Contents

Preface ...... 25

January 1 ‘Another Year is Dawning’ (Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879) ...... 26

Women in the January 2 Woman of the Word (Mary, 1st century) ...... 28 January 3 First Two Women to Know as Lord (Elizabeth and Anna, 1st century) ...... 29 January 4 Spreading the Good News of Jesus (Samaritan woman, 1st century) ...... 30 January 5 Tale of Two Sisters (Mary and Martha, 1st century) ...... 31 January 6 First to See the Risen Lord (Mary Magdalene, 1st century) ...... 32 January 7 First European Convert (Lydia, 1st century) ...... 33 January 8 Aquila’s Wife and Fellow Worker with Paul (Priscilla, 1st century) ...... 34 January 9 Phoebe and Paul’s Roman Friends (1st century) ...... 35

Women in the Early Church January 10 Lady with Imperial Connections (Domitilla, 1st century) ...... 38 January 11 Bold Witness for Christ (Blandina, d. 2 June 177) ...... 39 January 12 ‘I am a Christian’ (Perpetua, d. 7 March 203) ...... 40 January 13 Living and Dying for Jesus (Agatha, d. 251) ...... 41 January 14 Passing on a Godly Heritage (Nonna, 239? – 374) ...... 42 January 15 First Christian Queen (Helena, c. 250 – c. 330) ...... 43 January 16 Faithful to Death (Agnes, 291-304) ...... 44

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 5 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM January 17 Th ree Sisters Standing Bold for the Scriptures (Agape, Chionia, and Irene, d. 5 April 304) ...... 45

Women in Late Antiquity January 18 Using the Classics to Proclaim Christ (Faltonia Proba, c. 306 – c. 353) ...... 48 January 19 Faithful to Mother’s Prayers (Monica, c. 333-387) ...... 49 January 20 Early ‘ Society’ in Rome (Marcella, 325-410) ...... 50 January 21 Lover of Scripture (Paula, 347-404) ...... 51 January 22 First Hospital in Europe (Fabiola, ? – 399) ...... 52 January 23 Travels to the Holy Land, 381-384 (Egeria, 4th century) ...... 53 January 24 What Women Th ese Have! (Anthusa, 4th century) ...... 54 January 25 From Riches to Rags (Olympias, 368-408) ...... 55 January 26 Generational Faithfulness (Macrina the Younger, 4th century) ...... 56

Women in the Early Middle Ages January 27 Christian Queen among Barbarians (Clothilde, 474-545) ...... 58 January 28 From Turmoil to Peace (Radegund, c. 518-587) ...... 59 January 29 First Christian Queen in England (Bertha, 539 – c. 612) ...... 60 January 30 From Slavery to the Th rone (Bathildis, c. 631-680) ...... 61 January 31 Abbess of Whitby (Hilda, 614-680) ...... 62 February 1 Wifely Prayers and a King’s Conversion (Ethelberga, d. 647) ...... 63 February 2 First English Female Author (Walburga, c. 710-777) ...... 64 February 3 Dedicated to God (Leoba, c. 710-782) ...... 65

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 6 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM February 4 Wise Words from a Loving Mother (Dhuoda, mid-9th century) ...... 66 February 5 First Christian Playwright (Hrotsvit, c. 935-1000) ...... 67 February 6 Pearl of Scotland (Margaret of Scotland, 1045-1092) ...... 68 February 7 Laying up Treasures in Heaven (Elizabeth of Hungary, 1207-1231) ...... 69

Women in the Late Middle Ages February 8 Good Queen Anne (Anne of Bohemia, c. 1367-1394) ...... 72 February 9 Treasuring the Scriptures (Lollard women, 14th – 15th centuries) ...... 73 February 10 Beloved of God (Joan Broughton, c. 1414-1494) ...... 74 February 11 Mother Faithful in Teaching her Children (widow Smith, martyred 4 April 1519) ...... 75

Women of the February 12 Caring for a Beggar (Ursula Cotta, d. 1511?) ...... 78 February 13 ’s Rib (Katherine Luther, 1499-1552) ...... 79 February 14 Boldly Defending the Scriptures (, 1492 – c. 1554) ...... 80 February 15 ‘Church Mother’ (Katherine Zell, 1497/98 – 1562) ...... 81 February 16 First Woman Protestant Writer (, c. 1500-1535) ...... 82 February 17 Fourteen-page Marriage Proposal! (Anna Bullinger, c. 1504-1564) ...... 83 February 18 Refuge for the Persecuted (Anna Bullinger, c. 1504-1564) ...... 84 February 19 Sister of the King (Marguerite of Navarre, 1492-1549) ...... 85 February 20 Protector of the Faith (Marguerite of Navarre, 1492-1549) ...... 86 February 21 Artist’s Friend (Vittoria Colonna, 1490-1547) ...... 87

