Biblical Revision / considerations in favour of a revised translation of Holy Scripture

Transcribed from the 1856 John Farquhar Shaw edition by David Price.
CONSIDERATIONS
IN FAVOUR OF A
REVISED TRANSLATION
Holy Scripture .
By EDWARD SLATER.
LONDON: JOHN FARQUHAR SHAW, 36, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 27, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, RUSSELL SQUARE.
1856.
Price One Shilling .
MY DOCTRINE SHALL DROP AS THE RAIN, MY SPEECH SHALL DISTIL AS THE DEW, AS THE SMALL RAIN UPON THE TENDER HERB, AND AS THE SHOWERS UPON THE GRASS. Deut. xxxii. 2. AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, SET YOUR HEARTS UNTO ALL THE WORDS WHICH I TESTIFY AMONG YOU THIS DAY, WHICH YE SHALL COMMAND YOUR CHILDREN TO OBSERVE TO DO, ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW. FOR IT IS NOT A VAIN THING FOR YOU; BECAUSE IT IS YOUR LIFE . Deut. xxxii. 46, 47.
Among the characteristics of an Age replete with new and unlooked-for events, perhaps not the least singular and impressive is the desire, now extensively evinced, for an improved translation of Holy Scripture.
A more fitting time has arrived for renewing the cry; for we have become more reflective with the progress of events, and a desire for improvement—not limited to mere material good—has sprung up, that is irrepressible, and all but universal.