| 单词 | meeting house |
| 例句 | The meeting house smells of good things, so I push aside my worry that God will strike me down when I walk through the doors. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z One of them was Oliver Valentine, come back to help others escape the meeting house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She didn’t recognize the Declaration of Independence the day she joined them in the meeting house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Freemen informed on their African brothers and sisters, comparing the descriptions of runaways in the gazettes with the furtive creatures slinking around the colored churches, saloons, and meeting houses. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The supper conversations became ritual, outgrowing the house and migrating to the meeting house, whereupon Gloria stopped serving food and drink and let them fend for themselves. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z In his parents’ parlor to an audience of distinguished Bostonians, then in the homes of those distinguished Bostonians, in colored meeting houses and Methodist churches and lecture halls throughout New England. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Supper was held outside the meeting house, the biggest building on the property. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Two men Cora’s age joined the lessons in the meeting house, eager runaways more ignorant than she was. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He gave an amen and turned to nod at his allies in the meeting house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Turrell’s installations beg comparison to the Quaker meeting house, where Friends gather together in silence, in search of “inner light.” James Turrell Takes Up Curating, With a Show by His Hero 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z A new meeting house for public programs, as well as a visitor’s pavilion and administrative offices, will be completed in 2022. Rothko Chapel to Be Seen in New Light 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z In Marlboro, Vt., the show took place in the town meeting house after weeks of extensive community engagement. Yanira Castro’s ‘The People to Come’ 2013-06-14T20:33:56Z They include a jail, a meeting house, a Shaker shed, a schoolhouse, a blacksmith shop, a general store and apothecary, a covered bridge and a functioning carousel. Shelburne Museum, folk art and 19th-century Americana on 45 acres 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z Ms. Cunat uses simple materials — cardboard, washi paper, a handful of paints and glues — to transform the gallery into a colorful, eye-popping version of a Shaker meeting house. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Suddenly this gigantic set of fields opens up in front of you, and at the top is perched this village of several dozen buildings, large dwellings and an exquisite meeting house. Q&A: How Ken Burns Explores New England 2013-05-15T16:19:29Z There is also a gorgeous traditional meeting house, and plenty of carvings, but it’s the bubbling ponds that really capture the imagination. Frugal Traveler Blog: In New Zealand, a Man, a Van, a Plan 2012-04-03T20:21:34Z The work, in a former classroom on the museum’s third floor, is a chaste, minimal environment, a conscious allusion to the Quaker meeting houses that Mr. Turrell visited as a child. James Turrell’s ‘Meeting,’ at MoMA PS1, Shows Its Age 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z Backdrops include historic New England meeting houses, village greens and Cathedral of the Pines, an open-air concert space perched on a hilltop overlooking Grand Monadnock Mountain. This Summer, Get Invigorated With a Live Cultural Performance 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z A minimal environment, it alludes to Quaker meeting houses and frames the waning light and weather. MoMA PS1 Reopens James Turrell Installation 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z It was the monastic library, the Shaker meeting houses, places that combined work and meditation, stiff-back chairs and lap rugs. Menil’s New Drawing Institute: A Full-Service Home for Fragile Art 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z The show’s director, Lee Sunday Evans, envisioned the production as if set in a Quaker meeting house “where there’s no pulpit or proscenium and so the music wants to be amongst us.” Heather Christian’s Choral Work Is a Study of Time. Patience, Too. 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z She said the Quaker religion remains prominent, with one of the oldest meeting houses in the USA "a lovely example of Welsh architecture of the early 18th Century". Welcome to Wrexham, Philadelphia and the Welsh language 2023-11-11T05:00:00Z The downtown meeting house was built for the city by Faneuil in 1742 and was where Samuel Adams and other American colonists made some of the earliest speeches urging independence from Britain. Boston councilmember wants hearing to consider renaming Faneuil Hall due to slavery ties 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z In the fire’s aftermath, the church has transformed two meeting houses into shelters. As Maui rescue continues, families and faith leaders cling to hope but tackle reality of loss 2023-08-13T04:00:00Z “This is the generation that established the meeting house … and worshiped in that space.” Lost graves reveal story of African American church in Williamsburg 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z The church’s original meeting house was destroyed by a tornado in 1834. Experts link graves to one of nation’s oldest Black churches 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z As floodwaters entered their homes, people fled to higher ground and evacuation centers in schools and marae, the meeting houses used by Maori, New Zealand’s Indigenous people. New Zealand, Battered by a Record Storm, Faces a Painful Cleanup 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z In 1818, a “Baptist meeting house” was reported on the site. In graves of a lost Black cemetery, hope for links to family history 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Private citizens who considered themselves upstanding and loyal Americans, joined by discharged soldiers and sailors, raided radical meeting houses in many major cities, attacking any alleged radicals they found inside. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z By 1818 a “Baptist meeting house” of unknown design was on the Nassau Street site. Excavation of graves begins at historic Black church in Virginia 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z The museum plans to recreate First Baptist’s original meeting house on the land where it once stood, said Gary, the museum’s director of archaeology. Experts link graves to one of nation’s oldest Black churches 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z Richter, who has 13 kids and is one of five wives, said the sight of the brewery or the vacant old meeting house “feels like a knife in the gut.” With its polygamist rulers gone, a community makes a comeback 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z In 1834, a newspaper reported that the “colored people’s meeting house” there was blown down by a tornado. In graves of a lost Black cemetery, hope for links to family history 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z As for their homes, Read tried to mimic the austerity of Latter-day Saint temples and meeting houses. Inside a new TV show's extraordinary effort to re-create a secret Mormon ceremony 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z In fact, they are closed on Sundays, when members go to meeting houses, which are open to any guest who wants to attend a Sunday service. What to expect when the Mormons’ D.C. temple opens to the public 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z “The world of science should be a meeting house where right and left can agree on data. Instead, it’s becoming a sharp razor’s edge of conflict.” Americans’ trust in science now deeply polarized, poll shows 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z About 3,200 Maryland militiamen camped near the Methodist meeting house on Sept. 11, 1814. Developer proposes storage building near War of 1812 field hospital site 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Thanks to government and international funding, they have 270 homes, a school, a meeting house, a health clinic, a library and a computer lab. Five Years After Peace Deal, Colombia Is Running Out of Time, Experts Say 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z Town meetings evolved from the era when the first European settlers in what would eventually become the six New England states would gather in a meeting house, usually the church, and decide all local issues. Could pandemic further erode the New England town meeting? 