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 7 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM February 22 Princess Protects the Persecuted (Renée of France, 1510-1575) ...... 88 February 23 Peace in persecution (Olympia Morata, 1526-1555) ...... 89 February 24 Loving Christ More (Isabela Bresegna, 1510-1567) ...... 90 February 25 Persuaded by the Word of God (Paula and Claudine Levet, ) ...... 91 February 26 Blessing after Dark Night (Anna Reinhardt Zwingli, 1487-1538?)...... 92 February 27 Excellent Companion (Idelette Calvin, d. 1549) ...... 93 February 28 Anne of a Th ousand Days (, 1507-1536) ...... 94 February 29 Only Woman Named on Geneva’s Reformation Monument (Marie Dentiere, c.1495-1561) ...... 95 March 1 Bible Study in the Palace (, 1514-1548) ...... 96 March 2 Faithful unto Death (Helen Stark, d. 1544) ...... 97 March 3 Firm in Her Faith (, 1521? – 1546) ...... 98 March 4 Converted in a Palace Bible Study (Catherine Willoughby, 1519-1580) ...... 99 March 5 Bold Testimony for Christ (Elisabeth Dirks, d. 1549) ...... 100 March 6 Suff ering for the Incorruptible Word of God (Lysken Dirks, d. 19 February 1552) ...... 101 March 7 Standing for Christ in Diffi cult Days (Lady Jane Grey, 1537-1554) ...... 102 March 8 Marian Martyrs (Catherine Hutt, Joan Horne, and Elizabeth Th ackvill, d. 16 May 1556) ...... 103 March 9 Blind faith (, 1534-1556) ...... 104 March 10 Welcome the Cross of Christ! (Joyce Lewis, d. 10 September 1557) ...... 105 March 11 Suff ering Persecution (Phillipine von Graboren, c. 1534-1558) ...... 106 March 12 Steadfast in the Faith (Jeanne d’Albret, 1528-1572) ...... 107

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 8 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM March 13 Standing Firm in the Scriptures (Alice Driver, c. 1528-1558) ...... 108 March 14 Last of the Marian Martyrs (Elizabeth Prest, martyred 17 November 1558) ...... 109

Heiresses of the Reformation: the Puritan Era March 15 Praying Queen (, Elizabeth Tudor, 1533-1603) ...... 112 March 16 Following the Law of God (Elizabeth I, 1533-1603) ...... 113 March 17 Imparting Wisdom to her Sons (Ann Bacon, 1528-1610) ...... 114 March 18 Husband’s Tribute (Mildred Cooke Burleigh, 1526-1589) ...... 115 March 19 Daily Meditating on the Word (Grace Mildmay, 1552-1620) ...... 116 March 20 Mother’s Last Letter to her Son (Maeyken Wens, executed 5 October 1573) ...... 117 March 21 Mother of Kings and Queens (Charlotte de Bourbon, 1546-1582)...... 118 March 22 Affl icted on Every Side (Louise de Coligny, 1555-1620) ...... 119 March 23 Living and Dying Well (Charlotte Duplessis Mornay, 1550-1606) ...... 120 March 24 Away, Vain World (, c. 1578 – c. 1640) ...... 121 March 25 Should Women be Educated? (Anna Maria van Schurman, 1607-1678) ...... 122 March 26 Native American Convert to Christianity (Pocahontas, c. 1595-1617)...... 123 March 27 Mother’s Advice (Dorothy Leigh, died c. 1615) ...... 124 March 28 Seventeenth Century Love Letters (Margaret Winthrop, c. 1591-1647) ...... 125 March 29 Mother’s Legacy (Elizabeth Jocelin, 1596-1622) ...... 126 March 30 Puritan Marriage (Lucy Hutchinson, 1620-1681) ...... 127 March 31 Looking to Heaven (Mary Love, d. 1660) ...... 128

