Legh Richmond

The Dairyman's Daughter Legh Richmond

The Dairyman's Daughter was an early 19th century religious track about the life of Elizabeth Wallbridge, The track empathized her religious experiences. Her family were servants in England. Leigh Richmond was a curate in a nearby Parish and authored this book. In her middle 20's Elizabeth heard a sermon that changed her life. Her became an avid scholar of the Bible. Some writers have felt that "The Dairyman's Daughter" has had a more extensive influence and a wider circulation than any other similar publication of that period. The book begins as follows. . "It is a delightful employment to discover and trace the operations of Divine grace, as they are manifested in the dispositions and lives of God's real children. It is peculiarly gratifying to observe how frequently, among the poorer classes of mankind, the sunshine of mercy beams upon the heart, and bears witness to the image of Christ which the Spirit of God has impressed thereupon. Among such, the sincerity and simplicity of the Christian character appear unencumbered by those obstacles to spirituality of mind and conversation, which too often prove a great hindrance to those who live in the higher ranks. "