A BRIEF VIEW OF THE EARLY ORIGIN AND SCRIPTURAL DOCTRINE OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, IN QUESTION AND ANSWER. For the Use of Young People. BY THE REV. D. LAING, M.A. F.R.S. CHAPLAIN TO THE MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL, LONDON: FRANCIS & JOHN RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD, & WATERLOO PLACE. THIS LITTLE BOOK, COMPOSED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHILDREN OF THE St. Ann's Society, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO ITS PRESIDENT, THE MOST REV. WILLIAM HOWLEY, LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, NOT ONLY AS A MARK OF RESPECT FOR HIS GRACE'S CONSTANT INTEREST IN THE SCHOOLS, BUT UNDER A DEEP SENSE OF MUCH PERSONAL CONDESCENSION AND KINDNESS. ADVERTISEMENT. THIS little Work is intended to embody three propositions : 1st. That the Prayer-Book is in accordance with the Bible. 2nd. That the Prayer-Book is in accordance with Christian Antiquity. 3rd. That not only the lips of those who use the Prayer-Book should be in accordance with the Prayer-Book, but their lives. |