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Rachel weeping for her children

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Rachel weeping for her children
Israel, for children slain by order of Herod. [N.T.: Matthew 2:16–18]
See : Crying


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How much does this custom among the Indian woman of repairing to the hilltops in the night, and pouring forth their wailings for the dead, call to mind the beautiful and affecting passage of Scripture, "In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
 
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