A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females

About this eBook

Author

Newcomb, Harvey, 1803-1863

Title

A practical directory for young Christian females : being a series of letters from a brother to a younger sister

Credits

Produced by PM Childrens Library, Pilar Somoza and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The University of Florida, The Internet Archive/Children's Library)

Language

English

LoC Class

HQ: Social sciences: The family, Marriage, Sex and Gender

Subject

Young women

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17934

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17934

Release Date

March 6, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A — PRACTICAL DIRECTORY — FOR — YOUNG CHRISTIAN FEMALES; — BEING A — SERIES OF LETTERS — FROM A — BROTHER TO A YOUNGER SISTER.
2. 2.BY HARVEY NEWCOMB. — WRITTEN FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS SABBATH SCHOOL SOCIETY, AND APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE OF PUBLICATION. — Seventh Edition. — BOSTON: MASSACHUSETTS SABBATH SCHOOL SOCIETY Depository, No. 13 Cornhill. — Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by CHRISTOPHER C. DEAN, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — LETTER I. — LETTER II. — LETTER III. — LETTER IV. — LETTER V. — LETTER VI. — LETTER VII. — LETTER VIII. — LETTER IX. — SUBJECTS PROPOSED AND ARRANGED. — LETTER X. — LETTER XI. — LETTER XII. — LETTER XIII. — LETTER XIV. — LETTER XV. — LETTER XVI. — LETTER XVII. — LETTER XVIII. — LETTER XIX. — LETTER XX. — APPENDIX.
5. 5.LETTERS, &c.
6. 6.LETTER I. — The Christian's Mark.
7. 7.LETTER II. — The Importance of a thorough Knowledge of the Doctrines of Christianity—means of obtaining it.
8. 8.LETTER III. — True Religion a Work of Grace in the Heart; but it must be carried out in all our Conduct.
9. 9.LETTER IV. — On the Reading and Study of the Holy Scriptures
10. 10.LETTER V. — Prayer and Fasting.
11. 11.LETTER VI. — Temptation.
12. 12.LETTER VII. — Self-Denial.
13. 13.LETTER VIII. — Public and Social Worship, and Sabbath Employments.
14. 14.LETTER IX. — Meditation. — I. CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD. — II. DOCTRINES. — III. CHARACTER OF CHRIST. — IV. NAMES AND OFFICES OF CHRIST. — V. THE CHRISTIAN GRACES.
15. 15.LETTER X. — The Preservation of Health.
16. 16.LETTER XI. — Mental Cultivation. Reading.
17. 17.LETTER XII. — Improvement of Time. Present Obligation.
18. 18.LETTER XIII. — Christian Activity.
19. 19.LETTER XIV. — Dress.
20. 20.LETTER XV. — Social and Relative Duties.
21. 21.LETTER XVI. — Charity.
22. 22.LETTER XVII. — Harmony of Christian Character.
23. 23.LETTER XVIII. — Marriage. — FIRST CLASS. — SECOND CLASS.
24. 24.LETTER XIX. — Submission to the Will of God; Dependence upon Him for Temporal Things, and Contentment under all Circumstances.
25. 25.LETTER XX. — Self-Examination. — QUESTIONS FOR SATURDAY EVENING. — QUESTIONS FOR SABBATH EVENINGS. — QUESTIONS TO BE USED IN SELF-EXAMINATION AT THE CLOSE OF EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK. — I. — II. — III. — IV. — Am I a Christian ? — CONCLUSION.
26. 26.APPENDIX. — COURSE OF READING. — I. History . — II. Christian Doctrine . — III. Biography . — IV. Miscellaneous .

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