PERSONAL INSPECTION. 21 prove a constant source of trouble, and interruption, if not of danger, ever afterwards. : Enquire also what Sunday duties will fall to you. Mark the contiguity of the School to the Church; and learn what is expected from you there also note the position of your residence with respect to the Church, and the School. Our seasons are not all summers, and our constitutions are not all iron: two or three hours duty in wet clothes, or with wet feet, are not likely to benefit a delicate frame, nor strengthen one's efficiency amongst those committed to his charge. Connected with the question of locality, there is one other point I am bound to refer to, should you be a married man, and particularly if newly married; and that is, not to let the finer feelings and more delicate temperament of your partner be shut out from all consideration in your selection. To take a wife from a large and cheerful family, accustomed to every luxury and refinement, and the enjoyment of much society, and place her suddenly in a desolate and lonely parish, has a tendency to produce, in fact has produced, in some constitutions such a derangement of the nervous system, as to bring on melancholia, and hypochondriasis, to the permanent injury both of mind, and body. Details of this kind may seem prolix, and even unnecessary; it is nevertheless true that they are often neglected; and equally true that they are the causes of more changes among Curates, than matters of greater moment, or of deeper importance. Preliminaries having been settled, and arrangements completed with the Incumbent as to Stipend, Duties, and the time of entering upon your charge, you are now a bona fide Candidate for Deacon's Orders,' and it will be necessary for you at once to prepare for ORDINATION according to the following instructions. Should your predecessor in the Curacy leave his charge before you are ready to fill his place, it is not your province to find a temporary supply; you may recommend a friend in order to prevent inconvenience to the Incumbent: but the liability to remunerate the locum tenens must depend solely upon the engagement entered into between him and the Incumbent. You have legally, and properly, nothing to do with the Curacy till you are in Orders; and you date your claim for remuneration from the day you begin any spiritual duty in the Parish. It is advisable, should you ever have the opportunity, not to take up your residence in your Curacy before you are in Orders. If you are to be the spiritual Pastor of a flock, do not unnecessarily familiarize yourself with them as a layman. ORDINATION. 23 ORDINATION. HAVING the promise of a Curacy with a Title, communicate to the Bishop in whose Diocese the Curacy may be situated, or to his Examining Chaplain, or to his Secretary, your intention of offering yourself as a Candidate for Deacon's Orders at such and such an Ordination; adopting the form and manner following, (provided, however, that you have previously informed the Bishop of your intention of taking Holy Orders in his Diocese, according to the form given in page 16). 'My Lord Bishop, 'Clarendon Square, Brighton. 'March 1st, 1852. 'I have the honor to inform your Lordship that it is my intention to offer myself as a Candidate for Deacon's Orders at your 'Lordship's ensuing Ordination. May I be 'allowed to enquire what subjects it is necessary 'for me to prepare for Examination? If you have not communicated with the Bishop previously, use something similar to the following form: 'My Lord Bishop, ' of 'Clarendon Square, Brighton. 'March 1st, 1852. 'I have the honor to inform your Lord'ship that the Reverend * * * *** Rector in your Lordship's Diocese, has offered me his Curacy with a Title, which I have 'accepted; it is my intention therefore to present 'myself as a Candidate for Deacons' Orders at 'your Lordship's ensuing Ordination, provided it meets your Lordship's approbation. 'I took my degree in January last, and shall 'be twenty-four years of age next October. My 'place of residence is stated above, and I beg to refer your Lordship to Sir ****** 'Park, Dorset, and to * * * * Esq., Belgrave Square, London, for any additional 'information your Lordship may require. 'I have the honor to be, 'My Lord Bishop, 'Your Lordship's most obedient, 'Humble servant, *** *** B.A., 'Of Trinity College, Cambridge.' 'To the Right Reverend 'The Lord Bishop of &c. &c. &c. Address as in page 17. THE BISHOP'S REPLY. 25 In answer to either of these communications the Bishop, after making what inquiries he thinks fit, will immediately reply, and direct you to correspond with his Examining Chaplain in respect of the subjects for Examination; and at the same time require you to forward to his Secretary the necessary Papers which you will find enumerated in the following page. The Public Advertisements in the Ecclesiastical Newspapers will inform you who the Examining Chaplain, and the Secretary, are. The Answer from the Examining Chaplain, will be in some such words as these :— 'Dear Sir, London, March 20th, 1852. 'The Bishop of is desirous 'that all Candidates for Deacon's Orders in his 'Diocese should be well acquainted with 1. The Greek Testament to the end of the Acts of '2. Bishop Beveridge on the XXXIX Articles. '4. The History of the Prayer Book. (e.g. The Narrative portion of Dr. Cardwell's History of the Conferences, &c. respecting the 'Revision of the Book of Common Prayer). 5. The Old, and New Testament History. The Bishop requires also some acquaintance 'with Latin Composition, and with the Composition 'of a Sermon in English. The Examination will 'begin on the Tuesday, preceding Trinity Sunday.' Believe me to be, 'To* Esq. 'Faithfully Yours, |