Historical information
Methodist societies and churches issued quarterly tickets (or class tickets or love feast tickets)
as a way to identify members of good standing in the society or church. Tickets also became
a way of offering admission to the love feast, or Agape, which was a service around a shared
meal, but distinct from the Lord’s Supper. Quarterly tickets typically included the member’s
name, the minister’s name, the date, as well as a Scriptural text. The practice of issuing quarterly
tickets began in the mid-eighteenth century with John Wesley and continued in many Methodist
organizations throughout the nineteenth century. Issuing tickets fell out of practice in the early
twentieth century.
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Physical description
Printed envelope containing a Quarterly Ticket for March 1930. The card has the donor's name written on it together with the month and year.
Inscriptions & markings
"Doris Wise" "March 1930"
