Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th century; London (England) -- Description and travel
I have seen him! and can now realise my misfortune more than I have
hitherto been able to do. Oh, the bitterness of the cup I drink! But I
bow submissive. God _must_ have done right. I do not want to feel less,
but to acquiesce more simply.
* * * * *
There were some Jewish passengers on board the Royal Charter, and the
gratitude of the Jewish people is feelingly expressed in the following
letter bearing date from ‘the office of the Chief Rabbi:’
REVEREND SIR. I cannot refrain from expressing to you my heartfelt
thanks on behalf of those of my flock whose relatives have
unfortunately been among those who perished at the late wreck of the
Royal Charter. You have, indeed, like Boaz, ‘not left off your
kindness to the living and the dead.’
You have not alone acted kindly towards the living by receiving them
hospitably at your house, and energetically assisting them in their
mournful duty, but also towards the dead, by exerting yourself to
have our co-religionists buried in our ground, and according to our
rites. May our heavenly Father reward you for your acts of humanity
and true philanthropy!
The ‘Old Hebrew congregation of Liverpool’ thus express themselves
through their secretary:
REVEREND SIR. The wardens of this congregation have learned with
great pleasure that, in addition to those indefatigable exertions, at
the scene of the late disaster to the Royal Charter, which have
received universal recognition, you have very benevolently employed
your valuable efforts to assist such members of our faith as have
sought the bodies of lost friends to give them burial in our
consecrated grounds, with the observances and rites prescribed by the
ordinances of our religion.
The wardens desire me to take the earliest available opportunity to offer
to you, on behalf of our community, the expression of their warm
acknowledgments and grateful thanks, and their sincere wishes for your
continued welfare and prosperity.
A Jewish gentleman writes:
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