N02150:32
Religious societies. Proposals for the revival of dying religion, by well ordered societies for…
Religious societies. Proposals for the revival of dying religion, by well ordered societies for that purpose. : With a brief discourse, offered unto a religious society, on the first day of their meeting. : [One line from I Thessalonians]
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland for John Phillips, 1724
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
AND so will he, that shall help forward another sort of Societies; Namely, those of YOUNG MEN ASSOCIATED.
THESE duly managed, have been incomparable Nurseries to the Churches, where the faithful Pastors have countenanced them. Young Men are hereby preserved from very many Temptations, rescued from the Paths of the Destroyer, confirmed in the right Ways of the Lord, and prepared mightily for such Religious Exercises as will be expected from them, when they come themselves to be Householders. I will make a tender of some ORDERS, which have been observed in some such Societies.
THESE duely managed, have been incomparable Nurseries to the Churches, where the faithful Pastors have countenanced them. Young Men are hereby preserved from very many Temptations, rescued from the Paths of the Destroyer, confirmed in the right Ways of the Lord, and prepared mightily for such Religious Exercises as will be expected from them, when they come themselves to be Housholders. I will make a tender of some ORDERS, which have been observed in some such Societies.
I. LET there be two Hours at a Time set apart; and let there be two Prayers made by the Members of the Society, in their Turns; between which let a SERMON be repeated; and there should be the Singing of a PSALM annexed.