Journals

R G M  Calderwood, in discussing his own experience of worship in the mission field, regards Kenya as a tabula rasa which allows scope for experimenting.  He points to the African as having “a fine natural instinct” for worship.  Ecumenical influences have also played a part in shaping services.  Printed forms exist and are helpful in curbing undue length (“prayers informative”) and contributing a structure to be followed.  In this respect, the Scottish input has both preserved 
freedom and provided traditional guidelines.

William McMillan’s examines the account, in Buchanan’s History of Scotland, of the Holy Communion reputed to have been celebrated by George Wishart on the morning of his martyrdom in St Andrews.  There are few details of the order used.  But Buchanan, supplemented by David Lindsay of Pitscottie’s Historie and Cronicles, shed light on early Scottish Reformed practice. Preaching and Communion are conjoined; the uniqueness of Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary;   his role as heavenly intercessor;  commemoration in the fullest sense, linked to the “spiritual oblation of all possible praise unto God”.  Wishart also first partook himself.   Finally, comparison is made with later liturgies which influenced the Scottish tradition.

The Eucharistic Doctrine of the Oxford Movement, by W H Mackean:  London, Putnam, 
reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline

The Mass of the Western Rite, by the Right Rev Dom Fernand Cabrol, Abbot of Farnborough,
tr. C M Anthony.  London, Sands & Co, reviewed by the Rev Wm. McMillan, Dunfermline

A Newman Prayer Book, London, Burns, Oates, & Washbourne, reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, 
Dunfermline

Devotion and Discipleship:  A Collection of the Important Devotional Works of the Rev A H McNeile, 
DD, Cambridge, W Heffer & Sons Ltd, reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline

The Voice of Prayer.  Prayers of the Centuries, selected and arranged by H G Tunnicliff
London, Ivor, Nicholson & Watson Ltd;  reviewed by The Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline

Psychology and Sacraments, by Frank Craven Carter.  London, Williams & Norgate, 
reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline

Our National Church, by Canon Percy Dearmer.  London, Nisbet & Co Ltd, 
reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline

The Lutheran Origin of the Anglican Ordinal, by E C Messenger,  London, Burns, Oates, & Washbourne
reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline

The Church Architecture of Protestantism, by Andrew Landale Drummond.  Edinburgh, T & T Clark
reviewed by the Rev Wm McMillan, Dunfermline

Prayers for the Christian Year, The Church of Scotland Committee on Public Worship and Aids to 
Devotion.   OUP;  reviewed by The Rev Wm Stevenson, Edinburgh

John Hepburn and the Hebronites, by the Rev Wm  McMillan, St Leonard’s, Dunfermline.  James
Clarke & Co, Ltd;   reviewed by The Rev Wm Stevenson, Edinburgh

Le Culte:  Étude d’Histoire et de Philosophie Religieuses,  Vol. III by Robert Will, University of 
Strasbourg.  Paris, Félis Alcan, reviewed by The Rev W D Maxwell, Glasgow
 

Starting from his belief that public worship cannot be made really effective unless  there be in the hearts of the worshippers a vital and awe-inspiring conception of God, and drawing upon his experience in Honolulu, G A  Johnston Ross calls for arrangements in church buildings which foster devotion.

Two papers prepared for a conference of the Society, both of them reflecting, and addressed to, the situation of the time as seen by the writers.  
In I   W  White Anderson places the emphasis on “what”, whereas, 
in II  A Nevile Davidson gives more attention to “whether” and “for whom”.

George T. Wright contributes a long and defensive review of the Book, which he hails as requiring courage on the part of the Editors, the Public Worship Committee and of those choir-masters who introduce it. He dismisses many criticisms as misplaced and provides reasoned arguments against others in the light of the intended purposes of its compilers, which are to provided a standard of musical worthiness for all anthems sung in our churches and to make available a body of anthems (extraordinarily cheaply) of varying schools and degrees of difficulty.

Prayers for Services:  A Manual for Leaders of Worship, compiled and edited by 
Morgan Phelps Noyes;   New York and London

A Free Church Liturgy, based on the Words of Holy Scripture, together with a simplified
Latin Rite and Orthodox Liturgy, compiled and arranged by J P Oakden;  J M Dent & Sons Ltd

Memorials upon Several Occasions.  Prayers and Thanksgivings for Use in Public Worship; 
Mowbray

The History and Liturgy of the Sacraments, by Professor A Villien, tr. H W Edwards;  London

History of the Church of Foulis Easter, by Arthur B Dalgetty.  Dundee:  Harley & Cox

The Breviary:  Its History and Contents, by Dom Baudot, tr. the Benedictines of Stanbrook.
London and Edinburgh:  Sands & Company

Discipleship and Christian Worship.     A Study in the Mission of Christ and His Church, by 
Edward C Rich, Prebendary of St Paul’s;   London:  A R Mowbray & Co.

The Nation and the Nation’s Worship, by the Bishop of Norwich.  London:  Eyre & Spottiswoode

The Story of the Prayer Book, by Percy Dearmer;   London

The Gospel Sacraments, by J K Mozley, Canon of St Paul’s;   London

An Anthology of Prayer.  Compiled for Use in Church and Home, by A S T Fisher, 
late Abbot Scholar, Christ Church, Oxford   London