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 9 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM April 1 Abounding in the Work of the Lord (Mary Tracy Vere, 1581-1671) ...... 129 April 2 Making a Home in the Wilderness (Ann Mountfort Eliot, 1604-1687) ...... 130 April 3 Jesus, My redeemer Lives! (Louisa Henrietta of Brandenburg, 1627-1667)...... 131 April 4 Persecuted for Christ (Margaret Wemyss, Lady Colvill, 17th century) ...... 132 April 5 Looking to the Lord in All of Life (Ann Bradstreet, house burned 10 July 1666) ...... 133 April 6 Puritan Wife, Mother and Poet (Anne Bradstreet, 1612-1672) ...... 134 April 7 Sovereignty and Goodness of God (Mary Rowlandson, 1637-1711) ...... 135 April 8 Penn’s Farewell Letter to His Wife (Gulielma Springetts Penn, 1644-1694) ...... 136 April 9 Heart for God (Madame Jeanne Guyon, 1648-1717) ...... 137 April 10 He Does All Th ings Well (Marion Fairlie Veitch, 1638-1722) ...... 138 April 11 United in Soul and Spirit (Margaret Baxter, 1631-1681) ...... 139 April 12 Remembering those in Prison (Helen Johnston, Lady Graden, d. 1707) ...... 140 April 13 Wigtown Martyrs (Margaret Wilson and Margaret MacLauchlan, d. 1685) ...... 141 April 14 Importunate Wife (Elizabeth Bunyan, ? – 1692) ...... 142 April 15 Loyal Wife and Queen (Queen Mary II, 1662-1694) ...... 143 April 16 Encouraging the body of Christ (Anne Dutton, 1692-1765) ...... 144 April 17 Bringing the Warmth of Christ to a Frozen Land (Ann Egede, 1691 – c. 1734) ...... 145 April 18 Eighteenth Century Manual for Christian Women (Ornaments for the Daughters of Zion, 1692) ...... 146

Reform and Revival April 19 Train up a Child (Susanna Wesley, 1669-1742) ...... 148

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1100 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM April 20 What Shall I Give to the Lord? (Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntington, 1707-1791) ...... 149 April 21 Uncommon Union (Sarah Edwards, 1710-1758) ...... 150 April 22 Family Consecrated to Christ (Sarah Edwards, 1710-1758) ...... 151 April 23 Singing in Prison (Marie Durand, c. 1711-1776)...... 152 April 24 Made useful in the World (Sarah Osborn, 1714-1796) ...... 153 April 25 From Peasant to Countess (Anna Nitschmann, 1715-1760) ...... 154 April 26 England’s First Woman (Anne Steele, 1717-1778) ...... 155 April 27 From a Slave to Freedom in Christ (Rebekka Protten, 1718-1780) ...... 156 April 28 Youth is Like a Flower (Jerusha Edwards, 1730-1748) ...... 157 April 29 Providence’s Special Gift (Mary Catlett Newton, 1729-1790) ...... 158 April 30 Promoting Christian Education for Children (Sarah Trimmer, 1741-1810) ...... 159 May 1 Alone yet Not Alone (Regina Leininger, c. 1745 – ?) ...... 160 May 2 Redeemed and Living for God’s Glory (Willielma Campbell, 1741-1786) ...... 161 May 3 First African-American Female Poet (Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784) ...... 162 May 4 Prayers for Deliverance (Anna Schinz Lavater, 1742-1815) ...... 163 May 5 Conversion Story (Rose Binney Salter, c. 1744-1822) ...... 164 May 6 German Woman from Ireland Sparks Churches in America (B. Heck, 1734-1804) ...... 165

A Benevolent Society May 7 Faithful to the Scriptures (Vehettge Magdalena Tikhule, d. 3 January 1800) ...... 168 May 8 Modern Female Education (Hannah More, 1745-1833) ...... 169

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1111 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM May 9 Providing Education for the Poor (Hannah More’s Sunday Schools, from 1801) ...... 170 May 10 Washington’s Mother and Wife (Mary Ball, 1708-1789 and , 1731-1802)...... 171 May 11 She Gave All She Had (Sally Th omas, 1769-1813) ...... 172 May 12 Transformed into Glory (Mary Chambers Coultart, 1787-1817) ...... 173 May 13 Beginning of Sunday Schools in the United States (Isabella and Joanna Graham, 1742-1814 and 1770-1860) ...... 174 May 14 First Female Missionary Society (Mary Webb, 1779-1861) ...... 175 May 15 Showing the Love of Christ to Prisoners (Sarah Martin, 1791-1843) ...... 176 May 16 Light to Her People (Catherine Brown, c. 1800-1823) ...... 177 May 17 Caring for the Poor and Sick (Eleanor Brennan, 1792-1859) ...... 178 May 18 Caring for Th ose in Prison (Elizabeth Fry, 1780-1845) ...... 179 May 19 America’s First Woman Hymn Writer (Phoebe Hinsdale Brown, 1783-1861) ...... 180 May 20 Wife, Mother, and Hymnwriter (Anna Schlatter, 1773-1826) ...... 181 May 21 Faithful to the Recurring Duties of Life (Amelia Sieveking, 1794-1859) ...... 182 May 22 Cheerful Giver (Emily H. Tubman, 1794-1885) ...... 183 May 23 Protestant Mission in Canada (Henriete Odin Feller, 1800-1868) ...... 184 May 24 Hungry for the Word (Mary Jones, 1784-1864) ...... 185

