Two Books on Godly Womanhood

[Miss Linda]

I have been reading two wonderful books, and wanted to share them with everyone.

The first is The Quest for Meekness and Quietness of Spirit by Matthew Henry (the author of the Exposition of the Old and New Testaments). This is a wonderful little book of less than 200 pages, and I recommend it most highly. It offers excellent advice about the importance of developing patience, kindness and a comely grace in our dealings with those around us.

The second book I have been reading lately is Female Piety by Puritan author John Angell James. There are so many wonderful nuggets of truth in this book. I cannot recommend it highly enough to any woman who truly, from the depths of her heart, wishes to be a woman pleasing in God's sight. Here is just a little taste of the riches of this book: "A woman unacquainted with the Bible, and ignorant of its contents as affecting her own conduct, character, and history, has yet to know the finest patterns of female loveliness. The Bible is the best mirror by which most accurately to know what you are, and to become what you should be; before which you may adjust all the moral habiliments of the soul, and from which you may go forth adorned with all the beauties of holiness, clothed with the garment of purity, and decorated with the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit."