---
title: 'Country Churches in New England'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Cowper Prime'
date: 1886-09-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Narrative of the State of Religion'
- 'Economics, Employment, and Work'
- 'Fellowship'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 2'
- 'Psalms 23'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/prime-1886-country-churches-in-new-england
---

# Country Churches in New England

A traveler sketches New England country churches and communal life, tracing how railroads eroded local fellowship, depopulated farms, and altered rural economy and customs.

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