Act of Uniformity Amendment (1872).

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 heaven, &c.

Then likewise he shall say,

O Lord, open thou our lips.

Here all standing up, the Priest shall say,

Glory be to the Father, &c.

Then shall be said or sung one or more of the Psalms in order as they be appointed. Then either a Lesson of the Old Testament as is appointed, or a Lesson of the New Testament as it is appointed, except there be a Proper Lesson assigned for that day, in which case the Proper Lesson shall be read, and if there are two Proper Lessons each shall be read in its proper place; and after the Lesson, or between the First and Second Lessons, shall be said or sung in English one of the following:

Either Magnificat, or the Song of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in English, as follows:

Magnificat. St Luke i.

My soul doth magnify the Lord, &c.

Or this Psalm (except it be on the nineteenth day of the month, when it is read in the ordinary course of the Psalms): Cantate Domino. Psalm xcviii.

O sing unto the Lord a new song, &c.

Or Nunc dimittis (or the Song of Simeon), as followeth:
Nunc dimittis. St Luke ii. 29.

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant, &c.

Or else this Psalm (except it be on the twelfth day of the month): Deus misereatur. Psalm lxvii.

God be merciful unto us, and bless us, &c.

Then shall be said or sung the Apostles' Creed by the Minister and the people, standing:

I believe in God the Father Almighty, &c.

And after that, the people all devoutly kneeling, the Minister shall pronounce with a loud voice,

Then shall follow three Collects. The first of the day; the second for Peace; the third for aid against all perils, as hereafter followeth; which two last Collects shall be daily said at Evening Prayer without Alteration.

The second Collect at Evening Prayer.

O God, from whom all holy desires, &c.
The third Collect for Aid against all Perils.
Lighten our darkness, &c.

Here may follow an Anthem or Hymn.

A Prayer of Saint Chrysostome.
Almighty God, who hast given us grace, &c.

[In the Shortened Order for Morning Prayer the Versicle, "O Lord, open Thou our lips," is followed by &cs., which, of course, include the Second Versicle and the two Responses; but in the Shortened Order for Evening Prayer the &cs. are omitted in this place. The Second Versicle and the Responses may, however, be added, under the authority of the empowering Note at the beginning of the Schedule, as a "prayer." The Lesser Litany may, of course, be added in its proper place under the same authority. It will be noticed, that the Rubric next after the Creed does not accord with the existing Rubric and practice. ED.]

NOTES ON THE ACTS OF UNIFORMITY (SHEWING THE
LATEST REPEALING STATUTES).

By ISAMBARD BRUNEL, D.C.L., Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely.

I. 2 and 3 Edw. VI. cap. 1. (A.D. 1548.)

Confirmed as regards penalties by 13 and 14 Car. II. cap. 4, sec. 24.
Repealed as regards the Prayer Book therein established by 5 and 6 Edw. VI.

cap. I.

Wholly repealed by 1 Mary, Sess. 2, cap. 2, which was repealed in part by 1 Eliz. cap. 2, and wholly by 1 Jac. I. cap. 25 (see as to the effect of the Statute of James "The Bishops' case" 12 Rep. 8).

II. 5 and 6 Edw. VI. cap. 1. (A.D. 1552.)

Repealed by Mary, Sess. 2, cap. 2, which was repealed as concerning the Prayer Book by 1 Eliz. cap. 2, and wholly repealed by 1 Jac. I. cap. 25 (see as to the effect of the Statute of James "The Bishops' case" 12 Rep. E).

Confirmed by 8 Eliz. cap. 1, and as regards penalties by 13 and 14 Car. II.

cap. 4, sec. 24.

Repealed as regards the Prayer Book by 13 and 14 Car. II. cap. 4.

Repealed by 7 and 8 Vict. cap. 102, so far as it relates to Roman Catholics, and by 9 and 10 Vict. cap. 59, sec. 1, so far as it relates to Dissenters usually attending some place of worship, and permits the infliction of a pecuniary penalty or imprisonment, and requires the Act to be read in Church.

