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She danc'd till it was late."'^ We find ministers of different denominations complaining of the irreligion of some of the inhabitants. As one writer remarks: "We live in an age, when 'tis counted almost a scandal to be a Christian. Religion is stil'd Preciseness and Hypocrisy, and a strict Conformity to Truth and Virtue is imputed to be the Effect of Melancholy, a Distemper'd Imagination. We daily hear the greatest Mysteries of our Faith Ridicul'd and Banter'd, the Clergy '^Hart, American Histo...ry told by Contemporaries II, p. 77, quoted from "The Voyage, Shiprack and Miraculous Escape of Richard Castleman, Gent," appended to "The Voyages and Adventures oj Capt. Robert Boyle," London, 1726, 4th Ed. 1786, p. 331.
'■•Scharf & Wescott, History of Phila., Vol. II, p. 863.
''^American Weekly Mercury, March 5-14, 172|.
''^Pa. Gazette, March 5-13, 1729-30.
"Scharf & Wescott, Hist, of Phita., Vol. I, p. 203.
''^Pa. Gaz., March 15 to 22, 1738-9.
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Despis'd, Expos'd and Degraded; and that even by Men, who have not yet Publickly Renounc'd Christianity; but such as would be thought to have clearer Heads, and more refin'd Conceptions of Things than their Brethren, those Men to their Shame stand Pelting Religion at a distance, with little Scoffs and Jests, when there is a more Fair and Honourable way of deciding the Matter, by rational and undeniable Arguments." ^^ In opposition to this we have the testimony of Benjamin Franklin, who writes: "Our people, having no publick amusements to divert their attention from study, became better acquainted with books." ^° So, too, a correspondent in the Weekly Mercury writes: "Here are no Masquerades, Plays, Balls, Midnight Revellings, or Assemblies to Debauch the Mind or promote Intrigue." ^^ When, however, we read an advertisement in the same paper about a month later like the following, we may be permitted to doubt somewhat the statements of the last two men.


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