Emma Hart Willard

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    The education of females has been exclusively directed to fit them for displaying to advantage the charms of youth and beauty. ... though well to decorate the blossom, it is far better to prepare for the harvest.
    Emma Hart Willard (1787–1870)

    Come, ye Sinners, poor and wretched,
    Weak and wounded, sick and sore.
    Jesus ready stands to save you,
    Full of Pity join’d with Pow’r.
    He is able, he is able, he is able;
    He is willing: doubt no more.
    —Joseph Hart (1712–1768)

    Rocked in the cradle of the deep
    I lay me down in peace to sleep;
    Secure I rest upon the wave,
    For Thou, O Lord! hast power to save.
    —Emma Hart Willard (1787–1870)