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<p>[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 3971613, member: 13874"]All previous replies sound correct to me. A hymn book like this is typically found in churches in front of the parishioners at about 8-10 feet apart. I saw them in Swedish [state] churches, Protestant. </p><p><br /></p><p>The books are there for parishioners to sing the hymns in the service. Which hymns are planned for that day are listed on a blackboard in front of the church, only by the hymn numbers corresponding to the ones in the book. That this book is all beat up is not surprising. When these books became like that they were put out to trash, replaced with new ones. Someone who wanted one could help themself to it from the trash heap.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lizjewel, post: 3971613, member: 13874"]All previous replies sound correct to me. A hymn book like this is typically found in churches in front of the parishioners at about 8-10 feet apart. I saw them in Swedish [state] churches, Protestant. The books are there for parishioners to sing the hymns in the service. Which hymns are planned for that day are listed on a blackboard in front of the church, only by the hymn numbers corresponding to the ones in the book. That this book is all beat up is not surprising. When these books became like that they were put out to trash, replaced with new ones. Someone who wanted one could help themself to it from the trash heap.[/QUOTE]
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