The revised version of the New Testament, with a history of the present and former . e demands. No suspicion need in future haunt them thatthe Scriptural truths which they love ar# insecure. These have beenproved to rest on an immovable foundation, and they will endure as longas the Divine Word that reveals them, which liveth and abideth for ever. ** But more than this every loyal Christian heart should surely rejoice tohave access, in as pure a form as possible, to the message sent us by ourFather in heaven. That is the great positive work which has been aimedat by the New Testame
The revised version of the New Testament, with a history of the present and former . e demands. No suspicion need in future haunt them thatthe Scriptural truths which they love ar# insecure. These have beenproved to rest on an immovable foundation, and they will endure as longas the Divine Word that reveals them, which liveth and abideth for ever. ** But more than this every loyal Christian heart should surely rejoice tohave access, in as pure a form as possible, to the message sent us by ourFather in heaven. That is the great positive work which has been aimedat by the New Testament Company, and the fulfilment of which is pre-sented in the Revised Version. English readers of the Scriptures havenow the opportunity of making themselves acquainted with the NewTestament in a form more nearly representing the primitive text thanthey ever had before. Most of tlie changes made hardly affect the sense,but many even of these alterations are highly interesting. Some fewothers are of great importance, and will naturally attract more attentionfrom readers of the Revised y King. CHRISTS Testimony to Christianity, BY PROF. PHILIP SCHAFF, , LLD., PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE OF REVISION. Eighteen hundred years ago there lived, among a despised nationand in a remote country, a man by the name of Jesus, a carpentersson, who had no political power, no social position, no secularlearning or art, no wealth, no shelter to call His own, and who aftera very brief public career was crucified in His youth by His owncountrymen as a blasphemer. Yet this humble Rabbi by th-e forceof His doctrine and example, without shedding a drop of blood,^save His own, has silently accomplished the greatest moral revolu-tion on record, founded the mightiest and the only stable empire,and is now recognized and adored by the most civilized nations ofthe globe as the Son of God and the Saviour of mankind.|Ub This fact is astoundiftg, and stands out alone, unapproached andunapp
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