need for such a version to take the place of
the Authorised Version in our churches and as "an instrument Of evangelisation."
If. we admit that the archaic English of the Authorised Version can blur the message when it is read in church or for, say, the national serviceman scanning his newly presented Testament, then that version no longer deserves its official ' place. I wonder how often people shun the Bible and its message because they take its oldfashionedness as proof that it has indeed been made of no consequence by scientific revelation,' an idea that has already passed its second jubilee of large acceptance. • We who love the Authorised Version, and will continue to read it in our homes, should not let that love hinder men from coming to the knowledge of God through a Bible that everyone can understand.—Yours faithfully, A. A. NV LDMAN Delta Cottage, Brigsteer Road, Kendal, Westmorland
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