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State prayers, fasts and thanksgivings: public worship in Britain 1830–1897 (2008)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2008). State prayers, fasts and thanksgivings: public worship in Britain 1830–1897. Past & Present: A Journal of Historical Studies, 200(1), 121-174. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtm057

Among the more remarkable activities of the mid nineteenth-century British state was its practice of ordering special acts of national worship — either new prayers to be read in all churches for particular dates or periods, or whole days set aside fo... Read More about State prayers, fasts and thanksgivings: public worship in Britain 1830–1897.