Excerpt from Are Things So Discouraging, After All?: A Charge Delivered to the Clergy and Churchwardens of the Archdeaconry of Middlesex, at His Second Visitation, Held at St. Paul's, Covent Garden, April 26th, 1877 It were very much to be wished that our Church had sufficiently recovered her elasticity to be able to put forth with full authority Services for the occasions already men tioned, and for many others. We sadly want Prayers, and permission to use them, for Church of England Tem perance Societies. Some two or three Services have been drawn up, and in especial one which is intended to be used for Missions. But even this has as yet only passed the Convocation of Canterbury, and waits for the assent of the Convocation of York, (in which it will possibly receive alterations, ) and the authority of Parliament. It has, indeed, been extensively used, but, as I venture to think that it needs some alteration and improvement, I trust that its contents will be reconsidered before it is finally adopted. The Joint Committee of the two Houses of Canterbury sent it forth with considerable misgiving. They doubted, so they tell us, on liturgical principles, how far the service for holydays of the Church such as St. Andrew's Day should be displaced by the new Service suggested; and also, whether the Act of Uni formity Amendment Act would allow of such displacement. And they have not yet accompanied their suggestions with such prayers for families and private persons, as are obviously desirable as an introduction to, or supplement of, a Public Service. The matter being thus still open, I venture to a make just two remarks upon the Service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.