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Of course nobody can say with certainty what has caused the
increase. But it is at least conceivable that among the accelerating
forces has been this very work of liturgical revision. People at large
have been made aware that this Church was honestly endeavoring
to adapt its system of worship to the needs of our time and country;
and the mere fact of their seeing this to be the case has served to
allay prejudice and to foster a spirit of inquiry. Finding us disposed to
relax something of our rigidity, they, on their part, have been first
attracted, then conciliated, and finally completely won.
So much for the ship that has dropped anchor. I have left my self
but a few moments in which to say God-speed to the other craft
which is even now sliding down the ways, ready for the great deep.
Put perhaps it is just as well. History is always a safer line to enter
upon than prophecy; and were I to say all that is in my mind and
heart as to the possibilities of this new venture of faith on the
Church's part, constitutional revision, I might be betrayed into
expressions of hopefulness which would strike most of you as
overwrought.
Suffice it to say, that never since the Reformation of Religion in
the sixteenth century has a fairer prospect been opened to the
Church of our affections than is opened to her to-day. No
interpretation of the divine purpose with respect to this broad land
we name America has one-half so much of likelihood as that which
makes our country the predestined building plot for the Church of
the Reconciliation.
All signs point that way. To us, if we have but the eyes to see it,
there falls, not through any merit of our own, but by the accident, if
it be right to use that word, by the accident of historical association,
the opportunity of leadership.
[9] The real argument against the "driblet method" (by which is
meant the concession of improvement only as it is actually
conquered inch by inch) lies in what has been already said about the
undesirability of frequent changes in widely used formularies of
worship.
[11] Dr. Coit's Letter of 1868, also reprinted in Journal of that year.
[25] The Priest's Prayer Book has 688 (!!) mostly juiceless.
Then shall the Minister say the Collects and Prayers following in
whole or in part, or others at his discretion.
This is bad philosophy. It need not be said that such directions are
undevotional—for doubtless they were piously meant; but it must be
said that they are inartistic (if the word may be allowed), at variance
with the fitness of things and counter to the instinct of purity.
Formality and informality are two things that cannot be mingled to
advantage. There is place and time for each. The secret of the
power of liturgical worship is wrapped up with the principle of order.
A certain majesty lies in the movement which is without break. On
the other hand the charm of extemporaneous devotion, and it is
sometimes a very real charm, is traceable to our natural interest in
whatever is irregular, fresh, and spontaneous.
To suppose that we can secure at any given time the good effects
of both methods by some trick of combination is an error—as well
attempt to arrange on the same plot of ground a French and an
English garden. If indeed Christian people could bring themselves to
acknowledge frankly the legitimacy of both methods and provide
amicably for their separate use, a great step forward in the direction
of Church unity would have been achieved; but for a catholicity so
catholic as this, public opinion is not yet ripe, and perhaps may not
be ripe for centuries to come. Those who believe in the excellency of
liturgies, while not believing in them as jure divino, would be well
content in such a case to wait the working of the principle of the
survival of the fittest.
[27] The able and fair-minded jurist who first hit upon this
ingenious scheme for patching the Ratification has lately, with
characteristic frankness, said substantially this under his own
signature.
"The proper place for the amendment," he writes, "is at the end of
the first rubric preceding the sentences of Scripture for both Morning
and Evening Prayer, after the word Scripture, as everyone can see by
looking." He adds: "This, however, is only a question of form, and
ought not to interfere with the adoption of the amendment at the
next Convention. It is to be hoped that the resolution for
enrichment, so called, will present a variety of additions out of which
an acceptable selection can be made; and when they are finally
carried that the Book of Common Prayer will be not only the
standard book, but a sealed book, so to speak, for as many
generations as have passed since the present book was adopted."—
Letter of the Hon. J. B. Howe of Indiana in The Churchman for
January 29, 1881.
[32] Let us hope that before long there may be devised some
better way of providing relief for our Widows and Orphans than that
of the indirect taxation of the singers of hymns.
"We really, however, do not see any necessity for either of these
Services in American Books, as with us the Ordinal always, now,
makes a part of the Prayer Book in all editions. It would be a saving
to expunge them and no change would be necessary, except the
introduction of such a litanical petition and suffrage with the Services
for Deacons and Priests, as already exists in the Service for Bishops.
The Church of England retains the Litany in her Ordinal, for that,
until latterly, was printed in a separate book, and was not to be had
unless ordered expressly. And yet with even such a practice she has
but one Communion Service. We study cheapness and expedition in
our day. They can both be consulted here, salvafide et salva
ecclesia."—Report of 1844.
[38] Priest's Prayer Book, Fifth edition, pp. 238, 243, 281.
[48] The Rev. George Venables (Hon. Canon of Norwich and Vicar
of Great Yarmouth).
[50] See letter of "J. L. W." in The Southern Churchman for August
6, 1885.
[51] See letter of "Ritualist" in The Standard of the Cross for July
2, 1885.