Act of Uniformity Amendment (1872). services. 5. Whereas doubts have arisen as to whether the following forms Separation of of service, that is to say, the Order for Morning Prayer, the Litany, and the Order for the Administration of the Lord's Supper or Holy Communion, may be used as separate services, and it is expedient to remove such doubts: Be it therefore enacted and declared that any of such forms of service may be used together or in varying order as separate services, or that the Litany may be said after the third collect in the Order for Evening Prayer, either in lieu of or in addition to the use of the Litany in the Order for Morning Prayer, without prejudice nevertheless to any legal powers vested in the ordinary; and any of the said forms of service may be used with or without the preaching of a sermon or lecture, or the reading of a homily. sermon with 6. Whereas doubts have arisen as to whether a sermon or lecture Preaching a may be preached without the common prayers and services appointed out previous by the Book of Common Prayer for the time of day being previously service. read, and it is expedient to remove such doubts: Be it therefore enacted and declared, that a sermon or lecture may be preached without the common prayers or services appointed by the Book of Common Prayer being read before it is preached, so that such sermon or lecture be preceded by any service authorised by this Act, or by the Bidding Prayer, or by a collect taken from the Book of Common Prayer, with or without the Lord's Prayer. C. 26, s. 6. 7. Nothing in this Act shall affect the provision with respect to Saving of the chapels of colleges in the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and 34 & 35 Vict. Durham, which is contained in section six of the Universities Tests Act, 1871. Effect of schedule. 8. The schedule to this Act, and the notes thereto and directions therein, shall be construed and have effect as part of this Act. 9. This Act may be cited as "The Act of Uniformity Amendment Short title. Act, 1872." Section Six of the Universities Tests Act is as follows: "The Morning and Evening Prayer according to the Order of the Book of Common Prayer shall continue to be used daily as heretofore in the chapel of every college subsisting at the time of the passing of this Act in any of the said universities; but notwithstanding anything contained in the statute thirteenth and fourteenth Charles the Second, chapter four, or in this Act, it shall be lawful for the visitor of any such college, on the request of the governing body thereof, to authorise from time to time, in writing, the use on week days only of any abridgment or adaptation of the said Morning and Evening Prayer in the chapel of such college instead of the Order set forth in the Book of Common Prayer. C NOTE.-The Minister using the Shortened Order for Morning Prayer or for Evening Prayer in this Schedule, may in his discretion add in its proper place any exhortation, prayer, canticle, hymn, psalm, or lesson contained in the Order for Morning Prayer or for Evening Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer and omitted or authorised to be omitted from such shortened order. Each of the twenty-two portions into which the one hundred and nineteenth psalm is divided in the Book of Common Prayer shall be deemed, for the purposes of this schedule, to be a separate psalm. SHORTENED FORMS OF SERVICE. THE SHORTEned Order for Morning PRAYER DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EXCEPT ON SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, ASH WEDNESDAY, GOOD FRIDAY, AND ASCENSION DAY. At the beginning of Morning 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. 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 Act of Uniformity Amendment (1872). 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. We praise thee, O God, &c. Or this Canticle, Benedicite omnia opera. O all ye works of the Lord, &c. 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. Answer. And with thy spirit. Minister. Let us pray. 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. The third Collect for Grace. O Lord, our heavenly Father, &c. Here may follow an Anthem or Hymn: Then these two Prayers following: 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 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. Act of Uniformity Amendment (1872). Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Praver; 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: My soul doth magnify the Lord, &c. 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: Lord, now lettest thou thy servant, &c. Or else this Psalm (except it be on the twelfth day of the month): Deus misereatur. Psalm lxvii. 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, |