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Ait ? . I . —An appeal to the Members of the British and Foreign Bibie Society , on the Subject of the Turkish Neiv Testament , printed dt Paris in 1819 . Containing' a
View of its History , ah Exposure of its Errors , and palpable Proofs of the Necessity of its Suppression . By Ebenezer Henderson , Author 6 f a " Journal of a Residence in
Iceland . " London , printed for Holdsworth , 1824 . 8 vo . pp . 70 . AftT . II . —^ Remarks on Dr . Hender * son ' s Appeal to The Bible Society * on the Subject of the Turkish Version of the New Testament printed at Paris in 1819 . To which is
added , An Appendiw , containing certain Documents on the Character of that Version . By the Rev . S . Lee , A . M . D . IX , of the University of Halle , &c . &c , and Professor
of Arabic in the University of Cambridge . Cambridge , printed by Smith . Sold , in London , by Seeley , &c . 1824 . 8 vo . pp .-159 . App . 44 .
IT is not a little remarkable , that of the controversies of which the British and Foreign Bible Society has been the occasion and the subject , nearly all have regarded its principle and constitution , rather than its actual administration . We should
antecedently have looked for the reverse of this state of things . It appears extremely difficult to conceive , on what ground an association for circulating the Holy Scriptures can , so far , be arraigned by Christians , or , at least , by Protestants ; while , on the other hand , nothing was more probable than that some of the measures
of a very miscellaneous body of men would betray strong marks of fallibility , and afford just cause of animadversion . Warmly attached as we are to the avowed purpose of the Society , we think , nevertheless , that the conductors of it have fallen into grand mistakes : we are not indeed of opinion , that Dr . Henderson has made Rood his charge , or effectually defended his secession from the service
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of the institution ; but , previously td our furthfer notice of his pamphlet , and of the tract of hid opponent , we shall avail ourselves of this fair occasion of saying a few wortte upon the extent Of the Society's Agency , and upon one or two collateral topics . :
Now , according'to our deliberate yet httmbte judgateht , that agency is placed in too many hands , and absorbs an undue pt © portion 6 f the monies entrusted to the disposal of the Committee . The sole and proper object
of the British and Foreign Bible Society , is the circulation of the Scriptufes . Not only therefore should its revenues bte applied , as far as is possible , exclusively to this end but we must further be sensible that in
the same ratio in whifch its salaries and incidental expenses afe multiplied ^ will be its inability to print ana dis ^ tribute the volume of revelation . life consideration , for exam pi e , of the fif teen hundred pounds , now paid annually to the Secretaries , a Vast number
of copies of the Bible , and still more of the New Testament , might be obtained and spread abroad . A most capital erroi * has been committed , hi annexing any salary to that office ; : ia
converting the character of the Secretaries from that of gratuitous and hofiary to stipendiary . We are far front being disposed to underrate the merits of the gentlemen who are at present employed in such a relation * e * to
measure their labours by any pecuniary standard . Surely , however , it was of the first importance that the reputation of such a Society for disinterestedness , for a freedom from all party-attachments , and , we will add ,
tor enlightened prudence and discretion , should be perfectly unassailable ! We could heartily wish that a step which we so much lament might be retraced ; while we fear that the very nature of it forbids this desirable issue .
There are , besides , a vast number of inferior agents of the institution : and , admitting , tis we do , that they should receive no inadequate compensation for their time , their efforts and their responsibility , we cannot but pro-
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1824, page 687, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2530/page/47/
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