The Women of Israel (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Women of IsraelWe are far from asserting that this has not been attempted, and for the larger portion of the sex, accomplished before. Religion is the foundation and mainspring of every work which has been written for the use and improvement of woman. Female biographers of scripture have, we believe, often appeared though the characters of the Old Testament are so brie¿y and imperfectly sketched, compared to those of the New, that but little pleasure or improvement could be derived from their perusal. Yet still, with the writings of Sandford, Ellis, and Hamilton before us, each exhibiting its authoress so earnest, so eloquent in her cause, with woman's mission marked so simply, yet so forcibly, in the little volume of that name, has not woman of every race, and every creed, all sufficient to teach her her duty and herself?We would say she had yet for the women of Israel some thing still more is needed. The authors above mentioned are Christians themselves, and write for the Christian world. Edu cation and nationality compel them to believe that Christianity is the sole source of female excellence. To Christianity alone they owe their present station in the world: their in¿uence, their equality with man, their Spiritual provision in this life, and hopes of immortality in the next. Nay more, that the value and dignity of woman s character would never have been known, but for the religion of Jesus, that pure, loving, self-deny ing doctrines, were unknown to woman she knew not even her relation to the Eternal, dared not look upon Him as her Father, Consoler, and Saviour, till the advent of Christianity. We grant that the Gentiles knew it not, till the Bible became more generally known, till the Eternal, in His infinite mercy, permitted a partial knowledge of Himself to spread over the world - alike to prepare the Gentile for that day, when we shall all know Him as He is, and to render the trial of His people's faith and constancy yet more terribly severe. We feel neither anger nor uncharitableness towards those who would thus deny to Israel those very privileges which were ours, ages before they became theirs, and which, in fact, have descended from us to them. Yet we cannot pass such assertion unanswered, lest from the very worth and popularity of those works in which it is promul gated, the young and thoughtless daughter of Israel may believe it really has foundation, and look no further than the page she reads.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.