And as the Lord hath ordained that they who serve at the altar should live of the things belonging to the altar; so you have our authority 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 connection between you and them: of all which you will give us due notice: and in case of asy difference between you and your congregation, as to a separation, and dissolution of all sacerdotal connection between you and them, the ecclesiastical authority of the Chure in this diocese (taking the advice and aid of a Bishop) shall be the ultimate arbiter and judge.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this of

in the year

day

The day being appointed for the new choosing to go on with the Service, he Incumbent's Institution, at the usual shull next read the Letter of Institution; hour of Morning Prayer, the Institutor, and then shall the senior Warden, (or attended by the new Incumbent, and one the Member of the Vestry supplying or more Presbyters appointed by the his place) present the keys of the Church Bishop, (or, where there is no Bishop, by to the new Incumbent, saying, the Clerical Members of the Standing Parish "N name and behalf of Committee) for that purpose, shall enIN [or Church,] I do receive and acter the Church: Then, all the Clergy knowledge you, the Rev. A. B. as Priest present standing without the rails of and Rector, [or Associated Rector, or Asthe Altar, except the officiating Priest, sistant Minister] of the same, and in towho shall go into the desk; the War-ken thereof, give into your hands the dens, (or, in case of their necessary ab-keys of this Church.

sence, two Members of the Vestry), standing on the right and left of the Altar, without the rails; the senior Warden, (or the Member of the Vestry supplying his place) holding the keys of the Church in his hand, in open view, the officiating Priest shall read Morning Prayer.

Proper Psalms are,

I'salm cxxii. Psalm cxxxii. Psalm cxxxiii.
Proper Lessons.

First. Ezek. Chap. xxxiii. verse 1 to
verse 10.

Second. St. John, Chap. x. verse 1 to

verse 19.

Morning Prayer ended, the Priest who acts as the Institutor, standing within the rails of the Altar, shall say,

EARLY beloved in the Lord, we

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house of God at your hands, as the pledges of my Institution, and of your parochial recognition, and promise to be a faithful Shepherd over you, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Then the new Incumbent shall say,

A. B. receive these keys of the

Here the Instituting Minister shall be
gin the Office.

Min. The Lord be with you.
Ans. And with thy Spirit.
Let us pray.

IRECT us, O Lord, in all our aoings,

Dwith thy most gracious favour, and

further us with thy continual help, that in ali our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ

Dave assembled for the purpose of our Lord, who hath taught us to pray

instituting the Rev. A. B. into this Parish for Church] as Priest and Rector [or Associated Rector, or Assistant Minister] of the same; and we are possessed of your vote that he has been so elected; as also of the prescribed Letter of Institution. But if any of you can show just cause why he may not be instituted, we proceed no further, because we would not that an unworthy person should minister among you.

If any objection be offered, the Priest who acts as the Institutor shall judge whether it afford just cause to suspend the service. No objection being offered, or the Priest who acts as the Institutor

unto thee, O Almighty Father, in bis prevailing name and words,

Our Father, who art in Heaven, Hal lowed be thy Name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our dai ly bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil: For thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory, for ever and ever. Amen.

T Then shall the Priest who acts as the Institutor receive the Incumbent with in the rails of the Altar, and present him the Bible, Book of Common

Let us pray.

Prayer, and Books of Canons of the General and State Convention, saying MOST gracious God, the giver of all as follows: good and perfect gifts, who, of thy RECEIVE these books; and let them wise providence has appointed divers

be the rule of thy conduct in dis-orders in thy Church; give thy grace, we pensing the divine word, in leading the beseech thee, to thy servant, to whom devotions of the people, and in exercis- the charge of this congregation is now ing the discipline of the Church; and committed; and so replenish him with be thou in all things a pattern to the flock the truth of thy doctrine, and endue him committed to thy care. with innocency of life, that he may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great name, and the benefit of thy holy Church, through Jesus Christ our only Mediator and Redeemer. Amen.

I Then shall be said or sung the following Anthem.

Laudate Nomen.

PRAISE the Lord, laud ye the name of the Lord: praise it, O ye servants of the Lord. Psalm cxxxv. verse 1.

2 Ye that stand in the house of the Lord; in the courts of the house of our God. Verse 2.

30 praise the Lord, for the Lord is gracious: O sing praises unto his name, for it is lovely. Verse 3.

4 The Lord is gracious and merciful, long-suffering and of great goodness. Psalm exiv. verse 8.

HOLY Jesus, who hast purchased to thyself an universal Church, and hast promised to be with the Ministers of Apostolic Succession to the end of the world; be graciously pleased to bless the ministry and service of him, who is now appointed to offer the sacrifices of prayer and praise to thee in this house, which is called by thy name. May the words of his mouth, and the meditation of his heart, be always acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, our strength and our Re

5 The Lord is loving unto every man; and his mercy is over all his works.deemer. Amen. Verse 9.

6 All thy works praise thee, O Lord; and thy Saints give thanks unto thee. Verse 10.

7 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; and gather together the outcasts of Israel. Psalm cxlvii. verse 2.

8 He healeth those that are broken in heart, and giveth medicine to heal their sickness. Verse 3.

GOD Holy Ghost, Sanctifier of the Faithful, visit, we pray thee, this congregation with thy love and favour; enlighten their minds more and more with the light of the everlasting Gospel; graft in their hearts a love of the truth; increase in them true religion; nourish them with all goodness; and of thy great mercy keep them in the same, O blessed Spirit, whom with the Father and the Son together we worship and glorify as

9 The Lord's delight is in them that fear him, and put their trust in his mer-one God, world without end. Amen. Benediction.

cy.

Verse 11.

10 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion. Verse 12.

11 For he hath made fast the bars of thy gates; and hath blessed thy children within thee. Verse 13.

12 He maketh peace in thy borders; and filleth thee with the flour of wheat. Verse 14.

13 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation; God is the Lord by whom we escape death. Psalm lxviii. verse 20.

14 O God, wonderful art thou in thy holy places, even the God of Israel; he will give strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. Verse 35.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Min. The law was given by Moses. Peop. But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Min. & Peop. Who is God over all, blessed for ever more Amen. CC

THE God of peace, who brought again

from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Then shall the instituted Minister kneel at the Altar to present his supplication for himself-in this form.

LORD my God! I am not worthy

that thou shouldest come under my roof; yet thou hast honoured thy servant with appointing him to stand in thy House, and to serve at thy Holy Altar. To thee and to thy service I devote my self, soul, body, and spirit-with all their powers and faculties. Fill my memory with the words of thy law; enlighten my understanding with the illumination of the Holy Ghost; and may all the wishes and desires of my will centre in what thou hast commanded. And to