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 OCTOBER, 1850, 
 
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 1850. 
 

 
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APPEAL OF THB ORPHAN ClIILimKN. 
 Fricndsoftliefrienaics^linHisnanic, 
 
 Who was the frieml of all, 
 Wc hft to thee our humUc claim, 
 Oh hear tho Orphans' call. 
 
 Children of chanty, we come, 
 With thanks for that kind circ, 
 
 Which sought us in the hour of need, 
 And rescued from despan\ 
 
 That care xvhich foml and raiment gives 
 
 On each returning day: 
 Shelter to those, who had not whcr« 
 
 Their weary heads to lay. 
 Thanks f>rtl.osel>les.-.,s!StiU our heart. 
 
 For other's sorrows plead ; 
 Hundreds of houseless Orphuas yet, 
 That generous bounty need. 
 
 Children of poverty and vice, 
 
 Behold them, starving lie 1 ^ 
 To you they lift their feeble voioe- 
 
 Oh I leave them not to die I 
 Here, in the name of suffering want, 
 
 Tliis Orphan Fair was spread. 
 Sweet Charity, with pity wrought, 
 And twined each skilful thread. 
 
IV 
 
 Fair hands with goiiorous zeal have toiled, 
 
 And tasked inventive aid — 
 Bright eyes have watched the growing forms, 
 
 Of beauty here disphiyed. 
 
 Whate'er the restless fancv craves. 
 
 Or pohshed taste hokls dear, 
 Fair to tlie eye, or useful deemed, 
 
 Behold ! you find it here. 
 
 Come then and choose 1 the Orphans' Fair, 
 
 Displays its gifts to all ; 
 Cast freely round the shining dross. 
 
 It cannot vainly fail. 
 
 Unseen, but robed in purest light, 
 
 Could our dim sense perceive^ 
 "With open hand, fair Charity-, 
 
 Here waitetli to receive. 
 
 Mildly she speaks to all, — " Oli ! givOy 
 
 " Give at the Orphans' call ; 
 " A blessing on the liberal hand, 
 
 " And generous heart shall fall !' 
 
 i»» 
 
TH'e eWfl GRANT SHIP, 
 
 A "•'¥. FOR THE 
 
 There ^s a crowd lookinj? on. one- hrif,'1itmortiing 
 in early Spring, wlnlc an Emigrant .hip Avcighed 
 anchor, and .prcachng her >vMte .ails moved 
 slowly out to Bea. A loud cheer broke from the 
 epectators, and it was ans^verdd by a farewel 
 shout-a wailing cry rather, it was bo sad and 
 plaintive-which bur.t from the full heart of those 
 poor emigrant., ^vho cn»wded the deck to take a 
 last look of their native lan<l. 
 
 A last look ! and who ever looked for the last 
 time on any .pot endeared by memories of joy or 
 sorrow, without a pang, keener than words can 
 
 express ? . . . i i 
 
 » That ship is too heavily laden," saul a hard' 
 faced man, .viiose thoughts dwelt on the risk, of 
 Insurance, in which he was deeply concerned 
 
 - Too much-- too much crowded," replied a bust- 
 lin^, active man, " there will be sickness on board, 
 and it will be detained in (^larantine, till the de- 
 mand for Spring goods is passed." 
 
G 
 
 He spoke feelingly, for he had consigned a large 
 amount of goods to the chances of that crowded 
 bark. 
 
 " God bo with the poor creatures," fervently- 
 ejaculated aiwther ; one who wore a priestly garb) 
 beneath which, beat the heart of a true Samaritan. 
 And his prayers followed those whom poverty 
 and despair had driven away, to find new homes 
 in a far off, stranger land. 
 
 •' God bless your reverence," said an old woman, 
 wiping a tear from her eye, " there go our friends 
 and neighbors, who would have lived and toiled 
 honestly on their own bits of land, if the bread 
 had not been taken from their mouths, and they 
 were left to starve crrtire — God help them." 
 
 ** Let thorn go, mother," said a young man huskily, 
 " why should tlifcy stay here till the black rot 
 comes, and the bailiffs turn them out of doors ? 
 Wlicn I have saved enough, motlicr dear, we will 
 
 go too." 
 
 The crowd dispersed ; the ship ploughed hea- 
 vily along, farther, farther off— it became a mere 
 speck, and was then lost to sight. And, save in 
 a few forsaken homes, or a few desolate hearts, 
 who thought of, or cai-ed for the fate of that heavy- 
 burdened Emigrant Ship ? 
 
