In Quires and Places where they sing, here followeth the Anthem. Then these five Prayers following are to be read here, except when the Litany is read; and then only the two last are to be read, as they are there placed.

A Prayer for the Queen's Majesty. 0 LORD our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth; Most heartily we beseech thee with thy favour to behold our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen VICTORIA; and so replenish her with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that she may alway incline to thy will, and walk in thy way: Endue her plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant her in health and wealth long to live; strengthen her that she may vanquish and overcome all her enemies; and finally, after this life, she may attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Royal Family. LMIGHTY God, the foun

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tain of all goodness, we humbly beseech thee to bless Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family: Endue them with thy Holy Spirit ; enrich them with thy heavenly grace; prosper them with all happiness; and bring them to thine everlasting kingdom; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A Prayer for the Clergy and people.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting

God, who alone workest great marvels; Send down upon our Bishops, and Curates, and all Congregations committed to their charge, the healthful Spirit of thy grace; and that they may truly please thee, pour upon them the continual dew of thy blessing. Grant this, O Lord, for the honour of our Advocate and Mediator, Jesus Christ. Amen.

A Prayer of St. Chrysostom.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us grace at this time with one accord to make our common supplications unto thee; and dost promise, that when two or three are gathered together in thy Name thou wilt grant their requests: Fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants, as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. Amen.

2 Cor. xiii.

HEN the wicked man turn

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eth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. Ezek. xviii. 27.

I acknowledge my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm li. 3.

Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. Psalm li. 9.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Psalm li, 17.

Rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. Joel ii. 13.

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him: neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Daniel ix. 9, 10.

O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Jer. x. 24. Psalm vi. 1.

Repent ye; for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand. St. Matth. iii. 2. I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. St. Luke xv. 18, 19.

Enter not into judgment with

thy servant, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. Psalm cxliii. 2.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: but, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 St. John i. 8, 9.

DEARLY beloved brethren, the

Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy. And although we ought at all times humbly to acknowledge our sins before God; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy Word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul. Wherefore I pray and beseech you, as many as are here present, to accompany me with a pure heart, and humble voice, unto the throne of the heavenly grace, saying after me;

The MAGNIFICAT, or thanks

giving Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary" after the Annunciation, seems obviously suggested by the Song of Hannah (1 Sam. ii. 1-10) on the birth of Samuel-a song, no doubt, familiar to every Jewish maiden. Not only, however, does it rise to a higher inspiration, but it is notable that in the Song of Hannah there is a conclusion of exultation and triumph over the enemies of the Lord, to which there is nothing to correspond in the sweeter strains of the Magnificat.

The whole subject of the Magnificat is thanksgiving for that which the Annunciation had so graciously declared to the "handmaiden of the Lord" herselfthe exaltation of the lowly over the great, the meek over the proud, the poor and hungry

over the wealthy. But of this ordinance of God, the great culminating manifestation is recognised in the blessing to Israel -the least and "fewest of all people "(Deut. vii. 7)—according to the promise made to Abraham; already in part fulfilled, but to be perfected in the revelation of the Gospel to the simple and lowly (see Matt. xi. 2527; 1 Cor. i. 21-29).

This Canticle (like the Te Deum in the Morning Service) links the two lessons most appropriately together.

The CANTATE DOMINO-another of that remarkable group of Psalms of Praise (xci.-c.), to which the Venite and the Jubilate belong-though not inappropriate to this place in the Service, is obviously inserted

The DEUS MISEREATUR, although a Psalm more of prayer than of praise, yet bears strong likeness to the CANTATE DOMINO in this, that it is an aspiration for the manifestation of the blessing of God, first, to His people before the nations (vs. 1-3), then to the nations, whose righteous Judge He is (vs. 4, 5), then over the earth itself, calling forth fruitfulness and peace (vs. 6, 7). It has not, however, any special appropriateness to its place.

A general Confession to be said of the whole Congregation after the Minister, all kneeling.

ALMIGHTY and most merci

ful Father; We have erred, and strayed from thy ways like

lost sheep. We have followed too

much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Spare thou them, O God, which confess their faults. Restore thou them that are penitent; According to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesu our Lord. And grant, O most merciful Father, for his sake; That we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life, To the glory of thy holy Name. Ainen.

The Absolution, or Remission of sins, to be pronounced by the Priest alone, standing the people still kneeling.

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LMIGHTY God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness, and live; and hath given power, and commandment, to his Ministers, to declare and pronounce to his people, being penitent, the Absolution and Remission of their sins: He pardoneth and absolveth all them that

truly repent, and unfeignedly be

lieve his holy Gospel. Wherefore let us beseech him to grant us true repentance, and his Holy Spirit, that those things may please him, which we do at this present; and that the rest of our life hereafter may be pure, and holy; so that at the last we may come to his eter

nal joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then the Minister shall kneel, and say the Lord's Prayer; the people also kneeling, and repeating it with him.

OUR Father, which art in hea

ven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, As we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into evil: For thine is the kingdom, temptation; But deliver us from The power, and the glory, For ever and ever. Amen.

Then likewise he shall say, O Lord, open thou our lips. Answer. And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

Priest. O God, make speed to

save us.

Answer. O Lord, make haste to help us.

Here all standing up, the Priest shall say,

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost;

Answer. As it was in the be

ginning, is now, and ever shall be:

world without end. Amen.

Priest. Praise ye the Lord. Answer. The Lord's Name be praised.

Then shall be said or sung the Psalms in order as they are appointed. Then a Lesson of the Old Testament, as is appointed. And after that, Magnificat (or the Song of the blessed Virgin Mary) in English, as followeth.

Magnificat. St. Luke i. MY soul doth magnify the

Lord and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the lowliness of his hand-maiden.

For behold, from henceforth: all generations shall call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath