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Excerpt from Historical Account of the Work of the American Committee of Revision of the Authorized English Version of the Bible: Prepared From the Documents and Correspondence of the Committee It was Obvious that the only other authoritative body before which the subject could be brought was Convocation. It was, indeed, feared that if Convocation undertook the work it would not unnaturally choose the revisers mainly out of its own mem bers, and that thus, however well the work might be done, the results would never secure a really national acceptance. Still, there was no choice left. If Convocation were not applied to, it was clear the work would have to be postponed till a Royal Com mission might seem more attainable; and this, with the rapid movement of modern thought, and the necessity for the inclusion of very heterogeneous elements, would evidently become year by year a more hopeless anticipation. SO it was finally resolved to bring the subject before Convocation, and to place that confidence in the wisdom of the venerable body which the sequel showed was not placed there in vain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.