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THE CHURCH OF THE WOMAN. 263
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XLL—THE CHURCH OF THE WOMAN.
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About sidered themselves half a century ...
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The Church Of The Woman. 263
THE CHURCH OF THE WOMAN . 263
Xll—The Church Of The Woman.
XLL—THE CHURCH OF THE WOMAN .
About Sidered Themselves Half A Century ...
About sidered themselves half a century much ago intruded the good upon peop by le the of preten England sions con of a - and to fill most
woman assuming to be a prophetess claiming a According extraordinary to her position own account in the development she was no less of God clothed a personag ' s providen with e than the ce .
sun the and Heavenl crown y ed Woman with the of star the swho Apocal was ypse to , bear the Man-child was who s during hould rul her e the public nations life , . the , This object woman of , the Joanna fondest Southcott faith of ,
some , and of the most ribald abuse of others ; while the majority dismissed the passed seeming child on ly indifferent she her with appeared from good to th caus eir the to e predict further , clam pronounced our did consideration on not either her come an side to . _imposter li , Althoug g and ht , have _, since and h ,
howeverJoanna Southcott died naturally childless , there arose , after her , deatha church of believers in her asserted mission ,
poetical who , as her license sp , iritual the representatives descendants , consider of her themselves promised , child by a .
wko Here believes and there in , tEe we word stumble of the upon woman some and strange admits -looking himself being to
, he for a so si its gned followers and sealed term member itor of of some the Church section of of it the established Woman , ;
by prophets ± the or prop Woman hetesses In who the nei claim hbourhood to be the of some special of g
successors o . out large sometimes towns , meet and the especiall bearded y near follower Ashton of -under John -Lyn Roe e , the we
modern may Israelitein his blue coat and broad brown beaver , , and many abou with t not thousands his a person rag of , , as black The they maj ( which are ority in and number he of have calls the , Southcottians the _tio are colour not arate noticeable of the , however laces devil from of , ) ,
their personal appearance , sepp of worshi the p Established , in most cases Church conforming but meeting to the among outward themselves ordinances for
special Joanna prayer daug and hter to read of William Joan , na ' and s writings Plannah . Southcott , was
bap ister tized of on , the the parish 6 th of of Jun Ottery e , 1750 St , . as Mary appears Devonshire by the baptismal and was
born reg Her ancestors some time as in sketched the month by hers of A elf pril , were , during simp the le , same credulous , year , .
visionary grandfather peop was le , , but of an neither unsettle designing d temperament nor evil-disposed , disposed . Her to
credulity attraction , and he one r for an dm whom o ther the was marvellous a truster had i always n dreams a strong and ; gr
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1864, page 263, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061864/page/47/
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