PRAYER BOOK CONTROVERSY

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 118, 16 February 1928, Page 11

PRAYER BOOK CONTROVERSY

Sir, —Nearly two thousand years ago a Man lived upon the earth. He stud He was the Son of God. His mission, was to uplift humanity and teach them the lessons of purity, charity and peace. He gave His all and asked no reward, accepting little of this world’s riches in return for what He gave. He built no temples of stone, neither did Ho ask for monuments to be erected to His memory. lie desired no man even to write His words on script, for he knew that His words would live for ever, and that writings, even though graved on stone, would crumble through the ages. In calm, pure simplicity Ho 1 lived His life among us, and made even His agony of death the gateway to immortality for mortals. And He was the Master. '■ To-day His so-called servants have so forgotten His teachings that they are bringing yet more strife into a world overburdened by sorrow and misery. His self-appointed bishops are splitting hairs over a book, which was assembled in the first place, not by God, but by man. I have yet to see the proof of Divine origin to the Prayer Book, which has been assembled, not for the glory of God, but for the material convenience of man, especially the clergy. We all know I lie old saying about the devil and idle hands. That is tho matter in u nutshell. If our friends the bishops at Home had less luxury and idleness and more hardships and activity they would not be so ready to create chaos. Is the servant greater than the Master? How dare they then presume to cause discord when their Master strictly left orders for peace? 1 <Io not think that any mail can be really a Christian if lie causes disruption over so trivial a thing as the Brayer Book. We have the Bible; what on earth do wo want a Prayer Book for? Prayers are supposed to come from the heart, not from a book.—l am, etc., P. H. KEYES. February 9.