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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... solemn devotion , received the ' living bread ' from the hands of the ' High Priest ' . 10. There was always a communion at Clyston St Fay on the first Sunday in the month . There were not many communicants , as a rule , but there was a ...
... solemn devotion , received the ' living bread ' from the hands of the ' High Priest ' . 10. There was always a communion at Clyston St Fay on the first Sunday in the month . There were not many communicants , as a rule , but there was a ...
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... solemn emotion alien . That it was shared and expressed unselfconsciously by sincere Christians in that age is shown by this extract from a young lady's diary about her confirmation at Worcester Cathedral on July 17th 1854 . 4. On ...
... solemn emotion alien . That it was shared and expressed unselfconsciously by sincere Christians in that age is shown by this extract from a young lady's diary about her confirmation at Worcester Cathedral on July 17th 1854 . 4. On ...
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... solemn tone , strangely accompanied by the surging rush of the waves , the prayers to be used at sea , beginning with , ' O most glorious and gracious God ' - The girls clasped their hands more tightly together . In their lives never ...
... solemn tone , strangely accompanied by the surging rush of the waves , the prayers to be used at sea , beginning with , ' O most glorious and gracious God ' - The girls clasped their hands more tightly together . In their lives never ...
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List of Illustrations | 6 |
Acknowledgements | 7 |
Prologue | 9 |
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