OF THE Church and the Clergy. THE CONDUCT, ORDER, AND RITUAL OF EVENING PRAYER-LITANY-HOLY COMMUNION. BY THE REV. W. H. PINNOCK, LL.D. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. Author of the Analyses of Scripture History,'' The Reformation,' CAMBRIDGE:-J. HALL & SON; LONDON-WHITTAKER AND CO., AVE MARIA LANE; OXFORD:-J. H. PARKER. 1863. PREFACE. We have in this, and the preceding Volume, gone through the several Rubrics of the Book of Common Prayer affecting the rites, ceremonies, and order, of Public Worship; and have endeavoured, as will be seen, to elucidate them with the most rigid impartiality—not leaning, designedly, to any section in the Church, but dealing out those conclusions which the preponderance of Law and Usage compelled us to arrive at. The task has, indeed, been a difficult one; because, in writing for the Church at large, truth and justice have forced us into the citation of every authority, whether they opposed, or favoured, one's own personal opinion, or predilection. It is, however, a matter of considerable satisfaction to know that the views we have advanced, are those entertained by the generality of our Bishops. The result of our labour and research we now commit to the kind patronage of our Clerical brethren, with the fervent desire that it may be found acceptable and useful. Should their encouragement of this Volume call for a like treatment of the Rubrics in the "OCCASIONAL SERVICES," we trust we may be able at some future time to devote to this end what little leisure we can command from the claims of an important Parish, the requirements of theological study, and from more exclusively spiritual engagements. SOMERSHAM RECTORY. Huntingdonshire, 1863. THE AUTHOR. Che Order and Ritual OF PUBLIC WORSHIP. (continued.) Evening Prayer. 273.-THE preliminary observations we thought it desirable to address to the OFFICIATING MINISTER when about to commence the MORNING PRAYER may possibly be useful to him in the present instance also, when about to begin the EVENING PRAYER. To avoid repetition, however, we will merely bring forward the leading points, referring him for more detailed information to the earlier pages of the preceding volume, where the subjects are treated in extenso. T. THE ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER 'DAILY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.' 274.- The ORDER FOR EVENING PRAYER, or 'EVENSONG,' as it is called in the Liturgy of 1549, is an abridgment of the ancient Offices of Vespers and Compline. It may be used at any time after 12 o'clock at noon and should there be two such Services after mid-day, i. e. one in the Afternoon, and one in the Evening, the customary Service may be used in both instances; or, to avoid iteration, the Litany, or Ante : |