P060 A Short History of the English Bible.
P060 A Short History of the English Bible. The first meeting of the English New Testament Company took place June 22, 1870. Before entering on their work they joined in the Holy Communion in Henry VII.’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey. The Old Testament Company met for the first time on the 30th of June, 1870.
Both these companies hold sessions four days every month, in the Deanery of Westminster, one company occupying the celebrated Jerusalem Chamber.
Soon after beginning their work the Committee invited the co-operation of distinguished American scholars, by the aid of Dr. Philip Schaff, of the Union Theological Seminary, New York. In 1872 the American company was formed. At the present time it consists of the following members:—
Old Testament Company.—Dr. W. H. Green, Princeton, N. J.; Dr. G. E. Day, New Haven, Conn.; Dr. C A. Aiken, Princeton, N. J.; Dr. T. W. Chambers, New York; Dr. T. J. Conant, Brooklyn; Dr. J. De Witt, New Brunswick, N. J.; Dr. G. E. Hare, Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. C. P. Krauth, Philadelphia; Pa.; Dr. C. M. Mead, Andover, Mass.; Dr. H. Osgood, Rochester, N. Y.; Dr. J. Packard, Alexandria, Va.; Dr. C. E. Stowe, Hartford, Conn.; Dr. J. Strong, Madison, N. J.; Dr. C. V. A. Van Dyck, Beirut, Syria.
New Testament Company.—Dr. T. D. Woolsey, New Haven, Conn.; Dr. J. H. Thayer, Andover, Mass.; Dr. E. Abbott, Cambridge, Mass.
; Dr. J. K. Burr, Trenton, N. J.; Dr. T. Chase, Haverford, Pa.; Dr. H. Crosby, New York; Dr. T. Dwight, New Haven, Conn.; Dr. A. C. Kendrick, Rochester, N. Y.; the Right Rev. A. Lee, D.D., Delaware; Dr. M. B. Riddle, Hartford, Conn.; Dr. P. Schaff, New York; Dr. C. Short, New York; Dr. E. A. Washburn, New York. The Old Testament Company has lost by death Dr. Tayler Lewis, and the New Testament Company Dr. J. Hadley, Dr. H. B. Smith, Dr. H. B. Hackett, and Dr. C. Hodge; Dr. G. R. Crooks, and Dr. W. F.
Warren, resigned. The first meeting of the American Committee was held October 4, 1872,(1) in one of the rooms of the Bible House, New York, where the meetings have since been held monthly.
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(FN1)This was the first meeting for active work. A meeting for temporary organization, and for adopting a constitution, had been previously held, December 7, 1871, in Dr. Schaff’s Study, Room No. 40 Bible House, New York.
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