The Young Woman's Friend, Or, The Duties, Trials, Loves, and Hopes of WomanWentworth, 1857 - 250 pages |
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... given to man , we can detect the sphere and walk of all her daughters . What , then , is woman's sphere ? Certainly not in the field . God never made her to be a slave , to plant the corn and raise the grain which should be the support ...
... given to man , we can detect the sphere and walk of all her daughters . What , then , is woman's sphere ? Certainly not in the field . God never made her to be a slave , to plant the corn and raise the grain which should be the support ...
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... given her a voice which would have sent its electric thrill , or rolled its deep thunders , over vast crowds . But woman has no such gift . Public speaking does not come within the line of her duty ; and when she thrusts herself forward ...
... given her a voice which would have sent its electric thrill , or rolled its deep thunders , over vast crowds . But woman has no such gift . Public speaking does not come within the line of her duty ; and when she thrusts herself forward ...
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... given ; And though the casket moulders here , The gem is sparkling now in heaven . " We remember one who was called to test the sorrows of bereavement , and meet in her own dwelling the solemn afflictions of divine Provi- dence . A ...
... given ; And though the casket moulders here , The gem is sparkling now in heaven . " We remember one who was called to test the sorrows of bereavement , and meet in her own dwelling the solemn afflictions of divine Provi- dence . A ...
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... both refused to return to Moab , it would have given her inexpressible joy . But she consulted their pleasure , and not her own , and she was willing to be a childless widow all her days rather than do 90 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FRIEND .
... both refused to return to Moab , it would have given her inexpressible joy . But she consulted their pleasure , and not her own , and she was willing to be a childless widow all her days rather than do 90 THE YOUNG WOMAN'S FRIEND .
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... given thee of the Lord God of Israel , under whose wings thou art come to trust . " When Ruth went home at night , she told Nao- mi whom she had met , how she had been received , and how kindly Boaz had spoken to her . Naomi received ...
... given thee of the Lord God of Israel , under whose wings thou art come to trust . " When Ruth went home at night , she told Nao- mi whom she had met , how she had been received , and how kindly Boaz had spoken to her . Naomi received ...
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Abigail Abraham adorn altar beautiful behold blessing Boaz bosom bound called cast character child Christ Christian countenance daugh daughter death deeds Delilah drunkard drunkard's wife duty earth Esau father feelings female Florence Nightingale flowers friends girl give grace grief Hagar hand happy hath heard heart heaven holy hope husband influence intemperance Isaac Jacob Jephthah John Bunyan Laban lady LAURA GREENWOOD live look Lord marriage married mind Moab moral Nabal Nahor Naomi ness never night noble Orpah parents person Philistines piety pleasure poor prayer Queen of Sheba Rachel REBECCA EATON Rebekah religion religious Roselle Ruth Samson Sarai says sisters of charity society sorrow soul speak spirit tears tender thee thing thou Timnath tion told took true unto VALLEY OF SOREK virtues voice weep wives woman women words young youth
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Page 113 - Hovered thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun ? Perhaps thou gav'st me, though unfelt, a kiss ; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! it answers — Yes.
Page 147 - Oh, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's easy, artless, unencumber'd plan ! No meretricious graces to beguile, No clustering ornaments to clog the pile ; From ostentation as from weakness free, It stands like the cerulean arch we see, Majestic in its own simplicity. Inscribed above the portal, from afar Conspicuous as the brightness of a star, Legible only by the light they give, Stand the soul-quickening words — BELIEVE, AND LIVE.
Page 230 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the orna-ment of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 19 - Queen of this universe ! do not believe Those rigid threats of death : ye shall not die : How should you?
Page 68 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Page 91 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God; where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 108 - For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given me my petition which I asked of him : therefore also I have lent him to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord.
Page 47 - Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee! E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me; Still all my song shall be. Nearer, my God, to Thee, Nearer to Thee!
Page 183 - ... the appellation of benevolence, these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that if I was dry I drank the sweet draught, and if hungry ate the coarse morsel, with a double relish.
Page 71 - And thither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. 4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye ? And they said, Of Haran are we. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban, the son of Nahor ? And they said, We know him. And he said unto them, Is he well ? And they said, He i» well : and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.