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Children in the Mormon Church are traditionally baptized in their church meeting house at age 8 and then begin baptisms for their ancestors in the temple at age 11. What to expect when the Mormons’ D.C. temple opens to the public 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z In 1818, there is a reference to a “Baptist meeting house” on the spot, according to the project’s research. Beneath a Virginia parking lot rest the bones of an old Black church and, perhaps, its worshipers 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z American and British physicians worked side by side in the meeting house to treat the wounded. Developer proposes storage building near War of 1812 field hospital site 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z As it turned out, the tearing down of this meeting house had nothing to do with Jefferson's Democrats. How democracy beat back lies, fear-mongering and conspiracy theories — in 19th-century Connecticut 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Then Parabon helped to solve its first active case, in which a teenage boy had violently assaulted a septuagenarian in a Mormon meeting house in Utah. The controversial company using DNA to sketch the faces of criminals 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z The meeting house’s first floor was filled with box pews; they were removed in 1851 and replaced by long movable wooden benches, some of which are still used at town meetings and social gatherings. Meeting house built in early 1800s on historic register 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z He handled several high-profile cases over his years as a prosecutor, including the 1980 slaying of two women at a Quaker meeting house. Former Lancaster County prosecutor Gary Lacey dies at 77 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z A 2012 Reuters article reported that the church owned “about $35 billion worth of temples and meeting houses around the world, and controls farms, ranches, shopping malls and other commercial ventures worth many billions more.” Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z For example, in 1804, when Jefferson was running for re-election, a meeting house in Lebanon, Connecticut, was torn down by a mob. How democracy beat back lies, fear-mongering and conspiracy theories — in 19th-century Connecticut 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z They might offer to build a school or a meeting house in exchange for timber. Tree amigos: the tribe trying to save their Amazon rainforest 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Ms. Qur’aan was among the 35 Muslims who gathered for the first time on a winter morning in late July at a traditional meeting house in Christchurch associated with the Maori Indigenous group. Muslims in New Zealand Say They Have Been Sidelined in Christchurch Inquiry 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z The father said the charge is untrue, and that the two men were playing games in English with others at a meeting house Friday night, but they were not holding a class. Two US Mormons detained in Russia since Friday, church says 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z Two are in Charlottesville — an Episcopal church and a Quaker meeting house. As politics of immigration heat up, Virginia churches join growing sanctuary movement 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The downtown meeting house was built in 1742 and was where Samuel Adams and other American colonists made some of the earliest speeches urging independence from Britain. Group renews call to rename Boston landmark over slave ties 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z By that time, Weaver said, not only was it the last official meeting site of the legislature before they moved to Corydon; it was the only meeting house still standing. Territorial capitol has witnessed 213 years of history 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z The director of the African meeting house Charity-Grace Mofsen told the Cape Cod Times , “I broke down,” as she reacted to seeing the graffiti. Historic African-American site vandalized with racist slurs 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z A procession led by fife and drummers then marches from the historic meeting house to the nearby waterfront. New political frustrations aired in Tea Party re-enactment 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z “This was their safe space. It was their place of refuge, it served as a meeting house for civil rights activity, a lot of abolitionists came through there.” Congregation fights to save church where Harriet Tubman worshipped 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Latorre attracted widespread attention when she sought sanctuary in the Quaker meeting house last November. Woman facing deportation gets extra 30 days to prepare 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z She sought refuge at the Quaker meeting house in November to avoid ICE. Colorado governor denies pardon for woman facing deportation 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Latorre sought refuge at the Quaker meeting house in November to avoid ICE. Mother from Peru seeks pardon to avoid deportation 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z The bill’s demise on Wednesday followed a court appearance by a Peruvian immigrant who is living in a Quaker meeting house in Denver to avoid deportation. Colorado lawmakers kill bill targeting “sanctuary” cities 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z The building was replaced in 1822 by a small brick meeting house and in 1835, the meeting place was changed to a schoolhouse in the area. Maria Creek Chapel is a little church with a long history 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z At the village meeting house, we were greeted by three “protection agents”: local men whom Torres had hired to patrol the community and to report any incidents. