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Two Faithful Women

Two Faithful Women. Mary Jones and her Bible. Mary Jones and Her Bible. Born 16 th Dec 1784, daughter of a weaver - Calvinistic Methodist family. Calvinistic belief: the election (predestination) to grace of some.

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Two Faithful Women

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  1. Two Faithful Women

  2. Mary Jones and her Bible Mary Jones and Her Bible

  3. Born 16th Dec 1784, daughter of a weaver - Calvinistic Methodist family Calvinistic belief: the election (predestination) to grace of some. Some unpredestined, but this is no injustice because they remain in the state they would be in if there were no election - in which circumstance none would be saved (better some saved than none!)

  4. Educated in the Welsh circulating schools run by Revd Thomas Charles Important figure in the history of modern Wales Thomas Charles

  5. Circulating schools: Held in winter months on Sundays (pupils worked on weekdays) A school would stay in a district for a few months, then move on Sunday teaching controversial – some believed it broke the Sabbath commandment!

  6. When she was 8 Mary became a Christian Mary loved the bible (in Welsh) The nearest bible was on a farm two miles away

  7. Mary wanted a bible of her own At age 9 she started to save for her own bible In 1800, when Mary was 15, she had saved enough money

  8. Bibles hard to come by Available only from Revd Thomas Charles at Bala - 25 miles from Mary’s home in LLanfihangel-y-Pennant

  9. Mary set off to walk to Bala Imagine walking from Worcester to Hereford – but over Welsh hills!

  10. Look at Mary’s feet!

  11. All the bibles for sale by Revd Thomas Charles were spoken for Mary was so distressed that he sold her one of the bibles – a 1799 Welsh bible In 1799 10,000 Welsh bibles were printed at Oxford under the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge (SPCK)

  12. Mary Jones’ own bible 1799 edition

  13. Inscription by Mary Jones in her bible, bought 1800 Mary Jones was born 16th of December 1784.I Bought this in the 16th year of my age. I am Daughter of Jacob Jones and Mary Jones His wife. the Lord may give me grace. Amen.Mary Jones His The True Onour of the Bible. Bought In the Year 1800 Aged 16th.

  14. Thomas Charles was inspired to propose to the Council of the Religious Tract Society to form a new society to supply Wales with bibles

  15. This led, in 1804, to the establishment in London of the British and Foreign Bible Society

  16. Welsh New Testament 1806

  17. Memorial in Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, erected over the ruin of the cottage where Mary Jones lived as a young girl

  18. Mary married a weaver In later life she became blind and learned Braille Mary died in December 1864 aged 80

  19. The devotion of one poor Welsh girl inspired the taking of the Scriptures to every corner of the world

  20. Two Faithful Women

  21. Perpetua Turn of the 3rd century - 200 AD

  22. Perpetua lived in Carthage – Phoenician city-state linked to Tyre Founded 814 BC

  23. Carthage today - Tunisia

  24. Perpetua: Noblewoman in her 20s Married with an infant son, and pregnant

  25. Perpetua: Christian convert preparing for baptism Nothing is known of her husband

  26. North Africa had a vibrant Christian community Emperor Septimius Severus resolved to cripple Christianity Focused on North Africa

  27. Perpetua was imprisoned with her servant Felicity – but allowed to keep her infant son

  28. This is said to be Perpetua’s prison cell

  29. Perpetua’s pagan father tried to persuade her to renounce her faith – to no avail Perpetua then beaten severely by her father

  30. In prison Perpetua kept a diary - the earliest known surviving text by a Christian woman

  31. Perpetua was baptised, along with other Christian captives

  32. Perpetua brought before the Roman pro-consol Minutius Ordered to sacrifice to idols

  33. Perpetua refused Thrown into a dungeon Her infant son was taken away

  34. Perpetua’s father again tried to persuade her – again to no avail She replied simply: “God’s will be done” Perpetua was soon sentenced to die in the arena

  35. The day before her execution Perpetua gave birth – a girl The child was adopted by a Christian family

  36. Perpetua thrown to wild cows (normal practice for women)

  37. Gored badly – then killed by sword

  38. Perpetua (and Felicity) martyred March 7th 203 AD Declared saints by the Roman Catholic church

  39. Perpetua never wavered It is said that through her example some of her guards were converted

  40. Perpetua forsook all: position, family, even her children for Christ’s sake

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