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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... mourning , 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 ...
... mourning , 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 ...
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... mourning ; while in the 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 ...
... mourning ; while in the 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 ...
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... mourning ; refusing to be comforted , because their children were enveloped in flames . But why do they refuse the consoling balm , and abandon themselves to bitterness and woe ? Were you and I present with them , we should hear them ...
... mourning ; refusing to be comforted , because their children were enveloped in flames . But why do they refuse the consoling balm , and abandon themselves to bitterness and woe ? Were you and I present with them , we should hear them ...
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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.