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The McDaniels, Mormons who worship at the town’s meeting house, said the local bishop has reached out to offer advice on training and support for their son, who just graduated from high school. ‘A community on edge’: Town torn apart by sexual assault accusations against football players 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z That opening scene in the meeting house, I knew we were never in a billion years going to be able to afford period shoes for every single one of those people. The Witch director Robert Eggers talks about bringing puritan fears to a modern world 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “I just think they’re a bunch of glory hounds,” Charlotte Rodrique, the chairwoman of the federally recognized Burns Paiute Tribe, said in an interview on Tuesday at the tribal reservation’s meeting house. Oregon native tribe uncomfortable with armed standoff over land rights 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z Impromptu speeches by trade union leaders on the steps of the meeting house, to the distant sound of wild cheering and applause from the hall. Socialism is back - who'd have thought it? - BBC News 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z He was paying the village for the use of the meeting house, and had promised to install toilets and a water filter. An Isolated Tribe Emerges from the Rain Forest 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z One North American English alleged witch, Rachel Clinton of Ipswich Massachusetts, was accused, among other things, of “hunching a woman of quality with her elbow” when the other woman passed her in the meeting house. The truth behind the Salem witch trials 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Several hours later, Right to Heal called its own “people’s hearing” at a Quaker meeting house in Washington. ‘Environmental Poisoning’ of Iraq Is Claimed 2014-03-27T02:30:25Z While the meeting house is exempt from taxes because it is a religious building, the church will pay taxes on the apartment building and townhouses because they are commercial developments. Mormon Church to Expand Development in Philadelphia 2014-02-19T01:22:49Z Meg Mitchell, clerk of Chestnut Hill Friends, said the contractor for the meeting house project was selected on the basis of price, quality and its track record of building houses of worship. Philadelphia Vandalism Seen by Some as Union Intimidation 2013-01-17T17:05:09Z A handsome brick chapel on Brattle Street, the meeting house sat across from a Georgian mansion where George Washington had headquartered and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow later lived. Romney’s rise through the ranks of the Mormon Church in Boston 2012-08-20T03:37:00Z Using those figures as a basis suggests the total value of church buildings, including temples and meeting houses, would be about $35 billion globally. Insight: Mormon church made wealthy by donations 2012-08-12T11:02:02Z At Mormon meeting houses, there is no plate, and electronic payments are rare. Your Money: How Best to Pay for Your House of Worship 2012-08-11T00:15:20Z Church officials said they hoped to break ground on the meeting house this year and to complete its construction before the temple was fully built. Mormon Church to Expand Development in Philadelphia 2014-02-19T01:22:49Z The episode resulted in about $500,000 in damage and was, the authorities believe, apparently an attempt to halt the construction of a Quaker meeting house. Philadelphia Vandalism Seen by Some as Union Intimidation 2013-01-17T17:05:09Z From the meeting house they have built and their cluster of tents, you can see across the meadows to where the Magna Carta was sealed almost 800 years ago. After 800 years, the barons are back in control of Britain 2012-07-16T19:30:01Z It owns about $35 billion worth of temples and meeting houses around the world, and controls farms, ranches, shopping malls and other commercial ventures worth many billions more. Insight: Mormon church made wealthy by donations 2012-08-12T11:02:02Z He also at this time built the meeting house at York. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The new meeting house will allow some church members to relocate their regular worship and community activities, she said. Mormon Church to Expand Development in Philadelphia 2014-02-19T01:22:49Z Pat Gillespie, business manager of the Philadelphia Building and Construction Trades Council, which represents about 60,000 construction workers in 42 local unions, rejected suggestions that members were responsible for vandalizing the meeting house. Philadelphia Vandalism Seen by Some as Union Intimidation 2013-01-17T17:05:09Z An old document gives an interesting side light on the building of the meeting house. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z It took only two weeks to burn up the town, burned we never so slowly; at last it came to the meeting house, which now stood by itself in the vacant clearing. Solomon 2012-02-29T03:00:26.127Z The church and congregation were at this time dispersed and the meeting house occupied as a barrack by the troops, and the pastor had gone to Nova Scotia. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z “There was a portion of the site left over after the meeting house and that coincided with residential housing need,” he said. Mormon Church to Expand Development in Philadelphia 2014-02-19T01:22:49Z The members of the church decidedly increased and steps were taken for the construction of a house with a school room underneath on the site of the old meeting house. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z When he reached America, he found that, by some mistake, Letitia's lot had been given to the Friends for a meeting house. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z Governor Cornwallis assigned a lot at the south-west corner of Prince and Hollis Streets for a dissenting meeting house in 1749. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z He said the church’s gleaming new meeting house demonstrated its investment in Harlem. The Appraisal: Mormon Church?s Plans for Land Upset Harlem 2012-01-10T04:08:03Z Beyond one of the creek branches stood a dilapidated "meeting house" in a flat, gravel-strewn area. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Accused of sinister plans, Andrew Bryan and his brother Sampson were, upon the complaint of their traducers, imprisoned and dispossessed of their meeting house. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z He did so, for he asked of every body, and soon obtained money enough to erect a spacious and elegant meeting house. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z Chief Justice Belcher resided in the old house in Argyle Street to the north of the old Methodist meeting house, formerly owned by the Rev. William Black, Methodist minister. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z The African Church was used on Sundays as a negro meeting house for worship, and during the week for political gatherings by the white people, it being the largest in town. Life Gleanings 2011-12-01T03:00:23.890Z As war approached, the sense of urgency within the meeting house heightened. Boston meeting house where anti-slavery movement flourished to reopen after $9M restoration 2011-11-28T18:31:11Z Each school house served the purpose of a meeting house for Sunday services as well as for any other business that required a meeting of the people. The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid 2011-11-06T02:00:13.167Z He joined them, and was led into the great meeting house of the Quakers, near the market. The Life of Benjamin Franklin Illustrated by Tales, Sketches, and Anecdotes 2012-01-04T03:00:46.617Z The meeting house for Dissenters had not yet been commenced. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z Should the deceased have been a minister, then the corpse on the day of its interment is carried into the meeting house, and remains there in the midst of the congregation during their meditations. The Cries of London Exhibiting Several of the Itinerant Traders of Antient and Modern Times 2011-10-23T02:00:21.883Z Faneuil Hall, a short stroll from the meeting house, played a key role in the buildup to the Revolutionary War. Boston meeting house where anti-slavery movement flourished to reopen after $9M restoration 2011-11-28T18:31:11Z You have not given me any account about the meeting house. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z At Trenton I tried to raise money to seat the meeting house at ——, but they said, 'That is in the midst of a good agricultural district—why don't they build their own church?' The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z There were no evening services in the churches and meeting houses in those days, except with the Methodists, who were quietly doing their work in the old Argyle Street meeting house, under the Rev. Wm. