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To Edith Sophia Jacob
Elderfield
Feb 19th [1883?1]

MS Charlotte Mitchell

My dear Edith

Your scheme of Intercession is grand. It is rather like some of the Gilds mentioned in the SPCK History of the Diocese of York, which seem to have devoted themselves to special objects. One was in honor of the Lord’s Prayer, and they even made a mystery play of it which they acted once a year.

The care they took of the poor made it a cruel thing to break them up.

your affectionate
C M Yonge

1The letter evidently dates after thefoundation in 1879 at the instigation of Edith Jacob, of the Society of Watchers and Workers, in which invalids dedicated themselves to pray for particular causes. The reference to Ornsby's history of the diocese of York, published in October 1882, makes 1883 the most likely February.

Cite this letter


The Letters of Charlotte Mary Yonge(1823-1901) edited by Charlotte Mitchell, Ellen Jordan and Helen Schinske.

URL to this Letter is: https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/yonge/2661/to-edith-sophia-jacob-21

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