A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. Almighty and most merciful Father, &c. The Absolution, or Remission of Sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. Almighty God, the Father, &c. The people shall answer here, and at the end of all other prayers, Amen. Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer with an audible voice; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. Our Father, which art in heaven, &c. Then shall follow one or more of the Psalms appointed. And at the end of every Psalm throughout the year, and likewise at the end of Benedicite, Benedictus, Magnificat, and Nunc dimittis, shall be repeated, Glory be to the Father, &c. Then shall be read distinctly, with an audible voice, either the First Lesson taken out of the Old Testament as is appointed in the Calendar, or the Second Lesson taken out of the New Testament, except there be a Proper Lesson assigned for that day, in which case the Proper Lesson shall be read, and if there are two Proper Lessons each shall be read in its proper place; he that readeth so standing and turning himself as he may best be heard of all such as are present. Note that before every Lesson the Minister shall say, Here beginneth such a Chapter, or Verse of such a Chapter, of such a Book. And after every Lesson, Here endeth the Lesson, or the First or the Second Lesson. And after the Lesson, or between the First and Second Lessons, shall be said or sung in English one of the following: Either the Hymn called, Te Deum laudamus. Or this Canticle, Benedicite, omnia opera. Or the Hymn following (except when that shall happen to be read in the Lesson for the day, or for the Gospel on Saint John Baptist's Day): Benedictus. St. Luke, i. 68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, &c. Or this Psalm: Jubilate Deo. O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands, &c. Then shall be sung or said the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people standing. I believe in God the Father Almighty, &c. And after that, the people all devoutly kneeling, the Minister shall pronounce with a loud voice, The Lord be with you, Then shall follow three Collects. The first of the day, which shall be the same that is appointed at the Communion; the second for peace; the third for grace to live well, and the two last Collects shall never alter, but daily be said at Morning Prayer throughout all the year, as followeth, all kneeling. The second Collect for Peace. O God, who art the Author of peace, &c. A Prayer of Saint Chrysostome. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. Here endeth the Shortened Order of Morning Prayer. "THE SHORTENED Order FOR EVENING PRAYER DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EXCEPT ON SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, ASH WEDNESDAY, GOOD FRIDAY, AND ASCENSION DAY. At the beginning of Evening Prayer the Minister shall read with a loud voice some one or more of these sentences of the Scriptures that follow: When the wicked man, &c. A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling. Almighty and most merciful Father, &c. The Absolution, or Remission of Sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing; the people still kneeling. Almighty God, the Father, &c. Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him. Our Father, which art in heaven, &c. Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Here all standing up, the Priest shall say, Glory be to the Father, &c. Then shall be said or sung one or more of the Psalms in order as they be appointed. Then either a Lesson of the Old Testament as is appointed, or a Lesson of the New Testament as it is appointed, except there be a proper Lesson assigned for that day, in which case the Proper Lesson shall be read, and if there are two Proper Lessons each shall be read in its proper place: and after the Lesson, or between the First and Second Lessons, shall be said or sung in English one of the following: Either Magnificat, or the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in English, as follows: Magnificat. St. Luke, i. My soul doth magnify the Lord, &e. Or this Psalm (except it be on the nineteenth day of the month, when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms): Cantate Domino. Psalm xcviii. O sing unto the Lord a new song, &c. Or Nunc dimittis (or the Song of Simeon), as followeth : Nunc dimittis. St. Luke, ii. 29. Lord, now lettest thou thy servant, &c. Or else this Psalm (except it be on the twelfth day of the month): God be merciful unto us, and bless us, &c. Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing: I believe in God the Father Almighty, &c. And after that, the people all devoutly kneeling, the Minister shall pronounce with a loud voice, The Lord be with you. Then shall follow three Collects. The first of the day; the second for peace; the third for aid against all perils, as hereafter followeth ; which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without alteration. The second Collect at Evening Prayer. Here may follow an Anthem or Hymn. A Prayer of Saint Chrysostome. Almighty God, who hast given us grace, &c. 2 Corinthians, xiii. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. Here endeth the Shortened Order of Evening Prayer." Page 1036. The act 34 & 35 Vict. c. 87, has been since continued, by 35 & 36 Vict. c. 88, to the 1st of September, 1872, and the end of the then next session of parliament. Page 1177. It should be added to this section that by 13 & 14 Vict. c. 94, s. 19, it is further enacted, "that no spiritual person appointed to the deanery of any cathedral or collegiate church after the 10th day of April, 1850, shall accept to take and hold therewith any benefice not situate within the city or town of the cathedral or collegiate church in which he shall hold such deanery, and where any spiritual person so appointed after the said 10th day of April holds at the time of his admission to such deanery any benefice not situate within such city or town, such benefice, unless sooner avoided, shall become void on the expiration of six calendar months from the time of his admission to such deanery: Provided always that the income of any benefice which may be holden with any such deanery shall in no case exceed the amount or sum of five hundred pounds per annum." In the case of Regina v. Champneys, reported in L. R., 6 C. P. p. 384, it was holden that a benefice annexed to a deanery as part of its endowment by a private act of parliament, was not a benefice within the meaning of this statute. Refer also to Part IX., Chap. III., at p. 2101. Page 1186. In an anonymous case, decided by the Master of the Rolls on January 11, 1873, a clergyman who, under sect. 3 of 33 & 34 Vict. c. 91, had executed and inrolled a deed of relinquishment, but had not delivered a copy to the bishop, was allowed a locus pænitentiæ, and on his motion the inrolment was vacated. (L. J., Notes of Cases, 2.) Page 1241. Sect. 11 of 41 Geo. 3, c. 79, has since been repealed as obsolete by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1872, 35 & 36 Vict. c. 63. Page 1377. In a later application in the same case of Mr. Purchas referred to in the text, the judicial committee made a decree of suspension ab officio et beneficio. This is reported in L. R., 4 P. C. p. 301. The cases in the text are instances of suspension ab officio only. Page 1474. As to the repayment of monies lent on mortgage under the provisions in the text, the provisions for shortening mortgage terms, since enacted in sect. 1 of the Act to amend the Ecclesiastical Dilapidations Act, 1871 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 96), should be referred to. They will be found in the chapter on Queen Anne's Bounty, Part IX., Chap. II., p. 2088. The provisions in the same clause enabling payments by way of annuity, and authorizing the extension of the mortgage term in certain cases, and in sect. 2 authorizing change of the days when payments are annually made, will be found in the Chapter on Waste and Dilapidations, Part V., Chap. V., Sect. 2, pp. 1628, 1629. Page 1842. In the case of Regina v. Allen, decided November 13, 1872, and reported in L. R., Weekly Notes, p. 206, the Queen's Bench decided that a perpetual curate would be "minister" within the meaning of canon 89 and the custom in conformity therewith, having power, therefore, to nominate one churchwarden, when he and the parishioners cannot agree upon two persons; and that where the parishioners dispute the right of the minister to any voice in the appointment of churchwardens, he is not bound first to submit names of persons to be chosen churchwardens by agreement before he nominates his own churchwarden. In the same case the court decided that upon a mandamus to the minister and churchwardens to convene a vestry meeting to elect churchwardens, which reached the churchwardens during their year of office and might have been then obeyed by them, it is no answer for them to return to the writ that their year of office has since expired, and they cannot now convene a meeting. The case is also reported in 21 W. R., p. 190, and in Law Journal, Notes of Cases, p. 170, under the name of Regina v. White. Pages 2114, 2141. The case of Forbes v. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners there mentioned has since been reported in L. R., 15 Eq. 51. |