ING SER- 'When the Priest delivers the Sacrament to you, receive it in the palm ROMANIZof your right hand, resting on your left, and held well up before you, and thus convey it to your mouth, saying to yourself, “Amen,” after the words "everlasting life." "When the Chalice is delivered to you, receive it gently but firmly with both hands, and swallow a few drops, saying "Amen," as before, and give the Chalice back carefully. "Now return at once to your place, that you may not hinder others, and kneeling down, offer to God your thanksgivings for the gift which you have received. As you leave the altar you may say,— "Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. I have found Him whom my soul loveth; I will hold Him, and not let Him go. Alleluia. "Behold, O Lord Jesu Christ, I now possess Thee who dost possess all things. Therefore, my God and my all, I beseech Thee to withdraw my heart from all things that are not of Thee, in which there is nought but vanity and vexation of spirit. On Thee alone may my heart be fixed, in Thee may my repose be; where my treasure is, there may my heart be also. Amen." The following is another specimen. ACT OF ADORATION. "I adore Thee, O Lord Jesu, I adore Thy Body, Thy soul, and Thy Divinity, Thy Flesh and Thy Blood truly present in this Sacrament. "O Christ Jesus! I adore Thee who wast lifted up from the earth that Thou mightest draw all unto Thee. I see Thee on the cross with outstretched arms, as though Thou wouldst embrace us. I hear Thee crying out Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Prostrate I adore Thee, Deity unseen, Who Thy glory hidest 'neath these shadows mean. I believe whate'er the Son of God hath told, "The Manual of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament CHAP.XII. of the Body and Blood of Christ,"* contains the following SECT. IV. passages : 66 "AN ACT OF FAITH. 'My Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, I firmly believe, because Thou hast said, 'This is My Body, this is My Blood,' that in this blessed Sacrament, Thou art truly present, Thy Divinity and Thy Humanity, with all the treasures of Thy grace, and art Thyself mystically offered for us in this holy Oblation, to communicate the virtues of Thy most precious Death and Passion to all Thy Faithful whether living or departed. *** "AN ACT OF ADORATION. "I adore Thee, O Lord my God, veiled under these poor earthly elements, and prostrate before Thy Divine Majesty, I desire to honour Thee with all the devotion of which I am capable, and that I may the better honour Thee, I unite myself with all Thy saints and angels in their more perfect adoration. “Hail! Living Bread, that comest down from heaven to give Life to the world. Hail, most holy Flesh of Christ! Hail, Heavenly Drink of Jesus' Blood! to me above all things the sum and fulness of delight; my soul blesses Thee for Thy love, thus deigning to remain hidden for our salvation under these forms of Thy creatures." The work abounds in many such passages in recognition of a corporal presence, of a Eucharistic sacrifice applicable to the living and the dead, and illustrative of the highest adoration of a supposed corporal presence in the elements. "The Little Prayer Book"+ affords further evidence of the extent to which Romanizing has proceeded. The Rev. Dr. Taylor, Incumbent of St. Silas's, Liverpool, has given the leading features of this work in parallel columns with the teaching of the Articles and other formularies. There are numerous other doctrinal works of a similar character, but these are all eclipsed by "the Directorium Anglicanum, being a Manual of "Devotions for the right celebration of the Holy Communion, "for the saying of Matins and Evensong, and for the performance "of other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the "ancient use of the Church of England, with plan of Chancel "and illustrations of such ornaments of the Church and of the "Ministers thereof, at all times of their ministration, (as) shall be "retained, and be in use as were in this Church of England, by "the authority of Parliament, in the second year of the reign of London, Masters, 1862. Published by the Church Press Co. Lond. 1864. This able tract may be had for one penny of Holden, Liverpool. ING SER "King Edward the Sixth. Second edition, revised. Edited by ROMANIZ"the Rev. F. G. Lee, D.C.L. London, 1865." The volume is VICES. large and attractive, price 248. The title gives the leading principle upon which the work in founded-" According to the ancient use of the Church of England." It is that the authority of Parliament in this second year of King Edward means such ancient canons and constitutions as were authorized in the reign of Henry VIII. It is shown in the section upon ornaments of the Church and the Ministers, Part II., that this principle is unsound, and that the authority of Parliament means the Reformed Book of 1549, and not the pre-Reformation canons and constitutions. The Directorium is thoroughly Romish. It sets up the Mass in all its essential features! The following quotation will serve as an illustration. 