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    284 OPEN COUNCIL,.

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    To The Editor Of The English Woman's Jou...

    and 1859 a , life we spent are distinctl more or y less encouraged in factory in labor the idea are , compatible that housewifel , and y have qualities been

    _j believe > royed so that by the those con who clusion have of made the best the observers experiment will . be The that review it is not says the , ' labor * We the of the state factory of i which hardens in which and they brutalises enter the a minds life q £ , bustle of men and or women publicity , but . "

    Surely this may gnorance make us _hoxDeful ! upon And at last to concludethe idea of a sisterhood , although repugnant to ago many , but , it is is not strange so unfamiliar that it , or has distasteful not gained to the any public groun as d it and was is fifty apparentl years y succeedin

    in almost their barren anxious of results and important . Some two work or , three but the penitentiaries kind of institution are which g of in its the interior times disci live pline in is and essenti endeavors ally reli to gious meet , yet the enters wants into of the the nine spiri - t

    we teenth suaded century that if , such has , a I sisterhood believe , never were been founded established it would . become I am firml a popul y per ar - institution and a great power for good in the land , . It might be composed ladies

    rule they of women , would without of be which every bound all class by order no , a vow third and , but regularity of submit which to are should a strictl impossible be y educated defined ; they reli would all gious be ;

    her attached avoid faith any . to affectation So the much communion for of the medievalism inward of the Eng part or lish ; monasticism strictlv Church adhering and , but willing , they as I would to must abide have by lifecould

    not them be , too to the liberal old ( paths and united in the among regulation themselves of their , they reli mi gious ght afford who , to they be so ) in

    their efforts to aid those withoutand to co-operate with many probably be would opened differ , under from the them direction in various of , these ways ladies . For , for this women purpose of , the classes middle mi and ght Maurice has

    lower classes in a manufacturing town , similar to those Mr . so make munity successfull up Would the y established evening be visiting emp for the working loyment poor and men of those nursing ; and fitted whil the e the to sick teach dail , y the . work obtain The classes of for influence the woul them com d -

    and immense the which good the education -will benefit intermediate and of and help such refinement of class intercourse the masters broug always ht ' to daug to themselves g hter sense ives s , , who would of . their could Thi soon s being responsibilities not but accomp perceive lishe the the d ,

    lower order of women beneath them again a would surely through their means , indirectl The classes y be reached being held . in hired for the ( not in the home oi

    the on any sisterhood particular ) would subject enable would rooms them be to of enlist infinite the importance aid purpose of friends , but , whose whose teaching general must be if under

    views they would not wish to be responsible for , as they their This own roof imperfect . sketch of be improved and altered in . its .

    out details such ; very and a scheme I am not or blind the disadvantages to may the great course difficulties of attempting in the to way steer of a carrying middle

    sp course irit . in its I know conservative that , when sense the to time be preserved came for in w the orking inner it life out would , the catholic be

    irksome , to the liberal worldand , the same spirit , in its broad comprehensiveeasier ness , appear to stand dangerous bthan the to , the whole reli : g but ious I ; have for one a very side strong of the conviction truth _^ is ever that y

    point be something attempted would not be with very gained perfect different if the success in lan outline , and not from I cannot thought what hel 1 beneath have p feeling suggested the that criticism a mig great ht ot

    these your remarks readers . , which It is have for thi long s p reason been were I on have my mind made unexpressed up lined my mind t , insert to but send which you 1

    almost fear from their length you will scarcely feel inco m your Journal .

    May 9 th 1860 . I remain , truly A your Subscriber s , . ,

    284 Open Council,.

    284 OPEN COUNCIL ,.

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 284, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/68/