Part 10 (1/2)

Frequent Coious life of the Church was in

While the Prayer Book provides for _frequent Communion_, that is, every Lord's Day and Holy Day at the least, yet under the Puritan influence _infrequent_ Communion became prevalent, and four times a year at the an to pass out from under this influence we find that a _monthly_ celebration became the universal rule {116} in the Church, and even with this rew, as the study of the Prayer Book and of Church History becaan to assert herself, to claie, we find a return to the ancient order and Scriptural rule The Sunday and Holy Day Eucharist was more and more restored, so that to-day there are very few parishes where ”Frequent Communion”

is not the rule On this subject the Bishop of Maryland, the Rt

Rev William Paret, DD, has re the Holy Co once awe are copying the whole Church of the first three hundred years”

Friday--In the Prayer Book we find that Friday of each week is placed in the Table of Fasts to be observed in this Church throughout the year, and the rubric directs that it be announced to the congregation on the Sunday before Friday as a Fast is intended to be the weekly memorial of the Crucifixion of our Lord just as Sunday is the weekly atory as both are enjoined by the sanition of this Fast and a eneral desire to honor weekly the day of our Lord's Crucifixion with a public service in Church and by personal acts of self-denial and devotion on the part of the faithful (See GOOD FRIDAY, also FASTS, TABLE OF)

Frontal--The na in front of the Altar The same as ANTEPENDIUM (which see) {117}

Fruits of the Spirit--(See SPIRIT, FRUITS OF)

Funerals--The solemn BURIAL OF THE DEAD (which see) In the Church there is no such thing as ”Preaching a Funeral,” as it is called, but the reverent and devout co for the General Resurrection in the last day and the life of the world to coh our Lord Jesus Christ” Plainness and simplicity should inal Greek of the New Testament Scriptures there are tords unfortunately translated by our one English word ”hell” The first of these is _Gehenna_,the ”place of torinal Greek of the Creed, and means the _hidden_, covered, intereneral Resurrection When, therefore, we confess in the Creed that our Lord ”descended into hell,” we do not mean that He entered the ”place of torment,” but the ”place of departed spirits” or _Hades_ This difference of lish translation of the Bible and the Creed should be borne in y Relief Fund--This is the abbreviated title of a Society organized by the General Convention under the corporate name, ”The Trustees of the Fund for the Relief of the Widows and Orphans {118} of Deceased Clergyymen of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, a corporation created in the year 1855 by chapter 459 of the laws of the State of New York” This is one of the enerous support of all earnest and devoted Church people As its na care of Aged and Infire or sickness have becoer fulfil their ated, like the national governe and disability, and also to provide for the care of the s and orphans of deceased clergymen The Church, however, cannot do this blessed work of Relief, unless all her people contribute largely to this Fund

General Confession, The--The form of words used by both Minister and People in hu their sins before God in preparation for the true worshi+p of His Name about to follow The General Confession was placed in the Morning Prayer in 1552 and in the Evening Prayer in 1661 Such beginning of our Public Worshi+p is in accordance with the practice of the Pri in the Fourth Century, tells us, ”in all churches, i into the House of Prayer, made confession of their sins unto God, withhis own confession with his own , {119} is also to be found in the Communion Office, to be said in preparation for the due reception of the Sacrament A third Confession is also set forth in the Penitential Office and commonly called the ”Ash Wednesday Confession”

General Convention, The--The legislative body of the American Church which meets triennially and is composed of the Bishops and Representatives from all the Dioceses and Missionary Jurisdictions

The Convention is composed of two houses, (1) the House of Bishops and (2) the House of Clerical and Lay Deputies consisting of four Clerical and four Lay representatives froate of each Order froether constitute the _General Convention_ All the laws of the Church in the United States are made by this Convention, but it can y and Offices unless the same has been adopted in one Convention, and submitted to all the Dioceses, and afterwards adopted in another Convention For any measure to become a law it must be adopted by the concurrent action of both Houses The General Convention provides also for the admission of New Dioceses; for Church extension, and for the erection of Missionary Jurisdictions both in the United States and in foreign lands, electing the Bishops for the Officer is the Senior Bishop by consecration, who presides in the House of Bishops and when both Houses meet as one body When the Convention is not in session he acts as the Primate of the American Church (See PRESIDING BISHOP) The House of {120} Clerical and Lay Deputies also has its President or Presiding Officer who is chosen fro of the Convention

General Council--(See COUNCIL, also Ecu, The--The title of one of the prayers in Morning and Evening Prayer It is called General as being suitable to all s to be used by request of ation for special ical Se for the education of men for the Sacred Ministry, established by the General Convention of the American Church, May 27th, 1817, and incorporated April 5th, 1822 The Institution is situated in Chelsea Square, New York City, and has a very valuable property worth; 1,081,22542

The endowe about 150 each year Number of Alumni 1,800 Whole number matriculated since 1822 about 2,300 Volumes in the Library 30,000

Generally Necessary--In the definition given in the Church Catechism of Holy Baptism and the Lord's Supper, these Sacraenerally necessary to salvation” Frolect the Baptisnore the Holy Coenerally” in the above clause, ious life This is a enerally” as used when the Catechislicized for _universally_, always, absolutely necessary for every one ould be saved, and therefore, imperative where the Sacra of the knee as distinguished fro; usually made towards the Altar as the symbol of Christ's Presence

Ghost Ghostly--Ghost is the old Saxon word for _spirit_ and is still used in the Name of the Third Person of the Holy Trinity

_Ghostly_, the adjective form of the word, has been retained in the Prayer Book and _, in the Confirifts of the Holy Ghost is called ”ghostly strength,” that is, spiritual strength

Ghost, The Holy--(See HOLY GHOST)

Gifts of the Holy Ghost, Sevenfold--The gifts bestowed on the Baptized by the Laying on of Hands in Confir, the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit of knowledge and true Godliness and the spirit of holy fear,” as enuifts may be briefly interpreted as follows:

WISDOM, to choose the one thing needful

UNDERSTANDING, to kno to attain it

COUNSEL, the habit of asking guidance of God

STRENGTH, to follohere He shall lead