An Address Delivered in the Orphan Asylum, New-York, Feb. 5, 1822 on Conflagration of Orphan House in PhiladelphiaE. Conrad, 1822 - 11 pages |
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... Rachel weeping for her children , and would not be com- forted , because they were not . The history of this text , is supposed by some , to de- scribe the state of the children of Israel in the days of Jeremiah , when for their sins ...
... Rachel weeping for her children , and would not be com- forted , because they were not . The history of this text , is supposed by some , to de- scribe the state of the children of Israel in the days of Jeremiah , when for their sins ...
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... Rachel , that tender parent who was so passionately fond of children , and whose grave was yet known and venerated in Rama , which was within the borders where those innocent children were murdered at the command of bloody Herod . What ...
... Rachel , that tender parent who was so passionately fond of children , and whose grave was yet known and venerated in Rama , which was within the borders where those innocent children were murdered at the command of bloody Herod . What ...
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... Rachel . God in his tender providence had provided for them ; so that every orphan , with David could say when my father and my mother for- sake me , then the Lord will take me up . Psalm xxvii . 10. In the city of Philadelphia , the ...
... Rachel . God in his tender providence had provided for them ; so that every orphan , with David could say when my father and my mother for- sake me , then the Lord will take me up . Psalm xxvii . 10. In the city of Philadelphia , the ...
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... Rachel , they may refuse to be comforted , yet , that the God of all consolation would pour the healing balm into their wounded bosoms ; enable them with profound reverence to say , it is the Lord , let him do what seemeth him good ...
... Rachel , they may refuse to be comforted , yet , that the God of all consolation would pour the healing balm into their wounded bosoms ; enable them with profound reverence to say , it is the Lord , let him do what seemeth him good ...
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Page 6 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 5 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.