The American Book of Church Services (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The American Book of Church Services (Classic Reprint) written by Edward Hungerford and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The American Book of Church Services The Church Services which prevail most widely in this country have been developed out of the extremely simple worship first introduced by the Pilgrims and other early settlers of New England. The process of development is still in progress. In their present somewhat complex form they are indigenous to our soil, and, contrasted with those orders of worship which, imported from the old countries, have not been materially changed, they may be characterized as American. The Pilgrims accompanied their preaching with extemporaneous prayers and the singing of psalms. Cotton Mather gives the morning order as practised in New England in the first quarter of the last century. It consists of (1) The Long Prayer, (2) A Psalm sung, (3) The Sermon, (4) The Short Prayer, (5) The Benediction. He says that in the afternoon a second psalm was sometimes sung after the short prayer. The reading of the Scriptures as an act of worship had no place. Its introduction was a later innovation. With choirs came a broader use of sacred music. 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.