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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... mothers of Israel are de- scribed in tears under the character of Rachel , though she had been long dead ; because , she was the affec- tionate mother of Joseph and Benjamin , from whom two of the principal tribes of Israel descended ...
... mothers of Israel are de- scribed in tears under the character of Rachel , though she had been long dead ; because , she was the affec- tionate mother of Joseph and Benjamin , from whom two of the principal tribes of Israel descended ...
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... mothers of those massa- cred children , is described and personified by weeping 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 ...
... mothers of those massa- cred children , is described and personified by weeping 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 ...
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... mothers who bare them and suckled them at the breast , were long since dead , and sleep in their graves , unconscious of the dreadful agonies and sudden death of their tender offspring . Yet , they had not been without a Rachel . God in ...
... mothers who bare them and suckled them at the breast , were long since dead , and sleep in their graves , unconscious of the dreadful agonies and sudden death of their tender offspring . Yet , they had not been without a Rachel . God in ...
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John Stanford. erected , and those mothers in Israel esteemed it their luxury to watch over their infant charge ; they clothed , nourished and instructed them with the most anxious solicitude , in hope of their piety and future ...
John Stanford. erected , and those mothers in Israel esteemed it their luxury to watch over their infant charge ; they clothed , nourished and instructed them with the most anxious solicitude , in hope of their piety and future ...
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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.