Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 470

472 THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT and opinions Praise and obloquy proceed very frequently out oi the same mouth upon the same person and upon the same occasion generous enemy will sometimes bestow commenda- tions as the dearest friend cannot sometimes refrain from speaking ill The man who is indifferent in either of these respects gives his opinion at random and praises or disapproves as he finds himself in humour III -iiiturgt'cal anir ffiomtlttt'c f0Iogj What do you know of the history of Litanies Mention any peculiarities in the successive forms of the English Litany What is to be understood by Rogations and what days are fixed for their annual observance What are "Ember-days And to what special objects have they been devoted in ancient or modern times What special Thanksgivings were added to the Prayer- book after the Hampton-Court Conference and what after the Restoration in 1660 Describe the general distribution of the great Festivals in the Ecclesiastical year and their origin Mention any peculiar observance anciently connected with particular days in the Great" or Holy week From what sources are most of the Anglican collects derived What general principles are traceable in the arrange- ment of Epistles and Gospels in our Prayer-book What peculiarity is connected with the observance of St Matthias's Day Write down few suggestions for the homiletic treatment of the texts "This Jesus hath God raised up whereof we are all wit- nesses Acts ii 32 "The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God St James 20