{"product_id":"hymn-be-sung-episcopal-charity-children-st-paul-s-church-new-943xy48q","title":"An hymn to be sung by the Episcopal charity-children, at St. Paul's-Church [New York], on Sunday, November the twenty-third, 1794,","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery Rare - the present example is the only known copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e ESTC records one location at the General Theological Seminary in New York, this collection was recently dispersed and the present broadside was bought by Maggs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only known copy of a broadside with the text of a hymn to be sung at a fund-raising event for the Episcopal Charity School for children at St Paul’s Church in New York in 1794. Alongside the hymn there is also a description of the school which promises to educate boys and girls of, “…indigent Persons…snatched from Ignorance and Vice, preserved from the Influence of bad Examples…”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hymns begins with the plaintive plea:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sharp are the ills which man infest;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee Sickness, Poverty, and Death\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDisturb the weary Trav’ler’s rest,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd snatch at last his fleeting breath!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut CHARITY, celestial Maid,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescends with blessings from on high:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe speaks - the scourge of woe is staid,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd Songs of praise salute the sky.“\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe school - commonly known as Trinity School - was founded in 1709 for the poor children in the parish of Trinity Church in New York City. The text at the foot of the sheet states that the children (both boys and girls) are to be educated in the “Principles of the Christian Religion” as well as “Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Merchant’s Accounts” (for the boys) and “Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Needle-work” (for the girls). Once they have been educated the students of the school are to be sent, “to suitable Trades or Services…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text ends by imploring the public to contribute further funds and states that from Michaelmas 1793 to Michaelmas 1794 “9 boys and 8 Girls have been regularly discharged…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Maggs Bros.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47844096344221,"sku":"258883","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0669\/0045\/9677\/files\/258883_01.jpg?v=1777372028","url":"https:\/\/store.maggs.com\/products\/hymn-be-sung-episcopal-charity-children-st-paul-s-church-new-943xy48q","provider":"Maggs Bros.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}