The Women of the Confederacy

The Women of the Confederacy

One of the last things the great Henry W. Grady said, was: If I die, I die serving the South, the land I love so well. My father died fighting for it. I am proud to die speaking for it. The author of this volume fought for the South and is now so afflicted that he can no longer hope to speak for the South, but he will be happy to die writing for it. Not half has yet been told of the best part of the South, her women. The Apostle John, on finishing his gospel story of Christ, said: And there are many other things which Jesus did, the which if they could be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. While at work preparing this volume, Mr. C. D. Kennedy, the courteous State librarian of Virginia, said to the writer it would take a whole library to tell all about the Confederate women. As in the life of Christ, only a small part can be told; and only a small part is necessary. It is remarkable that the life of Christ was the most tragic, thrilling, and beneficent life the world ever saw. And yet it is all told in four booklets of simple incidents. Those four little books have been worth more to the world than all other books combined. Neither is there any system in the gospel record. There was no system in Christs life. It could not be told in a consecutive biography nor in a scientific treatise. Science and system all fail when it comes to telling of a life of such love and labor and sorrow. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 36969
Author: Underwood, J. L. (John Levi)
Release Date: Aug 4, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English