Old-time schools and school-books . Acts 13:11. John 4:5—7. Two Emersons The Evangelical Primer. 1810. A modification of The New England Primer thatcontinued to enjoy a wide circulation for many yearswas Emersons The Evangelical Primer. It was alittle larger and thicker than The New EnglandPrimer and contained considerable more matter butless variety. Among those who vouched for itsvalue and recommended its use in families andschools were Noah Webster, Jedidiah Morse, andthe president of Yale College. The contents were 94 Old-time Schools and School-books a minor doctrinal catech

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Old-time schools and school-books . Acts 13:11. John 4:5—7. Two Emersons The Evangelical Primer. 1810. A modification of The New England Primer thatcontinued to enjoy a wide circulation for many yearswas Emersons The Evangelical Primer. It was alittle larger and thicker than The New EnglandPrimer and contained considerable more matter butless variety. Among those who vouched for itsvalue and recommended its use in families andschools were Noah Webster, Jedidiah Morse, andthe president of Yale College. The contents were 94 Old-time Schools and School-books a minor doctrinal catechism, a minor historicalcatechism, — which however only covered Biblehistory, — and The Westminster Assembly s ShorterCatechism with explanatory notes and Scriptureproofs and a few hymns. Like all books of its kindit did not fail to set forth the terrors of hell withdefiniteness and detail, and the closing paragraphsof the doctrinal catechism were these : — What will be your condition in hell ? I shall be dread-fully torment

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