"AMEN" AFTER HYMNS
PRACTICE OF SINGING ARCHBISHOP DISAPPROVES (Received February 5, 10.35 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 5 The "evil habit" of singing "Amen" at the end of hymns was deplored by the Archbishop of York, Dr. William Temple, in a speech when presiding at a banquet of London church musicians. "If a tune is a good tune it comes to an end itself," said Dr. Temple, "and there is no need to sing 'Amen.' Very often 'Amen' has no particular reference to the words. This is never necessary and it is always rather a bore."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22027, 6 February 1935, Page 11
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94"AMEN" AFTER HYMNS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22027, 6 February 1935, Page 11
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