Excerpt from An Earnest Protest Against Some of the Statements of His Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Made by Him in His Speech on Introducing the Public Worship Regulations Bill

I. Seemingly lest this danger should force itself on people's minds, his Grace after deploring past neglect, slovenliness, and irreverence, proceeded to say, I am willingito believe that all this has passed away. This is the belief, with which the Archbishop enters on a survey of the state of the Church. There is no carelessness, no irreverence, no neglect, no slovenliness! All this has passed away. The Archbishop is willing to believe it. But will anyone who knows anything of parish upon parish in some of our country districts, to say nothing of our towns, and who only cares for the decency of worship, bear him out in his belief? All irreverence has passed away! What remains of the sacred elements for instance is always consumed immediately after the Blessing, by the Priest and such other communicants as he shall then call to him, who are reverently to eat and drink the same. It is never left to be consumed by the clerk, or the sexton, or treated even worse, thrown into the vestry dust-bin (see Guardian, April 29, All neglect has passed away! All churches throughout England have every facility for frequent Communion. There is daily Service everywhere as the Prayer-book directs. The Archbishop is willing to believe it!

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