benefit to my Spirit

Elizabeth's attitude is typical of the Puritans, who glorify hard work. They also believe in strictness in morals and religious matters. Elizabeth attends church services with her family on Sundays. Sunday services include long sermons by the clergy and psalm singing by the congregation. Elizabeth sits with the other women of the middling sort behind the ladies of higher station. Men sit on the other side of the church. Before and after services, the members of the congregation visit and gossip with their friends and neighbors in the churchyard.