The Young Maiden

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A. B. Muzzey. The Young Maiden

The Young Maiden

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THE YOUNG MAIDEN

I

The Capacities of Woman

II

Female Influence

III

Female Education

IV

Home

V

Society

VI

Love

VII

Single Life

VIII

Reasons for Marriage

IX

Conditions of True Marriage

X

The Society of Young Men

XI

First Love

XII

Conduct During Engagement

XIII

Trials of Woman; and Her Solace

XIV

Encouragements

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A. B. Muzzey

Published by Good Press, 2019

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She who would follow Christ, must, I am sure, take generally the sequestered path of private charity, rather than live for the public gaze, though it were that of the host of officers and members of all the benevolent societies in Christendom. Who were the women, whose charities are engraven on the eternal records of the New Testament? Private almoners, Joanna, Mary Magdalen, Susanna, and others “ministered unto their Lord of their substance,” by personal attendance.

Have I circumscribed too much the sphere of woman? Does she aspire to other and broader scenes of occupation? If God hath endowed any one with the spirit of a prophetess, let her prophecy; if of teaching, let her wait on that office. Wheresoever a capacity is bestowed, it is the sign-manual of Heaven. Forbid it, honor, justice, and all that is manly, that I close one avenue opened by the Divinity. But I have spoken of woman in the mass;

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