WOMEN IN WHITE RAIMENT, BY JOHN LEMLEY, EDITOR OF THE ZION’S WATCHMAN, AND AUTHOR OF “THE CHRIST LIFTED UP,” “LAND OF SACRED STORY,” “WONDERS OF GRACE,” “PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS,” ETC. “They shall walk with me in white; for they shall be worthy, ... and shall be clothed in white raiment.”--REV. iii: 4, 5. THE FIRST EDITION. ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1899. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1898, by JOHN LEMLEY, in the office of the Librarian at Washington. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. CHARLES VAN BENTHUYSEN & SONS, Printers, Electrotypers and Binders, ALBANY, N. Y. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY. WOMEN OWE THEIR ELEVATION TO THE BIBLE--THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IN HEATHEN LANDS CONTRASTED WITH THE CONDITION OF WOMEN IN BIBLE LANDS--GOD’S THOUGHT OF WOMAN IN THE CREATION--HER RIGHTS UNDER THE HEBREW ECONOMY--CHRIST’S TENDERNESS TOWARDS WOMANHOOD--BLESSING OTHERS. 7-19 CHAPTER I. The Paradise Home in Eden. MAN’S FIRST HOME A GARDEN--EVE THE ISHA--THE SCENE OF THE TEMPTATION--HIDING FROM GOD--REFUSING TO CONFESS, JUDGMENT IS PRONOUNCED--THE SAD RESULTS OF SIN--EVE BELIEVED THE PROMISE. 21-35 CHAPTER II. Womanhood in the Patriarchal Age. SARAH THE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS--HER FAITH TESTED--THE MISTAKE OF HER LIFE--HER LOVELY CHARACTER--REBEKAH--AN ORIENTAL WOOING--ELIEZER’S PRAYER--THE BRIDE’S ANSWER--MEETING ISAAC--A MOTHER’S LOVE FOR HER SON--JACOB’S FLIGHT--REBEKAH, THE BEAUTIFUL SHEPHERDESS--SEVEN YEARS’ SERVICE FOR HER--LABAN’S DECEPTION--LEAH, THE TENDER-EYED--HUMAN FAVORITES--DIVINELY HONORED--RACHEL’S TOMB THE FIRST MONUMENT TO HUMAN LOVE. 36-70 CHAPTER III. Womanhood During the Egyptian Bondage and in the Desert of Sinai. JOCHEBED--HER REMARKABLE COURAGE--THONORIS--HER COMPASSION--HEROIC LABORS SEEMINGLY UNREWARDED--ZIPPORAH, THE MIDIANITE SHEPHERDESS--GLORIFYING DAILY LABOR--AT A WAYSIDE INN--MIRIAM--HER SONG OF TRIUMPH AT THE RED SEA--HER AFFLICTION AT HAZEROTH--AN EVENTFUL LIFE. 71-89 CHAPTER IV. Womanhood During the Conquest and the Theocracy, or Rule of the Judges. RAHAB--GREAT GRACE FOR GREAT SINNERS--THE FALL OF JERICHO--THE COVENANT REMEMBERED--DEBORAH--HER REMARKABLE COURAGE--SISERA’S IRON CHARIOTS BROKEN--THE DAUGHTER OF JEPHTHAH--HER LOVING DEVOTION AND SACRIFICE--THE STORY OF NAOMI--ORPAH’S KISS--THE LOVING RUTH--GLEANING AMONG THE REAPERS--HER RICH REWARD--HANNAH--HER CONSECRATION--YEARLY VISITS TO SHILOH--STITCHING BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS INTO SAMUEL’S COAT--HER BEAUTIFUL LIFE. 90-117 CHAPTER V. Womanhood During the Reign of the Kings.