Religion
1 Samuel 1:23: Not like the mothers in our day
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
Not like the mothers in our day.
Who of all care themselves divest,
And thrust their new-born babes away.
And hang them on another's breast.
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Wesley, Charles. “1 Samuel 1:23: Not like the mothers in our day.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2813/.
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Wesley, Charles. “1 Samuel 1:23: Not like the mothers in our day.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2813/.
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