Volume 14 1943-44 (War-time Issue)

The Communion Table and its Furnishings

The Rev William McMillan, Ph D, DD, St Leonard’s, Dunfermline

Dr McMillan gives a historical account of the Communion Table (both fixed and portable) in Scotland, with notes on other related topics: Frontals, Frontlet, Flowers, Desk, Alms Dish, Cross and Riddels.

“Debts” or “Trespasses”

The Rev John MacRae, MA, Livingston

Mr MacRae outlines the process by which “debts”, almost universal in mediaeval versions of the Lord’s Prayer, gave way increasingly to “trespasses”.

A Pilgrimage to the Ancient Church of Fowlis Wester

The Rev Andrew Cumming, BD, Minister of the Parish

A description of the village, the graveyard and the parish church, restored in 1927 by Mr Jeffrey Waddell.

Hymns We Might Sing

The Rev Millar Patrick, DD, Linton

A plea for much wider repertoire in most congregational worship, with suggestions from French, German, English and Scottish sources.

A Voice from the Pew

W J Stuart, Esq, FRSCE, Member of the Kirk Session of St Andrew’s Parish Church, Edinburgh

Mr Stuart urges that prayers be confined to five minutes, sermons to no more than twenty five. He dislikes the custom of children’s talks followed later by a sermon, favours an offering received at the church door, is dubious of services celebrating organisations or causes – “Keep out the laymen!” . He finds anthems too… Read More

Illustrations

Illustrations in this volume

(All between pages 10 and 11) The Holy Table, Crathie Parish ChurchThe Holy Table, St Cuthbert’s Parish Church, EdinburghThe Parish Church of Fowlis Wester (before restoration)The Parish Church of Fowlis Wester (as restored, 1927)