Note 49 — Chapter XIX · SKETCHES OF MINISTERS.—continued.
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"Our Woman Workers," p. 353.
[50] The first Universalist woman who appeared in the pulpit as a preacher of the Gospel was Miss Maria Cook, who preached before the Western Association in Bainbridge, N. Y., in June, 1811. She is spoken of by Rev. Stephen R. Smith, in his "Historical Sketches" (Vol. I. pp. 31, 32). Notwithstanding the good impressions made by her as a speaker, there were those who deemed "so extraordinary an undertaking as an evidence of mental alienation!" A more enlightened and candid judgment in reference to this subject has since prevailed.
[51] Rev. Thomas G. Farnsworth of Waltham, Mass., ordained in 1822, and Rev. Alvin Dinsmore of Woodland, Cal., ordained in 1823.
[52] "Argument on the Right and Duty of Prohibition." By A. A. Miner, April 2, 1867.
[53] Boston Transcript of May 1, 1882.
[54] Rev. G. H. Emerson, D. D., Ed. in "Christian Leader."
[55] Rev. J. W. Hanson, D. D.