We do not advocate change for the sake of change.
This Revision, which is liberal in its provision of alternate use and of safeguards against any imposition on the unwilling, is the result of twenty years' care and prayer by those responsible for it. It expresses far more nearly than the Tudor or Caroline Revisions a unanimous opinion and desire of the Church, the Bishops, the clergy and the laity. If Parliament annihilates the labours and flouts the wishes of the authoritative bodies deli- berately set up to give the Church more self-government, what a cry will arise against Erastianism ! We hate the idea of Disestablishment as harmful to the State, and we believe the authority of the State to be a wholesome check upon unconsidered vagaries in the Church. But no one could so describe this Revision. We entirely agree with the letter from Professor Relton which appeared in Tuesday's Times.. It is not the first time that his counsel and action have been admirable in this matter. We cannot see how anyone can refute his arguments that the wreck of the Revision will do dire harm to the Church, to the State and to the two combined in the nation.
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