{"product_id":"1961-prayers-for-all-occasions-pocket-prayer-book","title":"1961 Prayers for All Occasions Pocket Prayer Book Francis John Moore Devotional Guide","description":"\u003ch3 data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1222\"\u003eVintage Episcopal Prayer \u0026amp; Devotional Companion for Daily Worship and Special Occasions\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 22px 0 14px 0; padding: 8px 14px 6px 14px; border-left: 3px solid #334FB4; background-color: #f8faff;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #334fb4; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\"\u003eCollector’s Note\u003cspan class=\"frg-ins2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-bm=\"51\"\u003eCollectors of religious books and devotional ephemera value pocket prayer books for both their practical use and their historical significance. Designed to be carried daily, these compact volumes often reveal how faith communities responded to the concerns of their era. Today these publications remain valued by collectors of religious ephemera, Episcopal history, and twentieth-century devotional literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-bm=\"51\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrayers for All Occasions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e reflects mid-century Christian devotional practice during changing post-war times and concerns of elections, peace, war, and international conflict. It serves as both a devotional guide and a snapshot of American religious life during the early Cold War period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2385\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrayers for All Occasions\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a compact devotional handbook issued as a companion volume to \u003cem data-start=\"2419\" data-end=\"2440\"\u003ePrayers New and Old\u003c\/em\u003e. The pocket-sized prayer book was designed to assist Christians in both daily devotions and life's special circumstances. The volume contains more than one hundred prayers, affirmations, devotions, and meditations organized for easy reference and regular use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2387\" data-end=\"2701\"\u003eThe prayer book was compiled by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2283\" data-end=\"2305\"\u003eFrancis John Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e and published by \u003cstrong data-start=\"2323\" data-end=\"2376\"\u003eForward Movement Publications\u003c\/strong\u003e of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1961. Forward Movement was founded by the Episcopal Church in the 1930s to encourage daily prayer, Bible study, and Christian discipleship. Through prayer books, devotionals, pamphlets, and educational materials, the organization became one of the most influential publishers of Anglican devotional literature in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"margin: 22px 0 14px 0; padding: 8px 14px 6px 14px; border-left: 3px solid #C1A97B; background-color: #f7f3eb;\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #8a6b2f; font-size: 15px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; margin: 0 0 6px 0;\"\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 6px 0 4px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancis John Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e was an Episcopal clergyman and devotional writer associated with Forward Movement Publications. His work focused on providing practical resources for personal prayer and spiritual formation. In compiling \u003cem data-start=\"4590\" data-end=\"4617\"\u003ePrayers for All Occasions\u003c\/em\u003e, Moore assembled prayers addressing both everyday devotional life and the broader concerns of church, community, and nation, creating a resource that reflected the spiritual needs of mid-twentieth-century American Christians.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2703\" data-end=\"2720\"\u003eContents include morning and evening devotions, acts of praise and adoration, daily prayers, family prayers, grace before meals, intercessions, prayers for the Church and the nation. Specific church prayers for Holy Communion, litanies and meditations, and benedictions are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3001\" data-end=\"3051\"\u003eSpecial occasion prayers address what to pray before an election, in time of war, national concerns and civil strife, during illness or medical procedures, for the armed forces, and the bereaved. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3458\" data-end=\"3606\"\u003eVery good vintage ephemera condition. A small chip is present at the upper right corner of the front cover, and light corner creasing appears at the upper and lower right corners, consistent with being carried in a pocket. Pages remain complete, clean, and unmarked. Staples are secure and binding remains sound.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3458\" data-end=\"3606\"\u003eBrowse our\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thetownhouseantiques.com\/collections\/religious-art-devotional-objects\" title=\"Religious Art \u0026amp; Devotional Objects | Antique \u0026amp; Vintage Sacred items\" style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eReligious and Devotional \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003ecollection for other spiritual and sacred items or \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thetownhouseantiques.com\/collections\/paper-ephemera\" title=\"Paper \u0026amp; Ephemera | Vintage postcards, prints \u0026amp; collectibles\" style=\"color: rgb(43, 0, 255);\"\u003eEphemera\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e for more paper collectibles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Forward Movement Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43351743758403,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0114\/3262\/4186\/files\/Prayers096.jpg?v=1780882187","url":"https:\/\/thetownhouseantiques.com\/products\/1961-prayers-for-all-occasions-pocket-prayer-book","provider":"The Townhouse Antiques \u0026 Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}