The Prayer-Book: Its History, Language, and Contents (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Prayer-Book: Its History, Language, and Contents

But, happily for the Church, they contented themselves with removing from the old service-books the errors which had crept into them or, if they had occasion to compose new forms of devotion, they carefully followed, for the most part, those primitive models which Time has failed to anti quate, and modern endeavours have failed to surpass. The liturgical compositions of English Reformers will, for these reasons, bear comparison with those of any age of the Church nor can we doubt that they were aided for the great work entrusted to them by a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Not without significance was it that the first Prayer-book of Edward VI though completed in March, was directed to be first used on the Feast of Pentecost.

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