The Prayer Book Explained

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Prayer Book Explained, by Percival JacksonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Prayer Book ExplainedAuthor: Percival JacksonRelease Date: May 8, 2007 [EBook #21351]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PRAYER BOOK EXPLAINED ***Produced by Al HainesTHE PRAYER BOOK EXPLAINEDBY THEREV. PERCIVAL JACKSON, M.A.,JESUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.PART I.THE DAILY OFFICES AND THE LITANY.CAMBRIDGE:AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS.1901"The book requireth but orderly reading."HOOKER, v. xxxi. 3.{v}PREFACE.To those who believe in One Holy Catholic Church wherein dwelleth the Holy Spirit, it will always be difficult to distrust theService Book of any Branch of it. The old claim made at Jerusalem with regard to the vexed questions of the Church'sinfancy, It seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us (Acts xv. 28), rested not on the presence there of the good andwise, on the prudence or self-sacrifice of those who had hazarded their lives for the Name, but on the reality of the Lord'spromised Presence. Not because there were Apostles there, but because those there were the Catholic and ApostolicChurch, they asked and received the guidance of the Holy Spirit.It was a living and lasting Presence, ...