“Jesus said, Suffer the little children unto Me!” (Matthew 19:14). “At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ And Jesus called a little child unto Him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, ‘Verily I say unto you, except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in My name receiveth Me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in Me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.” (Matthew 18:1-6). Jesus loves little children!
Philadelphia, 12 years after the civil war, around 1877 the city of brotherly love became the city of hate and division. An influx of immigrants, from all over the world arrived in huge numbers and freed slaves migrated up north to Pennsylvania, increasing the black population from 4% to 20%. At the same time, a massive influx of Irish settlers came to Philly by the boatload — (750,000). Not to mention Germans, Italians, and other nationalities, settling into this area. In just a short time, over 2 million pe ...
