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General Orders of Worship

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“General Orders of Worship” as printed in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

Traditional: Collected Lyrics Text 372 1920 · historical text
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This text comes from The Army and Navy Hymnal, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Prelude

Call to Worship

Hymn

Prayer, closing with Lord's Prayer,

Response

Scripture Reading

Hymn

Story or Talk

Offering

Hymn

Verse 2

Processional

Doxology or Gloria Patri

Responsive Reading

Hymn

Prayer

Prayer Hymn

Memory Psalm

Memory Hymn

Recessional to Class Rooms

Credits

Written by Traditional

Traditional words. Historical text published in The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), “General Orders of Worship”

The 1920 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; traditional and anonymous entries are public domain. Pages whose scan quality is below the proofread threshold are held for review.

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