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358 VII. TIME OF FREEDOM AND NEOLOGY.
The Augustana Synod permits, though it does not enforce,
the laying on of hands which has long been in use in
Denmark.
It is also to be noticed that in the Apostles Creed the
Prayer Book of 1894 translates
"
Catholic
"
by
"
uni
versal
"
(all-mannelig) as the agreement of Upsala in 1593
had done. In 1811 the word used had been
"
Christian."
tions,
"
The candidates then all kneel around the altar, and the
minister proceeds to lay his hand solemnly on the head of each,
saying :
Defend, O Lord, etc. (printed at length). Or The
Father, of mercies ever multiply unto you His grace and peace,
enable you truly and faithfully to keep your vows, defend you in
every time of danger, preserve you faithful unto the end, and
bring you to rest with all His saints in glory everlasting.
Amen." Or they may be admitted with the right hand of
fellowship. There is no direct prayer for the gift of the Holy
Spirit. The Augustana Synod, since 1895, has naturally to a
large extent adopted the Swedish revised book, but it has not
prohibited this one. In the book now authorized by it the
following rubric is inserted after the Lord s Prayer and prayer
for protection :
"
Where laying on of hands is in use the priest
lays his hand on every child s head and pronounces a suitable
sentence of Scripture, for example the apostolic benediction."
See Kyrko Handbok for Augustana-Synoden, Antagen, 1895,
Rock Island, Illinois, p. 80.
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