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 the first and the last should have the full ending. If the collect is addressed to the Father, the full ending should be ''Through Jesus Christ thy Son our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. If addressed to the Son, Who liveth and reigneth with the Father, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen. If the Son is named in the first part of the collect, Through the same Jesus Christ, thy Son our Lord, who liveth, etc. If the Son is named towards the close of the collect, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee, etc. If, in the collect, mention is made of the Holy Ghost, in the unity of the same Holy Ghost,'' etc.

The portion of holy Scripture appointed to be used as the liturgical Epistle for any day is The Epistle of that day, and should be so called in the announcement, without any use of the phrase "portion of Scripture appointed for." If the said phrase is used in making the announcement when the text is taken from Scripture other than the Epistles of the New Testament, the reader is bound to declare as on all occasions, at the end of his reading, "Here endeth the Epistle." There should be no repetition of the word "Epistle" in making the announcement. For example, the Epistle of Advent Sunday should be announced thus: "The Epistle is written in the Thirteenth Chapter of the Romans, beginning at the eighth verse;" and on the festival of St. Simon and St. Jude, "The Epistle is written in St. Jude, beginning at the first Verse."

The Gospel should always be announced without any repetition of the word "Holy," and without the use of the words "according to," or "that of." For example, the Gospel of Advent Sunday should be announced thus: "The Holy Gospel is written in the twenty-first Chapter of St. Matthew, beginning at the first Verse." In every instance the announcement refers only to the beginning of the Gospel; hence on the Sunday after Ascension-Day, no notice should be taken of the fact that the concluding part of the Gospel of the day is taken from the sixteenth Chapter of St. John. Rh