ABSURD AND OFFENSIVE
BISHOP’S VIEW OF “AMEN.” LONDON, December 3. The Bishop of Manchester has declared that the singing of “Amen’’ is a sheer absurdity and an offensive redundance. Other'clerics disagree. They describe “Amen” as the congregation’s sign that they agree with what has preceded. 'lnstead of abolishing “Amen” they assert ;fc would be better to abolish many doggerel hymns.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19046, 17 December 1923, Page 7
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