Collects of the Book of Common Prayer

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The next member Of a Collect, and a very im portant one, which is seldom wanting in any specimen, is the aspiration or devout wish with which it Closes, and is as it were the wing to the petition, the feather which carries the arrow of prayer right up to the habitation of God's holi ness and glory in heaven. It may well remind us of the indispensability Of fervor to the accept10 ON the structure ofa collect.