The Book of Common Prayer is a devotional guide (and so much more) for those of the Anglican (Episcopalian) faith, developed by the key historical figure in Anglicanism, Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury. My own introduction to The Book of Common Prayer was through a textbook assigned in graduate school, Worship by the Book. Worship by the Book was … Continue reading Two Books from England
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The Christian Minstrel: Preface (J.B. Aikin, 1846)
The number of sacred music books has been greatly multiplied within the last few years. Mason's publications alone have furnished the churches with a rich variety of music, arranged and harmonized in a style of unequaled beauty and sublimity, and characterized by a chasteness, simplicity, and facility of expression, and all that is adapted to … Continue reading The Christian Minstrel: Preface (J.B. Aikin, 1846)
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