Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . -,but he went with a heavy heart, leaving behind a letterin which he apostrophises the city of his love :. PENNS house IX LETITIA STREET. And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of thisprovince, named before thou wast born, what love, whatcare, what service and what travail has there been to bringthee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse anddefile thee ! My soul prays to God for thee, that thoumayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may beblessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by
Quaint corners in Philadelphia, with one hundred and seventy-four illustrations . -,but he went with a heavy heart, leaving behind a letterin which he apostrophises the city of his love :. PENNS house IX LETITIA STREET. And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of thisprovince, named before thou wast born, what love, whatcare, what service and what travail has there been to bringthee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse anddefile thee ! My soul prays to God for thee, that thoumayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may beblessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by His power. 60 A CITY. There was need of such prayer far l)eyond his ownknowledge or worst apprclicnsion, for, seek as he might,niaiiy years went by before he saw again the city whosefoundations were in his very soul. They were hardyears, and few lives hold r(C(trd of d(«i)er tragedy thantilled every one. With the ehange of dynasty and itsendless complications eanie a disaster which for a timethreatened utter ruin. An order of the Council, whichregarded him as the friend of the exiled King, deprivedhim of the government of his })rovince and annexed it to>»^Mv York, and
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