Woman, as She Was, Is, and Should beS. W. Benedict, 1849 - 208 pages |
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... - ness to be useful ; Rebecca ; Rachel ; Ruth ; Dorcas ; Ef- fects of industry upon commerce ; Mrs. Pres . Edwards ; Relieving the poor ; Responsibility of Woman , 40 51 SECT . 3. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED ; Necessity of labor.
... - ness to be useful ; Rebecca ; Rachel ; Ruth ; Dorcas ; Ef- fects of industry upon commerce ; Mrs. Pres . Edwards ; Relieving the poor ; Responsibility of Woman , 40 51 SECT . 3. THE SUBJECT CONTINUED ; Necessity of labor.
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... poor , the weak , the suffering , of earth ? What orphaned hearts bless them for the kindly shelter , and the still more kindly love , that almost restores again the blessings of which they have been deprived ? What oppressed ones lift ...
... poor , the weak , the suffering , of earth ? What orphaned hearts bless them for the kindly shelter , and the still more kindly love , that almost restores again the blessings of which they have been deprived ? What oppressed ones lift ...
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... poor , that call at her door , are sometimes fed ; but it is with the broken meat , that is deemed unfit again to be placed upon her table . They are sometimes clothed ; but not at the expense of her own self - denial . The garb that is ...
... poor , that call at her door , are sometimes fed ; but it is with the broken meat , that is deemed unfit again to be placed upon her table . They are sometimes clothed ; but not at the expense of her own self - denial . The garb that is ...
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... . The brightest examples of Chris- tian character are far oftener found among the poor and lowly of the earth , than among those who possess riches and honors . We shall , perhaps , better understand the practical duties 38 WOMAN .
... . The brightest examples of Chris- tian character are far oftener found among the poor and lowly of the earth , than among those who possess riches and honors . We shall , perhaps , better understand the practical duties 38 WOMAN .
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... poor and needy , when it sees them pinched with want . The woman who thus works , may innocently give , for she robs not others that she may seem generous . 66 A willingness to be useful seems to have been looked upon in the days of ...
... poor and needy , when it sees them pinched with want . The woman who thus works , may innocently give , for she robs not others that she may seem generous . 66 A willingness to be useful seems to have been looked upon in the days of ...
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Page 105 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Page 135 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 14 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 13 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for him.
Page 103 - Unpraised ; for nothing lovelier can be found In woman, than to study household good, And good works in her husband to promote.
Page 35 - Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work and eat their own bread.
Page 46 - Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives, while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
Page 155 - There were giants in the earth in those days ; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Page 155 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 176 - Therefore let no man glory in men ; for all things are yours, whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come ; all are yours, and ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.