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100 1 _aGuernsey, Lucy Ellen,
_d1826-1899
245 1 4 _aThe sign of the cross
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2025-11-27
520 _aThe Sign of the Cross by Lucy Ellen Guernsey is a didactic Christian novel written in the mid-19th century. It follows Edah Champlin, a fashionable schoolgirl stirred to examine the vows of Baptism and Confirmation, and her steadier friend Millicent Amory, as they are guided by an earnest Episcopal rector toward a faith proved by self-denial and service; parish life, Communion, and practical charity shape the story as Edah trades comfort for duty to her struggling family. The opening of the novel presents a parish preparing for Confirmation, where Edah and Millicent react differently to the rector’s notice: Milly questions what true change the rite brings, prompting Edah to re-read the Prayer Book, grasp the gravity of her baptismal vows, seek counsel from Rev. Wardwell, and at last approach the Communion. Milly studies, prays, and slowly resolves to take the “narrow path,” while several schoolmates are confirmed. Vacation plans then shift when Edah receives word that her stepmother is ill; she forgoes a seaside trip, goes home, and meets jealousy from her half-sister Susan, mischief from Sam, and the spoiled Pauline. After a tense misstep over discipline, Pauline is seized with convulsions; Edah’s calm, capable nursing wins trust, she funds a competent household helper, and, longing for worship, she and Sam ride to Raeburn for Communion, where they meet the Willsons and the esteemed Laurence family as the scene closes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: General Protestant Episcopal S. S. Union and Church Book Society, 1855
653 _aChildren's stories
653 _aSunday school literature
653 _aAfrican Americans -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aTemperance -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aChristian education of children -- Juvenile works
653 _aYoung women -- Religious life -- Juvenile works
700 1 _aOrr, Nathaniel
700 1 _aThwaites, W. H.
_q(William H.)
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77348
999 _c118068
_d118068