Title: The Sabbath in Puritan New England.
Authors: Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911.
Publisher: Singing Tree Press,
Year: 1968
Subjects: Sunday.; New England Social life and customs
Contents: The New England meeting-house -- The church militant -- By drum and horn and shell -- The old-fashioned pews -- Seating the meeting -- The tithingman and the sleepers -- The length of the service -- The icy temperature of the meeting-house -- The noon-house -- The deacon's office -- The Psalm-book of the Pilgrims -- The Bay Psalm-book -- Sternhold and Hopkins' version of the Psalms -- Other old Psalm-books -- The church music -- The interruptions of the services -- The observance of the day -- The authority of the church and the ministers -- The ordination of the minister -- The ministers -- The ministers' pay -- The plain-speaking Puritan pulpit -- The early congregations.