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Still the orphan & the stranger Still the widow owns thy care Screened by the in every danger Heard by the in every prayer

Full Text
Still the orphan & the stranger Still the widow owns thy care Screened by the in every danger Heard by the in every prayer
Listed on Page Number
314
Sampler Worked By
Mary Ann Leiper
Date of Sampler
1824
Place Sampler Made
Philadelphia, PA
Sampler Listed on Page
187
Author/Publication/Country/Date
Moore, Clement Clarke. “Hymn LV,” The Book of Common Prayer…, New York: Peter A. Mesier, 1806, p. 779.
Notes
https://archive.org/details/bookofcommonpray0000vari_n5i9/page/n779/mode/1up?q=%22still+the+orphan+and+the+stranger%22 This Hymn is uncredited in the text, but identified as C.C. Moore by John Julien in his Dictionary of Hymnology as being an addition to the 1808 American version of the Book of Common Prayer. It actually first appears in the 1806 version.