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20 amaije sieveking.
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^ Amalie Wilheimine Sieyekin© Was Born I...
but tion and , never and whatever sustainment let a the murmuring ingratitude in the belief "Wh or unworfchiness y " that rise there to heaven was of men still on , found their a spark account con of sola the - ;
Divine in them , which , though it might not be even until far in " eternity When in , would the hosp yet , ital sooner , wher or e later there , at were last some rise into revolting a to sacred the cases service name , she .
had of such said , debased "I do not sinner know swere that I it could not for devote the myself firm persuasion that even their degraded souls , will yet assuredly one day be purified , and
join But me much before as the she throne had succeeded of God . " in effectingand great as was her
enjoyment , of the success , the old wish still , reigned supreme , and even the association could not be to her a substitute for her darling
scheme of a Sisterhood . While still longing for this , she received in 1837 a letter from Pastor Fliedner of Kaiserswerth , informing
her of the recent establishment of an Evangelical Female Order thereand inviting her to take the direction of it . A few years
she before hesitated , she would to abandon have obeye the work d such she summons had begun with in deli Hamburg ght , but , and now ,
after a long conflict , decided that she ought to reserve herself for her native city , where she still hoped that she might one day be able
to persuade in carry 1843 , out Fliedner her the to plan again on t which app the lied superint her to heart her endence , was and set even of . an Once came institution afterwards himself in to ,
Berlin , but she resolutel accep y declined , and finding by that time that her wish was so far fulfilled as that sisterhoods were firmly
established in connection with the Protestant church , she finally resigned all Not thoug confining hts of becoming her attention herself to the the necessities founder of of one the . lower classes
alone , she now laid the foundation of a seminary , where young ladies were to be trained to become governesses , to which she induced
many well-skilled instructors to lend their aid gratuitously for the good Princess of the of D cause enmark . In then 1838 visiting she was Hamburg introduced andeach to the finding Crown in
, , , the other a congenial spirit , in spite of the difference of station a warm friendship sprung up , maintained afterwards by a regular
correspondence , and by several visits of some weeks' duration paid by Miss Sieveking to the royal lady after she had become queen b . eloved But
the year closed in sorrow , for it took from her at last her foster-mother , with whom she had lived for twenty-eight years , and the survivor had now to bear that melancholfeeling of knowing that
y henceforth there was no one to mark her going * forth or watch for her return . A visit to London , where she became acquainted with
Mrs . Fry , refreshed her , and on her return she assisted in establishing a hospital for childrenand also some improved dwellings for
, but the which poor ; she after was whi afterwards ch she began accustomed what was to call then the quite a of novelty all her , gem
undertakings , and had indeed good cause to rejoice over . This was
20 Amaije Sieveking.
20 amaije sieveking .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1860, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031860/page/20/
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