57. Upon these Feasts; _Christmas-Day_, the _Epiphany_ Saint _Matthias_, _Easter-Day_, _Ascension-Day_, _Whit-Sunday_, Saint _John Baptist_, Saint _James_ Saint _Bartholomew_, Saint _Matthew_, Saint _Simon_ and Saint _Jude_, Saint _Andrew_, and upon _Trinity-Sunday_, shall be sung or said at Morning Prayer, instead of the Apostles' Creed, this Confession of our Christian Faith, commonly called The Creed of Saint _Athanasius_, by the Minister and people standing. The Athanasian Creed being a Psalm or Hymn, as well as a Confession of Faith, may properly be recited antiphonally as a Psalm, and turning eastward as a Creed. THE LITANY. 58. Here followeth the LITANY, or General Supplication, to be sung or said after Morning Prayer upon _Sundays_, _Wednesdays_, and _Fridays_ and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary. There is no direction in this rubric, as to the place where the Litany is sung or said; but it is clear from the rubrics of the Commination Service, that it must be distinct from the 'Reading Pew,' or from the place usually occupied by the Minister during Morning and Evening Prayer. From the old Injunctions we learn that it was to be 'in the midst of the church;' in most churches below the chancel-steps. The Minister may exercise his discretion in using a special desk. In the Injunctions of 1547 and 1559, and in the Communion Office of the Prayer-Book of 1549, the Litany was enjoined to be sung immediately before the Communion. Our present rubric does not insist upon the connexion with the Communion. The liberty of using it as a separate service, and of combining it with a sermon, or with other services than Morning Prayer, is recognized and confirmed by the Convocations of Canterbury and York, in their report upon which the Act of Uniformity Amendment Act 1872 was framed, enacting the same. Each of the four opening invocations should be separately sung or said by the people, after it has been completely sung or said by the person officiating. The same should be done with the concluding invocations, 'Son of God' &c., and with the lesser Litany preceding the Lord's Prayer. 59. Then shall the Priest, and the people with him, say the Lord's Prayer. 60. Here endeth the LITANY. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS, UPON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, To be used before the two final Prayers of the Litany, or of Morning and Evening Prayer. PRAYERS. 61. For Rain. 62. For fair Weather. 63. In the time of Dearth and Famine. 64. Or this. 65. In the time of War and Tumults. 66. In the time of any common Plague or Sickness. 67. In the Ember Weeks, to be said every day, for those that are to be admitted into Holy Orders. 68. Or this. 69. A Prayer that may be said after any of the former. This prayer should ordinarily be reserved for occasions of a penitential character. 70. A Prayer for the High Court of Parliament, to be read during their Session.