t were valid in an earlier
period of the language were no longer observed; and of this we find many
indications in the Greek Testament. But it must be remembered that we
also find in the Greek Testament a vastly preponderating portion of what
is grammatically correct according to the earlier standard, and often
clear indications that what was so written must have been definitely
meant by the writer. Is it not then our clearest duty, remembering
always that what we are translating is the Gospel message, to do what the
Revisers did, to render each passage in accordance with the recognized
meaning of the words, and in harmony with the plain tenor of the context?

I now close these words and these Addresses with the solemn prayer to
Almighty God that in this great matter, and in the use of that which the
living voice of our synod permits us to use, we may be guided by God the
Holy Ghost, through Jesus Christ, our ever-blessed and redeeming Lord and
God.

* * * * *

[As the use at the lectern of the Revised Version in the Public Service
of the Church may be thought likely to involve expense, I may mention
that the small pica edition of the Bible, at 10_s._ 6_d._ net, and of the
Apocrypha separately, at 7_s._ 6_d._, will be found sufficient in most
churches. The folio edition in buckram of the Bible with Apocrypha will,
I understand, be two guineas, net. Application however should be made to
the University Press of Oxford or of Cambridge, or to the Christian
Knowledge Society.]

OXFORD: HORACE HART
PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

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