Excerpt from Instructions in Reading the Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland: Offered to the Attention of the Younger Clergy, and Candidates for Holy Orders; With an Appendix on Pronunciation, and a Selection of Scripture Proper Names, Most Liable to Be Variously Pronounced
I. An inefiicient manner of delivering the church-service frequently originates in the opi nions which many Clergymen entertain on the subject of public reading. They conceive that, as every body can read, it is not necas sary to take previous care to qualify themselves for the efl'ective discharge of this part of their 'omcial duties. They themselves perfectly nu 'derstand what they read; but they are little aware, that to make the congregation, espe 'cially if it be numerous, hear and understand.
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