A FORM OF

PRAYER WITH THANKSGIVING

TO ALMIGHTY GOD;

To be used in all Churches and Chapels within this Realm, every Year, upon the Twentieth Day of June; being the Day on which Her Majesty began her happy Reign."

The Service shall be the same with the usual Office for Holy-days in all things; except where it is in this Office otherwise appointed.

this Day shall happen to be Sunday, this whole Office shall be used, as it followeth, entirely.

¶ Morning Prayer shall begin with these

her.

Priest. Let her enemies have no advantage against her.

Ans. Let not the wicked approach

to hurt her.

righteousness.

joyful.

Priest. O Lord, save thy people. Ans. And bless thine inheritance. Priest. Give peace in our time, O Lord.

Priest. Be unto us, O Lord, a strong tower;

Ans. From the face of our enemies. Priest. O Lord, hear our prayer; Ans. And let our cry come unto thee. Instead of the first Collect at Morning Prayer shall be used this following Col leet of Thanksgiving for Her Majesty's

Accession to the Throne.

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death obtain everlasting life and glory in the kingdom of heaven, by the Merits and Mediation of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without end. Amen.

Then shall follow this Collect, for God's protection of the Queen against all her enemies.

MOST gracious God, who hast

set thy servant VICTORIA our LMIGHTY God, who rulest Queen upon the Throne of her Anover all the kingdoms of the cestors, we most humbly beseech World, and disposest of them accord- thee to protect her on the same from ing to thy good pleasure; We yield all the dangers to which she may be thee unfeigned thanks, for that thou exposed; Hide her from the gatherwast pleased, as on this day, to place ing together of the froward, and from thy Servant our Sovereign Lady, the insurrection of wicked doers; Do Queen VICTORIA upon the Throne thou weaken the hands, blast the of this Realm. Let thy wisdom be designs, and defeat the enterprizes of her guide, and let thine arm strength- all her enemies, that no secret conen her; let justice, truth, and holi- spiracies, nor open violences, may ness, let peace and love, and all those disquiet her Reign; but that, being virtues that adorn the Christian Pro--safely kept under the shadow of thy fession, flourish in her days; direct wing, and supported by thy power, all her counsels and endeavours to thy she may triumph over all opposition; glory, and the welfare of her people; that so the world may acknowledge and give us grace to obey her cheer- thee to be her defender and mighty fully and willingly for conscience deliverer in all difficulties and adsake; that neither our sinful pas-versities; through Jesus Christ our sions, nor our private interests, may Lord. Amen. disappoint her cares for the publick good; let her always possess the hearts of her people, that they may never he wanting in honour to her Person, and dutiful submission to her Authority; let her Reign be long and prosperous, and crown her with immortality in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

In the end of the Litany (which shall always be used upon this Day) after the Collect [We humbly beseech thee, O Father, &c.] shall the following Prayer, for the Queen and Royal Family, be used. LORD our God, who upholdest on hins in heat ven and earth; receive our humble prayers, with our hearty thanksgiv. ings, for our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, as on this day, set over us by thy grace and providence to be our Queen; and so together with her bless Albert Edward Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, and all the Royal Family; that they all, ever trusting in thy goodness, protected by thy power, and crowned with thy gracious and endless favour, may continue before thee in health, peace, Joy, and honour, and may live long and happy lives upon earth, and after

Then the Prayer for the High Court of

Parliament (if sitting.)

In the Communion Service, immediately before the reading of the Epistle, instead of the Collect for the Queen, and that of the Day, shall be used this Prayer for the Queen, as supreme Governour of this Church.

