Some Women I Have Known
REV- J. B. CULPEPPER. SOME WOMEN I HAVE KNOWN BY REV. J. B. CULPEPPER, AUTHOR OF "Men Only," "Backsliders," "The Black Horse," "Just For Children," "The Wandering Lover; or, Christ ' * " Enthroned, ' 'Malice, Etc. PRICE; CLOTH 75 Cents, PAPER 40 Cento PICKETT PUBLISHING COMPANY. Louisville, Ky. — AUTHOK'S STATEMENT. Dear Eeaders: This little book is just what it claims to be—a talk about some women I have known. It has been prayed over. If it hurts you, let me know I owe you an apology. If it does you good, you owe me a word of encouragement. You can reach me through the mails at Louisville, Ky. I am a woman's boy, a woman's husband, a woman's father, and a woman's friend. Author. INTRODUCTORY.—"SOME WOMEN." The world has felt the influence of woman. From the time Mother Eve sold us out for a bite of fruit to the present, she has been the world's bane or blessing. A true, noble, Godly woman has a pull for the upper world that draws mightily at the heartstrings of man. She has about her a tenderness of spirit, a mildness of manner, a frame of devotion, an influence of general character, that is foreign to man, and at a premium in every good cir- cle. While in the Bible, angels are all represented in the masculine gender, pure, consecrated, sanctified woman- hood, somehow, reminds us more of the angels than ordi- nary manhood. When, however, a woman becomes coarse, neglects culture, develops frowardness, and sacrifices virtue, we instinctively turn from her.
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