Responsive readings : from the American Standard edition of the revised version of the Bible / selected and arranged by Harry Emerson Fosdick.

Author
Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, [N.Y.] : Century, 1911, c1901.
Description
72 p. ; 22 cm.

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    • 60 numbered selections [title and running header] (indicating occasion or theme, scripture)--p. 5-72.
    • Includes indexes : I. Subjects ; II. Scripture passages ; III. Special occasions--p. iv.
    • Introduction : "... an attempt to adapt for the public worship of Christian congregations those noble passages of both Old and New Testaments ... suited to the purpose .... didactic scriptures ... avoided, and those chosen which, like the Psalms, present united prayer and praise ..., or, like ... Isaiah, represent the people as ... exalted by ... common faith ..." ; [American Standard Revised Version (used, but)] "... wherever the name Jehovah appears, ... Lord ... used ... not ... encumbered by outgrown Hebraisms"--p. [iii].
    • With Dawson, W.J. The American hymnal. 1913.
    Other title(s)
    Bible. English. Selections. 1911. American Revised.
    OCLC
    38123366
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