These thoughts might be carried much further, but enough has been said to justify the minute care that has been taken in the renderings of the written word of the New Testament by the Revisers, and further, the validity of the deductions that may be drawn from their use of one word rather than another, especially in the case of words that might seem to be practically synonymous. It may be quite true that, in the current Greek of the time, many of the distinctions that 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 Works by the same Author. ARE WE TO MODIFY FUNDAMENTAL DOCTRINE? Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 1_s._ CHRISTUS COMPROBATOR; or, The Testimony of Christ to the Old Testament. Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 2_s._ FOUNDATIONS OF SACRED STUDY. Part I. Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 2_s._; Part II, 2_s._ 6_d._ MODERN UNBELIEF: its Principles and Characteristics. Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 1_s._ 6_d._ OUR REFORMED CHURCH AND ITS PRESENT TROUBLES. Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 6_d._ SALUTARY DOCTRINE. Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 1_s._ 6_d._ SPIRITUAL NEEDS IN COUNTRY PARISHES. Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 1_s._ THE BEING OF GOD (Six Addresses on). Small post 8vo, cloth boards, 1_s._ 6_d._ SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. LONDON: NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, W.C. Footnotes: