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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... heart , despised as womanly . It proclaims God's approbation of those virtues , and shows that they do not spring up spontaneously , nor grow in the unre- generated heart . CHRISTIANITY AND WOMAN . THE propagation of Christianity is the ...
... heart , despised as womanly . It proclaims God's approbation of those virtues , and shows that they do not spring up spontaneously , nor grow in the unre- generated heart . CHRISTIANITY AND WOMAN . THE propagation of Christianity is the ...
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... heart could indite . At that time we could not appreciate the feeling that prompted a mother's prayer ; but , O , what unutterable richness and beauty we see in it now ! The feeling of which we are speaking gives to home all its ...
... heart could indite . At that time we could not appreciate the feeling that prompted a mother's prayer ; but , O , what unutterable richness and beauty we see in it now ! The feeling of which we are speaking gives to home all its ...
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... heart for the sorrows of a bereaved mother . " And he came and touched the bier , and they that bare him stood still . And he said , Young man , I say unto thee , arise . And he that was dead sat up and began to speak , " Luke vii , 14 ...
... heart for the sorrows of a bereaved mother . " And he came and touched the bier , and they that bare him stood still . And he said , Young man , I say unto thee , arise . And he that was dead sat up and began to speak , " Luke vii , 14 ...
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... heart - stricken wan- derer ; as calm too and refreshing in its kindly influ- ences . In such moments , when we read on the page of memory those things we vainly strive to forget , how often do we turn to the grave for consolation ...
... heart - stricken wan- derer ; as calm too and refreshing in its kindly influ- ences . In such moments , when we read on the page of memory those things we vainly strive to forget , how often do we turn to the grave for consolation ...
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... heart saddens , as we fondly own " They build too low who build below " the Throne ! And yet each year that rolls for ever by , Lends some new hope that asks fruition here ; Some budding joy allures the youthful eye- Some strain of ...
... heart saddens , as we fondly own " They build too low who build below " the Throne ! And yet each year that rolls for ever by , Lends some new hope that asks fruition here ; Some budding joy allures the youthful eye- Some strain of ...
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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.