11, 12, and Joshua xx.

SARUM, THE USE OF. In the early Church in England every Bishop was
allowed to ordain rites and ceremonies, and prayers for use in
his own diocese. The exercise of this power, in process of time,
caused a considerable variety in the manner of performing Divine
Service; and the custom of a diocese in its ceremonial, mode of
chanting, &c., became a distinct _Use_, and was known by the name
of that diocese. Thus gradually the _Uses_, or customs, of York,
Sarum (or Salisbury), Hereford, Exeter, Lincoln, Bangor, and
doubtless others of which the records have perished, were recognised
as defined and established varieties of the Ritual of the English
Church.

The most remarkable of these was the _Use of Sarum_. It was drawn
up about 1085 by Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury and Chancellor of
England. He re-built his cathedral, collected together clergy
distinguished for learning, and skill in chanting, and took much
pains to regulate the ecclesiastical offices; so that his church
became a model for others, and his "Custom-book" was wholly or
partially followed in various parts of the kingdom, more especially
in the South of England.

We may look upon this _Use_ as being the foundation of our present
Prayer Book.

SATAN. _An adversary_, _an enemy_, _an accuser_. Sometimes the word
Satan is put for the Devil, as in Job i. 6, 7; Ps. cix. 6.; Zech.
iii. 1, 2. In the New Testament it almost always means the Devil,
but in Matt. xvi. 23, it simply means an _adversary_. "Be gone, O
mine adversary, you that withstand what I most desire," &c.

The word Devil is from the Greek for an accuser, or calumniator.
The Devil, or Satan, is a wicked spirit, who with many others, his
angels or under-agents, is fighting against God. He has a limited
dominion over all the sons of Adam, except the regenerate, in his
kingdom of this world.

SCARF or STOLE, _see_ Vestments.

SCEPTICS. From a Greek word meaning _to look about_, _to deliberate_.
Anciently the term was applied to a sect of philosophers founded
by Pyrrho. In modern times the word has been applied to Deists,
or those who doubt of the truth and authenticity of the sacred
Scriptures.

SCHISM. Greek, a _fissure_, or _rent_. In an ecclesiastical sense
it means a breaking off from communion with the Church, on account
of some disagreement in matters of faith or discipline. Those who
do so are called _Schismatics_. To separate wilfully from the Church
of God is a si