New York. . . 10 00
Stone, Mary 8., New York  10 00
Stone, Sumner R., Now York. 30 00
Studley, Mrs. H., New York. . 10 00
Sumner, Sarah F., Albany,
N.Y  30 00
Swan, Lyndon M., Brooklyn,
N. Y  30 00
Sweeting, T. Henry, Philadel
phia, Pa  10 00

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Swift, Rowland, Hartford, Ct.
Taber, Wm. C, New Bedford,
Mass 
Taft, Jas. H., New York 
Tallman, Mrs. W. G., Brook
lyn, N. Y 
Talcott, Wait, Rockford, Ills.
Talmadge, Mrs. Elizabeth,
Westfleld, Mass 
Tatum, Edwd., New York 
Taylor, Chas. 8., Burlington,
N. J 
Taylor, Edgar D., Richmond,
Va 
Taylor, John P., (Rev.) New
London, Conn 
Taylor, John W., Newaik,N. J.
Terry, Roderick. (Rev.), New
York 
Terry, Stephen, Hartford, Ct. .
Tew, Willis, Jamestown, N.Y.
Terry, M. 8. (Rev.), New York
Theol. Seminary Library, Gam
bier, O 
Thomas, Edwd. Isaiah, Boston,
Mass 
Thomas, Geo., West White-
land P. O., Pa 
Thompson, Chas. O., Worces
ter, Mass 
Thompson, John B., (Rev.),
Catskill, N. Y 
Thomson, H. C. (Rev.), Mon
terey, Mexico 
Thorne, Jonathan, New York.
Tilton, Henry, New York. . . .
Tompkins, H. B.. New York.
Torrey, D. (Rev.), Cazenovia,
N.Y 
Townsend, John P., NewYork.
Townshend, Mary L., New
York 
Tracy, Chas., New York 
Tracy, J. Evarts, New York. .
Trask: Alanson, Brooklyn, N.
Y 
Trow, John F., New York. . . .
Trowbridge, F. E, N. Y.....
Tuttle, Wm. P., New York. . .
Vail, C. E., Blairstown, N. J..
Vail, R. P- H. (Rev.), Stam
ford, Ct  ¦ •••i,-'
Valentine, John J., San Fran
cisco, Cal  ,v ; ¦
Van Amringe.J.H..New York.
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10 00 1 Vanderbilt, Cornelius, New
York  30 00
Van Wagenen, Bleecker, New
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30 00 Vaux, Geo., Philadeljihia  30 00
Vaux, Jr., Geo., Philadelphia,
20 00 Pa  10 00
30 00 Vaux, Miss Mary M., Philadel
phia, Pa  10 00
30 00 Vaux, Jr., Wm. S., Philadel-
30 00 phia, Pa  10 00
Viele, Maurice E.,Albany,N.Y. 10 00
Vroom, Geo. A., New York.. 10 00

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10 00 S. L, N. Y.
10 00 Wallace, J. Duff, NewYork.
Warren, Mrs. 8. D., Boston,
30 00 Mass 
20 00 Warren, 8. D., Boston, Mass. .
30 00 Wells, Chas. J., Stapleton, S.
30 00 L, N. Y 
AVest, Chas. E., Brooklyn,
10 00 N. Y. 
Wheelock, Wm. A., New York
10 00 Whitall, Jas., Philadelphia,
Pa 
30 00 White, Geo. H., Jersey City,
N. J 
10 00 White, Joseph, Williamstown,
Mass 
30 00 White, Rebecca, Fernwood,
p^ 
30 00 Whitney, John R. , Bryn Mawr,
30 00] Pa 
30 00 I AVhitney, W. B., Germantown,

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more, Md 
Willets, B. R., New York. . . .
Williams, Edward C, Oak
land, Cal 
Williams, Frank B., Youngs-
town, O 
Williams, Mrs. J. B., Ithaca,
N.Y  •¦•••
Williams, J. Henry, (Bev.)
Amherst, Va  •
Williams, Meade C, (Rev.)
Princeton, Ills  ¦ •
Williams, Thos. C. Richmond,
Va  .¦
Williams, W.W., (Rev.) Balti
more, Md  ,' '' "
Williamson,. las., (Rev.) Acton,
Ind  ¦¦¦¦•
Willing, II. J., Chicago, Ills..

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phia, Pa  10 00
Winslow, John F., Pough
keepsie, N. Y  20 00
Winthrop, Mrs. H. R., New
York  20 00
Wintringham, J. P., New
York  70 00
Winthrop, R. C, Boston, Mass. 20 00
Wolfe, Miss C. L., New York. 20 00
Wood, Walter, Philadelphia,
Pa  100 00
Woodbury, Frank P., (Rev.)
Rockford, 111  10 00
Wooley, Joseph J., Pawtucket,
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Wortman, Denis, (Rev.) Fort
Plain. N. Y  10 00
Wright, Miss Fanny M., Hart
ford, Conn  10 00
Wright, John W., Camden,
N. J  SO 00
Youmans, R. H., New York. . 10 00
Younglove, John E., Bowling
Green, Ky  80 00
Young Men's Bible Class, Pres
byterian Church, Stam
ford, Ct  10 00
Young Men's Christian Asso.,
New York  10 00

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