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z Then there is the Old South Church a “meeting house” of the olden times from which the Boston Tea Party started out to throw the tea which had come from England into Boston Harbor. Little Folks of North America Stories about children living in the different parts of North America 2011-09-01T02:00:19.377Z The meeting house, the nation’s oldest black church building where prominent abolitionists railed against slavery in the 19th century, is set to reopen to visitors in Boston early next month after a $9 million restoration. Boston meeting house where anti-slavery movement flourished to reopen after $9M restoration 2011-11-28T18:31:11Z He wanted to turn the whole land into Independent meeting houses. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z There was no building of the disciples of Christ, but Oliver was offered the Methodist meeting house. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z Soon after his father’s visit, he was again consigned to the dungeon, but a few days later, on account of sickness, was removed to the hospital which he states was “in the brick meeting house.” Journal of Dr. Elias Cornelius, a Revolutionary Surgeon 2011-08-12T02:00:23.570Z To some meeting houses they attach a card giving, in plain letters, the church's name and age. Revisiting the Earth 2011-07-12T02:00:36.337Z The town constructed and took care of the meeting house and the minister was supported by taxation. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Soon the quaint and moss covered church, where Vesper, Matin and Mass had erst been said, chanted and sung, gave place to the "meeting house" of another creed and faith. The History of Peru 2011-06-27T02:01:04.487Z Across the street from the inhospitable meeting house stood the school house. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z This poor savage, on hearing Mr. Tenant preach, was so terrified, that he fell down in the meeting house, and roared as if under the scalping knife. The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and admirable sayings of this great man never before published by any of his biographers 2011-06-15T02:00:17.903Z I was sitting with my back to a window and facing the door of the log meeting house when she entered. Hoosier Mosaics 2011-05-20T02:00:35.173Z One of the early acts of each town was to establish a school, the meeting house frequently being used as a school-house. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z My folks were the props of a small, back-East meeting house, and did their best to pound the wildness out of me. The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z Then you go to another church—or meeting house. The Way of the Strong 2011-04-07T02:00:21.387Z Examples: A person who stands in the rear of a Quaker meeting house as an onlooker assists passively; but one who sits quietly among the others present, as if in meditation, assists actively. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z We were not able to hold them up; but there being an old meeting house close at hand, many of us fled there to secure ourselves from the storm. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z The meeting house was the center of local life. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Churches and cathedrals that used to be marvellous expressions of the artistic and poetic feeling of the people became the ugliest kind of mere meeting houses. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Except for the church, which most men would think of visiting only on Sunday if they visited it at all, Tenney's store was the only meeting house. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z These were worn only while the offender was exposed to public view or ridicule in cage, or upon pillory, stocks, gallows or penance stool, or on the meeting house steps, or in the market-place. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days They had hired lodgings at No 40, Ironmonger Row, near Father Corner's, and were keeping up a regular meeting house,—the Academy in Goswell Road. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z On September 10 Howe concentrated his army at the Kennet Square meeting house, where he divided it into two columns. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Well, I had not been here long until I found Christians who invited me to preach in their meeting houses when not occupied by themselves. Autobiography of Z. S. Hastings In 1778 the British under Gen. Provost made a descent upon Medway—laid in ashes the meeting house and most of the private dwellings. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution During each winter, also, a series of public lectures on American history is delivered in the Old South meeting house. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" These were the first gospel sermons delivered by the Elders in a meeting house in London, though they had each addressed an audience briefly, at Temperance Hall, on the subject of temperance. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z Every community had its meeting house, and in 1670 Boston had three places of worship. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z There were tents erected on the square in front of the meeting house—tents in which there were scores of eatable and drinkable things to sell. The Peddler's Boy Or; I'll Be Somebody Long abandoned as a meeting house for the Presbyterians, about 1850 it was sold and taken down by the "Sons of Temperance" and converted into a temperance hall at Gordonsville. Legends of the Skyline Drive and the Great Valley of Virginia He now sent forward Colonels Fitzgerald and Harrison to learn the truth, while he himself spurred past Freehold meeting house. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools Chelsea has always had a strong radical element, for during the agitation over the Reform Bill, the Unionists had one or two meeting houses. Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant The green shutters of the meeting house were tightly closed, too. Happy House We were passing through a swampy piece of woods, called cedar swamp, and just up the road, perhaps six hundred yards from the stream, was a small wood-colored meeting house. In and Out of Rebel Prisons But alas for the wonders of that old meeting house, how they are passed away! The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings Boston was then but a straggling village, in its 13th year, with houses principally of boards or logs gathered around its plain little meeting house. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 We had built a little log church, or meeting house, and the fellows who chose had gotten into the way of gathering here every afternoon for a very simple prayer meeting. From the Rapidan to Richmond and the Spottsylvania Campaign A Sketch in Personal Narration of the Scenes a Soldier Saw She went also to the Friends' meeting house at Ulverston, presented to the Society by George Fox and completed in 1688. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years It was plainly a building on fire, and his first impulse was to rush to the meeting house and give the alarm; but prudence forbade. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks To my childish eye, however, our old meeting house was an awe-inspiring thing. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings A public meeting was held on the 14th of May, 1776, at the meeting house in Maugerville, at which a number of highly disloyal resolutions were unanimously adopted. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 Even the meeting house, which was the great congregational centre of the town religion, has lost its venerable air, taken off by some new fancy of variegated painting. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 88, February, 1865 At the close of the council Miss Anthony lectured at Lincoln, Va., in the ancient Quaker meeting house. