A short account of the yellow fever in Philadelphia, for the reflecting Christian / By J. Henry C. Helmuth ... Translated from the German by Charles Erdmann.

  • Justus Christian Henry Helmuth
Date:
1794
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Credit: A short account of the yellow fever in Philadelphia, for the reflecting Christian / By J. Henry C. Helmuth ... Translated from the German by Charles Erdmann. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the dead, becaufe no. afüftance was to be had in digging graves, and it was impoflible for our ufu- al grave diggers, to make from twenty to twenty- fix graves ina day ; it became in feveral inftances therefore neceflary to take the night to it. Me- lancholy for all and dreadful for many, as thefe fcenes were in the ftreets of the city, yet, (to the praife of my gracious Redeemer I record it) this nightly filence amongft the tombs, when I was waiting for funerals, and wandering, quite alone, among the newly raifed hills, was fome- times fweetly folemins ) Ul rR are. Hamas ; ,, er «How ‘comfortable to: me in this fituation, O thy grave ; How did the thought DL pda er ed, and ‘to the poffeffed he there gave the moft fub- flantial relief; lo! here wandereth a fpiritually wife relief from my difirefs whilft among the tombs ! Such thoughts as thefe, Oh! how reviving were they to my foul! how many filent tears have they forced from mine eyes! Ye, who were prefent at fuch nightly funerals, every hour of your life re- member the grave. ~ | Leit + re Sa Our grave diggers were not exempted from this diforder; both were laid up with it and one of them died. A young man who had faithfully af- fifted the latter, was alfo feized, and in the very prime: of life, fell a prey to death. «Another al- & a; ees i a u