| Evidence: | ?on the Thursday evening following I went to my fathers to the meeting with an intention to stay out all night with a person that was not of very good Character so I went to the meeting to pass away the time untill [sic] it Should be convenient to put my design into practice but after the sermon the minister gave out the 355 hymn in Rippon's Selection and when he Came to the 6th verse ? I Can but Perish if I go. I am Resol'd to try for if I stay away I know. I must for ever die. these words painfully arrested me and wrought so upon my mind that instead of prosecuting my design I went home'. |
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| Century: | 1700-1799, 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Sep 1801 and 30 Sep 1801 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | evening | ||||||||||
| Place: | other location: Church | ||||||||||
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| Listener: | Joseph Mayett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 12 Mar 1783 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (agricultural) |
| Occupation: | Servant and farm hand |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Church meeting |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | John Rippon |
| Title: | A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors Including a Great Number of Originals: Intended to be an Appendix to Dr. Watt's Psalms and Hymns |
| Genre: | Sermon, Other religious, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | reading group |
| Record ID: | 7378 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Joseph Mayett | |
| Editor: | Ann Kussmaul | |
| Title: | The autobiography of Joseph Mayett of Quainton | |
| Place of Publication: | Buckinghamshire | |
| Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 16 | |
| Additional comments: | Sep 1801 |
| Citation: | Joseph Mayett, Ann Kussmaul (ed.), The autobiography of Joseph Mayett of Quainton (Buckinghamshire, 1986), p. 16, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=7378, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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