Show 0 f dc V a 4 paul 11 artam col borm L jeet W 0 bore tiflis a awve in pel ace 71 CC pvc arvi bie now ew wb when Z beau was waa born bar in bethlehem in or of jaiden A in in tha days of at ii iid herod d the to alair klaff b behold I 1 there her im cam 4 what wl min men from tio th enat east t to bay as where what 1 us he that f in bar born I 1 me alne of ta abo J hewat 0 for or att he hava n bit 1 in th tha boist at anil A are 1 coia to wo worship him wh when they law aw the it bar ther M II 11 it with t th 11 exceeding dimir 91 areat joy jay aad eliy conle into at I 1 the he blind 7 holje t they b 1 air 1 1 tha young child mi with mary at hi hit mother and ad fall it flown we and ad i lit ad too at pd their it or I 1 ted unto moto him gift gold cold and d binic and ad myrrh by JOHN of DICKINSON ON SHERMAN 0 GOLS GOES in part the star satorv in lit king james jamea bible 1611 ot of the birth ot of christ and ad the ad adoration tie ot of the three whig ot of the Orient Magi vise lea men as told by st si I 1 matthew the bible I 1 la th tha hung book tor far every awry day in the year aa shown an by y the fact that it Is I 1 incomparably a the world a be best t sell seller but it 1 la especially ob ily ahe he christmas book for or it Is the very fount foun t ot of the christ Chri atmaa in and of the christ spirit christianity I 1 la the driving power of 0 the world ako tic may point to tile the pevi world war as evidence dence that chris timaly ry has tailed failed churches and berts may quarrel warel among themselves ford ato menta and it mader wara may inay fie fiercely re ely 1 dispute about h I 1 the authority at the bible T the h e rude reda may predict the decline and fall fail ot of christianity never th eleES eless christianity after alus nineteen I 1 es at still I 1 I 1 rem remains it a the driving power ol of the w world and the central fact act ot of christianity 1 IB jesus christ his hab I 1 life iffe his per person his teachings teaching so the bill I 1 1 IB if the christian boole book the four ven verses I 1 from st Afat matthew thew it account of at the birth ot at christ are am given exactly city mi es f found 4 in the modern ad printing biml id of the king james jamea bible which la 1 will attl the accepted test with flany church churchmen me a notwithstanding in ding the many versions v itch the th lemarl have dave brought it 1 la often called the Author tied bible this far or the reason that it had bad the he Banot lon ot of both the english ung king and ad of Rug lidi acho lara the king james had I 1 inception pit I 1 tn 1604 at a conference at hampton plan court it was then deter mined that a translation should be made which could he be accepted as fundamentally car correct roat party Forty seven pread dittore were named a wed irma tile the tore fare most meet scholars of hold england 0 nit tue tile first draft VM crould completed e d in 1600 09 two dolva lam years were devoted d to t revision 1 it was wa printed in london leader in 1611 by robi bobi M barkar abat dint this translation waa ans an capor mat ant anderm undertaking lim ts in shown how b by the ad translators drus dress to mag king james of the translators of 0 which the beginning b all inning and fourth paragraph are 0 an follows follow 1 to Is the moat at high till ad icat mighty prince camei 1 by th the rc at 1 god gmt was of at great britain franc id nd ireland 4 DB to fender dor ot of tini the faith jm ao the T Trant latora of at the bible wish h Q grace O id mercy nd 4 F through J jaaka christ our or rol lord there 4 I 1 ar to too abi or argument 9 u noat of at tal this r right it ch christian and ad ralls j sim loua bombin iii maty but on I 1 to e forti forcible bli to dc declare m it to at othea a in than ah tho vehement ami and aid P perpetuated hotd of ftc viba at ibia and it publishing of this work which now w with fill 11 humility w we onto your for when your had once out ot daei lodgment judgment ap candid how convenient it wa t that tal out ot 1 alm sros 9 together with oearl comparing of at the labour both 1 in 11 our own we an and d other foreign fit of no many worthy m men wh who w went before us no th there aid rt be one I 1 more orect exact a of in tho holy smi aturO into th tin E english loan b tour m rany tint did to never dealer to arm urge and ad to eitle th those to whom it w wa commended mm nd d t that the work might be b hastened haBte I 1 td ned am 4 that the be expedites in 0 o man na aa a matter of