The Sabbath in Puritan New England
by Alice Morse Earle
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About this eBook
- Author
- Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
- Title
- Sabbath in Puritan New England
- Credits
- Produced by Distributed Proofreaders
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F001: United States local history: New England
- Subject
- New England -- Religious life and customs
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 8659
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8659
- Release Date
- August 1, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Sabbath in Puritan New England
- 2.Alice Morse Earle — Seventh Edition — To the Memory of my Mother. — Contents. — The Sabbath in Puritan New England. — I
- 3.The New England Meeting-House. — II
- 4.The Church Militant. — III
- 5.By Drum and Horn and Shell. — IV
- 6.The Old-Fashioned Pews. — V
- 7.Seating the Meeting. — VI
- 8.The Tithingman and the Sleepers. — VII
- 9.The Length of the Service. — VIII
- 10.The Icy Temperature of the Meeting-House. — IX
- 11.The Noon-House. — X
- 12.The Deacon's Office. — XI
- 13.The Psalm-Book of the Pilgrims. — XII
- 14.The Bay Psalm-Book. — XIII
- 15.Sternhold and Hopkins' Version of the Psalms. — XIV
- 16.Other Old Psalm-Books. — XV
- 17.The Church Music. — XVI
- 18.The Interruptions of the Services. — XVII
- 19.The Observances of the Day. — XVIII
- 20.The Authority of the Church and the Ministers. — XIX
- 21.The Ordination of the Minister. — XX
- 22.The Ministers. — XXI
- 23.The Ministers' Pay. — XXII
- 24.The Plain-Speaking Puritan Pulpit. — XXIII
- 25.The Early Congregations.
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