A Sermon Commemorative of the Character and Life of Miss. Margaret Latimer

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Excerpt from A Sermon Commemorative of the Character and Life of Miss. Margaret Latimer: Preached in the Tenth Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, on Sunday, November 26, 1865 Let us advert to her history. She was living, now some six or seven years after our Lord's ascension, at Joppa, (the modern Jaffa, ) a small town on the Mediterranean, and the seaport of Jerusalem, forty-five miles distant. Her name is given in two languages, a circumstance which has been thought to warrant the conjecture that it was descriptive of her appearance. Tabitha in Aramaic, derived from a verb signifying to shine, to be splendid, is the Old Testament name for the gazelle, that species of the antelope so celebrated for its beautiful eyes, its graceful form, and the fleetness of its step. This animal the Greeks call, dorcas. Is it drawing too much upon the imagination to suppose that this true disciple was endowed with some personal qualities, of which this name was significant? If she had not been beautiful, as well in person as in character, would the Divine Spirit have laid so much stress upon her name? 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.