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liOCAL SANITABY ASSOCIATIONS. 117
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members _powerfull action . The y of swaye which Heptarch d thoug by y is common h reduced they move ideas to one in ; united they freedom are king are fe dom deral none , the In the several their less
or parts of other the bod reform y politic , we . must , Now try , if and we find want the to promul connecting , gate links sanitary by
which any the separate _^ centres are held together , and knit into one ¦ united wholeAs in the human frameso in the national frame ;
. , . we must reach the ganglionic nucleus of each knot of nerves , of each combination of local interests , and work through that to the
extremities . Nowthe most marked of all our local subdivisions is the parish ,
and the , most influential lady therein is , or ought to be , the clergyman ' s wife . The Sanitary Association ought , therefore , to aim at
securing the co-operation of every clergyman's wife in England . a house The ori the ginal earl idea Christians of the parish met is secretl closely in connected houses with and that when of y ;
better days ; dawned y for them there was _" one large edifice in each parish as city was for . " natural the Country peop In parishes le to Eng meet land are in said we , first and to have this meet been they _with calle of the later d distinction parochia formation , or of ,
. albout parishes the , as we 970 now . understand Such technical the details word , are in the not laws trifling of Ed in gar this , year
connection , since they show that the parochial system lies so deep in the foundations of our national life .
Now , it is obvious , ( putting wholly aside the religious question for the moment , ) that , to the clergyman of the parish , and to his
wifefalls an enormous amount of influence in purely social matters . Tliey , largelcontrol the schoolsand what is taught there ; they
visit high y and low ; they are the , link between all the households under their care ; they carry the gifts of the rich to the bare hearths
of the poor ; they acquire the mighty power of those who watch by our sick , and read the words of consolation above our dead . In
politics , literature , dress , and household economy , they have the Ed " power Adam ge" of reads Bede settin " us g There a some perpetual is curious no intellectual examp lessons le . mistake on The this ' Owlet more head , fraug of and Owlston ht so with does e
. the seeds of practical failure , than to deny tlie influence of the call working "work him , so clergy great more is of influential the Eng presti land ; ge in and of his even his idleness position where than the , that p other arish we priest mi men ght in does almost their not
Industry . And the clergyman ' s wife shares this prestige and this influence
. Win her then first , in every corner of the country , and half the battle will be gained .
Following the parochial idea , we find in every parish a doctor ; and this doctor or may not be married ; but , at least , he
knows all the active may ladiesand if he has any intelligent interest in ,
his profession , he will be only too thankful to introduce among
Liocal Sanitaby Associations. 117
liOCAL _SANITABY ASSOCIATIONS . 117
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1859, page 117, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101859/page/45/
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