Trial & error

(1974 January 13)

You should talk to Portia Martin about the Green Book [the proposed revision of the Episcopalian liturgy]. She has studied it and the [old] Prayer Book and has comparisons at her finger tips as I have not. The Green Book is so far behind in beauty of expression etc. etc. In our Episcopalian paper, I read we were to have 4 months of Prayer Book, 4 months of Green Book first part, and 4 months of Green Book second part. Portia Martin is dreading this (me too). They call it the Trial Liturgy. Trial & Error, and mostly Error! I donated a little to "the Preservation of the Book of Common Prayer" - they fight but will lose because those in authority have the power to force the new way on us.