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were a feature of the church until 1845. As years rolled on, the tithingmen became restricted in their authority: they could no longer administer
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they were forced to content themselves with loud rappings on the floor, and pointing with a staff or with a condemning finger at the misdemeanant. At last the deacons usurped these functions, and if rapping and pointing did not answer the purpose of establishing order (if the boy
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), led the stubborn offender out of meeting; and they had full authority soundly to thrash the