a tuch importance might it tola this units wait waa the ton BOB ot of lord darnley D JOY and it starr mari queen of scots scot in 1567 he be become became james I 1 jt I 1 of scotland and it 1 in 1603 succeeded queen I 1 Il liza Babeth binh its aa james I 1 king of a england scotland and ireland he was wag sold by file bin con contemporaries tern to be tho the wisest fool in europe the king jaw jaines a version is by bv a no meana mean t the a llast engllish bible th that to imbt honor be probably belongs balance to a manu script translation of about 1380 by john wycliffe Wyclif le the famous preacher from the latin vulgate incident ally it I 1 Is of interest to note is that in hla his prefer preface wycliffe wrote wrate the bible te Is for the government of the people by the people unit and for the people eldech Is suggestively similar to lincoln 1 camean utterance tie 1 la hta his gettys gait burg add address re can how flow many say a ID ami copies ot of wycliffe were wide made is IB not known eight of his hig time mr are still 1 la eri bence car it la 1 I 1 known however that these homes manuscript coplea copies were wens in seral secret cir ca cu lation 1 in england down to the cad and of the fifteenth century now new we lome to in the first complete english bible the title page of which 1 Is herewith reproduced its date dat f 18 1 as the tae fee stalle shows abo it he was net hot I a from original greek and ad hebrew testa f from ta the Do douche and lata as aa it the title page pace beets at forth th the jamea of translator and ad prior printer or are not at set at forth but they are known the translator we was miles coverdale tt bleter nag and it the h P ans done I 1 in bitz switzerland probably to in zurich it la is considered a scholarly version it no ISO P per fact copy to 1 known to be extant much of the lettering of the lun muni trat lons reat can b be read ad th the 1 upside down acroix I 1 la enat connection bw with adam and ad ee E a and the serpent S ta the gard garden an ot of eden reads read la in what days daye BO ever thou than abr thereof f thou than shall halt d dye 3 note net the aro TV which i used d tor far w which to la not nor followed in the center lettering in old english v T and in were weirs practically interchangeable hence w was waa literally double u the revan beven votes verse of tile the second chapter of 0 genesis 1 in the kiss king james ve version rends made but bat of at the tree treat of or 1 good md and evil thou than not eat of it itt tor far 1 in the tha day the thou thereof thoa shall surely die A significant piece of dec decoration ovation OB me this title page la in that at the bottom between the two me burolla it quite quit evidently id tl represents king henry to whom the translation was waa dedicated by myles Cover coverdale thile innervating in athla 1 first c complete plate english bible to church and ad civil dl dignitaries henry vin vill 1547 bluff king hat hal the tha king of oc many say clr alvea rod 1 in the passage of the act of supreme which severed the connection a meth of at the english church with rome and 4 up ap pointed the king and it lit hla or the tb protector and only supreme hand of th the a ch church h and ad clergy of eulaia so it was quite I 1 in order t I 1 tor r him to alm bring out a a new va version rate 0 of the bible an odd bit of f decoration for the tt if tie page of a bible la is the anig buggea tion aton of the order of the tha G garter actor with it famous motto ft this thin 1 Is the high eat cst order ot of knighthood in great britain t 1 and ad it its Is about 51 BO I 1 including the sov errig the prace prince of viales W alea and 24 knoeb is compan ho tont it we waa established by edward IH 1312 77 about 1142 the legend of 0 it 1 la that at ft state lot fault ball the tha count counter of a lost last her garter which edwd picked up and placed on an hla his own ko his 10 court fera tile thereupon whereupon the king oa 01 exclaimed land a as we rma now olt it t 1 conj I soil ault quit mal and 7 voted this literally means started shamed be he be who thaid in evil ot of it we ne now t translate I 1 0 to it evil to him who evil thinks thilo suppose we put pat the kings king utterance conversely thus good GOO to him who good thinks think that la 11 not e so very lea tar far from ft a pence peace on an earth art h to men of good will as 1 the rom eat an catholic domay version of the bible trunis translate lance the christmas message |