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... past ? Are there not whole realms of worship into which the average person never enters ? Pleas for greater flexibility are coming from opposite directions . The Bishop of Winchester writes , " I think that a large number of our people ...
... past ? Are there not whole realms of worship into which the average person never enters ? Pleas for greater flexibility are coming from opposite directions . The Bishop of Winchester writes , " I think that a large number of our people ...
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... past can be moulded by the modern spirit into a service free from rigidity and formalism . It would be well to acquire a due appreciation of the values and the difficulties of the liturgical and the non - liturgical . The comparison is ...
... past can be moulded by the modern spirit into a service free from rigidity and formalism . It would be well to acquire a due appreciation of the values and the difficulties of the liturgical and the non - liturgical . The comparison is ...
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... ducted more or less regularly , with ample notice to each leader of his turn to lead . To count on the inspiration of the moment or the momentum of past spiritual experiences is , under these circumstances , to trifle Introduction 11.
... ducted more or less regularly , with ample notice to each leader of his turn to lead . To count on the inspiration of the moment or the momentum of past spiritual experiences is , under these circumstances , to trifle Introduction 11.
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... past and find what has proved helpful in all lands from the earliest Christian times to the present . This has the advantage of uni- versality , though it is beset with the dangers of formality . The earliest forms of Christian worship ...
... past and find what has proved helpful in all lands from the earliest Christian times to the present . This has the advantage of uni- versality , though it is beset with the dangers of formality . The earliest forms of Christian worship ...
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... past which in the enlighten- ment of the time were thought most helpful . These Reformation liturgies have been still further revised and are the best source from which to dis- cover the elements which enter into worship . In addition ...
... past which in the enlighten- ment of the time were thought most helpful . These Reformation liturgies have been still further revised and are the best source from which to dis- cover the elements which enter into worship . In addition ...
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20 April Adams Brown adoration Amen April April 12 ascription beseech Thee bless Book of Common BRIEF DEVOTIONAL MEETINGS Christ our Lord Christian churches Common Worship confession creed devo devotional service elements of worship expression faith Fellowship of Silence forgive form of service give given God the Father Hark hath hear heart heaven Holy Ghost Holy Spirit hymnals Hymns invocation Jesus Christ Jesus Prayer John King leader litany liturgical Lord Jesus Christ Lord's Prayer low in deep Luke manual Matt meditation mind Name non-liturgical Nunc Dimittis peace penitence pray prayer meeting present Psalms public worship recitation response RESPONSORY righteousness Saints saith Saviour Scripture sentences service of intercession sins sittest soul suggested Thanksgiving Thine Thou art Thou shalt Thy holy Thy mercy tion Trinity Trinity Sunday type of service unison utterance verse voice William Adams words world without end
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Page 74 - Thou sittest at the right hand of God : in the glory of the Father. We believe that thou shalt come : to be our Judge. We therefore pray thee, help thy servants : whom thou hast redeemed with thy precious blood.
Page 64 - But ye are come unto Mount Zion, and unto the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem; and to an innumerable company of Angels, to the general assembly and Church of the first-born which are written in Heaven; and to God the Judge of all; and to the spirits of just men made perfect...
Page 81 - We bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life ; but above all, for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ ; for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory.
Page 75 - That he would grant unto us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our - enemies, might serve him without fear, 75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.
Page 71 - O God, whose nature and property is ever to have mercy and to forgive, receive our humble petitions ; and though we be tied and bound with the chain of our sins, yet let the pitifulness of thy great mercy loose us ; for the honour of Jesus Christ, our Mediator and Advocate.
Page 67 - Have mercy upon me, O God, after thy great goodness : according to the multitude of thy mercies do away mine offences.
Page 63 - For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities ; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
Page 74 - Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, and hath raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; as he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began...
Page 64 - Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Page 83 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!