The Cause Of Irish Protestant Orphans The Cause Of Godliness And Loyalty

Excerpt from The Cause of Irish Protestant Orphans: The Cause of Godliness and Loyalty Now the watchword of our charitable energies. All wise and mighty Providence is acting as he is wont in the exigencies of his church; raising up, and this within itself, a counteraction to the insidious influence of those who would enthral her children and obliterate her name. It is a marvellous and merciful coincidence, that the origin and progress of the Protestant Orphan Society of Ireland should be coeval and commensurate with the introduction and advancement of that idolatry of the vow populi which sacrifices the righteous charities of the gospel to the latitudinarian march of intellect. It is a happy fact, that the evils consequent upon the abandon ment of our Charter Schools and Foundling Hospital. 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.

Monograph on historical child care and child labour practices with regard to homeless children in Ireland for the period from 1700 to 1900 - discusses the foundling hospitals, educational system, early orphanages and bible societies, development of the poor law system, emigration to Australia, training and religious practice, working conditions, etc., And comments on related legislation. Bibliography pp. 335 to 356 and illustrations.

Winner of the 1996 Albert C. Outler Prize in Ecumenical Church History of the American Society of Church History This award-winning study of the Protestant nonconformists in Ireland from the restoration to the eve of the penal laws explains how the Scottish Presbyterians and the Quakers survived persecution and evolved from sects into incipient denominational churches.