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years There was no sound of approaching wheels to cheer him, and the clock in the meeting house at Rockville obstinately refused to strike. Try Again or, the Trials and Triumphs of Harry West. A Story for Young Folks And as every body goes punctually to meeting, the meeting house becomes a sort of museum of antiquities—a general muster ground for past and present. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The first meeting house, however, was not built there. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 Stands to reason two midgets like them couldn’t 23 have kept a high-spirited creatur’ quiet while they wasted enough good paint on him to cover a meeting house.” Jessica, the Heiress They were allowed to open their 'meeting houses' for 'worship and devotion,' subject only to a few easy conditions. Bunyan The meeting house determined the site of the village where the farmers and craftsmen resided, and the boundaries of the township were coincident with the limits of their lands. The Farmer and His Community Emmaus rises in the distance, in the likeness of a New England village, with a white meeting house and spire. The May Flower, and Miscellaneous Writings The meeting house was removed early in the spring, placed upon a stone foundation, a steeple erected, and many improvements made. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 The same bill is stuck all over Belfast—in the High Street, on the hoardings facing the heretic meeting houses, everywhere. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule When he was to preach in London, 'if there was but one day's notice the meeting house was crowded to overflowing.' Bunyan In this market-place after a week of transactions by the people of the vicinity, there remains an inconceivable quantity of dirt and sweepings, and here is also the high, dusky, strangely-shaped meeting house. An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story "It would be you and your fell tribe that would be sending me to the Messodis meeting house!" he shouted. In Orchard Glen The boats were secreted and the party placed themselves in hiding in a swamp near the meeting house. Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784 The Orthodox had their smaller meeting house around the corner, attended by decreasing gatherings. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study A wooden structure which had been transformed from a blacksmith shop to a meeting house was torn down to give place to the new structure. Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century Old wooden meeting houses were torn down, and handsome brick churches went up in their places. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. “I thought she’d at least new paint the meeting house,” said Sam Jones. The Inglises Or, How the Way Opened “I know all about your plans, knew ’em from the minute you started talking ’em over with the minister and cousin Parthenia, down at the meeting house. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 Daniel Wing, of Pawling's precinct, to same grantees as above, 45 rods, for building a meeting house, etc. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study The first vote of the town to build a meeting house was passed in 1716, but work was not commenced upon it until 1719, and it was not completed until 1731, after infinite struggling. The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of New Milford, Conn. June 17th, 1907 Address Delivered by Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport, Conn. Far out on Dry Pond in an old meeting house known as the Wigwam, the White Supremacy League has gathered. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. He walked along by my side till we came to our gate—it isn't far from the meeting house—then he said: 'Dimpey, will you do me a kindness?' Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Shiloh church, that gave the battle its name, was a Methodist meeting house. The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 William Russell of Oblong, to same grantees, 40 square rods, being 5 rods frontage on north side of road, opposite Friends' old meeting house, and 8 rods deep. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study The meeting house was never heated, but the people, summoned by drum beat, attended it every Sabbath, morning and afternoon, even in the severest weather, although no Sabbath day house was erected here until 1745. The Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of the Town of New Milford, Conn. June 17th, 1907 Address Delivered by Daniel Davenport, of Bridgeport, Conn. The Puritans had sought refuge in Massachusetts and Connecticut where the white spires of their meeting houses, projecting above the angles of the New England hills, became indicative of Congregationalism. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution In a lane not far from St. Nicholas’ church, called Harvey Lane, is the meeting house of the Calvinistic Baptists, which is capable of containing 500 persons. A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers In the afternoon the exercises at the meeting house were conducted by Preston, who publicly catechized the negroes very much in the manner that is practised in Northern Sunday schools. The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Ferriss, the early settler, located the meeting house on his land, as later Osborn located the Orthodox Meeting House, at the Division, on his land. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study They walked the rest of the way without speaking, around one corner past the old meeting house, beneath the low-branched maples, up to the McCallum gate. Stubble He was ready to enter the meeting house with renewed energy. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution This place was once called Spa Fields, and has very properly an old meeting house of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connection as one of its attractions. The House of Souls It served them allso for a meeting house, and was fitted accordingly for that use. Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts The latter class gathered about the meeting house, had wrestling matches and various athletic sports in the neighboring fields, and horse races on the adjacent roads. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study The McCallum house—her father's—stood at the other end of the row of maples on the same side of the street as the meeting house and a hundred yards or so distant. Stubble Each regiment had a meeting house and bowers, weather-boarded and covered with pine and cedar boughs, presenting the very picture of enjoyment. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service The stillness of the meeting house, the silence of the lips, the closed eyes and composed faces were the tangible signs of the preliminary period of waiting. An Interpretation of Friends Worship Although the meeting houses were only few and far between, and churches and chapels were extremely rare, the most illiterate of the sects were itinerating, hither and thither, with wonderful success. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 The stories told by old Quaker Hill residents of the gatherings about the meeting house, even on First Day, or Sunday, confirm the above quotation. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study We dedicated our meeting house last October; it was four weeks from the time we raised it to the time it was dedicated. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 The breakfast seemed even better than usual that morning, and our hero was as proud as though he had built a meeting house. Little By Little or, The Cruise of the Flyaway The meeting for worship should begin outside of the meeting house, on our way to it. An Interpretation of Friends Worship Already the pages of the village newspaper were peppered with such names, and a powerful Congregation was building a German church on the site of the old-time Methodist meeting house of my boyhood. A Daughter of the Middle Border I inquired where these people came from, and was informed they were Methodists on the way home from their meeting house. