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In the onward march of Christianity, with its civilizing influence as well as its saving power, we know of no better index to its real effect upon man than the high esteem in which he holds woman, and the estimation he places

HALLIE QUINN BROWN.

upon her as an agency purifying and preserving human society. As he rates her, just so the world rates him, and as she is appreciated and encouraged, so he is elevated and strengthened.