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title: 'Female Influence, and the True Christian Mode of Its Exercise: A Discourse Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, July 30, 1837'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'Jonathan French Stearns'
date: 1837-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Family, Marriage, and Roles of Men and Women'
- 'Personal Piety'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 31'
- 'Galatians 3'
- 'Acts 16'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/stearns-1837-female-influence-and-the-true-christian-mode-of-its-exercise-a-discourse-delivered-in-the-first-presbyterian-church-in-newburyport-july-30-1837
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# Female Influence, and the True Christian Mode of Its Exercise: A Discourse Delivered in the First Presbyterian Church in Newburyport, July 30, 1837

A Presbyterian sermon arguing that virtuous women's domestic, social, and religious influence shapes families, society, and the church. They should seek no public praise but let their works speak (Prov. 31).

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