Part 15 (1/2)

Miserere--Meaning ”Have Mercy” The Latin title of the 51st Psalm which is used in the Penitential Office appointed to be read on Ash Wednesday

Missal--In the early ages of the Church the Office of the Holy Communion was contained in several separate volumes, one for the Epistles, one for the Gospels, another for the anthems and a fourth for the service itself with the Collects These four volumes were eventually united into one volu to the Mass, and therefore, it is the old title of the book containing all that pertains to the Office of the Holy Co forth to preach the Gospel, as when our Lord sent forth His Apostles The word involves also the idea of power and authority and also a definite sphere of operations Thus when a Bishop is consecrated, it is for some particular Diocese where he has, by reason of his consecration, ”the power of Mission” So also, a Priest who is Rector of a Parish has the ”power of Mission” in that Parish And the Bishop has no authority to minister in any other Diocese, nor the Priest in any other Parish, save only {189} as they may be invited to do so by the ecclesiastical authority thereof

Such ”power of Mission” is bestowed by the Church through her Bishops and it is thus that she maintains order and prevents confusion in her work

Mission Parochial--The word ”Mission” is also applied to a special effort made in a parish to arouse and quicken its people; to lead thees and blessings of Christ's Religion; to set forth clearly by a series of addresses and instructions how they can bring the Church's system to bear on their hearts and lives and to lead the and do all with a better spirit?”

A Mission is conducted by a Priest specially invited for the purpose and is chosen for his aptness in carrying on such special work If well conducted and blessed of God a Mission brings great spiritual blessings to the Parish in which it is held and its happy results are to be seen in the awakened life and renewed energy of its people

Missionary--One who is sent, whether Bishop, Priest, Deacon or Layman, to do the work of the Church where it has not been established, whether at home or abroad As an adjective, the wordto Missions

Missionary Council, The--(See DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY)

Missioner--The naiven to the Priest who conducts a Parochial Mission (See MISSION, PAROCHIAL)

Missions--The Missionary work of the Church This includes _Foreign Missions_, as in Africa, China, {190} japan, etc, and _Domestic Missions_, _ie_, the Church's ithin the United States where there are no Dioceses; also work in towns and villages in Dioceses where parishes have not been established This last is called DIOCESAN MISSIONS (which see, also, DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MISSIONARY SOCIETY)

Mitre--The official covering for the head worn by the order of Bishops It represents hted on the heads of the Apostles on the Day of Pentecost The mitre is worn by many Bishops of the American Church, and the General Convention, by its Committee on Vestments, declared, ”The first Bishop of the American Succession (Bishop Seabury) was accustomed to wear the mitre in certain offices; and the first of our Bishops ever consecrated in Aett of Maryland) continued its use It has not been generally followed, but in the opinion of this Co it”

Mixed Chalice--The sy of water ine in the Holy Communion to represent the union of the human with the Divine nature in the Incarnation It is also a lively memorial of Him who for our Redemption did shed out of Hisof Water with Wine for this purpose seems to have been an Apostolical use and very probably was practiced by our Lord Himself This ancient practice remained universal for the first 1,500 years after Christ in all Churches, and is now quite coiven to the Church's Daily Office of prayer offered in theIn the {191} first Prayer Book of 1549 both the Morning Service and that for evening began with the Lord's Prayer and ended with the third Collect In 1552, the Sentences, Exhortation, Confession and Absolution were prefixed to Morning Prayer, but not to the Order for Evening Prayer In 1661, they were prefixed to Evening Prayer also; and both Morning and Evening Prayer were then lengthened at the end by the addition of all that follows the third Collect (See DAILY PRAYER; also MATINS)

Morse--The clasp used to fasten the cope in front is so called It is frequently made of preciousa _bite_, hence a clasp

Mothering Sunday--A popular naland for the Fourth Sunday in Lent It is supposed to have derived this name from the Epistle for the Day in which occur the words ”Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the Mother of us all” This no doubt gave rise to the custoes to the Mother Church of the Diocese, _ie_, the Cathedral This Sunday also beca persons in service were permitted to visit their mothers in their homes (See FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT; also LENT, SUNDAYS IN)

Movable Feasts and Fasts--Those Feasts and Fasts which are not observed on a fixed date, but are variable being dependent on the time Easter is kept Easter Day is always the first Sunday after the full moon which happens upon or next after the Twenty-first day of March; and if the full moon happen upon a Sunday, Easter Day is the Sunday after The {192} _Movable Feasts_ are the following: Advent Sunday which is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St

Andrew (Nov 30) whether before or after; the three reesiation Sunday; Ascension Day, Whitsun Day and Trinity Sunday; Monday and Tuesday in Easter Week; Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun Week; also the nu the Epiphany and Trinity Seasons is variable, these Seasons being longer or shorter according to the time Easter is kept The _Movable Fasts_ are the Forty Days of Lent, including Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, Easter Even and the Lenten Eation Days and the Whitsun Tide Ember Days

Music, Church--(See HYMNS; GREGORIAN MUSIC, PLAIN SONG, and EVEN SONG, also INTONE) Recognizing the fact that music always characterized the worshi+p of God's Church both under the Old Dispensation and under the New, the essential thing is the character of theit

The organist, upon whoood knowledge of the music of the church, and the music that he uses should be strictly sacred music The choir should consist of the best voices and ers available They should be trained with care, not only in the , but also in the Church service The late Bishop Thorold re to feel that Church Music is a great help to worshi+pBut I also feel that if members of the choir accept {193} fro part in the services, the one thing they owe to Alation and to the is alrace; it is done so beautifully, so reverently and with so her level The one secret of all good and acceptable rendering of the Church's music is _reverence_”

Mystery--A Truth or fact of Religion which has been revealed but not explained is called a mystery, because proposed to our faith faculty, such as the Incarnation, the Atonement, the Blessed Trinity, the Doctrine of the Eucharist St Paul speaks of the whole Revelation of Christ as the ”Mystery of Godliness” Derived from the Greek word _musterion_, which in the Greek Church is the equivalent of our word ”Sacrament”

Mystical Body of Christ--The Church is called the Mystical Body of Christ because He is the Head and we members of His Body It is by means of its Sacraments that we are made members of Him and partakers of His Nature and Life (See INCARNATION)

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N or M--The letters placed after the first question in the Church Catechism, ”What is your name?” to show that the Christian naiven ”N” stands for {194} the Latin word _no name; while the letter ”M” is an abbreviation of double ”N N,” the ”N” being doubled according to an old custo na is to be seen in the letters ”LLD” standing for the degree of ”Doctor of Laws,” the double ”LL” signifying the plural _legu ”of laws”

Name, the Holy--(See HOLY NAME, also JESUS)

Name, the Christian--The naeneral had only one name, as John, Henry, Mary, etc, and were further known by their occupation or some other distinctive word But the names of trades, place, etc, thus _added on_ to the Christian naradually became permanent _surnames_, so that now every person after infancy and Baptism has two names, viz, a Christian name and a surna, that is, Christianing or Baptisiven_, not inherited

It is a new na new It is given in Baptis brought into covenant with Hiiven in connection with a change of spiritual conditions Thus Abraed to _Abraham_ when God ed to _Israel_ when that covenant was reneith him, which had been made with Abraham In the sanificance They are the sign that those who bear theht into covenant with God, that they have been {195} made in their Baptism, ”members of Christ, the children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven” (See BAPTISM, HOLY; also CHRISTIAN)