AN

OFFERING OF SYMPATHY

To the Afflicted:

ESPECIALLY TO

PARENTS BEREAVED OF THEIR CHILDREN.

BEING A COLLECTION FROM MANUSCRIPTS

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

WITH

AN APPENDIX OF EXTRACTS

FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.

BY FRANCIS PARKMAN.

THIRD EDITION.

BOSTON:

JAMES MUNROE AND COMPANY.

LONDON:

JOHN GREEN, 121 NEWGATE STREET.

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(1078)

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by
JAMES MUNROE & CO.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

Boston:

Printed by 3. N. Dickinson, 62 Washington Street,

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The Friends,

WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THESE PAGES;

AND TO

Bereaved Parents,

FOR WHOSE SOLACE THEY ARE ESPECIALLY DESIGNED,

THIS LITTLE VOLUME

IS DEDICATED BY

A PARENT.

Is it well with the child?

And she answered it is well.

For of such is the kingdom of God.

Resignation to the Divine Will, (two parts.)

F. PARKMAN.

Sufferings and deaths of children consistent with

the Divine Goodness.

E. S. GANNET.

Consolations under the deaths of children.

A. LAMSON.

Re-union of the virtuous in a state of happiness after death.

F. W. P. GREENWOOD..

Letter from a father to his daughter after the death

of a lovely boy

J. B******

Reflections on visiting the grave of a child.

W. B. O. PEABODY.

The christian's solace, under the loss of virtuous friends.

Jesus Christ the true source of consolation.

A. YOUNG.

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