Bchristian Princes to the defence of thy Faith, and hast made it their duty to promote the spiritual welfare, together with the temporal interest of their people; We acknowledge with humble and thankful hearts thy great goodness to us, in setting thy Servant our most gracious Queen over this Church and Nation; Give her, we beseech thee, all those heavenly graces that are requisite for so high a trust; Let the work of thee her God prosper in her hands; Let her eyes behold the success of her designs for the service of thy true Religion established amongst us; And make her a blessed instrument of protecting and advancing thy Truth, wherever it is persecuted and oppressed; Let Hypocrisy and Profaneness, Superstition and Idolatry, fly before her face; Let not Heresies

LESSED Lord, who hast called

and false Doctrines disturb the peace
of the Church, nor Schisms and
causeless Divisions weaken it; But
grant us to be of one heart and one
mind in serving thee our God, and
obeying her according to thy will:
And that these blessings may be
continued to after-ages, let there
never be one wanting in her house
to succeed her in the government of
this United Kingdom, that our pos-
terity may see her children's chil-
dren, and peace upon Israel. So we
that are thy people, and sheep of thy
pasture, shall give thee thanks for
ever, and will always be shewing forth
thy praise from generation to gene-
ration. Amen.

The Epistle. 1 St. Pet. ii. 11.
EARLY beloved, I beseech you

DEARLY bins, abstain
from fleshly lusts, which war against
the soul; having your conversation
honest among the Gentiles: that,
whereas they speak against you as
evil-doers, they may, by your good
works which they shall behold, glo-
rify God in the day of visitation.
Submit yourselves to every ordi
nance of man for the Lord's sake;
whether it be to the King, as su-
preme; or unto governours, as unto
them that are sent by him for the
punishment of evil-doers, and for the
praise of them that do well. For so
is the will of God, that with well-
doing ye may put to silence the igno.
rance of foolish men: as free, and not
using your liberty for a cloke of mali-
ciousness, but as the servants of God.
Honour all men. Love the brother.
hood. Fear God. Honour the King.
The Gospel. St. Matth. xxii. 16.
out him

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read:

ET your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. St. Matt. v. 16.

After the Prayer [For the whole State of Christ's Church &c.] these Collects following shall be usel.

A Prayer for Unity.

GOD the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace; Give us grace

0
seriously to lay to heart the great
dangers we are in by our unhappy
divisions. Take away all hatred and
prejudice, and whatsoever else may
hinder us from godly Union and
Concord: that, as there is but one
Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope
of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith,
one Baptism, one God and Father
of us all, so we may henceforth be
all of one heart, and of one soul,
united in one holy bond of Truth
and Peace, of Faith and Charity,
and may with one mind and one
mouth glorify thee; through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

RANT, O Lord, we beseech

world may be so peaceably ordered by thy governance, that thy Church quietness, through Jesus Christ our may joyfully serve thee in all godly Lord. Amen.

A disciples, with the Herodian, GRANT, we beseech thee, Al

saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it Ilawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? shew me the tribute-money. And they brought unto him a peny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and su perscription? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Caesar's; and un

mighty God, that the words, which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord. A

men.

of all wisdom, who knowest LMIGHTY God, the fountain

our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking; We be seech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things, which for our unworthiness we dare not, and for our blindness we can

not ask, vouchsafe to give us for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

THE peace of God which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge

"VICTORIA R.

and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord: And the blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

UR Will and Pleasure is, That these Four Forms of Prayer and Service, made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, "the Twenty-ninth of May, and the Twentieth of June, be forthwith "printed and published, and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and "Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland, to be used yearly "on the said Days, in all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels; "in all Chapels of Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, "Cambridge, and Dublin, and of Our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish-Churches and Chapels within those parts of Our United Kingdom called England and Ireland.

"Given at Our Court at Kensington, the Twenty-first Day of
"June, 1837, in the First Year of Our Reign.
"By Her Majesty's Command,

"VICTORIA R.

"J. RUSSELL."

