Word: prayerbook
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...dogs yet fond of them, as fond of birds as Spencer and Stevenson, partial to public spectacles, keen of nose, "respectful" toward dress; that "he observed the habit while he deplored the custom" of giving tips; that his visits to churches "commonly involved the Baedeker rather than the Prayerbook. . . . He distrusted Eddyism [Christian Science] . . . recoiled from what seemed to him tasteless and tawdry in the external fashions of the Salvation Army [in England] . . ." Philosophically, Mr. Howells was a benevolent realist; economically, a Utopian. His humor was courtly; and though others have thought that it sometimes trailed off into tenuous banality...
...should not be necessary for them to hear the words of the celebrant." By removing the amplifier Bishop Manning has preserved the traditional sanctity of the altar. And the fact that communicants will be unable to hear the service will undoubtedly lead to a larger use of the prayerbook. Bishop Manning's objection to amplifiers extends only to the protection of the altar. St. John's pulpit and lectern have been equipped with amplifiers, and the whole Cathedral wired to insure better hearing. (TIME, May 28, Wireless Salvation...