The Proper Sphere and Influence of Woman in Christian Society

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Excerpt from The Proper Sphere and Influence of Woman in Christian Society: Being a Lecture Delivered by Rev. Robert Sedgewick Before the Young Men's Christian Association, Halifax, N. S., November, 1856 And if the tented field be not woman's Sphere, nor the lux urious seraglio, so neither is the gloomy nunnery. Setting aside for the time the ecclesiastical view of the matter, and the spiri tual aspect of it too, (for with these, in present circumstances, it would be improper to meddle, ) pray what is the social aspect of the nunnery? So far as it goes, it is a breaking up of the social compact, so far as it goes, it deprives man of his comple ment, so far as it goes, it lessens, by every inmate within its walls, the homes of society, for everybody must see that in other circumstances the nun might have been a wife, and that wife a mother, and thus it is the nunnery versus home - it is the nun nery and its seclusion. Against home with its Openness, it the nunnery and its thraldom against home with its freedom, it is the nunnery and its asceticism against home with its cheerful ncss, it is the nunnery and its gloom against home with its gladness. 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.