Tag: religion

When I first read the title of this article, found in a 1911 newspaper, I was attracted to the use of the word “cult”. Upon…

Sluggard wakers used to be those people who would wake up the sleepers in church. While I can’t imagine much sleeping going on inside a…

Visions of the Virgin Mary were popular in days gone by. Whether people believe or not, the circumstances of and reactions to the visions are…

In 1922, women are singing a hymn when a sexton sees a fire burning in the flue. The sexton takes off to “raise the alarm”,…