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we, receiving them according to thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ's holy institution, in remembrance of his Death and Passion, may be partakers of his most blessed Body and Blood. And we earnestly desire thy fatherly goodness, mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving; most humbly beseeching thee to grant, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ, and through faith in his blood, we, and all thy whole Church, may obtain remission of our sins, and all other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee, O Lord, ourselves, our

to the Form before prescribed; beginning at All glory be to thee, Almighty God-and ending with these wordsPartakers of his most blessed Body and Blood.

When all have communicated, the Bi shop shall return to the Lord's Table, and reverently place upon it what re maineth of the consecrated Elements, covering the same with a fair Linen Cloth.

Then shall the Bishop say the Lord's Prayer, the People repeating after him every petition.

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souls, and bodies, to be a reasonable, Olowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom holy, and living sacrifice unto thee; come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it humbly beseeching thee, that we, and is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily all others who shall be partakers of this bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as holy Communion, may worthily receive we forgive those who trespass against the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son Jesus Christ, be filled with thy But deliver us from evil: For thine is the us; And lead us not into temptation; grace and heavenly benediction, and Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glo made one body with him, that he may dwell in them, and they in him. And y, for ever and ever. Amen. although we are unworthy, through our manifold sins, to offer unto thee any sacrifice; yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences; through Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Here shall be sung a Hymn, or Part
of a Hymn, from the Selection for the
Feasts and Fasts, &c.

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After which shall be said as followeth. ALMIGHTY and everliving God, we most heartily thank thee, for that thou dost vouchsafe to feed us, who have duly received these holy Mysteries, with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of thy Son our Saviour Jesus Christ; and dost assure us thereby of thy favour and goodness towards us; and that we are very members inSon, which is the blessed company of all corporate in the mystical body of thy faithful people; and are also heirs through hope of thy everlasting kingdom, Then shall the Bishop first receive the by the merits of the most precious death Communion in both kinds himself, and and passion of thy dear Son. And we proceed to deliver the same to the Bi- most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly shops, Priests, and Deacons, in like Father, so to assist us with thy grace, manner, and after that, to the People that we may continue in that holy felalso in order, into their hands, all de-lowship, and do all such good works as voutly kneeling: And when he delivereth the Bread, he shall say, THE Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, which was given for thee, preserve thy body and soul unto everlasting life: Take and eat this in remembrance that Christ died for thee, and feed on him in thy heart by faith, with thanksgiving.

THE

And the Bishop, delivering the cup,

shall say,
THE Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ,
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which was shed for thee, preserve
thy Body and soul unto everlasting life:
Drink this in remembrance that Christ's
blood was shed for thee, and be thank-
ful.

If the consecrated Bread and Wine be
spent before all have communicated, the
Bishop is to consecrate more according

thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through Jesus Christ our Lord; to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen.

Then shall be said or sung, all standing, Gloria in Excelsis, or some proper Hymn from the Selection.

GLORY be to God on high, and on

earth peace, good will towards men. ship thee, we glorify thee, we give We praise thee, we bless thee, we wor thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Fa ther Almighty.

O Lord, the only begotten Son Jesus Christ; O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, who takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us: Thou who takest away the sins of the worl

have mercy upon us: Thou who takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer: Thou who sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.

For thou only art holy; thou only art the Lord; thou only, O Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Then the Bishop shall let them depart with this blessing.

THE peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts |

and minds in the knowledge 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.

If any of the consecrated Bread and Wine remain after the Communion, it shall not be carried out of the Church, but the Bishop and other Communicants shall, immediately after the Blessin reverently eat and drink the same

Here endeth the Order for the Administration of the Holy Communion.

THE FORM OF

Consecration of a Church or Chapel,

According to the order of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, as established by the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity of said Church, in General Convention, in the month of September, A. D. 1799.

