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=iV INTRODUCTIoN.
Neuchatel, the translator and commentator of the French
Bible. Published first in 1713, this liturgy has been in
use ever since, among the churches of that canton of
Switzerland.
We come now to speak of the action of that Church
from which, more immediately, our own branch of Presby-
terianism has sprung, with reference to a provision for the
public ordinances of religion. It was in 1559 that John
Knox, returning from an exile spent chiefly in the city
of Geneva, at the feet of his friend and teacher, Calvin,
brought with him to Scotland a version of the Genevan
Liturgy. He had already been in the habit of using it
as the order of worship among the English congregations
in that city. This form of service he at once submitted
to the General Assembly for adoption ; and, by order of
that supreme ecclesiastical authority, it was commanded
to be printed, being "thought necessary and profitable
for the Church." In 1560 it was directed that "the
Sacraments should be administered" after the " Book of
our Common Order ;" and again, that "a uniform order
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very explicit in relation to her adopted and prescribed
forms of worship. We find them referred to, again and
again, in the proceedings of the General Assemblies. It
was ordered that no alterations or additions be made in
the established forms; that readers be required to confine
themselves to the appointed modes of prayer ; that minis-
ters provide themselves with that Order in prayer and ad-
ministration of sacraments. The same formulary was, in
1567, by order of the Assembly, translated into Gaelic,
for the use of the northern Churches. In 1020, a Scottish
clergyman speaks of it as the only " warrantable form
directed or approven by the Kirk," and habitually used.
It is stated by a contemporary writer, that as late as 1648,
the Knoxian Liturgy continued to be the common ritual
of the Church.
The laws of the Church of Scotland, on this subject,
have never been repealed ; nor has any rejection of this
ancient Presbyterian Liturgy occurred in her legislation.
It has never, indeed, appeared that there even existed a dis-
position to cast aside these forms, of wjuich various editions
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Hartsock, Ralph & Carlisle, Tara. Digital Repositories of Religious History: Structure, Method, and Content, presentation, July 30, 2014; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505021/m1/45/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .