Excerpt from Ritualism in Toronto II. Mr. Darling is somewhat of a poet and I suppose, entitled to claim a apoet' s license or surely he would never have ventured upon givfpg these reasons for bowing at the Gloria patri, whenever it occurs in. The servwe. We are to worship in spirit and in truth; we pray that God's will may be done on earth as it is done in heaven. Now, [the angels, who are spirits, and therefore must worship spiritually, filled with reverential awe, cover their faces with their wings, when they cry one to another, Holy, Holy, Holy, and the four and twenty elders, wno, in heaven shall stand before the throne fall down upon their faces, when they cry Holy Father, Holy Son. And Holy Ghost, one 'lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. Surely, we are not worshiping as the spirits worship, nor are we doing God's will oh earth, as it is done, in'beaven, if we withhold from him the homage of the bended head, which they do reverently present. Had the church, which is very full in her directions, thought as Mr. Darling does, we should have had in her rubrics, or at least in her canons, directions to do so, but we look in vain for them, and we are reduced to fanc1ful arguments for our authority for doing as he does. His second reason is still richer. We do so, because, in the second commandment we are expressly forbidden to bow down to a false God, which command, by direct implica1ion, requires us to bow down to the true God. Now to b0w down is an act of bodily worship, and no more fitting occasion can be desired for this act of outward adoration. 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.