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Record Number: 7378


Reading Experience:

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'.

Century:

1700-1799, 1800-1849

Date:

Between 1 Sep 1801 and 30 Sep 1801

Country:

England

Time

evening

Place:

other location: Church

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

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

Church meeting


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

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


Source Information:

Record ID:

7378

Source:

Print

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/RED/record_details.php?id=7378, accessed: 03 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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