W HEREAS, by Our Royal Warrant of the Twenty-first Day of June One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, in the First Year of "Our Reign, We commanded that certain Forms of Prayer and Service "made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, and the "Twenty-ninth of May should be forthwith printed and published and annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the United "Church of England and Ireland, to be used yearly on the said Days in "all Cathedral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of "Colleges and Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and "Dublin, and of Our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish "Churches and Chapels within those Parts of Our United Kingdom called "England and Ireland:

"And whereas, in the last Session of Parliament, Addresses were pre"sented to Us by both Houses of Parliament, praying Us to take into Our "Consideration Our Proclamation in relation to the said Forms of Prayer "and Service made for the Fifth Day of November, the Thirtieth Day of "January, and the Twenty-ninth Day of May, with a view to their Dis"continuance :

"And whereas We have taken into Our Consideration the Subject of the " said Addresses; and, after due Deliberation, We have resolved that the "Use of the said Forms of Prayer and Service shall be discontinued:

"Now, therefore, Our Will and Pleasure is, that so much of Our said "Royal Warrant of the Twenty-first Day of June One thousand eight "hundred and thirty-seven, in the First Year of Our Reign, as is herein"before recited, be revoked, and that the Use of the said Forms of Prayer "and Service made for the Fifth of November, the Thirtieth of January, "and the Twenty-ninth of May be henceforth discontinued in all Cathe"dral and Collegiate Churches and Chapels, in all Chapels of Colleges and "Halls within Our Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, and of "Our Colleges of Eton and Winchester, and in all Parish Churches and "Chapels within the Parts of Our United Kingdom called England and "Ireland, and that the said Forms of Prayer and Service be not hence"forth printed and published with or annexed to the Book of Common "Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland.

"Given at Our Court at Saint James's, the Seventeenth Day of "January, 1850, in the Twenty-second Year of Our Reign.

"By Her Majesty's Command,

"S. H. WALPOLE."

ARTICLES

AGREED UPON

BY THE ARCHBISHOPS AND BISHOPS OF BOTH PROVINCES, AND THE WHOLE CLERGY,

In the Convocation holden at London in the Year 1562, for the avoiding of Diversities of Opinions, and for the establishing of Consent touching true Religion: Reprinted by His Majesty's Commandment, with His Royal Declaration prefixed thereunto.

BE

HIS MAJESTY'S DECLARATION.

EING by God's Ordinance, according to Our just Title, Defender of the Faith, and Supreme Governour of the Church, within these Our Dominions, We hold it most agreeable to this Our Kingly Office, and Our own religious Zeal, to conserve and maintain the Church committed to Our Charge, in the Unity of true Religion, and in the Bond of Peace; and not to suffer unnecessary Disputations, Altercations, or Questions to be raised, which may nourish Faction both in the Church and Commonwealth. We have therefore, upon mature Deliberation, and with the Advice of so many of Our Bishops as might conveniently be called together, thought fit to make this Declaration following:

That the Articles of the Church of England (which have been allowed and authorized heretofore, and which Our Clergy generally have subscribed unto) do contain the true Doctrine of the Church of England agreeable to God's Word: which We do therefore ratify and confirm, requiring all Our loving Subjects to continue in the uniform Profession thereof, and prohibiting the least difference from the said Articles; which to that End We command to be new printed, and this Our Declaration to be published therewith.

That We are Supreme Governour of the Church of England: And that if any Difference arise about the external Policy, concerning the Injunctions, Canons, and other Constitutions whatsoever thereto belonging, the Clergy in their Convocation is to order and settle them, having first obtained leave under Our Broad Seal so to do: and We approving their said Ordinances and Constitutions; providing that none be made contrary to the Laws and Customs of the Land.

That out of Our Princely Care that the Churchmen may do the Work which is proper unto them, the Bishops and Clergy, from time to time in Convocation, upon their humble Desire, shall have Licence under Our Broad Seal to deliberate of, and to do all such Things, as, being made plain by them, and assented unto by Us, shall concern the settled Continuance of the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England now established; from which We will not endure any varying or departing in the least Degree.

That for the present, though some differences have been ill raised, yet We take comfort in this, that all Clergymen within Our Realm have always most willingly subscribed to the Articles established; which is an argument to Us, that they all agree in the true, usual, literal meaning of the said Articles; and that even in those curious points, in which the present differences lie, men of all sorts take the Articles of the Church of England to be for them; which is an argument again, that none of them intend any desertion of the Articles established.

That therefore in these both curious and unhappy differences, which have for so many hundred years, in different times and places,