On the whole the country has scrupulously observed the request
of the Archbishops to await in patience the results of the Bishops' meeting held this week. No pronouncement has come from them when we go to press. The Times of Tuesday published a temperate and useful letter from Lord Hugh CeciL He expressed as full approval as we did last week of the Ecclesiastical Com- mittee of Parliament and its Report, which should 4ave carried more weight than it did. lie deprecated s ding now to Parliament a non-controversial Book a‘d hoped for guidance from the Bishops " as to what variations from the obsolete law of public worship should be adopted by the clergy." Since a good deal of variation has always been possible " with the consent of the Ordinary," we are inclined to agree that some satisfactory steps may be taken along these lines without defying the law.
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