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was smitten, the sheep were not scattered. They 

 laboured earnestly in the erection of their new 

 church, and successfully, until that terrible scourge, 

 the cholera, broke out amongst them ; entering their 

 habitations, their storehouses and their workshops — 

 striking them down in the thronged marts of business 

 or upon the highway — passing onward with its car of 

 destruction, and crushing beneath its wheels the rich 

 and the poor, the just and the unjust — desolating 

 cities, and making charnel-houses of the populous 

 habitations of men. The building advanced slowly 

 during these days of affliction, of wo, of misery, and 

 of death : for as the city was comparatively desolated, 

 no means could be collected. At length, however, a 

 brighter day dawned: the dark cloud that hovered 

 so long over the devoted city was dispelled, and the 

 energies of the congregation were again aroused to 

 complete the work. 



During this period of time when the cholera was 

 in New-York, Rev. Wm. Quarter was still assistant 

 pastor at St. Peter's, and here it was that the 

 generous self-devotion of this truly christian mission- 

 ary shone conspicuous, and left for him a name and 

 a fame that will not be forgotten in that city while 

 the visitation of the cholera is remembered. From 

 the time of its commencement until its termination 

 he was always at his post. Day and night he labour- 

 ed constantly and unceasingly, well satisfied if he 

 could snatch but three hours' repose from the twenty- 

 four. If you sought for him, you would find him 

 now in the humble habitation of poverty, again in 