 The ship went on its way bravely, ploughing 
 the smooth sea with deep furrows, and making 
 steady progress, though the wind was capricious, 
 
a large 
 rowded 
 
 rvently 
 ly garb) 
 narltan. 
 poverty 
 7 homes 
 
 woman, 
 r friends 
 :l toiled 
 e bread 
 Liid they 
 n." 
 
 huskily, 
 lack rot 
 f doors ? 
 , we will 
 
 led hea- 
 3 a mere 
 , save in 
 3 hearts, 
 it heavy- 
 
 loughing 
 
 making 
 
 ipricious, 
 
 , nfton drove it from its course. Twenty dnys 
 
 ttoftL broad Atlantic, and a hundred and 
 £ i vS souls were pent up within its narrow 
 thirty i.vi „ ^ ^^^^ ,,„^„^r 
 
 '::::i .T^^ZZ.., or hardened hy degra- 
 , t » cUUed by disappoint ent and poverty, 
 
 .etter destiny awaHedten^m^^^^^^ 
 were approaching, than had uutn 
 lot in that which tliey le t belimd_ 
 
 r:::d:tnnd:Ztth::i:ra-t, 
 
 Xdii rail, swept the dec.,^^^^ 
 
 1 • , +Up asides of the vessel, which pitcueu 
 lashing the siacs ui 
 
 fonrfuUv on the stormy sea, stiuck terror i 
 rSLonhei.nor.ta..s^ei— ^^^ 
 
 'Sl^:^:^^^^ - Cd 
 ;:; to the exigencies of a long voyage and 
 oftors had been sent from their homes almost de=- 
 ttutc The captain, a seWsh and grasping man 
 dd d o«t a scanty supply from his private sto e^ 
 t wbicb he exacted amost unjust compensat.oi, 
 ' d t se wlio had no money to give, beca«« a 
 in on the charity of the companionate 
 ^"^"" the -e.k in which the storm continued, a 
 
By 
 
 fearful' change ha'l taken i)lace among the unfor- 
 tunate Emigrants. Shut ()ut from tlie fresh air, 
 crowded together in a small space, and des- 
 titute of wholesome foiKl, a fearful disease was' 
 generated, and when tlio sun again broke out- 
 cheerfully, and all were called on deck, not one 
 half their number were able to ol)ey the summons. 
 Pale, dispirited, worn by fasting and confinement, 
 they crawled forward ; even those who had been 
 cleanly and robust, were bnt the shadows of their 
 former selves, and on the face of childhood, was 
 imprinted those most painful lines — the traces of 
 premature suffering nnd hardship. 
 
 Amidst a silence which seemed sad and ominoils, 
 t'wo of the ship's crew ToUowed, staggering under 
 the weight of a dead human body ; and w^hen 
 another and another was brought forward, and 
 cast, with little outward form, into the fathomless 
 deep, a cry of anguish burst from the survivors, 
 and the chillness of despair settled on every 
 heart. Tlie work of death went on among that 
 devoted company, in quick succession, fifty pass- 
 ed away, and their bodies were consigned to a 
 "v^'atery grave 
 
 It was a joyful sound when a man at the mast 
 head cried out, " Land 1" and the faint outlines of 
 Newfoundland might be seen through a glass, in 
 
 ii._ i?_.. ,i:_i._„-.„ mu,. — — _ i_,j i._^ _„ 
 
 lac iiii uisuiiiuu. xii'C uij W;is icpi'ULua vy uvufy 
 
 lip, and the saddest face lighted up with a glow 
 
9 
 
 The pun had just sunk Wo-w the 
 
 ^avc9, an.l the b.oa, , ^^^^ ^^^,,„g 
 
 ,on.layUkca.mo«thm o, ^,__.^,.^„,, 
 
 sky. Eagevly, ^ " ;^i^, lumj.e of the .-Ul^d 
 
 .tr.uned "--'^'V^t ' Monl the ken of any 
 for hml-.-'t stdl lay tai >c) ^^,_,^^ ^,5^. 
 
 „,„n of perhap. ^'^^^^ ,„, on the other, 
 
 :;Ci::Xudv;intyt.yh..;-^ 
 
 ,y holding it -axin..y to he f ^- \,,,i ^,,. 
 
