--- title: "2 Percy Dearmer Quotes - Famous Anglican priest (The parson's handbook)" description: "Percival Dearmer was an English Anglican priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-percy-dearmer-74547.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Percy Dearmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-percy-dearmer-74547.jpg) # Percy Dearmer (1867–1936) Anglican Priest http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/2af17811d699bf5df431984fcb738f63 **2** quotes in **14** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Percy Dearmer was an Anglican priest from http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/2af17811d699bf5df431984fcb738f63, best known for *The parson's handbook*. ## Quick Facts About Percy Dearmer Born February 27, 1867 Died May 29, 1936 Nationality http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/2af17811d699bf5df431984fcb738f63 Profession Anglican Priest Notable works The parson's handbook Known for The English Hymnal, The Oxford Book of Carols, Songs of Praise, The Parson's Handbook Spouse Mabel Dearmer ## About Percy Dearmer Percival Dearmer was an English Anglican priest and liturgist best known as the author of The Parson's Handbook, a liturgical manual for Anglican clergy, and as editor of The English Hymnal. A lifelong socialist, he was an early advocate of the public ministry of women and concerned with social justice. Dearmer, with Ralph Vaughan Williams and Martin Shaw, helped revive and spread traditional and medieval English musical forms. His ideas on patterns of worship have been linked to the Arts and Crafts Movement, while The English Hymnal reflects both folkloric scholarship and Christian Socialism. At his death, he was a canon of Westminster Abbey, where he ran a canteen for the unemployed. ## Quotes by Percy Dearmer > [Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; it recovers the half-obliterated virtue of loyalty, calls every man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-dearmer/patriotism-is-a-salt-against-rottenness-a-glorious-spur-to-high/) [Percy Dearmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-dearmer/) [Endeavour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/endeavour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d5/percy-dearmer-104777_endeavour_patriotism-is-a-salt-against-rottenness_55452.jpg) > [Upon us lies the responsibility neither to neglect things because they are old nor to reject them because they are new.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-dearmer/upon-us-lies-the-responsibility-neither-to-neglect-things-because/) [Percy Dearmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-dearmer/) [Lying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lying/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/564/percy-dearmer-104777_lying_upon-us-lies-the-responsibility-neither_1302454.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-dearmer/#itemlist", "name": "Percy Dearmer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Patriotism is a salt against rottenness, a glorious spur to high endeavour; 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