The Bishop is to be received at the entrance of the Church or Chapel by the Churchwardens and Vestrymen, or some other Persons appointed for that purpose. The Bishop and the Clergy who are present, shall go up the aisle of the Church or Chapel, to the Communion Table, repeating the 24th Psalm alternately the Bishop one verse, and the Clergy another."

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Psalm xxiv.

HE earth is the Lord's and all that therein is: the compass of the world, and they that dwell therein.

2 For he hath founded it upon the seas, prepared it upon the floods.

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who shall rise up in his holy place?

4 Even he that hath clean hands and a pure heart; and that hath not lift up his mind unto vanity, nor sworn to deceive his neighbour.

5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6 This is the generation of them that seek him; even of them that seek thy face, O Jacob.

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of Glory shall come in.

8 Who is the King of Glory? it is the Lord strong and mighty, even the Lord mighty in battle.

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors: and the King of Glory shall come in.

10 Who is the King of Glory? even the Lord of Hosts, he is the King of Glory.

The Bishop shall go within the rails with such of the Clergy as can be there accommodated. The Bishop, sitting in his chair, shall have the instruments of donation and endowment, if there be any presented to him, and then standing up, and turning to the Congregation, shall say,

DEARLY beloved in the Lord; foras

much as devout and holy men, as well under the law as under the gostel, moved either by the express command of God, or by the secret inspiration of the blessed Spirit, and acting agreeably to their own reason and sense of the natural decency of things, have erected houses for the public worship of God, and sepa rated them from all unhallowed, worldly, and common uses, in order to fill men's minds with greater reverence for his glorious Majesty, and affect their hearts with more devotion and humility in his service; which pious works have been approved of and graciously accepted by our heavenly Father: Let us not doubt but that he will also favourably approve our godly purpose of setting apart this place in solemn manner, for the perfor mance of the several offices of religious worship, and let us faithfully and de

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voutly beg his blessing on this our un-sins, and all other benefits of his passion. dertaking. Amen. Then the Bishop, kneeling, shall say the

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which shall be read and preached in this Grant, O Lord, that by thy holy word place, and by thy Holy Spirit grafting it inwardly in the heart, the hearers thereof may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and may have power and strength to fulfil the same. Amen.

ETERNAL God, mighty in power and of majesty incomprehensible, whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, much less the walls of temples made with hands; and who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thy especial Grant, O Lord, that whosoever shall be presence, wherever two or three of thy joined together in this place in the holy faithful servants shall assemble in thy estate of matrimony, may faithfully pername to offer up their praises and sup-form and keep the vow and covenant plications unto thee; vouchsafe, O Lord, between them made, and may remain in to be present with us, who are here ga- perfect love together unto their lives' thered together, with all humility and end. Amen. readiness of heart, to consecrate this place to the honour of thy great name; separating it henceforth from all unhallowed, ordinary and common uses, and dedicating it to thy service, for reading thy holy word, for celebrating thy holy sacraments, for offering to thy glorious Majesty the sacrifices of prayer and thanksgiving, for blessing thy people in thy name, and for the performance of all other holy offices: accept, O Lord, this service at our hands, and bless it with such success as may tend most to thy glory, and the furtherance of our happiness both temporal and spiritual, through Jesus Christ our blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

After this the Bishop shall stand up,
and turning his face towards the Con
gregation, shall say,

Rof thy servants, and grant that who

EGARD, O Lord, the supplications

soever shall be dedicated to thee in this house by Baptism, may be sanctified by

ful children. Amen.

