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title: 'Under the Pruning-Knife: A Story of Southern Life'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Mary Tucker Magill'
date: 1888-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Fiction'
- 'Devotional (General)'
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
scriptures:
- 'John 15'
- 'Psalms 23'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/magill-1888-under-the-pruning-knife-a-story-of-southern-life
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# Under the Pruning-Knife: A Story of Southern Life

Southern tale of loss, marriage, and Christian growth. The 'pruning-knife' metaphor shows God's discipline shaping character, family duty, and hope amid suffering.

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