---
title: '“Sis”'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Mary Tucker Magill'
date: 1886-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Children and Youth'
- 'Revival Narratives'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 2'
- 'Matthew 25'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/magill-1886-sis
---

# “Sis”

An 1886 Harper's excerpt mixing travel/industry notes with a short fiction, 'Sis'—a Black nurse who lovingly teaches and preaches to little Lily, blending childlike humor and revival zeal.

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