For Services Rendered: An Anthology in Thanksgiving for the Book of Common PrayerNorman Taylor Lutterworth, 1993 - 192 Controversy continues between the supporters of the Book of the Common Prayer and its rival, the Alternative Service Book. People have been known to drive miles to find a service that still uses the former. In this book, Norman Taylor has produced an anthology of passages from English literature that include a reference to the Book of Common Prayer. The Prayer Book has always had an enduring significance for authors from all over the English-speaking world, as much for the beauty of its language, as for its importance to their spiritual life. Combining humour and a passion for his subject, Norman Taylor has selected passages from the novels, autobiographies, poems and letters of authors as diverse as James Boswell, G.K. Chesterton, Margaret Mitchell, Alan Paton, Thomas Hardy and Stevie Smith. Lovers of anthologies will find much material for further reading and will also have their appetites whetted by extracts from lesser known authors such as Charles Williams and Priscilla Napier. Arranged in chapters according to the order of services, the author takes us through the Prayer Book from Matins to Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea. The whole is punctuated by three essay interludes discussing the history of the Prayer Book itself, the place of music in Anglican worship and the shape of Morning and Evening Prayer. The epilogue concludes with a discussion of the challenges by the increasing preferences of many clergymen for the Alternative Service Book. |
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... language . I can think of no more beautiful or economical language than that , for example , in the collect to which I have just referred nor any which expresses better that central theme of the Christian ethic , the reconciling of ...
... language . I can think of no more beautiful or economical language than that , for example , in the collect to which I have just referred nor any which expresses better that central theme of the Christian ethic , the reconciling of ...
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... language to another like that . Very effective sometimes , surely ? " John laughed and told me the story of the Welsh preacher in an English country church who said in the middle of his sermon , " How far more impressive is this passage ...
... language to another like that . Very effective sometimes , surely ? " John laughed and told me the story of the Welsh preacher in an English country church who said in the middle of his sermon , " How far more impressive is this passage ...
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... language which shaped my own sense of language , and my own life . It has been essential to my own love of literature , and hence to my career . Much more important , ultimately , it has been essential to my life as a believer , and the ...
... language which shaped my own sense of language , and my own life . It has been essential to my own love of literature , and hence to my career . Much more important , ultimately , it has been essential to my life as a believer , and the ...
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List of Illustrations | 6 |
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