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314 OUR TEN THOUSAND.
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Tomed War ! War Since ! Is 1848 The Cry ...
tlian of good , seeing tliat injudicious almsgiving is hurtful , promoting too often in the reciient indolent abjectness or servility , ratlier
than stimulating as an inducement p to active industry and a spirit of independence . "We believe that many in all ranks are now prepared
to accept the idea of women uniting for purposes of work ; -work either manual or mental , work remunerative or work for love ' s
sake . Throw what halo we like , and speak of work as grandly as we may , no one works for work ' s sake ; it is a means to an end ;
it is a hardship , and is undertaken either as a necessity for food and raimentor from a hih and noble resolve to do good . There are
men certainl , y to be found g , who work for the love of gold , who slay themselves in the service of Mammon . Be it remembered we are
speaking of ivork , and not of a mere occupation flown to from the weariness of idleness ; the work we mean is real and hard . Ask
the artizan who toils his ten hours , ask the poor governess who teaches from early morn until evening , ask the aching -eyed
dressmaker , or the weary-limbed charwoman , whether work is such a ¦ wondrous fine thing * as some preachers of the gospel of work seek
to make mankind believe . With one accord each would exclaim , " I would rather be idle now and thenbut I must work or starve ,
, therefore I am thankful that I have work to do . " This being the real state of the matteris it reasonable to expect lady workers unless
, a heavenly spirit inspires and sustains them . ; such a spirit as leads some few among us to devote ourselves wholly to the poor , the
ignorant , and the vicious ? We have the happiness of knowing a few such noble women , who
forsaking the shadow have taken hold of the substance , the treasures laid in Heaven . Two of these belong to Sisterhoodsone Catholic ,
the other up Protestant ; the latter without vows living with , her family . The Protestant Sisterpossessed of a moderate fortune , devotes it as
, well as her time to the education of poor children . She likewise attends to the temporal wants of the relatives of her pupils , and
moreover has established a lending library for the young men of the place Wet . weather or fairevery morning she walks two miles to her
, school , where she keeps a paid mistress ; in this manner providing likewise a home and a salary , with occupation , to those who may
require such . To see her calm benign countenance , her unclouded eyesand cheerful smile , as in her simple attire she crosses our path ,
, and , without assumegl gravity or ostentatious word-piety , greets us affectionately , does us good for the whole day , and her gracious
atmosphere seems to strengthen us for the performance of our own special duties .
Our other friend , sickened with the frivolities of fashion , and feeling that there is but one kind of true existence , namely , doing all
things to the glory of God , and unfortunately not finding what met her wants in our Anglican church , joined the Roman communion ,
and became a " religieuse . " She was one of the Sisters of Charity
314 Our Ten Thousand.
314 OUR TEN THOUSAND .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1860, page 314, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011860/page/26/
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