Second Lesson Mark 7 v. 24 to 8 v. 10 Romaus

Second Lesson Mark 11 v. 27 to 12 v. 13 1 Cor...

NOTE.-The Second Lessons may, if preferred, be taken from the

Calendar of the Church of England.

Lessons from the Apocrypha shall not be read in the Services of

THE ORDER FOR

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER, &c.

The Morning and Evening Prayer shall be used in the accustomed Place of the Church, Chapel, or Chancel; except it shall be otherwise determined by the Bishop.

The Minister at the time of the Communion, and at all other times in his Ministrations, shall use neither Alb, Vestment, nor Cope; but being a Bishop he shall have and wear a Rochet; and being a Presbyter or Deacon he shall have and wear a plain Surplice with such hood as pertaineth to his degree, and a plain black scarf. A black gown may however be worn in the Pulpit, with or without the hood pertaining to the degree of the Minister.

By the word "Minister" in this Book is meant a Bishop, Presbyter, or Deacon, or in special cases, a Candidate, Lay Reader, or Lay Deacon, if licensed by the Bishop thereto.

And forasmuch as nothing can be so plainly set forth but doubts may arise in the use and practice of the same: to appease all such diversity (if any arise); the parties that so doubt or diversely take anything concerning this Church, or anything contained in this Book, or in the Doctrine, Discipline, or Worship of this Church, or in any Document connected therewith shall alway resort to the General Standing Committee for the United Kingdom, or to the Bishop having jurisdiction, for decision. And if the Bishop be in doubt then he shall send for the resolution thereof to the Primate, whose decision shall be final.

It shall not be necessary to repeat any Prayer or Collect which has once been used during the same Service, or to use more than one Creed, or one Form of Prayer for the Queen's Majesty, when various Services are combined.

A short extemporaneous prayer may be used before and after the Sermon, and upon emergent occasions.

When the Lord's Supper is administered at the time of Morning or Evening Prayer, the Communion Service may be commenced after the third Collect

The people shall answer at the end of all prayers, Amen.

Except where otherwise canonically specified, or where contrary to Evangelical and Protestant Principles, the Laws and Customs of the Church of England still continue in force in this Church.

Hymns or Hymn Books calculated to impart teaching of a Sacerdotal character shall not be used in the Services of this Church.

The Minister may at his discretion introduce in the Prayer for all Conditions of Men, after "estate, and in the Litany, after all sick persons, the words " especially those for whom our prayers are desired. And in the General Thanksgiving, after to all men." the words "particularly to those who desire now to offer up their praises and thanksgivings for Thy late mercies vouchsafed unto

them."

The Forms of Morning and Evening Prayer as set forth in this book are to be used on the Morning and Evening of the Lord's Day. commonly called Sunday, and at other times according to the Minister's discretion.

The separate use of the "Shorter Litany (beginning "We sinners do beseech Thee, &c.) is intended only for special occasions, at the Bishop's discretion.