Excerpt from The Completion of the Polity of the Reformation: The Work of the 19th Century I have been induced to republish, with a few omissions and necessary alterations, a pamphlet which has been out of print for some years, in the h0pe that some good may be done in helping, with others, to direct the thoughts of Churchmen into right channels in these critical times. It is now seven years since I ventured to indicate a course which seemed to be one of safety for the Church, beset with many present dangers, and with many more impending over her. For many years the Church had been throwing off the torpor of past generations, and was emerging into vigorous life. It did seem of no little importance that this renewed life should be brought under suitable constraint and guidance, in order that it might assume conditions of health, and that the seeds of disease, unquestionably existing, might not develope into chronic disorder, with the certainty of a fatal issue. Those seeds of disease have not remained dormant during a period of exceptional stir and excitement. The last seven years have produced changes both in Church and State, changes actually wrought, and changes in public opinion, with the prospect of early results, so startling that the mind can scarcely realize them in their sudden evolution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.