III. 1 Eliz. cap. 2. (A.D. 1558.)

Confirmed by 8 Eliz. cap. 1, and as regards penalties by 13 and 14

4, sec. 24.

Car. II. cap.

Repealed as regards the Prayer Book by 13 and 14 Car. II. cap. 4, sec. 2.
Sec. 14. Repealed by 9 and 10 Vict. cap. 59, sec. I.

Sec. 19.

Sec. 2.

Affected by 34 and 35 Vict. cap. 37 (Table of Lessons Act), and by 35 and 36 Vict. cap. 35, sec. 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Act of Uniformity Amendment Act). Sec. 3. Spent.

Sec. 4. Repealed by 28 and 29 Vict. cap. 122, sec. 7 (Clerical Subscription Act).

Sec. 6.

Sec. 8.

Repealed by 28 and 29 Vict. cap. 122 (Clerical Subscription Act), sec. 7.
Repealed by the same,

Sec. 9.

Repealed by 34 and 35 Vict. cap. 26 (Universities Tests Act).

Sec. 10. Repealed by the same.

Sec. 11. Repealed as regards Schoolmasters by 9 and 10 Vict. cap. 59, and wholly by 28 and 29 Vict. cap. 122 (Clerical Subscription Act).

Sec. 17. Amended by 34 and 35 Vict. cap. 37 (Table of Lessons Act), by 35 and 36 Vict. cap. 35, sec. 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Act of Uniformity Amendment Act), and by 28 and 29 Vict. cap. 122, sec. 10 (Clerical Subscription Act).

Repealed except as regards the Colleges of Westminster, Winchester, and Eton and 35 Vict. cap. 26 (Universities Tests Act).

by 34

Sec. 19.

Repealed from the words "and shall in the presence of the same Archbishop" by 28 and 29 Vict. cap. 122 (Clerical Subscription Act).

Residue affected by the Toleration Acts.

Sec. 20.

Sec. 21.

Sec. 22.

ment Act).

Amended by 28 and 29 Vict. cap. 122, sec. 10 (Clerical Subscription Act).
Affected by the Toleration Acts.

Repealed by 35 and 36 Vict. cap. 35, sec 6 (Act of Uniformity Amend

Sec. 24. Repealed in part by 7 and 8 Vict. cap. 102, and 9 and 10 Vict. cap. 59: semble affected by the Toleration Acts.

Sec. 32. Repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act, 1863.

NOTES ON THE TOLERATION ACTS SO FAR AS THEY RELATE TO PUBLIC WORSHIP.

1 William and Mary, cap. 18. (A.D. 1688.)

Repeals 1 Eliz. cap. 2, sec. 14, so far as regards Dissenters taking Oaths, &c. Permits the ministry in a public certified place of worship of ministers of Protestant Dissenters taking Oaths, &c. and signing the XXXIX Articles except 34th, 35th, 36th, and part of 20th, and (if Baptists) part of the 27th.

19 Geo. III. cap. 44. (A.D. 1779.)

Removes obligation to subscribe Articles on making further declaration.

52 Geo. III. cap. 155. (A.D. 1812.)

Exempts Ministers of certified places of worship and persons resorting thereto from obligation to take Oaths and make Declaration, except in certain cases.

The benefits of these provisions were extended to persons denying the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity by 53 Geo. III. cap. 160 (A.D. 1813), and to Jews by 9 and 10 Vict. cap. 59 (A.D. 1846).

The public worship of Roman Catholics was permitted under certain conditions by 31 Geo. III. cap. 32 (A.D. 1791), amended by 9 and 10 Vict. cap. 59; and by 10 Geo. IV. cap. 7 (A.D. 1829), and 2 and 3 Will. IV. cap. 115 (A.D. 1832), amended by 18 and 19 Vict. cap. 86.

18 and 19 Vict. cap. 86. (A.D. 1855.) Increases facilities for religious worship.