The Year of Prayer: Being Family Prayers for the Christian Year Suited to the Services and Commemorations of the Church
Overview
In his book The Year of Prayer: Being Family Prayers for the Christian Year Suited to the Services and Commemorations of the Church, Henry Alford wrote and compiled a three-part book of invocations for morning and evening, special occasions, and important days within the church calendar. Written prayer can be a powerful tool, and this resource offers a great variety of accolades, supplications, and petitions.
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- Contains invocations for morning and evening, special occasions, and important days within the church calendar
- Offers a resource for a great variety of accolades, supplications, and petitions
- Includes instructions for optimal use of the book
- Introduction: Being Selections of Passages of Holy Scripture for Family Reading throughout the Year
- Directions for Using This Book
- Part 1: Containing the Ordinary Prayers for the Mornings and Evenings of One Week
- Part 2: Containing Special Prayers for the Sundays and Weeks, and for the Festivals throughout the Year
- Appendix: Containing Special Prayers for Occasions of Family or Other Interest
- Title: The Year of Prayer: Being Family Prayers for the Christian Year Suited to the Services and Commemorations of the Church
- Author: Henry Alford
- Publisher: Strahan
- Publication Date: 1866
- Pages: 316
Henry Alford (1810–1871) was an English churchman, theologian, hymnodist, and writer. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1832), and was ordained deacon in 1833, priest in 1834, and elected a fellow of Trinity the same year; he became vicar of Wymeswold, Leicestershire, 1835, minister of Quebec Chapel, Marylebone, London, in 1853, and dean of Canterbury in 1857.
