Excerpt from The Laws and Usages of the Church and the Clergy: The Unbeneficed Clerk (Nos. I-V) The Author's Object in this Publication is to present to his Clerical Brethren in the most accessible form, the in struction afforded by actual experience, as well as the infor mation derived from Ecclesiastical Law, scattered through many large and expensive volumes, on the numerous matters so practically interesting to every Parochial Clergyman. He will repeat here, what he has already Observed in one of the periodical issues of this work, that nothing in these pages will be found advanced in any party Spirit, or with the view of inculcating any peculiar personal preposses sions; but that he has been actuated solely by a sincere desire Of laying before the Reader, fairly and impartially, every available information, which may help to elucidate and ex plain the power and position Of a Clergyman of the Church of England with respect to the execution Of his Public Ministerial Duties. Where, however, the Opinions quoted in elucidation of any certain usage may appear to prepon derate in favour of the adoption Of that usage he is bound to state, that this has resulted from no personal bias, but from the fact Of there having been fewer Opinions expressed in print upon the opposite side Of the question. 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.