Victorian Christian Women May 25 Women’s Record (Sarah Josepha Hale, 1788-1879) ...... 188 May 26 Just as I am (Charlotte Elliott, 1789-1871) ...... 189 May 27 Long Walk for Freedom (Prascovia Lopouloff , 1792? – 1809) ...... 190

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1122 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM May 28 Prayerful for Souls to Know the Savior (Harriet Winslow, 1796-1833) ...... 191 May 29 Mother of the Serampore Mission (Hannah Marshman, 1767-1847) ...... 192 May 30 Mother’s Challenge to her Children (Mary Forbes Winslow, 1774-1854) ...... 193 May 31 Living with Eternity in View (Anna Jane Linnard, 1800-1833) ...... 194 June 1 Living for Christ (Anne Randolph Meade Page, 1780-1838) ...... 195 June 2 Life of Usefulness (Ann Hasseltine Judson, 1789-1826) ...... 196 June 3 Forsaking All for Christ (Harriet Newell, 1793-1812) ...... 197 June 4 Princess Mourned (Princess Amelia, House of Hanover, 1783-1810) ...... 198 June 5 Heart and Hands for Missions (Sarah Doremus, 1803-1845) ...... 199 June 6 Name of Jesus (Lydia Baxter, 1809-1874) ...... 200 June 7 Wool and Bible Bees (early 19th century) ...... 201 June 8 Duty of Every Christian (Laura Haviland, 1808-1898) ...... 202 June 9 Delighting to Submit to God’s Will (Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1809-1861) ...... 203 June 10 Serving the Lord with Gladness (Gertrude Reichardt, c. 1788 – c. 1864) ...... 204 June 11 Pioneer Missionary Wife (Lucy Th urston, 1795-1876) ...... 205 June 12 Missionary to the Jew and the Greek (Mary Briscoe Baldwin, 1811-1877) ...... 206 June 13 Solitary Light in a Dark Place (early 19th century) ...... 207 June 14 First Protestant Missionary to Mexico (Melinda Rankin, 1811-1888) ...... 208 June 15 Model Missionary Wife (Jessie McClymont Inglis, 1811-1885) ...... 209 June 16 Saving Women from the Cannibals (Mary Ann Lyth, 1811-1890) ...... 210

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1133 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM June 17 Abiding in Love (Mary Custis Lee, 1808-1873) ...... 211 June 18 Wife of the Bishop of Jerusalem (Maria Zeller Gobat, 1813-1879) ...... 212 June 19 Jesus Christ for Every Man (Catherine Marsh, 1818-1912) ...... 213 June 20 More Love to Th ee (Elizabeth Prentiss, 1818-1878) ...... 214 June 21 Chinese Girls’ School in Singapore (Sophia Cooke, 1814-1895) ...... 215 June 22 Bible Women for London (Ellen Ranyard, 1809-1879) ...... 216 June 23 Modiste for the (Elizabeth Keckley, 1818-1907) ...... 217 June 24 Queen Finds Assurance of Salvation (Queen Victoria 1819-1901) ...... 218 June 25 Beloved Partner (Mary Moff at 1795-1871) ...... 219 June 26 Doing All Th ings Heartily as to the Lord (Catherine Tait, 1819-1878) ...... 220 June 27 Bringing the Gospel to the Nations (Sarah Boardman Judson, 1803-1845) ...... 221 June 28 First Single Woman sent from America as a Missionary (Betsey Stockton, 1798-1865) ...... 222 June 29 Conversion of Sandwich Islands’ Queen (Elizabeth Kaahumanu, 1773-1832)...... 223 June 30 Book of Heaven for the Nez Percé (Eliza Spalding, 1807-1851) ...... 224 July 1 Pioneer Missionary in Turkey (Elizabeth Baker Dwight, 1806-1837) ...... 225 July 2 Seeking Constant Reference to Eternity (Sarah Lanman Huntington Smith, 1802-1836) ...... 226 July 3 Maternal Associations (19th century) ...... 227 July 4 Th is I Do for My Savior (Sarah D. Comstock, 1812-1843) ...... 228 July 5 Women’s Mission Societies: Support and Prayer for Missions (19th century) ...... 229 July 6 First American Woman Missionary in China (Henrietta Hall Shuck, 1817-1844) ...... 230

