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112 A SEASON WITH THE DBESSMAKEBS.
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started the desired immediatel effect , that for town the parent full ' of s love heart and softened forgiveness , and for he
y , her his again erring to child his , and patern pray al ing arms * God and to devoting spare her the , that remai receiving nder of
his life to her exclusive care , comfort , , and consolation , he might in some measure atone for what he now clearly saw and
acknowrepentance ledged , as past came years too late of ! severit As he y and was neg "being ligence ushered . But up the his
dingy staircase leading to his daughter ' s miserable apartment , his heart sunk within him ; he felt that death already reigned
there . And so it was ! About a quarter of an hour before midnight , and but ten minutes before the arrival of her parent ,
poor Julia breathed her last . In her final short interval of consciousness , she prayed most earnestly , with the clergyman and that Christian lady who had tended her so closely—prayed
that the Lamb who had shed His blood to save sinners , would also wash out hersand receive hercleansed and purified into
, , His fold—into that pasture where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest . God grant that her
prayer—that their prayers were heard ; and if we may be guided by the quiet manner in which she passed away , and the
serene expression of her countenance after death , there can be ever little read doubt y to th receiv at she e back found the in prodi Heaven gal son a lenient or daug Jud hter ge . , who is
When the father approached the still warm but lifeless body of his daughter , the other two occupants of the room at once
intrude withdrew , and the here communion too we must which drop the took curtain lace , between nor seek this to man and upon his God . p . -
Having followed this poor girl through all her struggles , all her hardships and her temptationsgentle readerbefore
you utter a word of condemnation , . pause Hav , e you been carefull , y trained and nurtured , and then ruthlessly thrust into the world
rest merciless to fig of ht your slavery own food , deprived battle and , of and alike that to adopt of fresh your air at freedom once which a li , God of fe your of has the prop most iven er
for , the proper enjoyment , of all His creatures ? Have you , I g ask , erienced all thisand then been overtaken by the tempter
exp , , and who hav offered e you you been in proof its p against lace , liberty his temp , wealth tations , -an ? d If enjoyment you have ,
not had this experience , suspend your judgment , and instead who of condemning are on the verge the fallen of the , use preci your ice exertions . A great to deal support has those been
said , and much is still doing in the p endeavour to suppress the u social evil" but so long as milliners' and dressmakers '
establishments , are conducted as at present , so long will _that .
evil exist . Alter the one , and a diminution of the other will
112 A Season With The Dbessmakebs.
112 A SEASON WITH THE _DBESSMAKEBS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 112, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/40/
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