A sermon preached before his Grace Charles, Duke of Marlborough, president, the vice-presidents, the treasurer, &c. of the Hospitals for the Small-pox, on Thursday, March 27, 1760 / By Samuel Squire.

  • Squire, Samuel, 1713-1766.
Date:
1760
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Credit: A sermon preached before his Grace Charles, Duke of Marlborough, president, the vice-presidents, the treasurer, &c. of the Hospitals for the Small-pox, on Thursday, March 27, 1760 / By Samuel Squire. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    complete the plan of chriftian charily, which you* had fo nobly began, and to exert your compre-* henlive beneficence in faving from evil, as well as in delivering out of it. Behold a fecond Hofpital raifed for the expenfe- lefs reception of all fuch poor and needy perfons^ as are defirous of delivering themfelves, by Inocn~~ lation, from the continual apprehenfion, hazard and danger of the fmall-pox, and can be recom¬ mended to your careful committee by your gene¬ rous benefactors. Within your charitable afylum they will feel themfelves happy, in finding every¬ thing provided for their eafe, conveniency and cure, which art, aided by long experience, can fugged:, and generous humanity, directed by judg¬ ment, can fupply. Praifed, therefore, be that merciful Being, who fir ft gave you this heart! may the bleffings of thofe multitudes, whom you have faved from perifhing by the fmall-pox, come upon you, when you Hand mo ft in need of blef- ling, in the hour of death and the day of judgment /’ and may this whole nation, may the reft of Eu¬ rope, may all the ends of the earth, hear and imi¬ tate the great example, which you have here fet them, in encouraging this life-prolonging practice ? 3' They