 | William Parsons Lunt - 1840 - 164 páginas
...Marriages are solemnized and done by the Magistrates, and not by the Ministers. At burials, nothing is read, nor any funeral Sermon made, but all the neighborhood,...buried. The ministers are most commonly present." t When to the account, given above, we add that a drum was, in the earliest times, used as a substitute... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Felt - 1849 - 680 páginas
...of such ceremonies in Massachusetts. "At burials nothing is read nor any funeral sermon made, btrt all the neighborhood, or a good company of them, come...buried. The ministers are most commonly present." The omission of religious service on these occasions, probably arose from a fear of imitating the Catholic... | |
 | 1853 - 880 páginas
...remarks at their funerals. Lechford, in 1641, observed as to Massachusetts: " At burials nothing is read nor any funeral sermon made, but all the neighborhood,...tolling of the bell, and carry the dead solemnly to the grave, and there stand by him while he is buried. The ministers arc most commonly present." From... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1854 - 584 páginas
...in 1641, observed as to Massachusetts—" At burials notiung is read, nor any funeral sermon mMc ; but all the neighborhood, or a good company of them,...come together by tolling of the bell, and carry the desî solemnly to the "grave, and there stand by túem while he is burlcd. The ministers are most commonly... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1860 - 670 páginas
...appointments were made quite as early as the time now under consideration. * " At burials nothing is read, nor any funeral sermon made ; but all the neighborhood, or a good company of them, come together by the tolling of the bell, and carry the dead solemnly to his grave, and there stand by him while he... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1860 - 684 páginas
...appointments were made quite as early as the time now under consideration. * " At burials nothing is read, nor any funeral sermon made ; but all the neighborhood, or a good company of them, come together by the tolling of the bell, and carry the dead solemnly to his grave, and there stand by him while he... | |
 | John Gorham Palfrey - 1861 - 682 páginas
...appointments were made quite as early as the time now under consideration. 1 " At burials nothing is read, nor any funeral sermon made ; but all the neighborhood, or a good company of them, come together by the tolling of the bell, and carry the dead solemnly to his grave, and there stand by him while he... | |
 | Sylvester Judd - 1863 - 646 páginas
...FUNERALS AND MOURNING. Lechford, in his "News from New England" in 1642, says — " At burials nothing is read, nor any funeral sermon made, but all the neighborhood,...good company of them, come together by tolling of the hell, and carry the dead solemnly to his grave, and there stand by him while he is buried. The ministers... | |
 | Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall - 1865 - 422 páginas
...the Church for such affecting occasions ? Lechford, writing in 1641, says : " At burials, nothing is read, nor any funeral sermon made, but all the neighborhood,...buried. The ministers are most commonly present." This was written before the more extravagant customs began to prevail. But a most remarkable thing... | |
 | Alonzo Lewis, James Robinson Newhall - 1865 - 648 páginas
...the Church for such affecting occasions? Lechford, writing in 1641, says: "At burials, no-, thing is read, nor any funeral sermon made, but all the neighborhood,...buried. The ministers are most commonly present." This was written before the more extravagant customs began to prevail. But a most remarkable thing... | |
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At burials nothing is read, nor any funeral sermon made ; but all the neighborhood, or a good company of them, come together by the tolling of the bell, and carry the dead solemnly to his grave, and there stand by him while he is buried. The ministers... 
