The fast and the cholera : a sermon, preached in the Unitarian chapel, Boston, on Tuesday, September 25th, 1849, (being the day agreed upon to be observed in the borough, as a day of fasting and humiliation, in consequence of the extreme prevalence of the cholera) / by James Malcolm, ... to which is appended, a brief, practical view of the Asiatic cholera, by A.G. Malcolm, M.D.

  • Malcolm, James, 1811-1855.
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1849
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Credit: The fast and the cholera : a sermon, preached in the Unitarian chapel, Boston, on Tuesday, September 25th, 1849, (being the day agreed upon to be observed in the borough, as a day of fasting and humiliation, in consequence of the extreme prevalence of the cholera) / by James Malcolm, ... to which is appended, a brief, practical view of the Asiatic cholera, by A.G. Malcolm, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Luke xiii. 1, 2,3.—There were present at that season, some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mino;led with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sbmers above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Romans viii. 26.—Likewise the Spirit alsohelpeth our infirmities,yhr ice know not what we should pray for as we ought. THE relation of cause and effect, has always afforded an interesting- subject for human speculation : and the more l)r()found the ignorance, the more inclined were men to con¬ nect thus events and operations, coincident merely in time and place; while the occasional and more terrific occur¬ rences of nature were uniformly interpreted as warnings or tokens of the Divine dis])leasure. Many of these imaginary connexions knowledge has now exploded. Thunder storms are no longer interpreted as being Divine judgments—co¬ rnets dreaded as being the forerunners of war and pesti¬ lence—or eclijrses of the sun as prognosticating the fall ol nations. Put aflliction and calamity have at all times, led men especially to speculate upon their immediate causes, and the religious j)rinciplc inherent in humanity, has generally ascribed them to the displeasure ol (bxl, on account of ■ioim; sin, known or sec ret. 'JJie .lews believe(l that even