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CHAPTER VII.
OLD PEWS AND PULPITS IN
WIRRAL CHURCHES.
" A bedstead of the antique mode,
Compact of timber many a load,
Such as our ancestors did use
Was metamorphosed into pews;
Which still their ancient nature keep
By lodging folks disposed to sleep-"
From Swift's " Baucis and Philemon."
IN early days, when Wirral churches
were first founded, pews had not come
into existence, and the worshippers stood
or knelt on a hard damp floor of clay or
stone, though a stone bench in some instances
might be against the north, south
and west walls. The porch, however, was
always provided with seats so that those
who came from a distance might enjoy a
rest before service.
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