Show u t r l lL I When Bibles Were Sold in iii Wall YalI 1 L L firing nun I It was sync on the tho th day of ot May Iny ISSI that tho the Invaded Wall street and for tor a n few tew hours humors at nt least divided l honors with quotations nUll anti stocky stocks Soon after the revision of the tho English I Bible hind had been undertaken under the authority of or orthe the of England l the Oxford and I Cambridge University presses entered Into nn an agreement with stith lIh the tho revision committee obliging themselves to pay pa nil all the expenses of the time undertaking und for tor which they to have exclusive right of or publication whenever the time revises revised version should be completed Even Eon at lit litter tor ter the revised New Testament Te hind had gone one to 10 press presa the greatest secrecy was observe to the nature and extent of ot time the revision that had been node de One Omme London paper through some lame mistake got lot hold of a lIst Hat of ot thu the most mOlt Important changes but beyond that nothing was known by tho the gen jen general eral eniti public about the character of ot the work vork Both in I ann ana America interest was WIS therefore excited to tho th Ih pitch pilchA An As A the time d 11 for Cor the publication publication cation of the Now New Testament drew near May Hay 17 ISSI l l In lii England and May 30 20 o oIn In n the United States State repeated vere made by American to i ifft set get advance Information which they knew would be eagerly received by b their readers coders r rOne One enterprising reporter In New Now NewYork NewYork York sent ent a IL special messenger to the time president of ot the American revision representing himself lt as Mr lir tilt he hit authorized agent of ot the time Press who had come como to 10 America to superintend the sale of ot the th woks Heine unab to got gel MM iii tram from rom the lie r and needing a II copy of ot tho revised New Now Testament at nt once ho hp ii had Imd ventured to ask nak the esteemed president of tho timo American committee for Cor forthe forthe the loan lonn of his private copy Delving In tho the musty lore ot or antiquity hall had no not however rendered time the venerable scholar r altogether oblivious of ot time the ways of at the thu th modern world Being somewhat sos sus suspicious su as RII to time tho Identity of ot Mr 11 Frowde I he sent Bent the messenger back not with the tho coveted copy of or the tho ho New Nell lf but with a I courteous tation to Mr Ir Frowde to conic como to ten tell tenHo Ho 80 Impolite was Mr Frowde that ho hI dl not 1101 accept the thu Invitation nor even evell I take lake the time trouble to send Bend his regrets Tho The Chicago Times had the first Hist six books becks of at tIme the New Testament words vorda In nil all telegrapher t from tram New York to Chicago to so that they might bt be pub published published In Its lis columns one day Uny before the arrival of ot the time volumes by bJ traIt trail This Thill Is III said to be the time longest t telegram ever transmitted An editorial com corn commenting on the tho achievement sola lala Such a n publication as this Is entire entro ly Iy without precedent It Indicates on time Ihl one hand tho the widespread desire to tv tesee see tho the revised version and on Oil time tho th other the tho ability of ot tho ho Times s to 10 sup ship st lJ ply pl the tho public with what Is wanted I Long I n before daybreak on time the morn Ing lag of ot the tho the Ih doors of ot Thomas Nelson Sons publishing house the American agents of at tho the Oxford Press fr l were thrown open anti and tho the distribution of ot tho books to the time retail houses house 1 YM wai begun Almost with Ith daybreak custom Ore era er began coming with requests r for tor sin alum GI copies of ot tho the revised version I n but were Invariably refused So Insistent at nt length became the demand that a n was posted In front of ot tho the store more No Goods nt itt Retail II Tho The retail stores stOtel throughout the city were like Uk so I many beehives the sales FilleR of ot that single day da exceeding copies Not the leant leut trying to the patience of ot the wa time the constant stream of at questIons to J Which hM foro subjected and amid which ma was no escape It U sa blandly by hy my the public that they authorities not only on lions of ot price end and binding hilt but on omm lummi of or text interpretation an ns wall Veil Men riding titling in the time street eats cars list Ihal morning read the tho New Nw Testament In III o of ot time the Ih morning papers dark anti buhl men went to 10 timely their stor stores und offices their halt pocket packets bulged out with wll h copies of ot the New Testament men limit tush nn Oil Hi lit Irani aIni nm n ni nr io to ask them ii If it t they li ii had K i n New and how haw they liked It while the thu whole subject was wa freely treel and gravely by drivers new lays and nm policemen Joll In a it vocabulary ami 1111 with expletives of ot such as a art aru ro not nol ord In tho time discus Minim Minn of nt topics No taoist doubt many n ml 1 man moan read r more mitos In the Hibl that than ho imo hall had ever In his hll life lite b before fore or nr lm hn hints cv t 11 r riad since nce The Ih demand for the tie revised Testa fest m nt furnished an opportunity not to ts t le Lie II the tho tr t Veil ven her dor II r Early In III time the day 11 n R ped i diem down clown Wall strict street with trays mrya t with th Ih the now 11 books Cries of It Heres yer fr New NII out Bibles only n It quarter fell Cell a all eq strange on aim tic the Ih ears cum of If tie the Ih bulls bUill anti and beum In a n few minutes a eddler would dispose of ot lila his stock and ane nd hurry awny in t the lilt nearest retail house hauHe for It new supply Several hundreds ot on copies calicO were sold In lit time the vi vicinity of or If time the stock toek exchange One old gentleman after Itt 1 alighting front from a it 1 cab Mil and Interestedly the novel 1101 situation was in to ex exclaim e claim Well floII the millennium must be bent beitt nt lit hand sure lure enough I never expected to In live to 10 see e time the Bible Dible sold sell In street treet They rhey need U It here balmy badly haft I enough Lord know Hero here 11 young man Ill Iii take two copies c just jumet to 10 set let a 1 good ex ux example ample Los tl Time |