Bible Dictionary: Widows: Often Devoted Themselves Entirely to God's Service

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Luke 2:37
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
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1 Timothy 5:10
Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work.
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Library

Marriage of the Blessed virgin to Joseph
... While the two widows were recalling the wedding of Mary ... in Jerusalem in a house which
was often hired out ... work Imre Binah, c. 6o, that virgins devoted to God's ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/vii marriage of the blessed.htm

Prayer Essential to God
... in the early Church, when the complaint that the widows of certain ... They had to be
devoted to prayer in order to ... prayer and shut the closet door, often with the ...
/.../bounds/the weapon of prayer/i prayer essential to god.htm

Homilies on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians.
... power, [1147]ib.; Christians exhorted to sign themselves with it ... works with man,
[1407]220; of man often more persuasive ... and is evidence of a mind devoted to God ...
/.../homilies on philippians colossians and.htm

An Account of the General Conference of 1796
... the relief of the wives and children, widows and orphans ... it was procured, namely,
to be devoted in perpetuity ... This useful class of men were often called upon to ...
/.../chapter 2 an account of.htm

From the Close of the General Conference of 1824 to the ...
... became sober and industrious, and devoted both himself ... had been but feeble, and often
the prospects ... building churches, the people felt themselves compelled, as ...
/.../chapter 8 from the close.htm

1869-1870. Emigration of Families --A visitor's Impressions --The ...
... The great lifework of Miss Macpherson and her devoted family may ... than the usual time
by faithful widows, who sewed ... No wonder that they often turn out unfit for ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/lowe/gods answers/chapter ii 1869-1870 emigration of.htm

1875-1877. Mrs. Way's Sewing --Class for Jewesses --Bible Flower ...
... week one of the spacious floors is devoted to receiving ... meetings at the Home of Industry
are often a time ... leader of our class for mothers and widows says that ...
//christianbookshelf.org/lowe/gods answers/chapter vi 1875-1877 mrs ways.htm

Methodist Book Concern
... by the fluctuations of the times, so often occasioned by ... Book Concern, and is therefore
still devoted to scientific ... perhaps as many wives and widows, besides a ...
/.../chapter 16 methodist book concern.htm

From the Beginning of 1785 to the End of 1786
... twelve persons in each, but unhappily have often increased to ... allowance on the circuits,
and for the widows and worn ... dead to the world, and much devoted to God.2 ...
/.../chapter 1 from the beginning.htm

The Blessedness of Giving
... is to visit the fatherless and widows in their ... The previous fourteen years had been
assiduously devoted to the ... decent apparel to wear, I was often deprived of ...
/.../various/the wonders of prayer/the blessedness of giving.htm

Subtopics

Widows

Widows Remarrying

Widows were Clothed in Mourning After the Decease of Husbands

Widows were Frequently Oppressed and Persecuted

Widows were Released from all Obligation to Former Husbands

Widows were Under the Special Protection of God

Widows: A Desolate Condition

Widows: A Type of Zion in Affliction

Widows: Allowed to Marry Again

Widows: Blessings on Those Who Relieve

Widows: Character of True