| 单词 | pleasant sunday afternoon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPleasant Sunday Afternoon Pleasant Sunday Afternoon n. now historical a type of meeting associated with various nonconformist churches in Britain in the late 19th cent., which aimed to provide Christian instruction in a more approachable format than that of regular Sunday services, and as an alternative to secular recreational activities; (also) the movement which promoted these meetings; abbreviated P.S.A. ΚΠ 1888 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 10 Dec. 2/5 Mr. Blackham, of West Bromwich, gave an account of the remarkable development of the Bible class work, entitled ‘Pleasant Sunday afternoons’, which he originated in 1875. 1899 Daily News 27 Nov. 8/3 One of the chief attractions of the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Service, for men only, at the Browning Settlement, at Walworth, is its unconventionality. 1911 E. Underhill Let. 7 Feb. (1943) i. 120 These experiences are a perfectly normal part of the spiritual life: which is not designed on the lines of a ‘Pleasant Sunday Afternoon’. 1940 H. Spring Fame is Spur iii. xxiv. 700 I still find it a bit difficult to follow a man who once demanded the Millennium and now says he'll make do with Pleasant Sunday Afternoons. 1963 K. S. Inglis Churches & Working Classes in Victorian Eng. ii. 79 The Pleasant Sunday Afternoon was invented in 1875 by John Blackham, an Independent deacon in West Bromwich. Blackham made no effort to persuade anybody to copy the system. 1984 Eng. Hist. Rev. 99 308 There were..two kinds of alternatives to political action, a passive one..and an active one which..preached in church/chapel, attended Pleasant Sunday Afternoons, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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