Church's Worship thoroughly Responsive, Congregational, Reverent, Musical, and Beautiful. But while earnestly pressing for these ritual improvements on account of their undoubted devotional importance, I would venture, in conclusion, to once more remind the reader that there are weightier matters still that the greatest needs of the Church of England, at present, are a wide charity on secondary points of ritual, less mere party contention among loyal Churchmen, and far more simple and outspoken preaching of Pardon and Peace by faith in the One Sacrifice on the Cross.
Congregational Worship, what it ought to be, 491; partial revival of, since the Reformation, 573; dis- liked by Puritans, 575; assisted by Wesley, 577. Congregations, Jewish, how made
to join in the Synagogue Services, 474, 476.
Constantine the Great, Half-Pagan till the end of his life, 534. Creation, worship at the, 116. Creeds, origin of the custom of Turning to the East at the, 506. Cross, sign of the, 549; devotional use of the, 551.
Crosses, worship of, 555. Cruelties, in Heathen Worship, 282. Cubit, length of the Jewish, 372 n. Curtains, round Sanctuaries, 548. Cuzco, in Peru, temple at, 169.
DAILY PRAYER, by an Ashango Chief, 293.
Daily Sacrifices, in Jewish Temple, 425.
Dance of S. Willibrord, 188; Great Sun, of the Ponca Indians, 191. Dancing, Religious, 185; abuse of, 186, 192; Mania, 187. David's Victory, 315.
Day of Atonement, Ritual of the, 444.
Decorum not everything in worship, 461.
Devil-Worship, hideous ugliness of, 9, 75, 289.
Devotional Postures, in Jewish Temple, 433. Devotional Ritual, not given by Revelation, 20; in Jewish Temple,
Diamond Thrones in Heaven, Budd- hist belief, 82.
Diana, temple of, at Ephesus, 168; worship of, 224.
Dignity, a characteristic of the Wor- ship in the Jewish Temple, 437. Diocletian Edict for the Demolition
Dissenters, adopting the Church's system of worship, 37, 582, 590.
Dreary Worship, 462. Dress, of Heathen Worshippers, 194; of Heathen Priests, 197; of Heathen High Priests, 198; of Jewish Levites, Priests, and High Priests, 380; of Jewish Worship- pers, 468; of Christian Ministers and Worshippers, 524-538. Dumb Worship, 35, 576.
EARLY TRAINING, of Jewish con- gregations, for congregational wor- ship, 477.
Eastward Worship, a heathen tradi- tion respecting its antiquity, 173; in Christian Church, 501; not Sun- worship, 506; not Eucharistic, 509; not Roman, 522. Ebal, solemnity on Mount, 308. Egypt, temples of, 167; ancient religion of, 239; ancient Heathen Calendar of, 241.
Epidemics in the Middle Ages, Dancing Mania, 32.
Esquimaux Priest and Clerk con- ducting Worship, 261. Expiation, in Heathen Worship, 145. Extempore Prayer, allowed before
Sermons in Churches, 576. Externals of Worship important, 4; are there any guiding principles with respect to the, 7.
F., the best Musical Note for ordinary Congregational Responding, 475. Faculties and Senses, limitations of the human, 131. Festivals, in Jewish Temple, 440. Flowers, 544.
Font, Norman, in S. Giles' Church, Durham, England, 279. Formalism, in Heathen Worship, 156.
Fountains, before Heathen Temples and Altars, 162. Future Judgment, ancient Egyptian doctrine of a, 240.
Future Life, Assyrian doctrine of a, 230.
GERIZIM, solemnity on Mount, 308. Gladness in Heathen Worship, 193; in Jewish Worship, 463, 469, 473-
Glass, coloured and painted, 544. God, illustrations of the mysterious Essence and Being of, "the Wind," 135; the Ether, 136. Golden-Plate, Priest-wearing - the, 533. Golden-Robe, presented by Con- stantine to Macarius, 533. Greece, Temples of, constructed for Westward Worship, 166; ancient Heathen Worship in, 225.
HALLEL, how sung in the Jewish Temple, 441.
Hallelujah Victory of S. German, 489.
Heathen Choirs, Roman, 226. Heathen Devotional Ritual, 175. Heathen Responses in Africa, 251. Heathen Worship, 145.
