'The Australian Catholic Prayer Book'

New Zealand Tablet, 13 September 1906, Page 12

'The Australian Catholic Prayer Book'

wW^ m tl , be a go ? d way off from the ideal catechism • Kvp?R th w We haye ' in ' The Australian Catholic which was held in Sydney last year. It has S Trutt? SLS? publ | shed by i he Australian ?Oathoffi Truth Society, and represents, perhaps the best Af the varied and useful work thkt P has been doni by that excellent organisation during the short neriod devotions that it supplies; (2)' the S w! wisW l^ 7 ' P r t^ lca l mm + structi ons that run' like^ threads" ft gold all through this admirable little work • atid (S\ the price, which places it within the reach 'of If? pea (by stribirig- type-headings, etc.) S tetodS^g gas v&asi* i a?5 k -S

the Blessed Sacrament ; the last - Sacraments (with extremely useful and practical hints and instructions)marriage- .and, mixed .marriages ; devotions for the dead ; andulgenoed prayers and other devotions ; and an excellent collection of hymns. An index for ready" reference completes this admirable little* work The crowning feature of the book is the hajJpy and' 'wellbalanced mingling of instruction with*, devotional practices. • The work abounds in instructions, practical hints, and suggestions, all set - forth in a pleasant manner that will, perhaps, sink, deeper into the minds of children than the set lessons of the catechism and, in an agreeable way, serve •to remind •. their eld- " ers of many points of faith and practice that' time and circumstance, have shaken out of their memory " And every teacher, and every priest who has had experience on the mission, can realise' how needful these simple, direct, pithy instructions are, .and what an important use they are calculated to serve The book is, in a word, anY Australian prayer-book- for Australian (and, of course, New Zealand) reauirements. It caters for a real need," and will prove a most valuable ally to the Cathojic priest and the Cathohc teacher We most cordially commend < The Australia* Catholic -Prayer Book,' and hope- it will speedily find its way into the hands of every Catholic m the Commonwealth and New Zealand (Price • Boards 3d; posted, 4d ; cloth gilt, Is 3d, posted Is ad. The Australian Catholic Truth Society 312 Lonsdale- St., Melbourne, and_ all OatMc Tooksel-