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¦ j> 24 A SEASON WITH THE DBES SHAKERS.
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Chapter Ii. Than I Know When Not A A Mor...
liberal traverse an some establishment of the London . Bat stree how ts b many ni , ht alas ! w t bitt erl w
y g , y l repen in t house the day . they entered Madame —— —' s so-called
mil-Now ery , I would ask those persons who are always ready to that slander the , ins and tance speak I wi hav th e contempt been above of dressmak _describing ers does , to remember not l ,
to them as a class , but only to certain houses , , many of w app hich y have alreadceased to existand I feel that I can assert with
econfidence y that the doom ; is irrevocablsealed of what few very such infamous , establishments yet remain . y
Yet I do not mean to assert that this class of our fellowcreatures will ever be found to be faultless , or free from all guile .
scien This tious is not of to our be found race . even We among tak the e best station and most in con life - from the monarch on the throne may ( though every happilour t ,
Queen is a blessed exception ) , and in wha , t station y , do presen we not find existing the t immoralit ? no matterwhether
or among the peasants the nobles in grosses our class lan of d , human the merchan y beings ts there , the will t , radesmen always ,
be found many , thousands every disgracing that class ; in every flock , _ - alas I too many black sheep , ever ready to corrupt the others
of its fold . We are told in scripture , There is none that leaven doeth good leavene , no th , no the t one whole . " lump We are " also and warned are mos , t that a ticall little y
told , to " pluck out the mote" from ; our own eye , before we denounce that which is in our brother ' s .
With these scriptural texts and illustrations then before us , w and ill many have the others which tion I could to asser advance t again , who tha can t this dare class —who of
young females are presump the most degraded , the most immoral of our u race pri htness All of and you integrity , my readers of conduct , who feel ( and so I secur would e in fain your hop own e
and believe that many of you are really good Christians ) , yet , rememberthat even with all the liances of wealth
e time ven , and you , reli are gious not guidance perfec you , t . But admitting truction app at even your command that you , ,
gen yoursel tly t f are your one reli among gious ob the servances best of — us -that —that you you give attend alms , dili and
visit the fatherless and widow , the sick and the poor , in their affliction duties —th as at you father give mother tithes of s all ister you or po bro ssess ther , and husband discharg or
wife your , or neighbourto , the best , of your ability ; then , I ask you if to th look are beyond all walking your , self in , into the s your traiht famil and y circ narrow le , and path tell which me
leadeth ey to everlasting life ! g Nofriend ! even in own immediate circle there will
, my your
¦ J> 24 A Season With The Dbes Shakers.
¦ j > 24 A SEASON WITH THE DBES SHAKERS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1863, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091863/page/24/
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