Woman in Sacred History

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Stowe Harriet Beecher. Woman in Sacred History

INTRODUCTION

WOMEN OF THE PATRIARCHAL AGES

SARAH THE PRINCESS

HAGAR THE SLAVE

REBEKAH THE BRIDE

LEAH AND RACHEL

WOMEN OF THE NATIONAL PERIOD

MIRIAM, SISTER OF MOSES

DEBORAH THE PROPHETESS

DELILAH THE DESTROYER

JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER

HANNAH THE PRAYING MOTHER

RUTH THE MOABITESS

THE WITCH OF ENDOR

QUEEN ESTHER

JUDITH THE DELIVERER

WOMEN OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA

MARY THE MYTHICAL MADONNA

MARY THE MOTHER OF JESUS

THE DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS

THE WOMAN OF SAMARIA

MARY MAGDALENE

MARTHA AND MARY

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One woman in the Christian dispensation has received a special crown of honor. Sarah, the wife of Abraham, mother of the Jewish nation, is to this day an object of traditional respect and homage in the Christian Church. Her name occurs in the marriage service as an example for the Christian wife, who is exhorted to meekness and obedience by St. Peter, "Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose daughters ye are, so long as ye do well, and are not subject to a slavish fear."

In turning to the narrative of the Old Testament, however, we are led to feel that in setting Sarah before wives as a model of conjugal behavior, no very alarming amount of subjection or submission is implied.

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So, quieted and subdued and comforted, Hagar returns to her mistress and her home, and we infer from the story, that, with submission on her part, kindness and bounty returned on the part of her mistress. She again becomes a member of the family. Her son is born, and grows up for twelve years under the shadow of Abraham's tent, and evidently, from the narrative, is fondly beloved by his father, and indulgently treated by his foster-mother.

In an hour of confidential nearness the Divine Father announces to Abraham that a son shall be given him by the wife of his heart.

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