Oration, Delivered on the Forty-Eighth Anniversary of the Orphan House, in Charleston, S. C
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Excerpt from Oration, Delivered on the Forty-Eighth Anniversary of the Orphan House, in Charleston, S. C: October 18th, 1837 Halle is a large town of Prussian Saxony, situated on both sides of the river Saale. It contains twenty-four thousand inhabitants and many objects of attraction. Among these are its cathedral, the tower of which is higher than two hundred and sixty-eight feet, and its famous university, which is even yet attended by six hundred students, and has sent forth some of the most eminent German Scholars. But the celebrity of Halle depends on a different cause. The traveller who enters this town, as he casts his eyes around, is attracted by a large pile of buildings sufficient to fill both sides of a court eight hundred feet long. On inquiry he is informed that this is the Orphan House, and that it was built by one who had himself, by the early loss of his father, known what it was to be left an orphan in a friendless world. The Rev. Augustus Herman Francke was a man remarkable for his piety and benevolence. When he came to live in Halle as a Professor in its university, it was customary for the poor to go round on certain days and receive from the inhabitants whatever assistance they might be disposed to render. Francke was struck, not only with their poverty and squalid wretchedness, but much more by their moral degradation. Though himself poor, he determined out of his poverty, to make an effort to befriend them by taking charge of some children and having them educated. Being encouraged and assisted in this attempt he finally resolved, in dependence upon that charity which God might awaken in answer to his prayers, to attempt the erection of a large building, where these orphan children might be received, provided for, and instructed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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