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
Timeevening
Place:other location: Church
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: 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: 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 Detailsn/a
Provenancereading group
Source Information:
Record ID:7378
Source: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://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=7378, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