 ^'"'^^ "":; XStev—, leaned her 
 mother, sitting besnlc ner , 5,^^,,., ,. That 
 
 „ead on his f-^^'^' -^j;^ r had heen 
 day, her mother and an only 01 
 
 consigned to the deep. i,„shand 
 
 "Donotfretso,Bes.ydo.^ -^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 tenderly, "it cannot eall ^^ j„st think 
 
 fretting only wears the we o^ofy-^^^^^^^^.^ 
 
 of the bairna now,- you wui u 
 
 ^^^•" 1 • = (0.1 keep them," sobbed 
 
 "The poor bairn?, Uod keep » ^^^^^^ 
 
 the wife, "and you too All.^^^^^^J^^^^^ 
 
isesBS! 
 
 10 
 
 BO pale ! Sore encvugh times we had td homo, 
 but then we kept all t'><»ether, — ami now they 
 are gone— gone !' and she burst into a fresh flood 
 of tears, 
 
 Allan soothed his wife with nil the arguments 
 which his kind heart could suggest, and her tears 
 gradually dried and she tried to answer him with 
 a smile, but her heart was sadly oppressed, poor 
 thing, for her gentle but not very strong spirit 
 had sunk under the distresses of that sad voyage; 
 
 An early marri.ige and the demands of a 
 growing family, had kept Allan and his young 
 wife poor: and how can the Irish pea'santry 
 hope to grow rich amidst the accumulated social 
 evils which grind them to the earth ? They 
 rented a small cabin; and a patch of potato 
 ground and a cow were their chief dependence ; 
 yfst Allan and his wife belonged to the decent 
 poor who prized independence and looked 
 forward to better days. But the potato rot came, 
 and took away from them the staff of life ; labor 
 was scarce and poorly remunerated, and the cow 
 Was sold to pay their rent and taxes. So they scrap- 
 ed together the little that was left, and it barely 
 sufficed to pay fi)r a passage to America after set- 
 ting aside a few pounds for the outfit of a new home, 
 or any exigencies tliut might arise. From this small 
 sum some coins had alreadv been abi iticted to 
 relieve the necessities of their suffering fellow- 
 
 ZZ^ESSSSSS 
 
 ki p' ., - i i a ' 
 
 asss 
 
 . ■ < pi iyu .i^ .». " 
 
XI 
 
 pa««>nger., for Allan and B««y had kind hesrls 
 Ld coTud not rclst an appoal to tte.r .ympa- 
 tl,Le. And, l.owover deficient the un9opln»eate.l 
 Irish nmy be in prudential virtues, and in worldly 
 ^i«don,. for «enor.«ity and BeU-sacrihemg kmd- 
 heartedne^S no people in the world ca.. e.iual 
 
 "'t1 Enugrant Ship, still infected ^ith the 
 baleful fever, reached Grosse He in due season 
 and was detained the usual time in qumntme. 
 Many carried the seeds of the dreade.< lever to 
 the Liters provide.1 for them on the .sknd, ami 
 before tl>e ship ^vas purilled and suffered to 
 proceed to Quebec, more than half the rommmng 
 Enngrants rested under the sod. Un tbo very 
 day that they Avere preparing to depart, IK« 
 Allan was taken ill and carried t« the hospital. 
 Be«ys a!?.my amounted to despair, for in her 
 ^eak, fond heart was the strong love of a devoted 
 wife and the superstition of her uncultured race. 
 It is well remembered what terror the progress 
 of 3hii, fever spread on every iido, and how 
 reluctant any but the devoted Nuns, or the most 
 mercenary nurses, were found, to attend uijon 
 the sick. But Bessy's h.ve was stronger than her 
 fear, and nothing could keep her from her hus- 
 band's side. Tlie medical men, touclied with 
 her distress allowed her to attend upon him, and 
 