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1144 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM July 7 Educating for Christ (Mary Lyon, 1797-1848) ...... 231 July 8 Mother of a Th ousand Daughters (Eliza Agnew, 1807-1883) ...... 232 July 9 Only One Life (Mary Elizabeth Hawes Van Lennep, 1821-1844) ...... 233 July 10 Singing a New song (Cecil Francis Alexander, 1824-1895) ...... 234 July 11 Writing to Right the Treatment of Slaves (, 1811-1896) ...... 235 July 12 African-American Christian Poets (19th century) ...... 236 July 13 Conversion and Call to Service (Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910) ...... 237 July 14 Lady with a Lamp (Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910) ...... 238 July 15 Jesus Loves Me (Anna Warner, 1827-1915)...... 239 July 16 Bible for the Creeks (Ann Worcester Robertson, 1826-1905) ...... 240 July 17 Planting the Gospel along the Nile (Mary Louisa Whately, 1824-1889) ...... 241 July 18 From Every Nation, Tribe, and Language (, 1827-1878) ...... 242 July 19 Life of Living for Others (Susan Law McBeth, 1830-1893) ...... 243 July 20 Giving the Son to the Heathen (Eleanor Macomber, 1801-1840) ...... 244 July 21 Laying all on the Altar (Phoebe Palmer, 1807-1874) ...... 245 July 22 Society for Promoting Female Education in the East (1837-1899) ...... 246 July 23 Apostle to the Zenanas (Hannah Catherine LaCroix Mullens, 1826-1861) ...... 247 July 24 Foreign Lady with the Big Love Heart (Lottie Moon, 1840-1912) ...... 248 July 25 Counted Worthy (Fidelia Fiske, 1816-1864) ...... 249 July 26 First Protestant Girls’ School in Shanghai (Eliza Jane Bridgman, 1805-1871) ...... 250

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1155 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM July 27 Whitman Massacres (Narcissa Whitman, 1808-1847) ...... 251 July 28 First Lady of Texas (Margaret Lea Houston, 1819 -1867) ...... 252 July 29 ‘I Gave My Life for Th ee’ (Frances Havergal, 1836-1879) ...... 253 July 30 Example of Persevering Faithfulness (Josephine Lemmert Coffi ng, 1833-1913) ...... 254 July 31 Songs from Trial and Tribulation ( Berg, 1832-1903) ...... 255 August 1 Christ Alone (Christina Rossetti, 1830-1894) ...... 256 August 2 Widow Helping Widows (Eizabeth Bowen Th ompson, d. 1869) ...... 257 August 3 Advocate (Charitie Bancroft, 1841-1923) ...... 258 August 4 Abounding in Every Good Work (Miss de Broen, 1870s)...... 259 August 5 I Need Th ee Every Hour (Annie Sherwood Hawks, 1835-1918) ...... 260 August 6 Sunbeam (Elizabeth Clephane, 1830-1869) ...... 261 August 7 Teacher Par Excellence (Emeline Dryer, 1835-1925)...... 262 August 8 Missionary Daughter and Wife (Mary Moff att Livingston, 1820-1860) ...... 263 August 9 Leader of Her People (Ranavalona II, 1829-1883) ...... 264 August 10 Mrs Dwight L. Moody (Emma Revell, 1842-1903) ...... 265 August 11 To Whom Much was Given (Nettie McCormick, 1835-1923) ...... 266 August 12 Telling the Message of Jesus (Phoebe Rowe, 1856-1897) ...... 267 August 13 Child of the King (Harriet E. Buell, 1834-1910) ...... 268 August 14 Advice to a Young Convert (Sarah Jackson Davis Tappan, 1852) ...... 269 August 15 Calm in the Midst of Storms (Maria Dyer Taylor, 1837-1870) ...... 270

