---
title: 'The Service of Prayer'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Robert Quarterman Mallard'
date: 1900-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Prayer'
- 'Public Worship'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 6'
- 'Acts 4'
- 'Deuteronomy 26'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mallard-1900-the-service-of-prayer
---

# The Service of Prayer

Essay on public/joint prayer arguing for vernacular, Scripture-based preference for free (extemporaneous) prayer over rigid liturgy; discusses posture and practical worship guidance.

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