Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . ying or seating of the meetinghouse our forefathers departed very widely from thedemocratic teachings of the Bible. They were un-doubtedly familiar with the Scripture, The rich andthe poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of themall. But in the matter of assignment of seats in thehouse of worship there was much respect shown tofamilies of wealth and influence, and to persons ofeminence and advanced years. In Springfield, DeaconSamuel Chapin and Thomas Cooper, the contractoremployed in building the first meeting house, weregiven place
Some old time meeting houses of the Connecticut Valley . ying or seating of the meetinghouse our forefathers departed very widely from thedemocratic teachings of the Bible. They were un-doubtedly familiar with the Scripture, The rich andthe poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of themall. But in the matter of assignment of seats in thehouse of worship there was much respect shown tofamilies of wealth and influence, and to persons ofeminence and advanced years. In Springfield, DeaconSamuel Chapin and Thomas Cooper, the contractoremployed in building the first meeting house, weregiven places of honor in the congregation. In WestSpringfield as late as the forepart of the last centurythere was an unwritten law that no young womanshould occupy a front seat in the gallery, where theunmarried women sat, unless attired in a silk probably should be stated as a witticism, ratherthan an actual fact, that in a certain town in southernNew England the people so arranged the burial of theirdead that on the morning of the resurrection, when 14. COPl^KK Wi;A THKHCOCK
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