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FAMINE IN THE HOLY LAND

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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · Jul 25, 1854

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 5, No. 25.

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FAMINE IN THE HOLY LAND.

Recent letters from the venerable city of Hebron, calling upon Sir Moses Montefiore for relief, say that the land of Judea is “consuming its people,” that “the dearth which prevails is unparalleled in the annals of the country. Failing harvests are superseded by drought, so that the face of the earth is literally scorched and the wail of the famished multitudes is heard by day and night, and our streets are thronged with starving children, who vainly implore for food.”