Religious Tracts of Mason Weems

[ChuckW]

Currently listening to the most recent episode of American Hysteria about the history of Chick Tracts, which briefly mentioned the religious pamphlets written by Mason Weems (a sort of 19th-century precursor to Jack Chick, similarly fire and brimstone). These are largely sensationalized, pot-stirring narratives that serve a proselytizing purpose, covering all manner of "contemporary" issues: temperance, fidelity, criminality, etc. The podcast's description of these works sounded pretty wild and fascinating, so I checked to see if any of them were available on Archive.org and... I found these. These are pretty fascinating cultural artifacts that might be of interest to someone!

The Drunkard's Looking Glass
Hymen's Recruiting Sergeant
God's Revenge Against Adultery
God's Revenge Against Murder

[TriciaG]

Hymen's Recruiting Sergeant has some missing pages and some pages poorly scanned (kinda smudged). The rest look okay.

[ChuckW]

Hymen's Recruiting Sergeant has some missing pages and some pages poorly scanned (kinda smudged). The rest look okay.

Thanks for letting me know. There’s another scan I can link to, when I get back to my computer.

[ChuckW]

Found a better version of Hymen: https://archive.org/details/hymensrecruitin03weemgoog/page/n4/mode/2up