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486 for some of my own Clergy, without either shewing the people that he and I think differently of our forms of prayer, or taking a lesson from him how to read before going in the morning into the chapel." The year after this letter was written, the Scottish Bishops and Clergy met in Synod, when they drew up a body of Canons for the regulation of their Church. In one of them the Scottish Communion Office is considered as the authorized service: but permission is granted to use the Anglican Form in all congregations where it had previously been adopted. By another Canon it was decided, that no alterations or insertions should be permitted in the Daily Service, and that a strict adherence to the English Liturgy should be enforced upon all the Clergy. This decision was made known to the Archbishops and Bishops of the united Church of England and Ireland. At the present time, therefore, the Articles, and the Liturgy of the Church of England, with the exception of the Communion Office, are adopted in Scotland: so that no difference exists between the two Churches.

It must then be a source of deep regret to all, who are anxious to promote the unity of the Church of Christ, that some persons in Scotland and England should endeavour to introduce discord, in consequence of the simple fact, that the Scottish Communion Office agrees rather with the First Book of King Edward, than with the Form now used in the Anglican Church. That these individuals can desire the peace and prosperity of the Church we cannot by any means believe: since their conduct contradicts any professions which they may make.