The Bishops seem quite agreed that the English Bible ought
to be revised, and its positive errors corrected. At least, the Upper House of Convocation agreed unanimously to a resolution for a Conur.ttee to inquire into the desirableness of a revision of both the Old and New Testament, and their Lordships seemed unani- mously favourable to it. The Times heads the discussion " Extra- ordinary Proposals," and appears to be very much astonished at the result. But surely whatever belief in verbal inspiration may be left in the Church,—and we hope there is not much,—is not quite so ignorant as to suppose the often blundering and rough, though very noble, translation of our Bible the express work of the Holy Spirit ? It seems pretty evident that 'no divine trans- lation could have been so often utterly unintelligible as the translations of the prophets have often managed to be. It is not the proposal which is "extraordinary," but the long delay of it.
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