Excerpt from The Christian Lady's Magazine: January, 1840 It never was in the Editor's contemplation to make this little work a controversial one: simply to set forth the truth, in varied and attractive garbs as abi lity might be given, and the kind help of friends assist her to do, was the whole of her aim. But events of stirring character have come to pass, a crisis of great moment has drawn nearer and nearer; the church has felt many shocks from those winds and waves that are destined to prove its stability on the Rock; and even women that were at case have been called upon to rise up, and to keep watch and ward with their brethren. It is for this cause that the Christian Lady's Magazine has perhaps appeared to lose somewhat of its feminine character, while in duty constrained to give notice to those within the house, of some mighty wave rolling on, some men acing cloud darkening the horizon, some sapping flood creeping stealthily towards the foundation of the building. From such duty the Editor never did, and with God's help, never will shrink back. The consequence has been an experience new, and cer tainly painful to her. Attacks, some of them coarse and abusive, in the public prints that avowedly ad vocate the cause of Popery, Infidelity, and Republi canism: some harsh, bitter, and contemptuous, from a party of another class, who arrogate to themselves an infallibility that will not stand the test of scrip ture; and along with these, abundance of private anonymous rebukes, breathing the Spirit of arrogance and ill-will. Certainly if the Editor felt at liberty to assume the character of a careless daughter, ' to sit down again and be at case, it would wonderfully smooth her path, and might lead to the attainment of more gmeral approval: but this must not he. The tale that is told, of the fleeting years of one oh scure individual, and that individual a female, shall not, she humbly trusts, be the tale of Meroz. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.