Epilogues and Prayers

by William Barclay

c1963

Status

Available

Call number

242

Publication

London: SCM Press

Description

A chapter on worship with young people, with practical hints as well as spiritual guidance, introduces a hundred 'epilogues'. Each act of worship includes prayers old and new, with a suggested lesson frank the Bible. Youth leaders, club leaders, those responsible for morning prayers in schools, and all who have to lead worship, will be grateful for Dr Barclay's insight and industry. Adults wanting a book to help their private devotions will find riches here. .. the expression of Professor Barclay's own insight and reverent thought, with lines, too, from saints and.common men bf every age. Brief and wholesome, all of them.' Expository Times 'They are brief but never scrappy; they are eminently understandable but never so devotionally avant garde as to sound a false or strained note. .. . All who have to conduct informal acts of worship will find this book invaluable - but read and observe the introduction!' View Review `This book will be used over and over again.' British Weekly A companion volume is Dr Barclay's Prayers for the Christian Year. Dr William Barclay, CBE, is Professor of New Testament Language and Literaturein the University of Glasgow.… (more)

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A chapter on worship with young people, with practical hints as well as spiritual guidance, introduces a hundred 'epilogues'. Each act of worship includes prayers old and new, with a suggested lesson frank the Bible. Youth leaders, club leaders, those responsible for morning prayers in schools, and
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all who have to lead worship, will be grateful for Dr Barclay's insight and industry. Adults wanting a book to help their private devotions will find riches here...the expression of Professor Barclay's own insight and reverent thought, with lines, too, from saints and.common men bf every age. Brief and wholesome, all of them.' Expository Times 'They are brief but never scrappy; they are eminently understandable but never so devotionally avant garde as to sound a false or strained note...All who have to conduct informal acts of worship will find this book invaluable - but read and observe the introduction!' View Review 'This book will be used over and over again.' British Weekly A companion volume is Dr Barclay's Prayers for the Christian Year. Dr William Barclay, CBE, is Professor of New Testament Language and Literaturein the University of Glasgow.
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