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"Aberdeen Journal", 1910, Vol. 3

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Excerpt from "Aberdeen Journal," 1910, Vol. 3: Notes and Queries A large number of the entries deal with the difficulty experienced by the session in obtaining regular attendance at public worship, and in particular with those who are describe 'common outlvers' from public ordinances. The elder taking the collection at the church door was often cormmssioncd to keep a strict outlook and note the attendance or non-attendance of particular parties and report to the session. But if. Nonettendance was a. Fault, there were other ofi'ences of as heinouc a character in the eyes of the session committed by those who did-attend. An early minute deals with those who left the, church before the blessing was pronounced, and this custom seems to have been continued. As intimation is made against the practice more than once. Harm passed the watchful older at the door, some when the, service was commented came out and lay about. The or raiged' the streets, while, a threat of being summoned before the session was made in 1650 againstwho 'mack a. Custemo of sleeping and does not amend.' Amoun' those who remained in church the best behaviour as not sometimes maintained. For more than one minute (lfill with the presence of does. Walkingr about (lnrtno eert'ice. And many other mts which the seAbout the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.