...bereaved friends and others were accustomed to use strong drink before and after going to the burial. At ordinations, councils, and all other meetings of ministers,...and there were but few who did not partake of them. So long as these liquors were regarded as necessary articles of living, the expense was little thought...

...bereaved friends and others were acc.usiomed to use strong drink before and after going to the burial. At ordinations, councils, and all other meetings of ministers, different kinds of stimulating drink's were provided ; and there were but few who did not partake of them. So long as these liquors...

...bereaved friends and others were accustomed to use strong drink before and after going to tha burial. At ordinations, councils, and all other meetings of ministers,...few who did not partake of them. The state of things to which I have referred, among men of my own profession, together with its manifest consequences,...

...bereaved friends and others were accustomed to use strong drink before and after going to the burial. At ordinations, councils, and all other meetings of ministers,...and there were but few who did not partake of them. So long as these liquors were regarded as necessary articles of living, the expense was little thought...

...Professor Woods of Andovcr, in a letter to Dr. Edwards, observes, that, when he entered the ministry, "at ordinations, councils, and all other meetings of ministers,...of stimulating drinks were provided, and there were few, who did not partake of them." He adds, that, before the reformation commenced, he could count...