In the same sense that an Episcopal priest, in order to conduct a good funeral, will need to develop the gift of ad lib and a dash of skill at improvisation, just so, by doing a little translation, the free-church pastor can gain much from tracing the maps of the prayer-book traditions. What one tradition does with holy water and the rhythmic chanting of psalms another tradition accomplishes through extemporaneous prayer and freewheeling gospel songs. A second
