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in favour of the present order of things, to a very numerous congregation.
Holland is distinguished for the munificence of its public charities; but, unhappily for humanity, they have partaken largely of the misfortunes of the republic. The Weese-house, or asylum for orphans and the destitute children of indigent parents, scarcely maintains two thirds of the objects of charity which before the war it benevolently sheltered; and other eleemosynary institutions have suffered in a similar proportion.
