478 DOMETIC SUMMARY. 



1. That the morning service be compressed into less compass. 



2. That but one creed be recited during one service. 



3. That the article "he descended into hell" be omitted, because it was in 

 none of the ancient creeds, as is confirmed by the authorities of Bishops Bur- 

 net and Pearson, and Dr. Barrow ; and because it contradicts, in plain terms, 

 that declaration of our Lord, " this day shalt thou be with me in paradise." 



4. That a more judicious, decent, and edifying selection, be made of the 

 lessons from the Old Testament. 



5. That the Lord's Prayer be used but once in the morning and once in the 

 evening service. 



6. That the prayer for all conditions of men and the general thanksgiving, 

 be inserted in their proper places. 



7. That such Psalms be read as were designed for, and are adapted to public 

 worship ; and that those which consist of maledictions and imprecations, be 

 omitted, as totally unfit for a Christian congregation. 



8. That the prayer for the King be less in the state style thus, " With thy 

 favour to behold thy servant our sovereign," and that the words, " most re- 

 ligious and gracious," (which were first applied by our church to Charles II. 

 be left out. 



9. That a proper form be provided for a time of general sickness. The 

 necessity of this was evinced during the prevalence of the cholera. Certain 

 forms were sent for the minister and clerk of each parish, in which the con- 

 gregation were to join as they could, for they had nothing to go by but what 

 they had heard read from the desk, so that to them, at least, it was no com- 

 mon prayer. 



10. That in the Gospels be inserted the parable of the Prodigal Son, the 

 narrative of the Widow's Mite, Martha and Mary, Zaccheus, and such other 

 portions of the history and sayings of our Saviour as are omitted, so that the 

 Gospel may contain the substance of the whole four Gospels, instead of a 

 bit here and a bit there, without any method or intelligible arrangement, and 

 that some of the Epistles be changed. 



11. Lastly, that the services for the 30th of January and the 5th of No- 

 vember be left out, as serving no other purpose than to revive political 

 enmity, and perpetuate religious discord ; and that, whenever a word becomes 

 decidedly obsolete and unintelligible, (such as " prevent" for " go before,'* 

 " let" for " hinder," " after" for " according to,") its place be supplied by 

 one which is easily understood. 



FOREIGN SUMMARY. 



We hoped to have had to announce, by this time, the emancipation of 

 Portugal, and the inauguration of another constitutional monarchy in the 

 South of Europe, an immense event in the present tessolated portion of our 

 Continent, upon which two mighty principles are struggling for mastery. 

 But the clouds of war still darken the Lusitanean horizon ; and though for 

 the moment the star of the Joven Maria da Gloria, appears in the ascendency, 

 the unequivocal support the rural population of the country, the church, 

 and the noblesse have given to her uncle, inspires us with some misgivings 

 as to this pretended contest, while the conduct of the Portuguese people 

 mnst, by this time, have convinced Europe what Mr. Canning is said to have 

 discerned long ago, that they are morally and intellectually unfitted for the 

 blessings of freedom. A conviction that we hope will teach our Government 

 the wisdom of observing the strictest neutrality. While the star of freedom 

 grows pale and flickers with uncertain light in the west, the Military 

 Sovereigns of the North have been assembled in unholy Congress with the 

 benevolent object of abridging the liberties of mankind. Germany has once 

 more seen all the machinery of the Congress of Vienna, and Laybach so fatal 