 thoUgU aiiuoit UiJCUU3v;iv;w3 ... .-- r 
 
1 — 
 
 12 
 sufferings were mitigated by her yain, but tender 
 care Poor Bessy's painful patchings, aggravated 
 by distress of mind, brought on l>er tbe same 
 terrible disease, and for some weeks after Allan s 
 death, her life seemed to hang by a single thread. 
 It was a bright summer morning, when Bessy 
 and her little ehildren mingled in witli a crowd 
 of Emigrants, landed from a steamer on he 
 ,vlmrf at Montreal. She looked round on the 
 cheerful, active scene, and a sense of lonelmess 
 smote upon her heart. This then.was tl.e city 
 which slie had looked forward to, with such 
 earnest longing, when they parted from the.r 
 native shore! This wa« the end of the long travel 
 which she had commenced with such unambit.ous 
 but sanguine hopes! And he who had set ou 
 with her, and on whose stronger arm she leaned 
 for support, had fallen by her side and hence- 
 forth she must tread the world alone ! Poor 
 Bessy! «/« had not time to grieve; the poor 
 have never time to grieve. In the m.dst of 
 bereavement they must rise up and struggle tor 
 existence, and with stricken hearts bear tire 
 burden of the day, and crash down the sorrow 
 which would unnerve their hands for tliat labor 
 on which their life depends ! Often we may look 
 at tliem, and wonder at their ap.ithy, when could 
 
 ., • . i.„„„|. ^p rpitrhf read there a tale oi 
 we see tneir iiuu,ri=, ^^ *'-'n 
 
 patient endurance and of nnforgettnig sorrow. 
 
 ing 
 ev( 
 
tender 
 avated 
 ; same 
 Allan's 
 thread. 
 
 I Bessy 
 
 , crowd 
 
 on the 
 
 on the 
 
 neliness 
 the city 
 th such 
 in their 
 ifj travel 
 tnbitious 
 . set out 
 p leaned 
 d hence- 
 
 I I Poor 
 the poor 
 midst of 
 uggle for 
 bear the 
 le sorrow 
 hat labor 
 may look 
 len, could 
 e a tale of 
 3* sorrow, 
 
 a 
 
 13 
 
 ^inch would i.r outweigh all external bodgen, 
 
 o,..l nU conventional forms 
 
 ' t , lore curt, leading f.-o.n a nanow 
 Jet n.hel>cart.,fthedty,mi.l.tbeseeu. 
 
 hlweU "Koomto Let," m.tton m 1. -g^ 
 
 t™ted the attention of tl>c pa*in,. .dler. 11- 
 
 ton" In. s..«™in, ^.itU children, and every 
 
 1 slve that one whieh had jnst let a tcnan , 
 
 7";;:;i I by a family. The court .-as .nail, 
 
 1,0 e! Xy those over-crowded tenement^, a.. 
 
 e air stifling and pollnteci In ".Uh, o 
 
 the yard .a. a pool of.. .tor ^ptM^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 «r..r.tvincr of dirty suds and othci qncsu. 
 1 Sim. iLf dozen ragged chUdrcn ..r. 
 'Xred rouml it ^vith boisterom nnrth, float- 
 Scl ips upon the stagnant .utev. Frotn almost 
 -r^X some untidy f^^e^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 --r^:tcrS":^"— ^ 
 
 ft tTe r.' I -med strange that life 
 : fd^rsup^ried in such a fetid «h^ 
 
 and pent „p in such close ap-tmenU 1 ^ - 1 - 
 Tilaces the poor of cities are obliged to l«vt, 
 Sal t^ dear .here there i. fresh a.r a,Ki 
 comfortable lodgings ! 
 
14 
 
 In that "Room to Let," poor Bessy SiiuKl 
 slioltcr for herself aiul cljildren. Her money was 
 ijcirly exhau-sted ; scarcely two sovereigns j-e- 
 niaiiK'd of all her little store. There slie deposited 
 her chest, her lied, and the few articles of comfort 
 she had brought from her childhood's home. The 
 poor children fietted sadly, for they had been 
 used to fresh air, and the little cabin where they 
 first saw the light,, was clean, and stood alone on 
 a breezy hill side. Bessy soothed their complauits 
 and though her own heart Avas crushed, love for 
 them, gave her courage and eixlurance. Patiently 
 she sought employment, and though often ill- 
 requitod, day after dny found her toiling in 
 cheerful hope and earning enough to keep want 
 from the door, and to pay the rent of her little 
 roonv If anxious thoughts would sometimes 
 intrude, hop) came to her aid, and she looked 
 forward to the time when her children wovld be 
 old enough to help hei-, and they could theit ea^n 
 moie, and live in a better place. Poor Besjy, 
 this was the extent of her ambition ».,.. 
 
