The Official Year Book Of The Church Of England 1886 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Official Year-Book of the Church of England, 1883: Issued Under the Sanction of the Archbishops of Canterbury, York, Armagh, and Dublin, of the Primus of Scotland, and of the Bishops of the English, Irish, and Scottish Churches The object of the Committee in compiling this book is to unfold and exhibit the work of the Church of England and of other Churches in communion with her, as far as it is possible to gather from time to time, the details of their labours. There are two classes of persons to whom such a witness and explanation may prove useful those, who because they desire and pray for the increased power and success of the Church in the world are looking for opportunities of enlarging her borders and strengthening her influence and those who are wont at times to look coldly upon her, and to misrepresent, or to be indifferent to her work. The book would give an answer to both in the spirit of gentleness and meekness, not attempting to conceal defects, to parade forces, to exaggerate results, or to gauge by numbers and worldly standards the hidden successes of Christ's work in this branch of the Apostolic Church, whilst recognising with great thank fulness that fulness of power and blessing which, not withstanding many drawbacks, is marking the life of the Church in these days. 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.