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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... anguish of their souls , they re- fuse to be comforted , because their little ones were not , and laid in their untimely graves . From the scene in Bethlehem , let me conduct you to the severe calamity which so lately occurred in Phi ...
... anguish of their souls , they re- fuse to be comforted , because their little ones were not , and laid in their untimely graves . From the scene in Bethlehem , let me conduct you to the severe calamity which so lately occurred in Phi ...
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... anguish was heard ! The faithful watchmen hazard their lives to rescue the tender sufferers ; and while some are snatched from the burnings , others drop into a bed of flames , to rise no more . Where are now the Rachels , who weep and ...
... anguish was heard ! The faithful watchmen hazard their lives to rescue the tender sufferers ; and while some are snatched from the burnings , others drop into a bed of flames , to rise no more . Where are now the Rachels , who weep and ...
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... anguish of the orphan's generous guardians ? Every bell that sounds , and every voice that is heard , adds a thrill to their con- sternation , and a puncture to their grief . Who but will apply to them the pathetic language of our text ...
... anguish of the orphan's generous guardians ? Every bell that sounds , and every voice that is heard , adds a thrill to their con- sternation , and a puncture to their grief . Who but will apply to them the pathetic language of our text ...
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... anguish on the occasion ! If all these Ladies were present with us this morning , it is certain , from their well known sympathy with their sister Directresses in Philadelphia , that they would not only have expressed their feeling by ...
... anguish on the occasion ! If all these Ladies were present with us this morning , it is certain , from their well known sympathy with their sister Directresses in Philadelphia , that they would not only have expressed their feeling by ...
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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.