X X BODLE LA Nurd's-on-Sea : PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DANIEL & Co., MDCCCLXXVIII. 138. i. X PREFACE. A strong desire has been manifested during the last few years among the various Free Churches for a Service which should embrace some form of LITURGY with EXTEMPORANEOUS PRAYER. This little book has been prepared in the hope of meeting that want. It is compiled, as will readily be seen, from the Book of Common Prayer, as used in the Church of England; and the aim has been to abbreviate rather than to alter that beautiful Service. But whilst the people unite audibly in common confession, thanksgiving, and supplication, a sufficient provision has been made for free prayer, through which the Minister may refer to special needs and passing events. May all who use this book be filled with that spirit of worship, without which all prayers, whether prepared or spontaneous, must be alike profitless and in vain. Christ Church, 1st July, 1878. N. LINDON PARKYN. |