As in the mighty arch which spans the world
God's power is manifest, in the gentle flowers
Eve read his mercy. And the wreath she twined
Of buds spontaneous, was a frontlet more
Expressive of calm love and innocence,
Of native and unsullied majesty,
Than her descendants may inscribe in words,
Or wear in gemm'd and sparkling coronet.
PHILADELPHIA:
LINDSAY AND BLAKISTON.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by
LINDSAY & BLAKISTON,
in the clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
STEREOTYPED BY J. FAGAN.
PRINTED BY C. SHERMAN.
PREFACE
The subject of this book entitles it to a high place among illustrated volumes. The execution, literary and artistic, will, we are confident, be found worthy of the theme; since we have received the assistance of authors best known in the sacred literature of our country, in presenting, in their various important attitudes and relations, the WOMEN OF THE SCRIPTURES. The contents of the volume were prepared expressly for it, with the exception of the pages from the pen of Mrs. Balfour; and for the republication of her articles, no one who reads them will require an apology. The designs for the engravings are original; and the Publishers trust that in the present volume they have made their best acknowledgment for the favour with which its predecessors have been received. The whole, they believe, will be found no inapt memento of those to whom St. Peter refers the sex for an ensample: "the holy women, in the old time."
The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy of Scripture. Since the text and audio content provided by BLB represent a range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry.
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