The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-02


that. since the surpiice o suIHcient In baptising
and other servicea, It might well DO used at the
Communion. Prayer for the dead, he said, was
not q primitive custom and was OF dangerous
tendency; and It was, he added, the ancient
practice TO dismiss on-communicants beforeth
beginning Of the liturgy proper. KneelinR and
standing might DO left Indifferent.
Tho Prayer Book thus prepared was broughtbe
fore Parliament. and is described In tho ensuing
Act Of Uniformity as tho book authorized by
Parliamentin the fifth and sixth years of Edward
vi, with one alteration or addition. Of certain
lessons TO be used on every Sunday in the year,
and the form OF tho Litany altered and cor
rooted, and two sentences only added in the de-
livery of the Sacrament TO the COMMUNICATE,
and mono other or otherwise" Such was tho
book presented to Parliament; but Il Is evident
that further alterations were afterward made
In 1t by the Queen in Council. Not only do we
find in tho Elizabethan Prayer Book tho changes
mentioned as to tho lessons. the omission OF
the ~allusion to the Bishop Of Rome In tho
Litany. and tho joining together of the two
sentences respectively ordered in the FIRST and
second books OF Edward vi. to DO used In the
administration Of tho Holy Communion; but,
besides these alterations. it was ordered that
the Morning and Evening Prayer was to DO
used In tho accustomed place Of the church,
chapel or chancel," and not, as before, in such
place az tho people may best hear" In the
second rubric, It had been ordered that tho min
lister, "boine an Archbishop, or Bishop, shall
have and wear n roohet; and. being o priest or
deacon. he shall have and wear q ~surplico
only;" whilst, in the Elisabethan rubric, It is
ordered that tho minister. at tho time of tho
Communion, and at all other times in his
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tho church as were In use by authority
of Parliament in the second year of tho reign of
King Edward VI. according to tho Act Of Par
lament set In tho beginning Of this book" In
tho Litany not only the phrase respecting the
Bishop Of Rome s omitted, but the suffrage for
the Queen had these words added: Strengthen
In the true worshipping Of Thee, in Righteousness
and holiness of life" Perhaps the most impor-
tant change was tho omission Of the "black
rubric " at the end of the Communion service,
In which an explanation had boon given Of the
significance of knoeling at the reception Of the
Sacrament. Tho reason Of the omission
by tho Elisabethan ~revisers IL sufficiently
plain. 1t was not intended as Q condem-
nation Of the doctrine contained in the
rubric, for the Queen forbade tho elevation of
the host; but It was the wish Of Elizabeth and
her counsellors to mako the Church and its ser
vices rs comprehensive rs possible, so that no
ono should have an excuse for rejecting the
teaching, or abstaininR from the worship of
tho national Church. Hero It may be men.
toned that tho passing of the Elizabethan Act
of Uniformity. prescribing the use Of tho Prayer
Book as revised. was strenuously resisted by the
Bishops in the House of Lords on tho ground
that 1t was disapproved by the whole body Of the
clergy. 1t did not matter to them that It was
substantially tho book which had boon in gen.
oral use less than seven years before. All tho
Bishops and nine temporal peers voted against
It, and 1t was carried on April 90, 1853, by Q
majority Of only three.
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The notifications of the Elizabethan Prayer
Book. made in the reign Of James l.. were not
effected by act of Parliament. but were promul.
gated by the King u604) under the clause in
Elizabeth's Act of Uniformity. which empow.
cred the sovereign. with tho advice of tho eccle-
~siastical commissioners to ordain further cere-
monies II the orders Of the Book of Common
Prayer should DO misused. These alterations,
however. had also the sanction of Convocation.
inasnuch as that ecclesiastical assembly d.
rected that tho revised book should DO pro-
vided for the use Of parish churches. In the
Hampton Court Conference" which had
preceded the revision. tho four Puritan
divines. who were pitted against nineteen
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objections. first, to doctrines. insisting upon tho
insuflciency of the Thirty-nine Articles as re-
CARDS predestination and certain other matters.
Then they objected to tho reading of the Apoc-
rypha and to the rigorousness Of the formula of
subscription. In reference to Church govern.
mont they took a line which brought down upon
them the wrath Of his Majesty. eff you aim at
q Scotch Presbytery." he exclaimed. at
agreeth 40 well with monarchy as God
and the devil. Then Jack. and Tom. and
Will, and Dick will meet and censure me
and my council" As regards ritual.
they objected to the cross in baptism. to the
surplice, to certain ceremonies in the marriage
service. as, for example. the giving Of q ring.
and to the churching Of women. When one of
the Puritans spoke Of tho surplice being q gar
ment that had been worn by the priests Of Isis.
the King retorted that he had been accustomed
to hear 1t spoken Of az ga rag Of Popery." On
the whole DR.. Clark secs little reason to doubt
the truth Of a contemporaries statement that
the Puritan ministers were insulted. ridiculed.
and laughed to scorn without either wit or good
manners"
The changes actually made and promulgated
in the way mentioned were: First. the removal
of several Apocryphal lessons. and the sub
%stitution of others from the canonical Scrip
lures; secondly, the introduction of the phrase.
"or remission OF stint" into the title of the gen.
ernl dissolution; thirdly, a prayer for the King. |
the Prince of Wales and other children Of the
King. introduced after the prayer for the King. |
and a corresponding petition In the Litany; and,
fourthly, Thanksgiving for particular occasions
as for rain. for fair weather. 70" plenty, for
peace and victory. and for deliverance
from the plague. Tho chief alteration was
made in the rubric Of the Office for private bap. |
tism whereby the administration thereof was
restricted to the ministers of the parish or to
some other lawful minister. What 10 now the
concluding portion Of tho catechism on the Sac.
rament was written by Dean Overall. and added
at this time.
Hero it may beFwell to glance at the attempt
by Charles l., in 1885. to introduce the Jacobean
Prayer Book into Scotland. because some of the
alterations. made with a view to that end. are
retained in the American Prayer Book. The re-
vision Intended for Scotland was prepared by a
committee Of Scottish Bishops, who co-operated
with Archbishop Laud. Tho changes Effected