 Autunui came on with its chilling blasts and 
 dismal rains. The children needed warmer clothes, 
 and the wind blew so sharply through the broad 
 cracks and shattered windows, that another stick 
 must be addetl to the fire, and even then their 
 
 f.potli rlinf^orji/^l nnA +l»j> ^,.»-.«ll ^K -.1 ii _ _ j. 
 
 1- — i„i..,! . jj ,,,,.i ._j^^ r.iiiixit. \uppcu eimuiu ill 
 
 night, flickered painfully to the eyes. Bessy had 
 
;ssy SduikI 
 iioney was 
 reigns re- 
 deposited 
 of comfort 
 jmo. The 
 luid been 
 here they 
 I alone on 
 omplauits 
 ', love for 
 Patiently 
 often ill- 
 ;oiling in 
 eep want 
 lier little 
 ome times 
 )e looked 
 wovUI be 
 theit ea^n 
 or Bessy, 
 
 •lasts and 
 !r clothes, 
 he broad 
 ther stick 
 lien their 
 caudle at 
 Bessv had 
 
 15 
 
 no peat-bog to go to now, where fuel might be luul 
 for digging, and the long, long Winter came on 
 fast and found her ill prepared to meet its severi- 
 ty. Work wa? not a.^ yjlenty as it had been in 
 warmer weather. A family for whom she had 
 done washing, left town suddenly and forgot in 
 pay her a dollar which was due. Alas ! a few 
 ehillings which the rich think so lightly of, or 
 spend in sellish extravagance, if given to the 
 poor, or applied to the just payment of honest in- 
 dustry, how many lu-arts would be gladilened, how 
 many abodes of poverty made comfortable ! 
 
 That d( >llar Bessy had appropriated to purchase 
 fuel ; for a week they had had no Warmth except 
 from the blaze of a few chips wbich the children 
 picked up about some utifini^hed buildings, and the 
 mother's heart ached as she looked on their poor 
 little frozen fingers and their bare feet, pinched witli 
 cold, i.nd whcni they came crying round the few 
 dviui? eml)ers, lier thoughts turned reproach- 
 fully to the rich man in his abundance, who had 
 so cruelly forgotten the clnims of justice and hu- 
 nianity. 
 
 It was the midst of Winter. Bessy sat with 
 aching eyes by the dim candle, finis) ling some slop 
 w^ork that she had procured from a dealer in cheap 
 labor. Sixpence for a ga, .jnt neatly rn -'e ! It 
 was a bargain Aviiich brought hhfi ample remim- 
 eration, but left her only a few farthings for her 
 
16 
 
 Rtrainod siglit nnd wasted stren-th. A tlirrad- 
 bare clonk, wliicli was tlic piido of her liappior 
 days, sliolitly scroened lu>r from (lie wind that 
 wliistlcd thronnli every crevice ;, but still her f<?et 
 ached, and her fingers were so numb she could 
 scarce hold the needle. A few chips Rtill lay on 
 the hearth ; they were all that were lefc to warm 
 the little ones the next day, wlien sho must leave 
 them alone to jro and work at Mrs S-'s. No, she 
 could not rob the children of the warmth tlu'y so 
 mucli needed ; so she drew the cloak more closely 
 round her, and at a late hour her task was finish- 
 ed, and poor Bessy lay down to rest with a more 
 quiet mind and a far more confiding spirit, than 
 many ai-e blessed witli, whose easy lot leaves 
 them no anxious thouglits for the mori-ow. 
 
 The next day Bessy returned liome thoroughly 
 chilled from her days work. She had gone far 
 out of her way txy ask for a few shillings due for 
 some sewing which she took home in the morning; 
 for she was very hard ])ressed, and Mrs. s! 
 could not make the change when she left her 
 house, but told her to call again the next day. 
 Mrs. S.—with all her kindly feelings, knew little 
 of the wants of the poor, and Bessy never com- 
 plained to any one. She bore her hard lot with 
 patient submission, and felt an honest pride in 
 concealing her wants from every eye. So she 
 could not make up her mind to tell Mrs. S. that 
 
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 pho and her children wore sxifforinrr from cold nnd 
 want, bnt gratefully took the fragments of broken 
 meat offered her, and in weariness, threaded the 
 cold strcetH, half blinded by drivin^r ^leet, to ob- 
 tain the paltry sum due for her midnii,ht labor. 
 It was then too late to purcha :<c any thing that 
 night, so Bessy went home and groped her way 
 up the crazy stairs, to her cold silent room ; for a 
 charitable neighbour in the next apartment had 
 looked after the children and put them to bed. 
 Bessy ached in every limb, and nor head throb- 
 bed painfully. It was of no use to kindle; up the 
 embers at that late hour, so slie laid down beside 
 the children, cold and damp, and vainly tried to 
 Bleep. It seemed very long, tliat weary night, as 
 she tossed from side to side, and could find no 
 relief in change. Hardship, anxiety and exposure 
 had done their work, and a burning fever raged m 
 every vem. In the morning she was unable to 
 
 rise. 
 
