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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... mind , other than its simplicity and sincerity . It is the plain effusion of a heart disposed to make serious impressions upon an assembly of one hundred and forty orphan children ; and , to teach them how to feel for the miseries of ...
... mind , other than its simplicity and sincerity . It is the plain effusion of a heart disposed to make serious impressions upon an assembly of one hundred and forty orphan children ; and , to teach them how to feel for the miseries of ...
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... . Then might we " have soothed their pains , and instructed their tender " minds . We could have watched the stroke of death , " and when the vital spark expired , closed their sight- ( 9 ) " less eyes , and performed the ( 8 )
... . Then might we " have soothed their pains , and instructed their tender " minds . We could have watched the stroke of death , " and when the vital spark expired , closed their sight- ( 9 ) " less eyes , and performed the ( 8 )
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... minds may be so happily instructed as to possess such a sense of the goodness of their God , that with the greatest devotion , they may conse- crate their infant lives to the honor of his most sacred * On Wednesday afternoon , February ...
... minds may be so happily instructed as to possess such a sense of the goodness of their God , that with the greatest devotion , they may conse- crate their infant lives to the honor of his most sacred * On Wednesday afternoon , February ...
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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.