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. In 1863 there was secured on Fourth and L Streets a lot on which the people began to erect their meeting house. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 "I suppose it might rot there and nobody be the wiser?" muttered Archie, glancing at the venerable meeting house with awakened interest. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! We assemble in our meeting houses, but nothing happens. An Interpretation of Friends Worship The old meeting house stood back from the street, reached by a narrow passage between the cottages, with the small burial ground and a row of lime trees in front. Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Then came an early call to begin his ministry at the Congregational meeting house at Middle Granville, where he labored five years, preaching eloquently with zeal. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 The church prospered greatly and soon outgrew its first meeting house. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 He courteously answered her questions and found the other sightseers pressing round to share in his lecture on the Cornford meeting house. Blacksheep! Blacksheep! I never go to the meeting with an "itch" to speak, though it sometimes happens to me, as to others, that I am moved to speak before arriving at the meeting house. An Interpretation of Friends Worship So the sunset saw them mustering beneath their brooding boughs, Ancient shadows of our sires, Kindling with the ancient fires, While the old cracked Bell to southward shook the ancient meeting house. The New Morning Poems We have seen Banneker in Elkridge meeting house, where he always sat on the form nearest the door, his head uncovered. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 The special feature of this community was not a church, nor yet a meeting house, but a well-equipped hotel, with all the requisites and perquisites of a first-class hostelry. The Motor Girls Through New England or, Held by the Gypsies But all this time the young man has been walking almost due north from the meeting house in Salem village. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem It were better to come alive doing housework than to become deadened in a meeting house. An Interpretation of Friends Worship The Friends raised quite a fuss about a colored man sitting in the meeting house, and some left on account of it.... Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian The day of baptism saw the largest gathering in the history of Red Stone meeting house. Watch Yourself Go By Each had its meeting house fronting on the public common or Green, as it was called. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 "We'll contest that point warmly while we contest the meeting house Charlotte writes me that you planted in our garden—of Eden." The Heart's Kingdom They called it "gwine to meetin'", often leaving at sun up and walking ten or twelve miles to the meeting house, staying all day and late into the night. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 They had migrated to western Massachusetts from Rhode Island, and there on the frontier had built prosperous farms, comfortable homes, and a meeting house where they could worship God in their own way. Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian He is crazed with religion and hate, and I believe, at the time, he fancied himself in the meeting house. Orange and Green A Tale of the Boyne and Limerick She stooped and kissed her, but forbore to speak, and together they went into the meeting house. Clemence The Schoolmistress of Waveland "How could you set that ridiculous little Methodist meeting house on the very doorstep of my garden, father?" The Heart's Kingdom I visited many remote places, where there were no meeting houses, and held many glorious meetings, for the Lord poured out his Spirit in sweet effusions. Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman There was a procession at 11 A.M. to the "old meeting house." The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 Tom and his family walked single file into the log meeting house and took their places on one of the long wooden benches. Abe Lincoln Gets His Chance "I can sing a hymn," said Will, "which I heard in the choir in the Methodist meeting house when I went there with cousin." The Cross and the Shamrock Or, How To Defend The Faith. An Irish-American Catholic Tale Of Real Life, Descriptive Of The Temptations, Sufferings, Trials, And Triumphs Of The Children Of St. Patrick In The Great Republic Of Washington. A Book For The Entertainment And Special Instructions Of The Catholic Male And Female Servants Of The United States. Nevertheless the result is that a Lama temple often looks like a pandemonium and meeting house for devil-worship, an Olympus tenanted by Gorgons, Hydras and Furies. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 On one occasion, in a thinly settled part of the country, seeing a Friend's meeting house open, I went in; at the same time a Friend and his little daughter followed me. Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman I don't know how it will seem to stop on Sundays at the meeting house instead of keeping on to our dear, old St. Luke's. Bad Hugh When she reached Captain Isaac Lovejoy's house, next to the meeting house in the North Precinct of Braintree, stumbling blindly into the warm, lighted kitchen, the captain and the doctor could hardly believe their senses. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories Its meeting houses serve not only for religious ceremonies, but also as social clubs for the educated classes in all the larger towns where they congregate. Indian Unrest It was cold and bare as a Methodist meeting house. The Turtles of Tasman In a few weeks two hundred souls stood up in the plain meeting house at Somerville to profess faith in Christ, among them David and Catherine, afterward my parents. T. De Witt Talmage As I Knew Him There are nevertheless, at intervals, meetings for worship at the several meeting houses in the metropolis. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 The doctor lived half a mile away, and there was not a house in the whole distance, save the meeting house and schoolhouse. The Pot of Gold And Other Stories More often a big drum, beaten on the steps of the meeting house, told the people it was time to come together. The Child's World Third Reader The meeting house was one of those conventional weather-boarded buildings with which all travelers in the western states are familiar. The Redemption of David Corson They had synagogues or meeting houses throughout the land in which they assembled to pray and hear the Holy Scriptures read; but they could not offer sacrifice in them. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Carr's Lane Chapel, the meeting house of the old Independents, or as they are now called, the Congregationalists, will be noticed under "Places of Worship." Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically I stopped in front of a big white meeting house. The Light in the Clearing There is little of aristocratic sound in Mary Loker's name, but her parents sat on Sunday at the meeting house in a "dignified" pew, and were rich in fields and cattle. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 5, February, 1885 Each week witnessed a perceptible advance in peace, in rest, in quiet happiness, and at last the night of their marriage arrived, and they went together to the meeting house. The Redemption of David Corson When Our Lord wished to preach, the Jews would not always allow Him to enter their synagogues or meeting houses; so He preached to the people in the open air. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine They therefore procured the cast-off Theatre in Moor Street, where they continued to exhibit till 1782, when, quitting the stage, they erected a superb meeting house in Cherry Street, at the expense of £1,200. Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically We have fourteen places for religious exercise, six of the established church, three dissenting meeting houses, a quakers, baptist, methodist, roman catholic, and jewish. An History of Birmingham (1783) In good time they arrived at the meeting house. Story of Chester Lawrence The address of the young Quaker in the meeting house and the interview with him by the roadside had opened a new epoch in the life of the Fortune Teller. The Redemption of David Corson We are this day raising the roof on the walls of our meeting house; the height of the walls from the foundation is seventeen feet. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 The valleys were her places of worship; her meeting houses were fitted up with stone seats, rock pulpits, granite walls, green carpets, and azure ceilings. Sketches of the Covenanters Wheat grows fifty bushels to the acre, the trees are big as the spires on meeting houses, the fish run by millions in the streams. The Covered Wagon There were flowers on the sacrament table as usual, and the meeting house looked sweet and clean—a fit place in which to worship the Lord. Story of Chester Lawrence It was a little after dark when they stumbled across the meeting house yard to where we awaited them. Fifteen Years in Hell Whatever may be said of the patriarchs, from Oliver Wendell Holmes to Amos Bronson Alcott, they were true sons of the New England stone fences and meeting houses. The Art of the Moving Picture If a church was building a meeting house, and felt unable to support a preacher while doing so, he preached for it until it was built. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler The meeting house windows are wide open, for a wonder. Dorian The Sunday eggs, you know, go towards the meeting house fund, and Janie claims the "Saturday crop." Story of Chester Lawrence My people worshiped God in a meeting house; they gave it the name, not I, and they called the body of believers who met therein 'a church.' Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography It will be perceived that we have no objection if hundreds of other nations visit our meeting house. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained When Bunyan went to preach in London, if there was but one day's notice, the meeting house was crowded to overflowing. Mistress Penwick The Greenstreet meeting house was filled to overflowing at the funeral. Dorian The "Three Corners"; surely that must be where the roads met at the creek ford, with the log meeting house perched on the hill above. Love under Fire It was a common custom to hold public discussions in school houses and frontier meeting houses, where controverted topics between denominations were presented by chosen champions before applauding audiences. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography Resolved, That we will have our own meeting house, and place in the pulpit whom we please to preach to us. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained "The ground floor of the east wing of Mulberry street meeting house was filled." The Grammar of English Grammars The large meeting house was granted for the evening of the 27th. A Visit to the United States in 1841 A fortnight after he entered the family, his own mother invades the pulpit of the Orthodox meeting house, and delivers an anathema against her sect. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook For example, my early ministry was in a town in which the Society of Friends had a large meeting house, well filled by a most intelligent, orthodox and devout congregation. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography We also proceeded to discharge the missionary, telling him that he and the white people had occupied our meeting house long enough, and that we now wanted it for our own use. Indian Nullification of the Unconstitutional Laws of Massachusetts Relative to the Marshpee Tribe Or, the Pretended Riot Explained Announce preaching in the old meeting house next Sunday!' Russell H. Conwell There are here a considerable number of sincere abolitionists, of whom we met a small company in the evening, in a room used as the Friends' meeting house. A Visit to the United States in 1841 "We had a meeting this forenoon, and it was resolved ye should stand a public rebuke in the meeting house next Sunday." The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction There have been five library homes since then, including the meeting house, where the collection of books was nearly doubled by the addition of the district school libraries and a part of the Social Library. Library Work with Children Young Pitt not only did not hunt, but set up a meeting house under his uncle's very nose. Vanity Fair But, old though it was, they say, a cold, gloomy, damp, dingy old box, it was a meeting house and the Colonel preached in it. Russell H. Conwell The meeting house in Gracechurch Street was freely granted by Friends in London, who have charge of it, for the use of the Convention, and the concluding sittings of that body were held in it. A Visit to the United States in 1841 Our farm is away off from everywheres, but our school and meeting house is at Temperance, and that's only two miles. Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm The noise of the falling candlestick sounded to the taut nerved house-breaker as might the explosion of a stick of dynamite during prayer in a meeting house. The Oakdale Affair She had ridden over the roads, and been at our meeting house. Laddie; a true blue story The foundation was laid for a meeting house, but religious services usually were held in a bowery or in the district schoolhouse that had been built before the Saints came. Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert Oi hear as how he is more violent than ever at that meeting house. Through the Fray A Tale of the Luddite Riots In 1780 the same parish "requested Jonathan Chaplin and Lieutenant Spefford to assist the deacons in Raising the tune in the meeting house." Sabbath in Puritan New England Rising early went on foot with my little girls, though the road was muddy, reached the meeting house before 9 A. M., in time for Sunday-school, sacrament in the afternoon. Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians As he passed the meeting house he was recognized, and the whole congregation ran out to see and greet him. American Prisoners of the Revolution There, in a small cove, surrounded by a tangle of briars and blackberry bushes, stood a small and dilapidated "meeting house" and churchyard, which he must visit. The Call of the Cumberlands The galleries were very deep, and the distance across the meeting house, from the front seat of one to that of the other, was not over twenty-five feet. The Duke of Stockbridge The inhabitants had, therefore, assembled in the meeting house to receive him. Memoirs of General Lafayette : with an Account of His Visit to America and His Reception By the People of the United States; From His Arrival, August 15th, to the Celebration at Yorktown, October 19th, 1824. Consequently, to the minority lawfully belonged the election of the minister, the meeting house, and the taxes for ministerial support. The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut There were a score and a half of flourishing towns in Connecticut, each with its meeting house and school. The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 He then asked me where I was going tomorrow night from here, and I told him that I was going ten miles out in the country to a little meeting house for a service. Personal Experiences of S. O. Susag Yet after passing through a dim broad passage here, and mounting half a dozen substantial steps, you see a square, neat-looking, five-windowed building, and this is the Quakers' meeting house. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston As yet no meeting house had been erected in all the region where the Stevens lived. