Letter: Let us chant

Alf Lawrie
Sunday 22 February 1998 19:02 EST
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Let us chant

J SUMNER's equation of the Lord's Prayer to a football chant is rather hollow (letter, 20 February). I have yet to meet a football fan so ardent that he would consider kneeling down before bedtime and whispering a terrace song to himself.

Considering their great beauty and antiquity, it is more accurate to compare such prayers to religious icons or frescoes. To destroy them through neglect would surely be a tragedy.

ALF LAWRIE

Barnet, Hertfordshire

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