Lanterna Rally

Author: Thomas Church Brownell

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-12-15

Total Pages: 802

ISBN-13: 9781397231482

Excerpt from The Family Prayer Book, or the Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America: Accompanied by a General Commentary, Historical, Explanatory, Doctrinal, and Practical She conceives that forms of prayer are justified by many particular and important advantages, as well as by Scripture, and ancient and primitive usage. Forms of prayer possess many important advantages. When public worship is con ducted according to a prescribed form, the people are previously acquainted with the prayers in which they are to join, and are thus enabled to render unto God a reasonable and enlightened service. In forms of prayer, that dignity and propriety qf language, so necessary in supplications addressed to the infinite Majesty of Heaven, may be pre served. They prevent the particular opin ions and dispositions of the minister from influencing the devotions of the congrega tion. They serve as a standard of faith and practice, impressing on both minister and people, at every performance of public wor ship, the important doctrines and duties of the Gospel. And they render the service more animating, by uniting the people with the minister in the performance of public worship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.