66 'The celebrant at the consecration prayer inclines humbly extensis manibus. Before the recital of the words of institution the celebrant should remove the pall from the chalice. At the words 'body' and 'blood' he should make a cross over the elements. At the words' Who in the same night,' he should rest his elbows on the altar, bowing down. The paten and also the chalice are held in the left hand: the sign of the cross being made with the right hand. After the words 'This is my body which is given for you,' the hostia should be placed on the paten, and the celebrant with his assistants should reverently genuflect. Then, rising, the celebrant should at once elevate it with the first finger and thumb of both hands, for the worship of the faithful, while he is saying, 'Do this in remembrance of me.' After the words This is my blood of the New Testament,' he should place the chalice on the centre of the corporal, and with his assistants genuflect again, after which he should in like manner elevate the chalice with both hands while he is saying 'Do this as oft as ye shall drink of it in remembrance of me.' After the consecration the celebrant will keep his right finger and thumb joined until after the ablution. The lay-assistants at the altar, and the members of the choir should be instructed to bow profoundly at the consecration and elevation. It is quite wrong to turn to the people at the breaking of the bread, lifting up of the paten, and showing of the cup.' * The following directions are given as to the Secret Prayers : "36 Preces Secreta "May be said by the celebrant standing humbly before the midst of the altar. The following are strongly recommended. (Ex Missali Sarum.) They should be written out plainly, printed, or illuminated:Dicenda post Consecrationem. "Unde et memores Domine, nos servi Tui, sed et plebs Tua Saneta, P. 59. Lond. 1865. CHAP.XII. ejusdem Christi Filii Tui Domini Dei nostri tam beatæ Passionis, necnon et ab inferis Resurrectionis, sed et in cœlos gloriosa Ascensionis, offerimus SECT. IV. præclaræ Majestati Tuæ de Tuis donis ac datis, Hostiam pu+ram, Hostiam Sanc+tam, Hostiam imma+culatam: Panem sanc+tum vitæ æternæ, et Cali+cem salutis perpetuæ. 66 : Supra quæ propitio ac sereno vultu respicere digneris et accepta habere, sicuti accepta habere dignatus es munera pueri Tui justi Abel, et sacrificium Patriarchæ nostri Abrahæ : et quod Tibi obtulit summus sacerdos Tuus Melchisedech, sanctum sacrificium immaculatam Hostiam. Supplices Te rogamus Omnipotens Deus: jube hæc perferri per manus sancti Angeli Tui in sublime altare Tuum, in conspectu Divinæ Majestatis Tuæ: ut quotquot ex hac altaris participatione, sacrosanctum Filii Tui Cor+pus et San+guinem sumpserimus: omni bene+dictione coelesti gratia repleamur. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. "Memento etiam, Domine animarum famulorum famularumque Tuarum (N. et N.) qui nos præcesserunt cum signo fidei, et dormiunt in somno pacis ipsis Domine, et omnibus in Christo quiescentibus, locum refrigerii, lucis et pacis, ut indulgeas, deprecamur. Per eundem Christum Dominum Amen. nostrum. "Nobis quoque peccatoribus famulis Tuis de multitudine miserationum Tuarum sperantibus, partem aliquam et societatem donare digneris cum Tuis sanctis Apostolis et Martyribus: cum Joanne, Stephano, Matthia, Barnaba, Ignatio, Alexandro, Marcellino, Petro, Felicitate, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucia, Agnete, Cæcilia, Anastatia, et cum omnibus Sanctis Tuis: intra quorum nos consortium non estimator meriti, sed veniæ, quæsumus, largitor admitte. Per Christum Dominum nostrum. 66 Per quem hæc omnia Domine, semper bona creas, sancti+ficas, vivi+ficas bene+dicis, et præstas nobis. Per ip+sum et cum ip+so, et in ip+so est Tibi Deo Patri Omnipo+tenti, unitate Spiritus + Sancti omnis honor et gloria. Per omnia sæcula sæculorum. Amen."* The appendix to the contents gives a general view of the volume. "CAUTELS (the bread and wine). Of the Veiling of the Cross, &c., at Passiontide. Of the Folded Chasuble. Of the Preparation of the Altar and its Ornaments-for holy Communion. The Sign of the Cross. Directions for the Celebrant. The Parts of the Altar. Additional Notes for Deacon and Sub-deacon. Solemn Service in the Absence of a Sub-deacon. Directions for Acolytes or Lay Assistants. Directions for Servers. Directions as to Chalices and Patens. *P. 61, ut supra. Solemn Eucharistic Service in Presence of a Bishop assisting Ponti- ROMANIZfically. Form of Consecration of Churches, &c. Office for the Restoration of a Church. Office for Expiation and Illustration of a Church. Service for Blessing and Laying the Foundation-stone of St. Mary's, Service for the Solemn Blessing and Opening of St. Mary's, Aberdeen. Various Benedictions. Old Vestments to be burnt. Reconsecration and Reconciling of Churches. The Oil of Chrism, the Oil of the Sick, and Holy Oil. The Sacrament of Absolution. Form for the Admission of a Chorister, Floral Decorations. Altars and Dossels of Village Churches. Flowers on the Altar. Flower Vases. Feasts of Obligation. Feasts of Devotion. Rules for a Sacristy or Vestry. Cleansing of Church Furniture. Processions. The Master of the Ceremonies. Processional Banners. The Verger and Churchwardens' Staves. The Processional Cross or Crucifix. Form of Bidding of Prayer. Palm Sunday and its Office. Ornaments of the Church, &c. Extracts from the Carlton Ride Inventories. Judgment of the Privy Council in the case of the Knightsbridge Churches. Comment thereon by the Recorder of Salisbury. On the Music of the English Church." In short, an effort is being made to establish the whole ceremonial and doctrinal system of the Church of Rome in the Church of England,* and in order to make room for the in The Marquis of Westmeath brought the matter before the House of Lords, in an able speech on May 12, 1865. The following is a report of his speech : "The Marquis of Westmeath congratulated himself on the fact that the law could no longer be misunderstood. It had been explained very clearly by the highest authority, and he hoped that all those who had been meditating how to trade on the delusions they had been promoting in the country would be disappointed in the result. He would now proceed to ask another question, which was simply thiswhether Her Majesty's Government, assuming that they knew, as they ought to ING SER- |