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1166 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM August 16 Rescue the Perishing (Fanny Crosby, 1820-1915) ...... 271 August 17 Guide Th rough Life (Fanny Crosby, 1820-1915) ...... 272 August 18 Gospel in Patchwork (Harriet Powers, 1837-1910) ...... 273 August 19 God’s Image Carved in Ebony (Amanda Berry Smith, 1837-1915) ...... 274 August 20 Praying Teenager becomes a Woman of Prayer (Amelia Taylor Broomhall, 1835-1918) ...... 275 August 21 A.L.O.E. (Charlotte Maria Tucker, 1821-1893) ...... 276 August 22 Caring for the Least of Th ese (Agnes Elizabeth Jones, 1832-1868) ...... 277 August 23 Building a Nation’s Homes (Lucy , 1831-1889) ...... 278 August 24 Auntie Wright (Laura Maria Sheldon Wright, 1809-1886) ...... 279 August 25 Mother of the Salvation Army (Catherine Booth, 1829-1890) ...... 280 August 26 Telling the Story of Jesus (Katherine Hankey, 1834-1911) ...... 281 August 27 Decorating Your Heavenly Home (Sarah Dunn Clarke, 1835-1918) ...... 282 August 28 Unselfi sh Humility (Amelia Wallinger, 1839-1894) ...... 283 August 29 Songs for Chautauqua (Mary Artemisia Lathbury, 1841-1913) ...... 284 August 30 Jehovah-Jireh (Hannah Norris Armstrong, 1841-1919) ...... 285 August 31 Singing the Gospel among the Hindus (Alexina Mackay, 1848-1892) ...... 286 September 1 First Women’s Hospital and Medical School in Asia (Clara Swain, 1834-1910) ...... 287 September 2 Early Women’s Medical Mission in India (Sarah Seward, 1833-1891) ...... 288 September 3 Alone in the Xolobe Valley (Christina Forsyth, 1844-1919) ...... 289 September 4 Westminster Sisters (Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Smith Gibson, 1843-1926, 1843-1920) ...... 290

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1177 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM September 5 Trusting in Jesus (Louisa M. R. Stead, c. 1850-1917) ...... 291 September 6 Grace Greater Th an Our Sins (Julia H. Johnston, 1849-1919) ...... 292 September 7 ‘Cook’ and Charles Spurgeon (Mary King, 19th century) ...... 293 September 8 Singing through Suff ering (Eliza Hewitt, 1851-1920) ...... 294 September 9 Cheerful in the Lord’s Work (Marilla Baker Ingalls, 1827-1901) ...... 295 September 10 Remembering Deliverance from Bondage (Octavia Rogers Albert, 1853-1890) ...... 296 September 11 United Together in Christ (Susannah Spurgeon, 1832-1903) ...... 297 September 12 First Chinese Woman Doctor (Hu King Eng, 1865-1929) ...... 298 September 13 Go Forward! (Annie Armstrong, 1850-1938) ...... 299 September 14 Evangelizing the South Sea Islanders (Florence Young, 1856-1940) ...... 300 September 15 Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus (Lilias Trotter, 1853-1928 and Helen Lemmel, 1864-1961) ...... 301 September 16 Brahmin Lady (Ellen Lakshmi Goreh, 1853-1937) ...... 302 September 17 God Will Take care of You (Civilla Durfee Martin, 1866-1948) ...... 303 September 18 Lead Me to Calvary (Jennie Hussey, 1874-1958) ...... 304 September 19 Hallelujah Lassies come to the United States (Eliza Shirley, 1863-1932) ...... 305 September 20 Face to Face (Carrie E. Breck, 1855-1934) ...... 306 September 21 Devoted to Good Works (Elizabeth Fedde, 1850-1921) ...... 307 September 22 Pioneer in Medical Missions (Anna Sarah Kugler, 1856-1930) ...... 308 September 23 Saved to Serve (Mary Reed, 1854-1943) ...... 309 September 24 Meeting and Marrying a Man Devoted to the Lord (Rosalind Goforth, 1864-1941) ...... 310

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1188 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM September 25 Preserving and passing on a heritage of Faith (Geraldine Guinness Taylor, 1862-1949) ...... 311 September 26 He Giveth More Grace (Annie Johnson Flint, 1866-1932)...... 312 September 27 God’s Perfect Peace (Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879) ...... 313 September 28 Consecrated for the Savior (Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836-1879) ...... 314 September 29 Sixty-one Years as a Missionary (Anne Luther Bagby, 1859-1942) ...... 315 September 30 First Girls College in South Africa (Abbie Ferguson, 1837-1919 and Anna Bliss, 1843-1925) ...... 316

