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Vol. I. July l, 1858. No. 5.
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The
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ENGLISH WOMAN'S JOURNAL .
PUBLISHED _MONTHLY .
Vol. I. July L, 1858. No. 5.
Vol . I . July l , 1858 . No . 5 .
Xll—Vomefs Work In The Reformatory
XLL—VOMEFS WORK IN THE REFORMATORY MOVEMENT . _—^—
«» O^R No Portion Of The Human Race Has ...
_«» O _^ r no portion of the human race has Christianity conferred a more
inestimable benefit than on woman . This has been frequently and forcibly set forth by eminent divines and other writers , both in
England and in our sister country ; it would therefore be unnecessary here to attempt to prove it , especially since the lamented Robertson ,
whose "words and thoughts thrill the hearts of thousands on each side of the mighty ocean , has so ably and touchingiy set it forth in not
a- few of his discourses , particularly in that entitled " The Glory of the Virgin Mother . " "We all know it , we require it not to be proved
to us . We all have felt a gratitude inexpressibly tender , when we have seen that the Messiah , the anointed Prince , did not scorn even
In public , to talk with the woman , one too of a despised race , and that though the disciples " wondered" that he thus descended
from the dignity of a Teacher . We love him , because he so loved us ; he drove not from him the fallen outcast , nor did he despise
the officious household cares of Martha , while Mary undisturbed enjoyed the precious privilege of sitting' at his feet and hearing his
words . "We delight to see that all the last sacred evenings of that eventful week which was to close his mortal career , were spent
in the quiet home of those sisters ; and that when the devotion of Mary , displaying itself in a costly offering , excited the rude scorn
and avaricious comments of those around , he shielded her with a _thoiightful graceful consideration , which would enshrine her for ever
in the world ' s loving * remembrance . TAen eighteen centuries ago , women _resjoonded gratefully to his love ; shall they not now ? They
felt what he had done for them , and they followed him from Galilee , and ministered to him of their substance , and did not desert him in
his last trial when his chosen Apostles forsook him and fled ; they could not be driven back by angry Pharisees , nor by cruel soldiers
from the foot of the Cross ; they did not sink under the weight of their own harrowed feelings while aught remained to be done , nor
were they deterred by " the watch , the stone , the seal , " from seeking to bestow their last offices of love and reverence on the sacred remains ,
as soon as the morning ' s earliest ray permitted them to go forth , unforbidden by the duties of the sabbath . Their love was accepted
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/1/
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