The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments, And Other Rites And Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England: Together With a Collection Of Occasional Prayers, And Divers Sentences Of Holy Scripture, Necessa

Church Of England

ISBN 10: 0484907697 / ISBN 13: 9780484907699

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• Title: The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments, And Other Rites And Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England: Together With a Collection Of Occasional Prayers, And Divers Sentences Of Holy Scripture, Necessa
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: Latin
• ISBN 10: 0484907697
• ISBN 13: 9780484907699
• Binding: HRD
• Condition: New
• Weight: 993 grams

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Excerpt from The Book Of Common Prayer, And Administration Of The Sacraments, And Other Rites And Ceremonies Of The Church, According To The Use Of The Church Of England: Together With a Collection Of Occasional Prayers, And Divers Sentences Of Holy Scripture, Necessary For Knowledge And Practice

Church of England into the Mohawk language, \which is gene rally underfiood b all thofe nations, would promote the in firuétion of the Indians, and facilitate their converfion. Pro per endeavours were therefore ufed to obtain fuch a tranilation; which was firft printed at New York, about the year. 171 under the direction of the Reverend Mr. Andrews, the Society s Nliflionary to the Mohawks. This edition comprized the Mom ing and Evening Service, thellitany and Catechifm; to which were added fele& pafl'ages from the Old and New Tefiaments, 'and (ome Famil prayers which probably was all that could then be procure The Communion Office, that of Baptifm, Matrimony, and Burial of the Dead, with more pafl'àges of Scripture, Occa fional Prayers, and fome finging Pfalms, were tranflated by the Reverend dr.'henry Barclay, who had ferved in the Indian Mifiion with great fidelity and fucccfs for many years; and thefe were infertedin the next edition'of the Indian Prayer Book, which was p1intcd all'o at New York, in 1769, under the in fpe€tion of the Reverend Dr. John Ogilvie, who fucceeded Dr. Barclay in that Mifiion. Both thefe clergymen were eminent for the1r piety and exemplary chara€ter, and their meniory,will long be revered by the Indians.

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