At the End of Two Millennia October 1 On the Alaskan Frontier (Amanda McFarland, 1833-1913) ...... 318 October 2 On a Royal Mission (Mary Slessor, 1848-1915) ...... 319 October 3 On Earth to Serve (Isabella Th oburn, 1840-1901) ...... 320 October 4 Woman of Prayer (Ni Kwei-tseng, 1869-1931) ...... 321 October 5 World’s Largest Women’s University (Mary Scranton, 1832-1909) ...... 322 October 6 Crucifi ed with Christ (Jessie Penn-Lewis, 1861-1927) ...... 323 October 7 Gospel Wagon (Malla Moe, 1863-1953) ...... 324 October 8 Living for Christ and Serving Others (Katharina Lohrenz Schellenberg, 1870-1945) ...... 325 October 9 Lady of the Camps (Minnie Cumming Watson, 1867-1949) ...... 326 October 10 Evangelist to Women (Virginia Healey Asher, 1869-1937) ...... 327 October 11 Th e Lord had Need of Me in Africa (Louise Cecilia Fleming, 1862-1899) ...... 328 October 12 Bible for the People (Suzanne de Dietrich, 1891-1981) ...... 329 October 13 First European Woman in Tibet (Annie R. Taylor, 1855-1922) ...... 330

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 1199 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM October 14 Consecrated to God (Elsie Marshall, 1869-1895) ...... 331 October 15 God Speaks Navajo (Faye Edgerton, 1889-1968) ...... 332 October 16 Shining Light in the Darkness (Alice Seeley Harris, 1870-1970) ...... 333 October 17 Lo Mo, Beloved Mother (Donaldina Mackenzie Cameron, 1869-1968) ...... 334 October 18 Th ree Knocks in the Night (Ida Scudder, 1870-1960) ...... 335 October 19 Streams in the Desert (Lettie Cowman, 1870-1960) ...... 336 October 20 In the Potter’s Hands (Sarah Adelaide Pollard, 1862-1934) ...... 337 October 21 Trio of Women in the Desert (Mildred Cable, 1878-1952) ...... 338 October 22 Representative of the Heavenly City (Dora Yu, 1873-1931) ...... 339 October 23 Looking for Christ’s Soon Return (Christabel Pankhurst, 1880-1958) ...... 340 October 24 ‘I Must Go’ (Mary Slessor, 1845-1915) ...... 341 October 25 Treasures in Heaven (Maria Fearing, 1838-1937) ...... 342 October 26 Grace of the Savior for life (Anna Bowden, d. 1890s) ...... 343 October 27 Th rough Gates of Pearly Splendor (Edith Gilling Cherry, 1872-1897) ...... 344 October 28 Rescue the Perishing (Amy Carmichael, 1867-1951) ...... 345 October 29 Radiating the Joy of Christ (Salamo, c. 1881-1903) ...... 346 October 30 Life of Compassion (Eleanor Chestnut, 1868-1905) ...... 347 October 31 Dying and Raised with Christ (Bertha Smith, 1888-1988) ...... 348 November 1 I’d Rather Have Jesus (Rhea F. Miller, 1894-1966) ...... 349 November 2 Shelter for Women (Pandita Ramabai, 1858-1922) ...... 350

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 2200 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM November 3 Living in the Love of God (Lydia Vins, 1907-1985) ...... 351 November 4 Joy to the World (Joy Ridderhof, 1903-1984) ...... 352 November 5 Model of Good Works (Althea Brown Edmiston, 1874-1937)...... 353 November 6 Beloved Disciple (Gertrude Hobbs Chambers, 1884-1966) ...... 354 November 7 Teacher (Henrietta Mears, 1890-1963) ...... 355 November 8 Door of Hope (Emma Whittemore, d. 1931) ...... 356 November 9 Calvary Covers it All (Ethel Taylor, 1934) ...... 357 November 10 May God be Glorifi ed, by Life or Death (Betty Stam, 1906-1934) ...... 358 November 11 Giving the Words of Life (Helen Watkins, b. 1904 – d. 1990s) ...... 359 November 12 His Eye is on the Sparrow (Ethel Waters, 1896-1977) ...... 360 November 13 Queen of Tonga (Salote Tupou III, 1900-1965) ...... 361 November 14 Jubilee for Women’s Missionary Movement (1910-1911) ...... 362 November 15 World Tour for Missions (Helen Montgomery and Lucy Peabody, 1914) ...... 363 November 16 Keeping the Faith (Eliza Davis George, 1879-1980) ...... 364 November 17 Nile Mother (Lillian Trasher, 1887-1961)...... 365 November 18 Comforting the Persecuted (Mary Graff am, 1872-1921) ...... 366 November 19 World Day of Prayer (1920) ...... 367 November 20 Pastor’s Wife Converted (Bethan Lloyd-Jones, 1898-1991) ...... 368 November 21 Beautiful Happiness (Edith Schaeff er, 1914-2013) ...... 369 November 22 Using Her Talents for the Lord’s Glory (Mary Nanwar Lar, c. 1935 –) ...... 370

