This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... harmony with his injunctions who has told us to "worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness," that we should not overlook what is seemly in appearance as well as what is convenient in design. Almost all denom-inations of Christians, for example, have trained officers to lead their service of praise, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... harmony with his injunctions who has told us to "worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness," that we should not overlook what is seemly in appearance as well as what is convenient in design. Almost all denom-inations of Christians, for example, have trained officers to lead their service of praise, and whether such officers be called, " precentors" or "parish clerks," "choir men" or "choir boys," it is as decent as it is usual to mark their office by clothing them in the livery of the sanc-tuary, no matter whether such dress be a black gown or a linen cphod. It is enough that the dress is suited to the place and to the duty which those who wear it arc called upon to perform. Such observances arc among the outward decencies of worship, and have nothing whatever to do with doctrinal errors or with the offences of ritual. Ritualism, like Rationalism, is abominable when, after the manner of Balaam, it seeks to corrupt our faith, and not after the example of David, to elevate our worship. It is abominable when it seeks to weaken the testimony of Holy Scripture, and to destroy the value of Church history. It is abominable when it makes light of the noblest incidents of English story and the noblest acts of English worthies. It is abominable when it blots with calumny the best pages of our national literature and the brightest portions of our national life. It is abominable when it dishonours the memory of our martyrs and discredits the testimony of our confessors, when it sneers at their protest against error, and regards Most Rev. Francis Fulford, B..D. 119 as of little worth the name of " Protestant," which, as devout Catholies, they won from those whose usurpations they protested...
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