Excellent Women

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Various. Excellent Women

ELIZABETH FRY

I. BIRTH AND EARLY YEARS

II. BEGINS A PRIVATE JOURNAL: WITH RECORD OF HER EXPERIENCES

III. FIRST VISIT TO LONDON

IV. AT COLEBROOK DALE, AND ON A JOURNEY TO WALES

V. THE LAST YEAR AT HOME

VI. MARRIAGE, AND SETTLEMENT IN LONDON

VII. FAMILY CARES AND TRIALS

VIII. WORK AT PLASHET

IX. FIRST SIGHT OF NEWGATE PRISON

X. PRISON WORK

XI. OTHER BENEFICENT WORKS

XII. VISITS TO THE CONTINENT

XIII. IN LONDON AND IN PARIS

XIV. LAST YEARS

SELINA, COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON

I. EARLY YEARS

II. HER CONVERSION

III. HELP IN THE WORK OF WESLEY AXD WHITEFIELD

IV. FAMILY BEREAVEMENTS

V. WHITEFIELD AS LADY HUNTINGDON'S CHAPLAIN

VI. LADY HUNTINGDON'S CHAPELS

VII. THE COLLEGE AT TREVECCA AND CHESHUNT

VIII. THE CALVINISTIC CONTROVERSY

IX. SPA FIELDS CHAPEL

X. CLOSING YEARS

RACHEL, LADY RUSSEL

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

X

XI

FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL

I. HER EARLY LIFE

II. RECEIVING "LIFE."

III. LIFE MORE ABUNDANTLY

IV. TRIED IN THE FURNACE OF PAIN

V. COMING FORTH AS GOLD

VI. THE MINISTRY OF SONG

VII "SEEING THE KING."

VIII "UNDER THE SURFACE."

HANNAH MORE

I. EARLY II

II. IN "VANITY FAIR."

III. CHARACTERISTICS, FRIENDSHIPS, AND EARLY LITERARY WORK

IV. COWSLIP GREEN

V. BARLEY WOOD, CLOSING YEAES AND DEATH

SUSANNA WESLEY

I. PARENTAGE AND EDUCATION

II. THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

III. MARRIAGE

IV. EPWORTH

V. THE SCHOOL IN THE HOME

VI. THE CHURCH IN THE HOME

VII. STRUGGLES WITH POVERTY

VIII. A NEW DEPARTURE

IX. RELATION TO HER SONS

X. WIDOWHOOD

XI. THE FOUNDRY AT MOORFIELDS

XII. LAST DAYS AND DEATH

XIII. CONCLUSION

MRS. HEMANS

I. EARLY DAYS

II. FIRST POEMS

III. MARRIAGE

IV. WORK AND FRIENDS

V. THE HOME IN WALES

VI. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

VII. REMOVAL FROM WALES

VIII. WAVEETEEE

IX. HOME IN THE LAKE COUNTRY

X. ASPIRATIONS DURING FAILING HEALIH

XI "THE BETTER LAND" REACHED

XII. ABIDING WORDS

MADAME GUYON

I. HER BIRTH AND BRINGING-UP

II. MARRIED LIFE

III. LIGHT BREAKS IN

IV. AFFLICTIONS AND GLOOM

V. HER PUBLIC WORK

VI. IN PRISON

VII. LAST YEARS

VIII. HER TEACHING

ANN JUDSON

CHAPTER I. EARLY YEARS

CHAPTER II. THE ROAD TO RANGOON

CHAPTER III. PREPARATION TIME

CHAPTER IV. A HEAVY AFFLICTION

CHAPTER V. SOWING TIME

CHAPTER VI. INQUIRERS AND CONVERTS

CHAPTER VII. PRISONERS OF WAR

CHAPTER VIII "THROUGH MUCH TRIBULATION."

MARY LOUISA WHATELY

I. PARENTAGE AND CHILDHOOD

II. THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIAN LIFE AND SERVICE

III. FIRST EFFORTS IN CAIRO

IV. MISSION WORK IN CAIRO AND ON THE NILE

V. PROGRESS OF THE SCHOOLS

VI. THE MEDICAL MISSION

VII. LITERARY EFFORTS

VIII. RESULTS

IX. TWILIGHT

AGNES JONES53

CHAPTER I. YOUTHFUL DAYS

CHAPTER II. AT WORK IN THE VINEYARD

CHAPTER III. FOREIGN TRAINING

CHAPTER IV. IN LONDON SLUMS

CHAPTER V. HOSPITAL WARDS

CHAPTER VI. AMONGST THE PAUPERS

ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF GORDON

I. EARLY DAYS

II. MARCHIONESS OF HUNTLY

III. DUCHESS OF GORDON

IV. GOOD WORKS AT GORDON CASTLE

V. THE HEAVY BLOW

VI. WIDOWHOOD AT HUNTLY LODGE

VII. ANXIETIES AND REST

VIII. GOOD WORKS ABROAD

IX. QUICKENED SPIRITUAL LIFE

X. THE END IS PEACE

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Elizabeth Fry was born in Norwich, on the 21st of June, 1780. She was the third daughter of John Gurney, of Earlham, Norfolk, and Catherine Bell, daughter of Daniel Bell, merchant in London. Mrs. Bell was a descendant of the ancient family of the Barclays of Ury in Kincardineshire, and granddaughter of Robert Barclay, the well-known apologist of the Quakers.

John Gurney of Earlham, born in 1749, was educated in the principles of the Society of Friends, but as he advanced in life, and associated with persons of various Christian denominations, the strictness of his religious opinions was much relaxed, and he showed liberality of sentiment towards others, even if they were indifferent to all spiritual concerns. In fact, in those times there was throughout England, in all the churches, a decay of faith and a tendency to unbelief; against which a few men made noble protest, till the religious Revival, led by Whitefield and Wesley, inaugurated a happier era.

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From its foundation the college has combined both the literary and theological training. While estimating literary and theological learning at a very high value, the aim has always been first and foremost to train earnest spiritual evangelistic preachers. The college has been almost as much a home as a seminary. The students have always resided within its walls, enjoying intimate relationship with each other, and friendly intercourse with the principal. Lady Huntingdon made the college in a very real sense her home, and the institution has never lost the impress of her own fervent piety and the saintly benediction bestowed upon it by Fletcher.

From the very beginning the students combined regular preaching, either in the village near Trevecca, or in the pulpits of the Countess's chapels, with the prescribed courses of study. The college prospered at once, and even Berridge bestowed his characteristic blessing upon it. "I am glad to hear of the plentiful effusion from above on Talgarth. Jesus has now baptized your college, and thereby shown His approbation of the work. You may therefore rejoice, but rejoice with trembling. Faithful labourers may be expected from thence; but if it is Christ's college, a Judas will certainly be found among them."

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