 It was well for poor Bessy that she had a kind 
 friend in her neighbor of the next apartment, who, 
 with the warm sympathy that almost invariably 
 springs up, fresh and genial among the \v eeds of 
 poverty,— rendered her every needful assistance, 
 and watched besiue her with the tenderest care. 
 Mrs. S. also, when two or three days passed away, 
 
 and Bessy did not return loi uci «iw-"vj, 
 
 came on the usual day to work for her, sent to 
 
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 enquire the cause. Greatly nhockod to learn that 
 Iier o^^^l thoughtlessness had, in part, occasioned 
 Bessy's ilinoHg, bhe endeavoured to repair tlie 
 error liy every possible attention winch her situa- 
 tion (k-nian,led ; and the iu-irestions of self-re- 
 proach led her, ever after, to n^-ard more poriously 
 the claims of those whose labor contributes so 
 materially to demestic comfort. 
 
 Bessy Imd struggled hard with poverty and her 
 constitution was unable to bear so severe a shock. 
 The viohaice of the disease yielded to medical 
 skill, but a rapid decline followed which left no 
 hoj^e of recovery. The world could offer her few 
 allurements, and the grave had no terrors to her 
 imagination. JJut one strong tie still held her to 
 Jife, and the mother forgot all suffering in her 
 earnest prayer to live a little longer for the ( hiK 
 dren's sake. « My chil , en, what Avill h,„ . . ? 
 ttiem r was the constant burthen of ue. aeart • 
 and the doubt, " who will care for the poor crea' 
 tures when I am gone ?" rose before her with 
 •Jinful pertinacity. 
 ;;i,>pi'r Mrs. S. was enabled to soothe her 
 fe&^ . uad give r -00 to her dying moments. She 
 explained to her that there was a place provided, 
 where such little ones were received and kindly 
 carejl for, and promised that her children should 
 all find a home there, when she could no longer 
 care for them. Poor Bessy's gratitude was unbound- 
 
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 Oil • she had no higher lKX)n to ask in hfo, and 
 death came to her without a sti^«,^ The little 
 orphans were welcomed to the Protestant Orphan 
 Asylum, where their brief troubles were noon 
 forgotten ; and here, subjected to kind discipline, 
 and instructed ui all goml and useful knowledge 
 suited to their condition, it is hoped they will 
 grow up to usefuhKJss, and reflect credit on the 
 Institution which has embraced them in its noble 
 
 charity. 
 
 Friends of this Orphan Asylum ! it ia no tale 
 of fictitious sorrow which we have laid before you. 
 In your own experience, similar cases must have 
 often called forth your generous sympathies. At 
 every turn, you meet the poor, the sorrowful and 
 the forsaken. In all the by-ways and obscure 
 corners of this city are hungry, weepir.g orphans, 
 left to the cold cliarity of a world that deigns not 
 to look upon them, but whom Trovidence calls on 
 you to rescue and redeem for the service of man- 
 
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 And to others, the gay, the prosperous and the 
 happy, who come here this day to pass an idle 
 hour, or to please the fancy and gratify the taste, 
 —let a deeper thought and a more cai t desire 
 take possession of their minds, and lead u.^ m moie 
 I faithfully, to perform the mission which our 
 
 ileaveniy i'amer lius upp-x^inievi w t>fij - — 
 
 humanity. 
 
These orphan children appeal to every Cliristian 
 heart, not for themselves alone, but for all little 
 ones who are destitute of food and shelter,— care 
 for theii- bodies, and trainin- for their immortal 
 mmds. And to every one whom Trovidence has 
 blessed with means and opportunity, is addressed 
 the touchmg lann-ua-e of the Saviour. - In as 
 much as ye have done it unto one of the least of 
 these, yc have done it unto me." 
 
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