The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-29
THE NEW PRAYER BOOK
Important Changes Made in the Prot
estant Episcopal Church
Service.
The New Prayer Book, With II
Changes and Additions, Recently
Issued in New York.

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The new Prayer Book OF the fro'-
estant Episcopal Church, with the
changes and additions suggested by
the General Convention of 1883, has
been published in New York. The
changes in the Prayer Book are IN
the main additions to the forms now
in use. taken from the Scriptures
The sction Of the Convention
of 1883 is not final. All the
changes proposed have to De
submitted to the Diocesan Conven-
films. and after this to the General
Convention of 1886. Most of the
Diocesan Conventions have already
me. and have passed favoraoly on
the new prayers, and the genera
opinion among Episcopalians Is that
the next General Convention Will
confirm the action CT the last, ana
that the new prayers will become a
mart Of the service of the church IN
this country.
The first important change maze
in the Prayer book is in the CALENDAR,
where a new feast day. the Fast or
the TRANSPORTATION, IS inserted on
August 9Th. The next important
change is an addition to the declara-
ton of absoluticn Of or remission OF
sins. In this change the minister is
allowed to SOY, instead OF the u
prayer:
The Almighty and mercifuI Father grant you
your sins, amendment of lite, AID the grace and
consolation of His holy Split, through JESUS
Christ, our Lord. Amen.
The next change of any importance
is the addition of the Benedtctus to
the morning prayer. the Benedtc,
tbs tegins at st. Luxe L., Is, and
reads as follows:
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He hath
visited and redeemed His people.
And hath raised up a mighty salvation Tor Us
in the house of His servant David:
AS lie spoke By the mouth OF BIS molly prOph-
cts, which have been since the void began.
That We should be saved from our enemies
and from the hands OF all that hate us.
To perform the mercy promised to our lore
fathers and to remember His Holy covenant.
To perform the oath which He >ware to our
forefather Alb aham that He would save us;
That We bling delivered olt of the hand OF
our enemies might serve Him without fear IN
life.
And thou, child, shall be called the prophet
of the Highest, for thou shall 60 before the ace
of the Lord TO prepare His ways.
To give kuOWiedge OF salvation unto MS pe0-
pie for the remission of their sins, through The
tender mercy of our Lord, whereby the Day
Sp-ing from on high hath visited US.
To give light to the = that sit in darkness and
in the shadow of death and to guide our feet
into the way of peace.
The Benedictus, which is to be
read by the Rector or sung By the
choir is TO follow the TIE Deum Ldud-
anus. To the service of evening
prayer the f,l.owing prayer is added
to lie substituted at the discretion Of
the Rector for tie other praJ els pre-
scribed in the regular service:
"M5st mercitul God, who art of purer eyes
than We to behold inlquit. and hast promised
foIgiveue> to all those who confess and forsake
their SINS, We C Inc before Thee in a humtle
sense of our own unwOrtnlneSs acknowledging
our manifold transgressiOns of Thy righteous
laws. But oh, g acious Father, who desirest
not the death of a sinner, look upon us, We be-
seech Thee, in mercy and forgive us all orr
transgressions Make US deeply sensible OF The
great evil of them, and work in us a hearty con-
lrition, that we may obtain forgiveness at Thy
hands, who art ever ready to receive humble
and penitent sinners. For the sake of Thy son
Jesus Christ, our only Saviour and Re1eemer.
Amel."
In the evening prayer, after the
Gloria in Ercelsis, the Magnjfcat is
ordered to be read or sung. The
Mugnifcut is an extract from st.
Luke, beginning at the forty-sixth
verse of the first chapter. 1t reads
as follows:
Ny soul doth magnify the Lord, and my
spirit hath rejoicei in God, NY Saviour, for He
For behold, from hencetorlh all generations
Shall call me blessed. For He taat is mighty
hath magnified me. and hol. is His name.
AND HIS mercy is on them that fear Him. |
strength with His arm; He hath scattered the
proud in the Imagination of their hearts. He
hath put down the mighty from their seat, q I'd
hath exalted the humble and the meek:
He hath filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich He hath sent empty away.
He, remembering His mercy, hath holpen flis
servant Israel; as he promised to our feretath-
ers, Abraham and his seed forever.
The Nunc Dimittis, from st. Luke,
is added to the evening prayer. The
Nunc Din1ittis is contained in the
second chapter of st. Luke, and reads
thus:
Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in
peace, according to Thy work: for mine eyes
have seen Thy salvation; which Thou hast pre- |
p lred before the face of the people to b. a light
to the Gentiles, and to be a glory to Thy people
Israel. |
The principal change made in ths
nnU Droxn~ RnnE l.. ti,n o11ition of |
eight versicles, which follow imme-
diately after the Greed IN the evening
prayer, as follows:
Minister-Endue Thy ministers with right
Answer-And make Thy chosen people Joy |
full.
Minis'er-O Lord save our rulers.
Answer-Aud m-rcifully hear us when We
call on Thee.
Minister-Give peace in our time. o Lord.
Auswer-For it is Thou alone that makest
wars to cea- e in all the wor.d.
Minister-Oh, God, make clean our hearts
within us.
Answer-And take not Thy Holy Spirit from
US.
A new prayer for the President of
the United States has been inserted
in the evening service. 1t reads as
follows:
hIulsut. uOu. must hiuS'1oul l. sung
and power infinite, have mercy pom this whole
land, and so rule the heartsof Thy servants, the
of the United States, the Governor of
this state and all others in althority. that they,
knowing VINO e ministers they are, may, above
all things, seek Thine honor and glory, and that
We. and all the people, duly considering whose
authority they bear, may faithfully and obedl-
emily honor them in Thee and for Thee accord
ing to Thy blessed word and ordinance, through
Jesus Christ our J0Id, who, with Thee aud the
Holy Ghost, liveth and reigne,h ever one God,
world without end. Amen.
The beatitudes of the Gospel are Or