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Since its original publication in 1939, Bishop Wilson’s Faith and Practice has been recognized as a basic classic of the teaching, worship, and life of the Episcopal Church. It is safe to say that more than a quarter of a million readers have derived accurate information, inspiration, and enjoyment from its reading.

Now, on the occasion of renewal of the original copyright, the publisher has gone over it with care to revise it and bring it up to date. It is remarkable how little change has been required. The author was one of the most forward-looking Churchmen of his day, a leader in the movement to renew the Church and to encourage the social and ecumenical concerns that were then stirring. He anticipated many subsequent developments in these and other areas. Thus relatively little change has been necessary, and the book should continue to serve a new generation of Church people and inquirers as faithfully as in the past.

The original edition was affectionately dedicated by the author to the clergy of the diocese of Eau Claire, whose Bishop and Shepherd he was. The publisher ventures now to re-dedicate it to the memory of Frank E. Wilson, whose faithful witness continues long after his entrance into Eternal Life.

C.P.M.