Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IL THE ORIGIM AND COMPILATION OF THE rilATEB BOOK. I. Erroneous view based on the establishment of the American Church. II. The same, based on the origin of the Church in England; history of the British Church, and true origin of the present English Church. III. Apostolic, primitive days the origin of the Prayer Book. IV. The Compilation traced from the times of Henry VIII. up to the present day. Having already given all which it seemed proper to say, by way of introduction, we enter at once upon the subject of this chapter, by asking the question, "Whence is it imagined that the materials of our Prayer Book were derived, and at what period is it thought the Book was compiled?" This question will be answered in one of three ways, according to the information of the several classes. Erroneous View Of The Origin Of The Prater Book. Some, perceiving that its title declares it to be the Liturgy of the Church in these United States, and knowing that on the 16th day of October, 1789, the Convention of our Church set forth and established this book, do really, so far as their expressions go, date its origin and compilation at that time. The Prayer Book of the American Church, say such, originated, of course, with the establishment of that Church. To this most erroneous notion let it be answered ;—If you regard the Prayer Book in 52 Olln.l v AND I- I'.l IIi I. Tln the mere form in which you have it now, including all that is bound up with the volume so called, you may date its origin much later than the establishment of the American Church, much nearer your own day than 1789. And for this reason: "The Ordinal," or forms for ordaining to the ministry, was set forth in September, 1792: The form for consecrating a Church, in September, 1799: The Artic...