 | American literature - 1859 - 528 pages
...Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole eity full. Home she had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly,...Even God's providence Seeming estranged. Where the lamp* quiver So far in the river, With many a ligb* From window and «asement, From garret to basement,... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole...had none. Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Peelings had changed. Love, by harsh evidence, Thrown from its eminence ; Even GOD'S Providence Seeming... | |
 | 1859 - 736 pages
...deserted, destitute, and gin-mad, commits self-murder .'" " Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none." * " When I first saw the river aa I pussed over King's College Bridge," said Robert Hall, speaking... | |
 | Insanity (Law) - 1859 - 648 pages
...deserted, destitute, and gin-mad, commits self-murder /" " Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none." * "When I first saw the river as I passed over King's College Bridge," said Robert Hall, speaking of... | |
 | United States - 1859 - 424 pages
...there a dearer one Still and a nearer one Yet than all other ? Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun. Oh ! it was pitiful Near a whole city full, Home she had none. In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran, Over the brink of it ! Dissolute man,... | |
 | Henry Gladwyn Jebb - 1859 - 424 pages
...arches of the Adelphi. I knew the turning which led down to them. But that I should come to this ! " Oh ! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none 1 " I did not then know these lines, or who wrote the touching poem which contains them ; but long... | |
 | United States - 1859 - 406 pages
...and a nearer one Yet than all other ? Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun. Oh 1 it was pitiful Near a whole city full, Home she had none. In she plunged boldly, No matter how coldly The rough river ran, Over the brink of it!' Dissolute man,... | |
 | John Blackmore - Church work with prostitutes - 1860 - 354 pages
...had endured much misery; one wrong step had caused all her friends to turn their backs upon her, — "Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly Feelings...eminence; Even God's providence Seeming estranged." But not " seeming estranged" then. Oh, no ; for while singing the praises of God throughout eternity,... | |
 | William Henry Milburn, Thomas Binney - Blind - 1860 - 384 pages
...the class : " Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh, it was pitiful ! Near n whole city full, Home she had none. " Sisterly, brotherly, Fatherly, motherly, Feelings had changed ; Lore by harsh evidence Thrown from its eminence ; Ever God's providence Seeming estranged. " Where... | |
 | Henry Gladwyn Jebb - 1860 - 378 pages
...arches of the Adelphi. I knew the turning which led down to them. But that I should come to this ! "Oh! it was pitiful, Near a whole city full, Home she had none !" I did not then know these lines, or who wrote the touching poem which contains them ; but long afterward... | |
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Had she a brother ? Or was there a dearer one Still, and a nearer one Yet, than all other ? Alas ! for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun ! Oh ! it was pitiful ! Near a whole city full, Home she had none. 
