as good shepherds of the sheep; and to offer in the Congregation the prayers of the Church.

Q. How are we to regard the Deacons?

A. We should honour the Deacons as the ministers of God appointed to guide us, both by word and example, in the paths of righteousness; to assist the priests in the ministry of the Church; to help those who seek to them, in the management of their secular affairs; and to relieve the poor and afflicted. Q. What is the rite of the laying on of Apostles' hands on the members of the Church?

A. It is a Sacrament or rite in which is bestowed the Gift of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, upon those who have been baptized and are come to full age.

Q. What benefits are conferred upon them in this rite?

A. They are established and confirmed, sealed and anointed: and therein the Holy Ghost divides His gifts to each one severally, as He will.

Q. What is meant by speaking of the Gift of the Holy Ghost as sevenfold?

A. The prophet Isaiah foretold that the Spirit which was to rest upon Christ should be the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord, and should make Him to be of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord.

Q. What is the manifestation of the Spirit which is given to each, for the profit of all?

A. The Holy Ghost, in coming down upon -them that are sealed, gives to one the word of wisdom, to another the word of knowledge, to another faith, to another the gifts of healing, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another divers kinds of tongues, to

another the interpretation of tongues.

All these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will.

Q. Has our Lord Jesus Christ left power in His Church to forgive sins?

A. Yes: He said to His Apostles—“Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained."

Q. What should they do whose consciences are burdened by sin?

A. They should seek the special absolution of the Lord from the priest who has charge of their souls. Q. What are the benefits of Absolution when duly received?

A. The benefits of Absolution are: First, pardon through the blood of Christ of the sins confessed; Secondly, deliverance through the Holy Ghost from the power of evil, under the dominion of which the penitent had fallen; Thirdly, a restoration to the state of grace in Christ, of those who through wilful and deliberate sin had fallen therefrom.

Q. What is required of those who seek Absolution, in order to receive the same with benefit?

A. That they be heartily sorry for and repent of their sins past; that they make restitution and recompence, so far as they are able, to those whom they have wronged; and that they steadfastly purpose for the time to come to obey God's holy will and commandments.

Q. What is the rite of anointing the sick with oil? A. St. James teaches us concerning this rite, that if any be sick, he should send for the Elders of the Church, who should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Name of the Lord.

Q. What are the benefits to be derived from this rite?

A. St. James teaches us again, that the prayer of faith shall save the sick; and the Lord shall raise him up; and, if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

Q. How ought we to offer of our substance to God?

A. By payment of tithes, which He has commanded and reserved to Himself; and by making offerings, as He shall give us the means.

Q. What portion of our time are we to dedicate to God by special observances?

A. We are to dedicate the "Lord's-day" to the service of God, and to attend upon the other appointed services of worship as often as our other duties permit. Q. What are the hours appointed for daily worship?

A. The first and last hours of every day (reckoning the day from six in the morning to six in the evening): and on the Lord's-day there are in addition prayers in the forenoon and in the afternoon; and after the prayers in the forenoon, the Eucharist is solemnly celebrated.

Q. Which are the three great festivals appointed to be observed yearly?

A. Christmas-day, or the day of the nativity of our Lord; Easter-day, or the day of His resurrection; and Pentecost, or the day of the descent of the Holy Ghost.

Q. What is the object of all our holy services as regards God?

A. That we may fear, honour, and worship His holy Name, praise Him for all His goodness, and renew our vows to serve and obey Him in all our

ways.

Q. What is the object of these services as regards ourselves?

A. That we may humble ourselves before God, confessing our sin, seek and obtain His forgiveness and the renewal of His heavenly grace, put Him in remembrance of His promises, and beseech Him to bestow upon us and upon all men the things of which we stand in need; and that, receiving His blessing, we may be conformed by the Holy Ghost to the image of Christ, to the glory of God the Father.

Q. You have told me what is the immediate object of assembling together in the services of the Church: tell me now, what is the ultimate end of all Services, Sacraments, and Ministries of the Church?

A. That we and all Christian people may be made perfect in holiness, and be prepared in one Body for the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ; when He shall be revealed from heaven in like manner as He went up, and the dead in Christ shall be raised, and we which are alive and remain to His coming shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord. And in this hope I say "Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus."

END OF OCCASIONAL SERVICES, ETC., RELATING TO

PRIVATE PERSONS.

Office for Presentation and Dedication for the Holy Ministry.

The intention of this Office is to give opportunity, primarily, that the Lord, by His Prophet, may call to the priestly order: also, generally, for the Presentation and Dedication of all who desire to serve in the Ministry. And those who so dedicate themselves come under the vow and obligation to serve in those ministries, when duly chosen and appointed thereto. And none shall offer who are under age, or who are under bonds of any kind which might hinder this free service in the Ministry, unless the consent, in writing, of those to whom they are bound or engaged, and in the case of minors, the consent in writing also of their fathers or guardians, shall be first delivered to the Angel.

On the day and at the time appointed (of which notice shall be given at the Communion on the four Lord's-days immediately preceding), the Angel shall commence the Service by this Collect:

Let us pray.

REVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with Thy most gracious favour, and further us with Thy continual help; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended, in Thee, we may glorify Thy holy Name, and