Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services Records, circa 1897-1910.

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The 115th General Assembly (1903) of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. appointed the Special Committee on Forms of Service to prepare a manual that would standardize the form of special services, such as marriage, baptism, and communion services. Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr. (1852-1933) was appointed Chair and the Committee produced a manual in 1906 entitled: The Book of Common Worship. This collection contains minutes, reports, publications, correspondence, manuscripts, and other material relating to the work of the committee. View the collection guide to learn more. The entire physical collection has been digitized. Featured image: Title page of the Book of Common Worship, 1906.

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Title:
"Forms and Services" with annotations, 1904.
Description:
Partial report of the Special Committee on Forms and Services. From Rev. Dr. R.W. Peach, Camden, N.J.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Peach, Robert Westly, 1863-1936. (annotator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Prayers and devotions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Worship programs., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130523
Title:
Revised copy of "Forms and Services,", 1904.
Description:
Partial report of the Special Committee on Forms and Services, annotated by Henry Van Dyke.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (annotator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131054
Title:
Reports of Special Committees to the General Assembly, 1904.
Description:
Published reports of Special Committees to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, Buffalo, N.Y., including a report from the Special Committee on Forms and Services, with annotations by chairman Van Dyke, 1904. Buffalo Speech. Book of Common Worship - Report A.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (annotator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly--Conference committees., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Buffalo (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130776
Title:
Church Service Society Provisional Constitution, ca. 1897.
Description:
Statement of Principles; Provisional Constitution.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Church Service Society. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Church Service Society., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131530
Title:
Correspondence to Henry Van Dyke regarding his election as Moderator to the General Assembly, 1902.
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly., Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Government.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130188
Title:
Letter from Sandford Fleming to Henry Van Dyke, 1909.
Description:
Sanford commends Van Dyke on the Book of Common Worship and informs him he plans to bring it to the attention of the Committee on Worship of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.
Creator:
Fleming, Sandford. (author)
Subject names:
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Ottawa (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130241
Title:
Reports of Special Committees to the General Assembly, 1905.
Description:
Published report of the Committee on Forms and Services to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, Winona Lake, Ind., Part II, with annotations by chairman Van Dyke, 1905. Includes draft of the proposed Book of Common Worship. Henry van Dyke private copy.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (annotator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly--Conference committees., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Prayers and devotions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Winona Lake (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131408
Title:
Church Service Society Papers, No. 1, 1899.
Description:
The report of an inquiry into the present conduct of public worship and the various orders of worship in actual use.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Church Service Society. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130224
Title:
"The Church Eclectic," August 1906.
Description:
Partial issue, Volume 38, No. 5. Includes "The Presbyterian prayer book," "Prayer a reasonable practice, essential to higher life," "Henry Barclay, D.D., the second rector of Trinity Church in the city of New York"; and advertisements.
Creator:
Lowndes, Arthur, 1858-1917. (editor)
Subject names:
Barclay, Henry, 1715-1764., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Episcopal Church--Periodicals., Religion--Periodicals., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
New York (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130195
Title:
Reports of Special Committees to the General Assembly, 1906.
Description:
Published reports of Special Committees to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, Des Moines, Iowa, including a report from the Committee on Forms and Services with annotations by chairman Van Dyke, 1906. Report C. Book of Common Worship.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (annotator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly--Conference committees., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Des Moines (Iowa)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130921
Title:
Reports of Special Committees to the General Assembly, 1905.
Description:
Published report of the Committee on Forms and Services to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, Winona Lake, Ind., Part II, with annotations by chairman Van Dyke, 1905. Includes draft of the Book of Common Worship as authorized by the General Assembly. Revised Copy. Henry van Dyke. Report B.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (annotator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly--Conference committees., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Prayers and devotions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Winona Lake (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130341
Title:
"The Book of Common Worship" manuscript by Henry Van Dyke, 1904.
Creator:
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (author), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Prayers and devotions., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Worship programs., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131038
Title:
Special Committee on Forms and Services correspondence, 1905-1906 and undated.
Description:
Correspondence and printed materials regarding work of the committee and of "The Book of Common Worship," 1905-1906 and undated.
Creator:
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (author), Lowndes, Arthur, 1858-1917. (author), Taylor, William Rivers, 1856-1941. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131617
Title:
Reports of Special Committees to the General Assembly, 1905.
Description:
Published report of the Committee on Forms and Services to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly, Winona Lake, Ind., Part II, with annotations by chairman Van Dyke, 1905. Includes draft of the Book of Common Worship as authorized by the General Assembly. Winona Speech.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (annotator)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly--Conference committees., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Prayers and devotions.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Winona Lake (Ind.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131108
Title:
Committee on Forms of Service questionnaire and analyses of results, 1904 and undated.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Worship programs--Statistics.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131610
Title:
Orders of services manuscript, undated.
Description:
Concerning the use of the Book of Common Worship.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131317
Title:
"The Message," December 1904.
Description:
Volume II, No. 1. Includes "The service of public prayer;" "Politics and church adherents;" "The vicissitudes of life;" "Prayer-perfect (poem);" "Organizations and societies;" and "Church notes."
Subject names:
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church (Kars, Ottawa, Ont.)--Periodicals., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906)
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Periodicals., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Ottawa (Ont.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:131585
Title:
Synod of New York overture.
Description:
Overture to the General Assembly from The Synod of New York on Tentative forms of Worship, 1903.
Creator:
Smith, T. Ralston (Thomas Ralston), 1830-1903. (author), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of New York. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
Albany (N.Y.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130519
Title:
Special Committee on Forms and Services correspondence, 1903-1905 and undated.
Description:
Correspondence and printed materials regarding work of the Special Committee on Forms and Services, 1903-1905 and undated.
Creator:
Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (author), De Witt, John, 1842-1923. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130245
Title:
Proofs regarding "Forms and Services," "Book of Common Worship," and related materials, 1903-1906 and undated.
Creator:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services. (author), Van Dyke, Henry, 1852-1933. (author)
Subject names:
Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Special Committee on Forms and Services., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Book of common worship (1906), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.--Liturgy.
Topics:
Presbyterian Church--Liturgy--Texts., Presbyterian Church--Liturgy committees., Presbyterian Church--Prayers and devotions., Worship programs.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:130552

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