Biblical Repertory, Vol. 4: The State of the Protestant Church in Germany; Herder's Dialogues on the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry, Translated from the German; On the Jewish Pentateuch, an Extract from Jahn's Einleitung Ins Alte Testament (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Biblical Repertory, Vol. 4: The State of the Protestant Church in Germany; Herder's Dialogues on the Spirit of Hebrew Poetry, Translated From the German; On the Jewish Pentateuch, an Extract From Jahn's Einleitung Ins Alte Testament

It is Sincerely to be regretted, that the right intentions of the present admirable king of Prussia [it is to that country I alluded, ] have been frustrated for the moment by the objections entertained, to the liturgy proposed. I have understood that the king had laid his commands on the bishop of Potsdam [for there are now two bishops nominated in Prussia, though I need not say that the consti tution of the Lutheran church there, is not episcopal, and that these bishops possess merely the name] to draw up a liturgy, which, when completed was so unsatisfactory to his majesty, no mean judge in these matters, that be en'tri1sted the business to a layman, in an ofl'i eial situation about his own person. The liturgy so composed, has. Been promulgated by the royal authority, but the substance ofit has been objected to, and I think with reason, by the clergy; and the very right ofthe king to impose a liturgy questioned with a freedom which would astonish those who assert the slavery ofthe press in the Prussian dominions, Among other pamphlets, an anonymous one called, Ueber die Neue Liturgie, ' had attracted great attention last year; and I believe that the celebrated Schleiermacher has since published on the subject. There is to be a convention of the Prus sian clergy to consider the question this autumn and every well ih clined person will. I am sure, join in the wish, that the laudable in tentions of the king may be seconded by good dispositions on the part of the clergy. P. S. Since this book went to press. I have oh served a statement in the public papers. That out of between 7 and churches in the Prussian dominions, above have now ac. Cepted the Liturgy.

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