What are Taper candles?

Taper candles are slow, long-burning candles hand-made by the Cooper family for use in their home. A bundle of these candles are given to Adam by Sarah to light the church meetinghouse through the night so that the bodies of the dead – including Moses’s body – will not have to lie in darkness. The Reverend humbly and gratefully accepts these candles to add to those already burning.