{"id":1099,"date":"2014-02-12T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T20:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2014-02-12T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T20:43:18","slug":"goshen-church-in-bradford-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/2014\/02\/12\/goshen-church-in-bradford-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"Goshen Church in Bradford, Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Center for Restoration studies Director Dr. Douglas Foster receives items all the time.\u00a0 Just in from Dr. Foster is this photograph of the interior of the Goshen Church in Bradford Vermont.\u00a0 Noted, in two hands, are brief details indicating that Elias Smith and Abner Jones preached in this circa-1812 pulpit.\u00a0 It was common at the turn of the 20th century to have photographs developed on stiff paper in postcard size.\u00a0 Suitable for mailing, these real photo postcards (RPPC) documented your journeys and allowed you to share them with friends and family, albeit in a slower manner than Facebook does today.<\/p>\n<p>Through a donor&#8217;s generosity we see the space created for worship and proclamation by the early Christian movement in New England.\u00a0 Notice the elevated pulpit, the simple drop-leaf communion table and the plain, mostly-unpainted pews.\u00a0 Sunlight bursts through the windows.\u00a0 A stovepipe prominently bisects the meetinghouse.\u00a0 While the photograph is probably from the turn of the 20th century, it looks as if the congregation just adjourned from hearing Smith or Jones hold forth their plea for primitive Christianity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradford-VTElias+Abner-here-pc1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1100\" alt=\"Goshen,Bradford VT,Elias+Abner here pc1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradford-VTElias+Abner-here-pc1-490x308.jpg\" width=\"621\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradfordVTEliasAbner-here-pc2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1101\" alt=\"Goshen,Bradford,VT,Elias,Abner here pc2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradfordVTEliasAbner-here-pc2-296x490.jpg\" width=\"296\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradfordVTEliasAbner-here-pc2-296x490.jpg 296w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradfordVTEliasAbner-here-pc2-90x150.jpg 90w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradfordVTEliasAbner-here-pc2-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/specialcollections\/files\/2014\/02\/GoshenBradfordVTEliasAbner-here-pc2.jpg 2008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Center for Restoration studies Director Dr. Douglas Foster receives items all the time.\u00a0 Just in from Dr. Foster is this photograph of the interior of the Goshen Church in Bradford Vermont.\u00a0 Noted, in two hands, are brief details indicating that &hellip; 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