Category: Religion/Spirituality
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Let us see what the Prayer-Book says of those who are in Paradise. In the Burial Office we have this prayer: "Almighty God, with whom do live the spirits of those who depart hen...
1. Chapter 1Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 26136-h.htm or 26136-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/6/1/1/...
5. Chapter 5(5) Study the use of the COLLECT FOR THE DAY--where found (pages 52-188, 188-220), how used: "Except when the Communion Service is read" (page 13). "The Collect shall serve all...
3. Chapter 3The discharge of this work, to do which the Minister is placed under vow, and for which he is given authority, is one of his most solemn obligations. The pulpit should, then, ev...
4. Chapter 4Other symbols of our Lord are formed from monograms of the sacred name, Jesus, and of His official title, Christ. These are used separately and also together. The earliest form...
6. Chapter 6_The Ring in Marriage._--"The use of the wedding-ring was probably adopted by the early Church from the marriage customs which were familiar to Christians in their previous life...