1864-1865 FEMALE GUARDIAN SOCIETY MAG. Civil War Widows, Prostitution, Work-Houses, Sex Trafficking, &c. Reformation Schmucker's conviction of the near

Schmucker's conviction of the near coming of Jesus provided the impetus for his eschatological work

During the latter part of his ministry

and then Captain Amasa Sessions [grandfather]

And the final on the lifting up of Christ as the predecessor to his drawing all men unto Himself

Although he could have continued his military career

1864-1865 FEMALE GUARDIAN SOCIETY MAG. Civil War Widows, Prostitution, Work-Houses, Sex Trafficking, &c. Reformation Schmucker's conviction of the nearVery scarce volume including two full years of an important periodical created for the edification of women and raising funds and advocacy for societies to rescue vulnerable women from poverty, work houses, prostitution, etc., The periodical became especially important as women would become the "home guard" during the Civil War and the number of single mothers in the years after the war reached statistically unsustainable levels, leading to an upswing