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 2211 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM November 23 Crying out against Injustice (Elisabeth Schmitz, 1893-1977) ...... 371 November 24 By Grace Made Strong (Margaret Clarkson, 1915-2008) ...... 372 November 25 Prisoner of War (Carol Terry Talbot, 20th century) ...... 373 November 26 Never Forsaken (Darlene Deibler Rose, 1917-2004) ...... 374 November 27 Confi dent in God’s Word (Audrey Wetherell Johnson, 1907-1984) ...... 375 November 28 Mother of the Year (Evelyn LeTourneau, 1900-1987) ...... 376 November 29 Prayers for a Loved One Answered (Amy George, 1934 –) ...... 377 November 30 Au Wei De, ‘Virtuous One’ (Gladys Aylward, 1902-1970) ...... 378 December 1 Legacy of Faith (Ruth Bell Graham, 1920-2007) ...... 379 December 2 Hiding Place (Corrie ten Boom, 1892-1983) ...... 380 December 3 Giving Voice to the Martyrs (Sabina Wurmbrand, 1913-2000) ...... 381 December 4 Littlest Lady with the Biggest Heart (Lillian Dickson, 1901-1983) ...... 382 December 5 If I Perish, I Perish (Esther Ahn Kim, born c. 1918, d. 1990s) ...... 383 December 6 Dealing with Pain (Cicely Saunders, 1918-2005) ...... 384 December 7 Wife of a P.O.W. (Florence Matheny DeShazer, 1921 – ) ...... 385 December 8 First Missionary Aviation Fellowship Pilot (Betty Greene, 1920-1997) ...... 386 December 9 Discovering the Kingdom of Heaven (Miss Wang and Bertha Smith, 1950s) ...... 387 December 10 Tentmaker Training Tentmakers (Ruth Siemens, 1925-2005) ...... 388 December 11 Among the Lisu (Isobel Kuhn, 1901-1957) ...... 389 December 12 People’s General (Eva Burrows, 1929-2015) ...... 390

HHer-story_365er-story_365 ddevotions_thirdevotions_third ccorrection.inddorrection.indd 2222 44/11/2016/11/2016 110:51:590:51:59 AAMM December 13 God’s Beauty Parlor (Sabina Wurmbrand, 20th century) ...... 391 December 14 Sister in Christ from a Murderous Tribe (Dayuma, d. 2014) ...... 392 December 15 Prayer of a Child (Helen Roseveare, 1925- ) ...... 393 December 16 Loved with an Everlasting Love (Elisabeth Elliot, 1926-2015)...... 394 December 17 Very Present Help in Trouble (Ruth Hege, c. 1905 – ?) ...... 395 December 18 Fellowship of His Suff ering (Helen Roseveare, b. 1925) ...... 396 December 19 Learning to Pray (Joanne Shetler, b. 1936) ...... 397 December 20 Good Seed (Marianna Slocum, 1917-2008) ...... 398 December 21 Bringing Life to the Mountains of Death (Evelyn Harris Brand, 1879-1974) ...... 399 December 22 In Times Like Th ese (Ruth Caye Jones, 1902-1972) ...... 400 December 23 Because He Lives (Gloria Sickal Gaither, b. 1942) ...... 401 December 24 Strengthened through Suff ering (Joni Eareckson Tada, b. 1949) ...... 402 December 25 Magnifying the Lord Together (Anne Sweet Ortlund, 1923-2013) ...... 403 December 26 Peace of Christ Surrounded by Army Tanks (Shirnai Dossova, 1991) ...... 404 December 27 In the Presence of My Enemies (Gracia Burnham, born c. 1959) ...... 405 December 28 Mama Maggie (Maggie Gobran, 20th – 21st centuries) ...... 406 December 29 Comfort in Sorrow (Evelyn Husband, 2003) ...... 407 December 30 Saved to Serve (Jarmilla, 21st century) ...... 408 December 31 ‘Glory of Woman is the Fear of the Lord’ (1847) ...... 409

Index ...... 411

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