The Book of Common Prayer
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    The Book of Common Prayer (1920)
an edition containing Proposals and Suggestions,
compiled by John Neale Dalton

 

Throughout the early 1900's there many proposals and much work undertaken to revise the 1662 Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England. We present here one of these proposals, the work of the Rev. John Neale Dalton.

Mr. Dalton is perhaps best remembered, not as a liturgist, but as chaplain to Queen Victoria and tutor of her two grandsons, one of whom was king when this book was published.

The book is a moderate revision in some places and extensive in others, generally along Anglo-Catholic lines. For example, the Communion service is based on the Scottish and 1549 rites, provision is made for reserved sacrament in the Visitation of the Sick, and collects and scripture readings are added for many additional commemorations, including Transfiguration, many "Black Letter" saints, every Wednesday and many Fridays of the year, etc.

The book is presented here as PDF graphics, and with extractable text "behind" the graphics. This text has not been proofread, and so will contain some errors. See the links at right to download or read all or parts of the book.

This book appears as 1920:1 in David Griffiths' Bibliography of the Book of Common Prayer.

 Title page

 

THE CONTENTS

Introduction and Notes
Action of Convocation, ix- xvii. Ornaments Rubric, xviii, xix. The Psalter, xii, xiii, xx- xxii. The Lectionary, xi, xii, xxiii- xxv. The Calendar, xxvi, xxvii. The Advisory Committee, xiv. Mattins and Evensong, xxviii- xxxvi. The Lord's Prayer, Venite and Invitatories, xxix. The Te Deum and Canticles, xxx- xxxiv. Verbal alterations and Versicles, xxxv, xxxvi. Additional Prayers and Litany, xxxvii-xxxix. , The Holy Communion, xl-xliii. The Proper of the Season, xliv. The Proper of the Saints, xlv. xlvi. The Occasional Offices, xlvii-l.		 ix-li
Preface (1661) 3
Concerning the Service of the Church 5
Of Ceremonies, why some be abolished and some retained 7
The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read 9
The Order how the rest of Holy Scripture is appointed
to be read		 10
The Table of Lessons and Psalms 11
The Calendar 28
Tables and Rules for the Feasts and Fasts through
the whole year		 34
The Order for Morning Prayer 39
The Psalms 51
Old Testament Canticles and Quicunque vult 210
The Order for Evening Prayer and for Compline 226
Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several occasions 242
The Litany 263
The Order of the Administration of the Holy Communion 270
The Collects, Epistles and Gospels 296
   Proper of the Season 296
   Proper of the Saints 526
   Table of the Epistles 608
   Table of the Gospels 611
The Order of Baptism, both Publick and Private 614
The Order of Baptism for those of Riper Years 623
The Catechism 629
The Order of Confirmation 633
The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony 637
The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth 644
The Order for the Visitation of the Sick 646
For the Communion of the Sick 656
The Order for the Burial of the Dead 658
A Commination 671
Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea 676

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