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Excerpt from An Apology for Accepting the Invitation to United Prayer in All Lands: Given by the American Mission at Lodiana
This Canon has all the authority that the Church can give it, and what is its obvious meaning and intent? That all Ministers of the Church of England should in the Public, stated, accustomed services of religion, use the Book of Common Prayer, and no other form a rule of great impor tance, of high Conservative benefit, at the time when the Canons were put forth, and when there was a strong disposition in Ministers to depart from that order, and Substitute a Directory or something different. And the Canon properly interpreted, and used as designed, is Conservative and important still for who that is a conscientious, consistent minister of the Church, questions either her authority or her wisdom in requiring the use of this form on all public occasions; very few, I apprehend, among the thousands of her Clergy, however they may differ on other points, infringe the letter, much less the spirit of this wholesome Canon I speak for myself, as an attached, though unworthy son of the Church of England, and a great admirer of her Liturgy and Articles, that for twenty-seven years, I have been spared and privileged to offer up with the great congrega tion the Morning and Evening Sacrifice of Prayer and Praise on Sundays, Holidays, and many other days - without addition, omission, alteration or reserve. By God's help I have done so, unto this day; and by his Grace in Christ Jesus, I hope and desire to do so, until my adorable Master shall call me hence.
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