Charles Sumner: “All confess the beauty of that act, where prophecy seems fulfilled, by…”

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All confess the beauty of that act, where prophecy seems fulfilled, by which a Ship of War was consecrated to a purpose of charity.

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Massachusetts

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Sumner celebrates the humanitarian act of dedicating a warship to charity as a beautiful fulfillment of prophecy.

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Charles Sumner: “All confess the beauty of that act, where prophecy seems fulfilled, by which a Ship of War was consecrated to a purpose…”