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Contents vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Something in the Atmosphere 1 Part One: The Legacy of the Itinerancy 1 “Bed and candlestand, for any passing Elisha”: Hospitality and the Founding of Churches 19 2 Mistress of the Parsonage: The Role of the Itinerant’s Wife 37 Part Two: Evangelical Experience and the Means of Grace 3 Bible, Closet, and Family Altar: The Private Means of Grace 63 4 The Grace of Utterance: Class Meetings, Prayer Meetings, and Revivals 74 Part Three: The Organizing Church 5 “Gospel in bread and butter and afternoon tea”: Benevolence Work and Ladies’ Aids 97 6 Wide Spheres of Usefulness: Sunday Schools and Church Music 118 Part Four: The Missionary Movement 7 From Missionary-hens to “an entirely new line”: Women’s Support for Missions 139 8 “A broader culture, a wider experience”: The Work of the Missionary Society 157 Part Five: Responding to Change 9 “The Foreigners in Our Cities”: Women and Social Christianity 181 10 Widening the Field: Responding to a New Era 198 11 All the Rights and Privileges: The Status of Women within the Church 219 Epilogue 239 Abbreviations 243 Notes 245 Sources 281 Index 297 ...