Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pastor and His Parish Yet I much fear that this principle is not in actuality made paramount by all of our brethren. It would be well if it were so. For instance, not a few of the troubles which afflict and hinder the Church with regard to matters ceremonial would in that case disappear. 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.