| Sabbath In Puritan New England Contributor(s): Earle, Alice Morse (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162682787 ISBN-13: 9781162682785 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 21st Century - Religion | Reference - Religion | History |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.76 lbs) 194 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The early meeting-houses in country parishes were seldom painted, such outward show being thought vain and extravagant. In the middle of the eighteenth century paint became cheaper and more plentiful, and a gay rivalry in church-decoration sprang up. One meeting-house had to be as fine as its neighbor. Votes were taken, "rates were levied," gifts were asked in every town to buy "colour" for the meeting-house. |