Heathenism "athirst for God," 291. Heaven, a Temple, 21, 46; real and local, 141.
Heavenly Worship, an objective reality, 129; the original worship, 143. Helena, Mother of Constantine, 553. Herod's Temple at Jerusalem, Plat- forms and Principal Gates of, 408; Court of the Gentiles, 410; Royal Porch, 412; Sanctuary, 416; Trea- sury, 416; Great Altar, 417; Holy House, 418; ground Plan of, 420. Hindu Worship, 257.
Holy Houses of Gold, as Shrines of Temples, 373.
Hosanna Anthem, at Feast of Taber- nacles, 457.
Hours of Heathen Worship, 160. Human Sacrifices, considered to be Expiatory, 149.
Hymns, ancient Egyptian, 249. Hyper-Spiritualism, how far errone- ous, 25.
IDOLS, place of, at West of Altars, looking Eastward, 162. Illumination of Jewish Temple, at Feast of Tabernacles, 459. Image-Worship, in Christendom, 588.
Impersonal Spiritual Forces, 133. Incense, Ritual use of, 69, 102, 548. India, Temples of, 169. Inductive Method of Inquiry applied to the Externals of Worship, 7. Indulgences, 564.
Infants' Schools, Congregational and Musical Method of Instruction in, 35.
Instinct of Worship, 3; its Nature, II; its Power, 8, 17; its Autho- rity, 19; not Infallible, 19; its pro- ducts respected by Revelation, 22; its Interpretation, 25. Instincts, of Nutrition, Language, Ornamentation, Education, 12, 13; of Gallinaceous Birds, 14; prior to Experience, 14; develop. ment of, 15.
Invention of Congregational Re- sponses by Methodists and Salva- tionists, 36.
Ireland, ancient churches of, 513. Isaiah 6. explained, 43.
Loud Singing, ordinarily unsuitable | Papacy, the, 121. in prayer, 34. Love, the Creative Principle, ex- pressed by Beauty, 2; "the greatest of these is Love," 595. "Luminous Voices," Buddhist belief respecting, 280.
MALTA, Temple in, 166. Masses, 564.
Matter, may be Ether in motion, 136; capable of glorification, 137. May Revellers, 188.
Medieval Dumb Worship, its influ- ence still felt, 42.
Minerva, Worship of, at Troy, 224. Moab, temples of, 167.
Modern Scepticism, with respect to the Spirit of Evil, 288. Mohammedan Worship, towards Mecca, 165; in Africa, 255; in Asia, 257.
Monogram, the sacred, 552. Mosaics, 542.
Musical Worship, 33, 37-40, 73, 208; Laodicean, 491; Modern, 583.
Passover, in Jewish Temple, 440. Patriarchal Worship, 297. Persecution, at Reformation, 596. Places of Worship, Heathen, 161. Plan of Herod's Temple, 420. Ponca Indians, Great Sun-Dance of the, 191.
Porch, of the Heavenly Temple, 46. Prayer, Heathen, rests on sacrifices, 151.
Priesthood, the Christian, Non- sacerdotal but Divinely Commis- sioned, 529.
Primitive Christian Worship, East- ward Direction of, a reaction against Heathenism, 173; Pliny's account of, 489; prayers, bright and Scriptural, 495.
Processions, Heathen Religious, 181; Jewish and Christian, 184, 455, 530; abused by Church of Rome, 184; loss of, in modern times, 590.
Purgatory, doctrine of, 562. Puritanism, opposed to Congrega- tional Responding, 42, 575.
READERS, in middle of congrega. tions, in Synagogues, 467, and in Primitive Christian Churches, 484. Reading the Scriptures, in the Temple, 457.
Reason, its functions in religion, 16. Red Sea, Thanksgiving Service at the, 300.
Reformation, the, 41, 72. Reformers, in Heathen religions, opposed to Westward Idolatrous Worship, 172.
Relics, worship of, 555. Responsive and Congregational Wor- ship, in Heaven, 66, 67, 86, 102, 114; in Heathenism, 200; in the Jewish Temple, 428; in Syna- gogues, 470; how maintained, 474; in the early Christian Church, 486; partially revived since the Reformation, 572.
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