Grant, we beseech thee, blessed Lord, that whosoever shall draw near to thee in this place, to give thee thanks for the benefits which they have received at thy hands, to set forth thy most worthy praise, to confess their sins unto thee, and to ask such things as are requisite and necessary as well for the body as for the soul, may do it with such steadiness of faith, and with such seriousness, affec tion, and devotion of mind, that thou mayest accept their bounden duty and service, and vouchsafe to give whatever in thy infinite wisdom thou shalt see to be most expedient for them: all which we beg for Jesus Christ's sake our most blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Then the Bishop,sitting in his chair, the sentence of Consecration is to be read by some person appointed by him, and then laid by him upon the Communion Table,-after which the Bishop shall say,

LESSED be thy name, O Lord, that

the Holy Ghost, delivered from thy wrath Bit hath pleased thee to put it into the and eternal death, and received as a liv-hearts of thy servants, to appropriate and ing member of Christ's Church, and may devote this house to thy honour and ever remain in the number of thy faith- worship; and grant that all who shall Grant, O Lord, that they who at this enjoy the benefit of this pious work, may show forth their thankfulness, by makplace shall in their own persons renewing a right use of it, to the glory of thy the promises and vows which they made, blessed name, through Jesus Christ our or which were made for them by their Lord. Amen." sureties at their Baptism, and thereupon

read the service for the day.

shall be confirmed by the Bishop, may T After this the Minister appointed is to receive such a measure of thy Holy Spirit, that they may be enabled faithfully to fulfil the same, and grow in grace unto their lives' end.

Amen.

Grant, O Lord, that whosoever shall receive in this place the blessed sacrament of the body and blood of Christ, may come to that holy ordinance with faith, charity, and true repentance; and being filled with thy grace and heavenly benediction, may, to their great and endless comfort, obtain remission of their

PROPER PSALMS, 84-122-132. FIRST LESSON. 1 Kings 8th, verse

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The Bishop shall then proceed to the oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the Communion Service. The following changers of money sitting: And when shall be the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, for the occasion.

The Collect.

T Then shall be said or sung the 100th
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he had made a scourge of small cords he drove them all out of the temple. and the sheep, and the oxen, and poured out MOST glorious Lord, we acknow- the changers of money, and overthrew ledge that we are not worthy to the tables, and said unto them that sold offer unto thee any thing belonging un-doves, "Take these things hence; make to us; yet we beseech thee in thy great not my Father's house an house of mergoodness, graciously to accept the dedi-chandise." And his disciples remembercation of this place to thy service, and to ed that it was written, The zeal of thine prosper this our undertaking; receive house hath eaten me up. the prayers and intercessions of all those thy servants, who shall call upon thee in this house; and give them grace to prepare their hearts to serve thee with reverence and godly fear; affect them with an awful apprehension of thy Divine Majesty, and a deep sense of their own unworthiness; that so approaching thy sanctuary with lowliness and devotion, and coming before thee with clean thoughts and pure hearts, with bodies undefiled, and minds sanctified, they may always perform a service acceptable to thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Epistle. 2 Cor. vi. verse 14 to

verse 17.

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The Sermon being ended, the Bishop shall proceed in the service for the Communion, if it is to be administered at that time.

After the Communion, or if it is not administered at that time, after the Sermon, and immediately before the final Blessing, the Bishop shall say the fol lowing Prayer.

BLE LESSED be thy name, O Lord God, for that it hath pleased thee to have BEY not unequally yoked together thy habitation among the sons of men. with unbelievers; for what fellow-and to dwell in the midst of the assembly ship hath righteousness with unrighte- of the saints upon the earth; bless, we ousness? And what communion hath beseech thee, the religious performance light with darkness? And what concord of this day, and grant that in this place hath Christ with Belial? Or what part now set apart to thy service, thy hely hath he that believeth with an Infidel? name may be worshipped in truth and And what agreement hath the temple of purity through all generations, through God with Idols? For ye are the temple Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen." of the living God: as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them,THE peace of God, which passeth all and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

The Gospel. St. John ii. verse 13. AND the Jews Passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold

understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord; and the blessing of God Almigh

the father, the Son, and the fluly Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

A PRAYER

TO BE USED AT THE MEETINGS OF CONVENTION.

