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Changes Recently Made In the Serve
E! Ice Forms by the English /
lrs.n.t, Church Council.
In the English court circular recent
" the, following announcement ap-
peared:
eat the council chamber, Whitehall,
the 18th day of November, 1901. Pres
emit: The archbishop of Canterbury,
Lord Robertson, Mr.. Secretary Richie
and Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane. t
Whereas, In the act of uniformity
which established the liturgy of the
Church of England provision is made
for such alterations in the prayers
for the royal family as from time to
time shall become necessary and be
directed by lawful authority; it is,
thereupon, this day ordered in coun-
Gil that in the morning and evening
prayers in the litany and in all other
parts of the public service, as well as
in the occasional Offices as in the book
of common prayer, where the royal
family is appointed to be particularly
prayed for, the following form and
order shall be observed: - .tFi
sour gracious Queen Alexandra,
George prince of Wales, the princess
of Wales and all the royal family
'And it is further ordered that no
edition of the common prayer be from
henceforth printed but with this
amendment, and that in the meantime
and until copies of such editions may
be had, all parsons, Wears and curates
within this realm (for the preventing
of mistakes), with the pen correct and
amend all such prayers in their church
books, according to the foregoing di-
rection: and for the better notice here
of, that this order be forthwith print
ed and published and sent to the sew
eral parishes, and that the right rever-
end the bishops do take care that .obe-
dience be paid to the same according
ly." Yia,. v. - ,H&i
In the amended edition of the prayer
book, says the London Times, the
changes in the prayer for the royal
family have excited more attention
than the much greater alterations in
the service for the anniversary of the
kings accession. The latter have oc-
cnpied for q: long. while the anxious
consideration. of the houses of .convo-
cation and the archdeacon of London
should be mentioned as having taken
an active part in pushing the matter
through. To begin with, the new form
-oniits. the ctuaE,date and fixes the
services simply for 'the annivers aryy'
of the day Of the accession of the
'reigning sovereign, or upon such other
day as, shall be appointed by, anthor-
ity.", .,,> ~
Aa before, the service lays down 'cer-
tain notifications, firstsin maths aud
evensong. and, secondly, in the, order
of administration of holy communion,
but these notifications are less than
heretofore There is now no. special
PREDATORY sentence and the old COM
posite hymn to. ''be said or sung, on e
verse by the priest and another ~ the
clerk and peoples" in place of the
;Venite disappears altogether, The
new proper Psalms are 20, 1O1, 121, in.
stead Of 20, i21,,' 101. There are now
alternative lessons, Joshua to'verse
TO-, rs before, or Proverbs 8 to, verse II
and omans 10 to verse IL ,instead Of
as formerly the whole fchapter), or
/. Revelation, 21:22-22:4. T.. In. the suf-
frages after the creed the most not
able alteration is the omission Of 'fLet
his enemies have no advantage against
him. Let not the wicked approach to
hurt him. A special collect is APP
pointed to be said "after'' mot sin
stead OFF, the first collect at morning
or evening prayer. It is, of course, a
prayer, for the king and asks "that he,
being devoted to Thee with his whole
heart, and persevering in Thy good
works unto the end, may, by Thy guild
ance, come to Thine everlasting king
DOM TO
The old service made the litany COM
pulsory and added to it special
prayer for the king and the royal fam
lily; the new one makes it optional and
allows the special prayers, including
the prayer for unity" to be used in
place of the estate prayers It may
be added that the collect for Gods
protection of the king against all his
enemies which spoke of blasting
their designs" and defeating their
enterprises has been abolished. In
the communion service the epistle and
Gospel are as before, but rubric adds
that if the accession day falls on a
Sunday or other holy day, the collect,
epistle and Gospel for that day are to
be used, the collect being followed by
the special collect Of this accession