The Uncommon Prayer-book by M.R.James

The Description is set in motion when a vacationing antiquary named Davidson finds out that there is a large country house with an interesting chapel that he can visit nearby. Davidson finds out that, although the housekeeper's wife always closes the eight copies of the Book of Common Prayer in the chapel and covers them with a cloth, she always finds all of the books open at the same page the next time she goes into the chapel.