That interchange of opinions illustrates the exceeding delicacy and difficulty
of the situation. The way out lies through a frank acceptance, by all sections, of the principle embodied in a resolution which both Houses adopted that "changes should not be made in the customary arrangement and conduct of Divine service arbitrarily or without the good will of the people," and that differences should be referred to the arbitrament of the Bishop. We see no objection to letting the High, Broad and Low Churchmen have their alternative Uses, provided always that each clergyman adopting such variations from the Prayer Book can carry his congrega- tion with him and is willing to hold the traditional services in which our forefathers found the greatest common measure of English Christian worship. In the large towns Churchmen have a choice of services. In the villages they have not, and the National Assembly will do well to remember and avoid the danger lest tactless and intolerant parsons should empty the village churches by disregarding the wishes of their people.
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