MEMOIRS OF
Mrs. Rebecca Steward,
CONTAINING:
A FULL SKETCH OF HER LIFE,
WITH VARIOUS SELECTIONS FROMHER WRITINGS AND LETTERS;
ALSO CONTRIBUTIONS FROMBISHOP CAMPBELL, D.D.,
PROF. B. F. LEE, OF WILBERFORCEUNIVERSITY,
B. T. TANNER, D.D.,EDITOR OF THE Christian Recorder,
REV. T. GOULD, MRS. ELIZABETHLLOYD, AND WM.STEWARD,
BY REV. T. G. STEWARD.
The motto I taught my boys was "Aim at the Sun! If you do not bring itdown, you will shoot higher than if you had aimed at the earth."—RebeccaSteward.
"Her children shall rise up and call her blessed."
PUBLISHED AT THE
Publication Department of the A. M. E. Church,
No. 631 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.
1877.
Copyright, 1877, by Rev. T. G. Steward.
To DANIEL A. PAYNE, D.D.,
Senior Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church:
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LEARNING, TALENTS AND PIETY:
AND AS A TESTIMONIAL TO HIS HIGH APPRECIATION
OF FEMALE EXCELLENCE, THIS LITTLE
VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED.
THE AUTHOR.
CONTENTS.
Introduction3
In Memoriam, Poem7
PART I.
CHAPTER I.—Ancestory and Parents11
CHAPTER II.—Birth, Home, etc.16
CHAPTER III.—Wife, Mother, Writer22
CHAPTER IV.—Children all married.28
CHAPTER V.—Retrospection.44
Reminiscences, by Bishop Campbell,52
My Recollections,—Prof. B. f. Lee,60
Mrs. Rebecca Steward, by Dr. Tanner,67
Mrs. Rebecca Steward, By Rev. T. Gould.71
Aunt Rebecca Steward,—Mrs. E. Lloyd,76
PART II.
"Two Years On The Brink Of Jordan."81
Sanctification, by Mrs. R. S.106
Sanctification, by Mrs. R. S.113
Sanctification, conclusion by Mrs. R. S.118
Story, by Mrs. R. S....