The Ladies' Repository, 15. köideJ.F. Wright and L. Swormstedt, 1855 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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... thought habitually . He chose his texts and subjects early in the week , and studied upon them wherever he was , whether in the house or out walking , or working with his own hands . " With regard , " said he , " to subjects , what I ...
... thought habitually . He chose his texts and subjects early in the week , and studied upon them wherever he was , whether in the house or out walking , or working with his own hands . " With regard , " said he , " to subjects , what I ...
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... thought , and you may let him go . Next to the education of the mind comes the development and training of the taste , and the sensibilities , both natural and moral . All are agreed up to this last point . When we come to moral nature ...
... thought , and you may let him go . Next to the education of the mind comes the development and training of the taste , and the sensibilities , both natural and moral . All are agreed up to this last point . When we come to moral nature ...
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... thought of . The wind was still , and it was as clear and intensely cold as I ever saw it ; and as I blew on my numb fingers I thought what Albert must have suffered , and felt a twinge . Coming in sight of the house we saw no light ...
... thought of . The wind was still , and it was as clear and intensely cold as I ever saw it ; and as I blew on my numb fingers I thought what Albert must have suffered , and felt a twinge . Coming in sight of the house we saw no light ...
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... thought that he shall live forever - that his spirit's life shall outlast the mighty monuments of time , and live after the last page shall have been written in the annals of the world ! There is grandeur and sublimity in the thought ...
... thought that he shall live forever - that his spirit's life shall outlast the mighty monuments of time , and live after the last page shall have been written in the annals of the world ! There is grandeur and sublimity in the thought ...
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... thought that Poetry and Truth were deadly enemies ; yet there are no friends in the universe more true- hearted than they . Truth lived in the bosom of God before he had made one visible creation . When the first thing of beauty came ...
... thought that Poetry and Truth were deadly enemies ; yet there are no friends in the universe more true- hearted than they . Truth lived in the bosom of God before he had made one visible creation . When the first thing of beauty came ...
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Page 226 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Page 43 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage : neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha ! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 180 - No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart...
Page 438 - Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive...
Page 150 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing ? are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.
Page 440 - For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. " I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.
Page 262 - In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, the chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, the bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs...
Page 438 - By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand ; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive : for this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Page 439 - And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men...
Page 72 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.