The Ladies' Repository, Volume 3J.F. Wright and L. Swormstedt, 1843 - Methodist Episcopal Church The idea of this women's magazine originated with Samuel Williams, a Cincinnati Methodist, who thought that Christian women needed a magazine less worldly than Godey's Lady's Book and Snowden's Lady's Companion. Written largely by ministers, this exceptionally well-printed little magazine contained well-written essays of a moral character, plenty of poetry, articles on historical and scientific matters, and book reviews. Among western writers were Alice Cary, who contributed over a hundred sketches and poems, her sister Phoebe Cary, Otway Curry, Moncure D. Conway, and Joshua R. Giddings; and New England contributors included Mrs. Lydia Sigourney, Hannah F. Gould, and Julia C.R Dorr. By 1851, each issue published a peice of music and two steel plates, usually landscapes or portraits. When Davis E. Clark took over the editorship in 1853, the magazine became brighter and attained a circulation of 40,000. Unlike his predecessors, Clark included fictional pieces and made the Repository a magazine for the whole family. After the war it began to decline and in 1876 was replaced by the National Repository. The Ladies' Repository was an excellent representative of the Methodist mind and heart. Its essays, sketches, and poems, its good steel engravings, and its moral tone gave it a charm all its own. -- Cf. American periodicals, 1741-1900. |
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... bright , the sea of gratitude , and the phrase , " I thank you , " is kept as as pure , and the earth as fertile as ever - our cities constantly in motion , in the politer circles , as any word might still be filled with wealth , and ...
... bright , the sea of gratitude , and the phrase , " I thank you , " is kept as as pure , and the earth as fertile as ever - our cities constantly in motion , in the politer circles , as any word might still be filled with wealth , and ...
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... bright illusions of the future seem formed but to fade . Pleasure , the object of our fond pursuit , has ever eluded our grasp promise has ever ended in disappointment ; and weary of life , its turmoils and cares , we look forward with ...
... bright illusions of the future seem formed but to fade . Pleasure , the object of our fond pursuit , has ever eluded our grasp promise has ever ended in disappointment ; and weary of life , its turmoils and cares , we look forward with ...
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... bright side of character , is like gold to the possessor . One of the principal ingredients in the happiness of childhood , is freedom from suspicion , and kind and loving thoughts toward all . Why might not that sweet disposition be ...
... bright side of character , is like gold to the possessor . One of the principal ingredients in the happiness of childhood , is freedom from suspicion , and kind and loving thoughts toward all . Why might not that sweet disposition be ...
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... bright beams in beauteous colors play ; With cautious foot then sought the gulf profound , And heard with awe the deep appalling sound- Beneath the stream - worn rocks in silence trod , And thought - how weak is man , how great is God ...
... bright beams in beauteous colors play ; With cautious foot then sought the gulf profound , And heard with awe the deep appalling sound- Beneath the stream - worn rocks in silence trod , And thought - how weak is man , how great is God ...
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... bright the native metals gleam . But these rude scenes I leave , and gladly hail The milder aspects of the fertile vale Where Upper Mississippi gently glides , And beauty wild in every form resides . On either side the distant hills ...
... bright the native metals gleam . But these rude scenes I leave , and gladly hail The milder aspects of the fertile vale Where Upper Mississippi gently glides , And beauty wild in every form resides . On either side the distant hills ...
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Page 202 - Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 352 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 252 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 119 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 240 - For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?
Page 60 - Not there, not there, my child !" " Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ? Or midst the green islands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange, bright birds on their starry wings Bear the rich hues of all glorious things ?" '. Not there, not there, my child...
Page 37 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 2 - And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many: and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Page 262 - And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down and prayed, saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly ; and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.