Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, a volume of original, historic and descriptive writings showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress (1901)
Boyd, James Penny, 1836-1910 · Philadelphia, A. J. Holman & co · leaf 172
o-day, among the four hundred and fifty institutions ofhigher education in the various States, nearly all owe their foundation to theenergy and sacrifice of Christian men and women. The total gifts of thechurches to the cause of education, still existent in plant, in grounds andbuildings, or in the… … METHODIST EPISCOPAL. HOSPITAL, PHILADELPHIA. The religious activity of the century is further manifested in the enor-mous sums raised and expended for purposes of charity, reform, and generalphilanthropy. It would require an octavo volume of four hundred pages tocatalogue the various benevolent and…
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