Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth CenturyWilliam L. Andrews Indiana University Press, 1986 M07 22 - 256 páginas "Sisters of the Spirit . . . should interest a wider audience. . . . These fascinating accounts can stand on their own. . . . Mr. Andrews has made them even more accessible by providing a comprehensive introduction and helpful footnotes . . . but he does not intrude on the text itself." —New York Times Book Review " . . . informative and inspiring reading." —The Journal of American History Jarena Lee, Zilpha Elaw, and Julia Foote underwent a revolution in their own sense of self that helped to launch a feminist revolution in American religious life and in American society as a whole. |
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... parents were free but appar- ently hard pressed financially ; they hired Jarena out as a servant girl at the age of seven . Little else is known of her childhood . In 1804 , when she was twenty - one , Jarena Lee was converted to ...
... parents were free but appar- ently hard pressed financially ; they hired Jarena out as a servant girl at the age of seven . Little else is known of her childhood . In 1804 , when she was twenty - one , Jarena Lee was converted to ...
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... parents who brought her up in the vicinity of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Elaw's mother died in childbirth when Zilpha was only twelve . Her father then put her to service in a Quaker family , with whom she resided until she reached ...
... parents who brought her up in the vicinity of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . Elaw's mother died in childbirth when Zilpha was only twelve . Her father then put her to service in a Quaker family , with whom she resided until she reached ...
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... parents Julia learned important lessons about “ the fruits of slavery ” in Methodism , which helped prepare her to preach a social gospel . Barred from sending their daughter to Schenectady's segregated schools , Julia Foote's par- ents ...
... parents Julia learned important lessons about “ the fruits of slavery ” in Methodism , which helped prepare her to preach a social gospel . Barred from sending their daughter to Schenectady's segregated schools , Julia Foote's par- ents ...
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... parents had moved , Foote preached the doctrine of sanctification in similarly unofficial gatherings of believers . Early in 1845 she began to travel in upstate New York , preaching from various Methodist pulpits , often in company with ...
... parents had moved , Foote preached the doctrine of sanctification in similarly unofficial gatherings of believers . Early in 1845 she began to travel in upstate New York , preaching from various Methodist pulpits , often in company with ...
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... parents ' understand- ing and approval of her spiritual course , but she would not allow the tradition of daughterly submission to deter her from her individual sense of mission . Lee and Elaw tell us a good deal less about their youth ...
... parents ' understand- ing and approval of her spiritual course , but she would not allow the tradition of daughterly submission to deter her from her individual sense of mission . Lee and Elaw tell us a good deal less about their youth ...
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II Memoirs of the Life Religious Experience Ministerial Travels and Labors of Mrs Zilpha Elaw | 49 |
An Autobiographical Sketch by Mrs Julia A J Foote | 161 |
Notes | 235 |
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Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth ... William L. Andrews Vista de fragmentos - 1986 |
Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth ... William L. Andrews Sin vista previa disponible - 1986 |
Sisters of the Spirit: Three Black Women's Autobiographies of the Nineteenth ... William L. Andrews Sin vista previa disponible - 1986 |
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Página 189 - Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean ; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Página 42 - He made the sky And earth and seas, with all their train: His truth for ever stands secure; He saves the oppressed, He feeds the poor, And none shall find His promise vain.
Página 46 - Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips.
Página 235 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Página 150 - God ; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Página 140 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Página 76 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Página 224 - Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Página 31 - Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to rescue me from danger, Interposed His precious blood.