It became more and more clear as the debate proceeded
that the Book of Common Prayer had to be adapted to modern needs, and that if the Deposited Book were rejected or referred back there would be no hope of a better solution than is now offered. On the contrary, there would be a prospect of something not nearly se good. The Deposited Book signifies that peace in the Church which could not be achieved in any other way. Moreover, the Book carries with it a pledge by the Archbishops and Bishops that they will do their utmost to enforce discipline now that a reasonable latitude is to be legal. It is true that the enforcement of discipline involves a reconstitution of the Ecclesiastical Courts, but this is a matter which the Church Assembly has taken in hand. The speeches of Lord Carson, who was against the Measure, and the Bishop of Durham, who was for it, will be long remembered as examples of what our age can do in dialectical oratory. But the chief praise must go to the Archbishop of Canterbury for his masterly handling of the business from first to last.
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