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The church, too, where on Sabbath we attended Episcopal service, is embowered in foliage, and seems like some New England village meeting house. Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 The houses orderly placed about ye midst especially ye meeting house, the which we will suppose to be ye center of ye wholl circumference. Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Another pronounced the celebrated Philosophic Hall in Philadelphia a "meeting house" for the society, where its transactions were "scooped together" in the "genuine dialect of tradesmen." The United States of America, Part 1 Throughout Christendom the rule in religious edifices is to have a preliminary service, and then a discourse; in Quaker meeting houses there is no such defined course of action. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston The Swedes had a meeting house erected even before the landing of Penn. Ministers' salaries were met in different ways. A Brief History of the United States "Because if you are not in a hurry, why don't you come with me to the meeting house to-night and hear me preach?" Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog At the door of this meeting house, I had been invited to spend some days at the houses of some respectable farmers in the neighbourhood. Letters from an American Farmer Others, from the same cause, followed his example, and the little meeting house was soon filled, and still one after another came dropping in. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life They permit one another to enter and remain in their meeting house with the hat on or off, and with the hands either in the pockets or out of them. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston Some of the fiercest fighting raged round the little log meeting house called Shiloh, and from this meeting house the battle takes its name. This Country of Ours This was the former Church of Saint-Martial, which has today become a Protestant meeting house. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography They assemble every Sunday in meeting houses, as simple as the dwelling of the people; and there is but one priest on the whole island. Letters from an American Farmer "You keep along the road until you come to the meeting house on the top of the hill, half a mile beyond this, and then you strike off to the right, and keep straight on." The Lights and Shadows of Real Life We have paid more than one visit to this meeting house. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston In 1808, four years before the birth of him who was destined to wear the mitre, the Catholics had obtained the old "French Church" in School Street, which was probably a Calvinist meeting house. Irish Race in the Past and the Present In Revolutionary times in Philadelphia there was a division of the Quakers known as the Fighting Quakers, and their meeting house is still pointed out at the corner of Fourth Street and Arch. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware And so for the exercise one is referred to good Doctor Tatum on Black Oak Mountain—take the road to your right at the Methodist meeting house in the pine-grove. Sixes and Sevens So Mr. and Mrs. Wade started off for the meeting house, not doubting that they would find him there. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life Mr. Jesper—the person to whom we have been alluding—is one of the principal speakers at this meeting house. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston On the morning of the funeral a great multitude assembled round the meeting house in Gracechurch Street. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 It is still an extremely pretty village, with its broad shaded streets like a New England town and its old Quaker meeting house. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware Their meeting houses were as effectually protected as the choirs of our cathedrals. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 A goodly number of people were inside the meeting house, and a goodly number outside, but the minister had not yet arrived. The Lights and Shadows of Real Life The meeting house is a quiet, secluded, well-made place; but it has a poor entrance, which you would fancy led to nowhere. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston The young lawyer didn't know what the inside of a meeting house looked like. Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller The Quakers had altogether thirty meeting houses in West Jersey and eleven in East Jersey, which probably shows about the proportion of Quaker influence in the two Jerseys. The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware They were very properly forbidden to assemble with barred doors, but were protected against hostile intrusion by a clause which made it penal to enter a meeting house for the purpose of molesting the congregation. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 3 An observant traveller will still remark the date of 1687 on some of the oldest meeting houses. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 A stranger passing along Friargate on an ordinary day, would never find the Quakers' meeting house. Our Churches and Chapels Their Parsons, Priests, & Congregations Being a Critical and Historical Account of Every Place of Worship in Preston You couldn't find one empty bench in the whole meeting house that night; in fact, a good many had to stand. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! “The squire hasn’t finished the plans for the inside of the meeting house yet?” The Pioneers "Do you usually go to church at the meeting house I see off in the valley?" she asked. He Fell in Love with His Wife His congregation rapidly increased, thousands hung upon his words; and at Bedford, where he ordinarily resided, money was plentifully contributed to build a meeting house for him. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Then, at the sewing circle and at the store and after prayer meeting, both at the Regular meeting house and the Come-Outer chapel, speculation centered on the marriage of Nat and Grace. Keziah Coffin As soon as the preacher came outta the meeting house, he took his stand by the side of the buggy and started the ceremony. Great Jehoshaphat and Gully Dirt! The reply would be that they met amongst themselves, as there is no record of a "meeting house" until some years later. The Chignecto Isthmus and its first settlers Holcroft's face grew sad rather than troubled as he looked at the old meeting house and not at the landscape. He Fell in Love with His Wife One of these pioneers was a minister who worked in the fields every week day and on Sundays preached the Gospel to those who gathered in the meeting house. Betty Zane I should like to know whose money has gone more liberal for that meeting house than mine! Keziah Coffin In due time, he had gone with her to yonder meeting house to be married. He Fell in Love with His Wife Holcroft was not long in climbing to a sunny nook whence he could see not only his farm and dwelling, but also the Oakville valley, and the little white spire of the distant meeting house. He Fell in Love with His Wife I'm glad you think I'm in a hopeful frame of mind, as they used to say down at the meeting house. He Fell in Love with His Wife The settlers with their families were going into the meeting house. Betty Zane Never before in his life had he entered the Regular meeting house as a worshiper, but he seemed to be bearing the ordeal bravely. Keziah Coffin Then he was a big, irreverent boy, shyly and awkwardly bent on mischief in the same old meeting house. He Fell in Love with His Wife "Well, I own up, I'd rather hear 'em than much of the singing we used to have down at the meeting house." He Fell in Love with His Wife Why, Mr. Holcroft," began the widow sweetly, "after you've once harnessed up it will take but a little longer to keep on to the meeting house. He Fell in Love with His Wife |
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