in the

councils of the blessed Apostles, and hast promised, through thy Son Jesus Christ, to be with thy Church to the end of the world; we beseech thee to be present with the council of thy Church here assembled in thy name and presence. Save them from all error, ignorance, pride, and prejudice; and of thy great mercy vouchsafe, we beseech thee, so to direct, sanctify, and govern us in our present work, by the mighty power of the Holy Ghost, that the comfortable Gospel of Christ may be truly preached, truly received, and truly followed, in all places, to the breaking down the kingdom of sin, satan, and death; till at length the whole of thy dispersed sheep, being gathered into one fold, shall become partakers of ever Lasting life, through the merits and death of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

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AN OFFICE OF

INSTITUTION OF MINISTERS

INTO PARISHES OR CHURCHES,

Prescrioed by the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America; established in General Convention of the Bishops, the Clergy, and Laity 1804 and set forth, with Alterations, in General Convention, 1808.

The Bishop having received due Notice of the Election of a Minister into a Parish or Church, as prescribed by the Canon "concerning the Election and Institution of Ministers," and being satisfied that "the Person chosen is a qualified Minister of this Church," may transmit the following Letter of Institution, for the proposed Rector, Associated Rector, or Assistant Minister, to one of his Presbyters, whom he may appoint as the Institutor.

In any State or Diocese the concluding Paragraph in the Letter of Institution may be omitted, where it interferes with the Usages, Laws, or Charters of the Church in

the same.

To our well-beloved in Christ, A. B. Presbyter, Greeting.

Sigillum. WE

E do by these Presents give and grant unto you, in whose Learning, Diligence, sound Doctrine, and Prudence, we do fully confide, our License and Authority to perform the Office of a Priest in the Parish [or Church] of E. And also hereby do institute you into said Parish for Church, possessed of full power to perform every Act of sacerdotal Function among the People of the same; you continuing in communion with us, and complying with the rubrics and canons of the Church, and with such lawful directions as you shall at any time receive from us.

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And as a canonically instituted Priest into the Office of Rector [Associated Recor,or Assistant Minister, as the case may be] of Parish (or Church,] you are faithfully to feed that portion of the flock of Christ which is now entrusted to you; not as a man-pleaser, but as continually bearing in mind, that you are accountable to us here, and to the Chief Bishop and Sovereign Judge of all hereafter.

And as the Lord hath ordained, that they who serve at the altar should live of the things belonging to the altar; so we authorise you to claim and enjoy all the accustomed temporalities appertaining to your cure, until some urgent reason or reasons occasion a wish in you, or in the congregation committed to your charge, to bring about a separation, and dissolution of all sacerdotal relation between you and them; of all which you will give us due notice: and in case of any difference between you and your congregation, as to a separation, and dissolution of all sacerdotal connection between you and them, we, your Bishop, with the advice of our Presbyters, are to be the ultimate arbiter and judge.

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In witness whereof we have hereunto affixed our Episcopal seal and signature, day of and in the year of our consecration.

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In the case of a Minister to be instituted in a State or Diocese in which there is no Bishop, the Clerical Members of the Standing Committee shall send the following Letter of Institution, for the proposed Minister, to the Presbyter whom they may appoint as Institutor.

To our well-beloved in Christ, A. B. Presbyter, Greeting.

TE do by these Presents authorise and empower you to exercise

Sigillum, W the Office of a Priest in the Parish [or Church] of E. And by vir

tue of the power vested in us, do institute you into said Parish [or Church,] possessed of full power to perform every Act of sacerdotal Function among the people of the same; you complying with the rubrics and canons of the Church.

And as a canonically instituted Priest into the Office of Rector [Associated Rector, or Assistant Minister, as the case may be ] of Parish (or Church,] you are to feed that portion of the flock of Christ which is now entrusted to you; not as a man-pleaser, but as continually hearing in mind, that you are accountable to the ecclesiastical authority of the Church here, and to the Chief Bishop and Sovereign Judge of all hereafter.

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