Hope and trust, brought to the knowledge of the truth, as Stewart was left a widow in 1829 was, as I humbly Until I was twenty in 1826 was married to James W. Left them at fifteen years of age attended Sabbath schools I was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1803 was leftĪn orphan at five years of age was bound out in a clergyman's family had the seeds of piety and virtue early sown in my mind, but was deprived of the advantages of education, though my soul thirsted for knowledge. Necessity of turning your attention to knowledge and You to exertion, and to enforce upon your minds the great Meditations of my heart as far as my imagination led Īnd have presented them before you, in order to arouse Or taste in their composition, but have merely written the My friends will not scrutinize these pages with too severeĪn eye, as I have not calculated to display either elegance Publicly to express my sentiments before you. To the knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, is theįeeling a deep solemnity of soul, in view of our wretchedĪnd degraded situation, and sensible of the gross ignorance that prevails among us, I have thought proper thus May accompany the work, and that souls may be brought Such instruments as He sees proper to bring about His His people for God seeth not as man seeth, but uses God's time has come for the work to be recognized among The wonderful development of the knowledge that she hadĪ claim in the United States Navy Department, for services rendered by her late husband to the Government in Suppressed for forty-six years and the author was struggling during that time in widowhood and sorrow to maintain her dignity and standing as a woman and a Christian Nevertheless it must be a God-send, as every one mustīe convinced who may read its pages. The Christian public will undoubtedly be astonishedĪt the humble source from which this work emanates. P AGE 81–Insert "in" after "that," first line. P AGE 71–"Methinks instead of "bethinks" fourth line. P AGE 66–Insert "so" after "been," tenth line. P AGE 63–Substitute "our" for "the," before "greatest," first line. P AGE 47–Substitute "ascended" for "extended," fourteenth line. P AGE 42–Insert "my" after "O," third paragraph. P AGE 41–Meditation VI., line 39 – Read "nor the horrors of hell." P AGE 40–In fifth line of the prayer insert "though" after "but." P AGE 37–First line, prefix "un" before "fashionable." P AGE 36–Omit "black" before "book," in tenth line second line from bottom, substitute "fearful" for "faithful." P AGE 10–Third paragraph, first line, read "this" instead of "the." Now most respectfully Dedicated to the Church Militant of Washington, D. Presented in 1832 to the First African Baptist Church and Society of Boston, Mass.įIRST PUBLISHED BY W. Stewart), Now Matron of the Freedman's Hospital, and Presented in 1832 to the First African Baptist Church and Society of Boston, Mass. Stewart,) now matron of the Freedmen's Hospital, and presented in 1832 to the First African Baptist Church and Society of Boston, Mass.Ī Celebration of Women Writers Meditations from the pen of Mrs.
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