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THE POOR IN GREAT CITIES
 

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Poverty and  Death.

secution has isolated him ; Ayhen he has been most hated he has
flourished, w^hen he has been despised he has prospered. Like the
symbolic burning bush, the fires of persecution have not destroyed
him. It remains to be seen AAdiether he will x^reserve his identity in
this country, where, as a citizen, he enjoys equal rights, and Avhere
the doors of the x^ublic school and the Christian church stand open
to Jew and Gentile alike.

Whatever may be the nationality of the parents the children are
ahvays thorough Americans. The blond-haired, blue-eyed German
children ; the black-haired, dark-eyed Italians ; the little Jcavs, both
dark and blonde, from many lands, are all equally x)i'oud of being
Americans. A patriotic Irishman gave a beautiful edition of " Pict¬
uresque Ireland" to one of the boys in my Sunday-school.    The