It is impossible for us even to summarise the numerous
minor changes recommended in the services. We note that the substitution of the "great commandment" for the Decalogue is recommended in the Communion Service when there is more than one celebration in the day, and an alternative Burial office is suggested, which may be used when the friends of the deceased desire it. Certain of the changes recommended have our strongest approval. To others we feel equally strong objections. No doubt this desire to pick and choose will be widely felt, but with very different results. In these circumstances, we cannot help thinking that the wisest course is to maintain the status quo. If unsatisfactory in many particulars, it is at all events better than a fierce and prolonged controversy ending very possibly in no result, or at any rate in results of the most meagre kind.
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