THE SCOTTISH LITURGY— Continued 



were brought into Scotland. But the national sentiment of 

 the north, where Episcopacy was strong, resulted in the 

 revival and separate printing of the Communion Service 

 from the Prayer-book of 1637. Little by little modifications 

 were made in the 1637 Communion Service with a view to 

 bringing it more into conformity with the Liturgies of the 

 early Church. The first of the separate reprints of the 

 Service is undated, the second is dated 1722. 



In 1744 there was published The Ancient Liturgy of the 

 Church of /erusaleni, an edition by Dr Rattray, Bishop of 

 Dunkeld, of the Liturgy of St James. Owing mainly to the 

 influence of this book. Bishop Falconer and Bishop Forbes 

 issued in 1764 a new edition of the Communion Service. 

 The 1764 Liturgy became the service book of all the native 

 Scottish Episcopal congregations. It was the rite used when 

 the first American Bishop, Samuel Seabury, was consecrated 

 at Aberdeen in 1784; one result of this Scottish origin of 

 the Anglican-American Episcopate being that the American 

 Liturgy is derived from the Scottish form rather than from 

 the English. During the first half of the nineteenth century 

 edition after edition of the Scottish Connnunion Office was 

 printed at Aberdeen. One or two attempts at revision were 

 made but without success until, by the recent action of the 

 Provincial Synod, some slight revision has been effected, 

 which sets up an authoritative standard for all editions. 



Of the variations frofn the Prayer-book contained in the 

 Permissible Additions to and Deviations from the Service 

 Books of the Scottish Church a certain number have long been 

 traditional in Scotland, although with few exceptions they 

 have not hitherto received definite canonical sanction. The 

 new matter includes additional Collects, Epistles and Gospels 

 for occasions such as Harvest Thanksgiving, Dedication 

 Festival, Marriage, and the festivals of certain Scottish saints, 

 a wider choice of Scripture lessons, modifications of the burial 

 service, a form for the burial of children, and a number of 

 prayers for special occasions. 



The Cambridge University Press have in preparation a 

 complete Prayer-book for Scottish use, embodying in proper 

 order in its text the Scottish Conwiunion Office and all the 

 new matter now sanctioned. 



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