The cover of Barriers Burned Away (1872), by the Reverend E.P. Roe

Barriers Burned Away Chapter XLIII: "Christine, Awake! For Your Life!" from Barriers Burned Away, by the Reverend E.P. Roe (1872) (4100 words)

A Verse Sampler Six poems on Chicago's tragedy "Chicago," by John Greenleaf Whittier. "Chicago," by Bret Harte. "The Great Chicago Fire," by Mrs. Julia A. Moore. "Call for Help for Chicago" by N.S. Emerson. "Lines Written on the Most Dreadful Fire That Broke Out in Chicago in America" by Jeremiah Cronan. "Chicago" by W.H. McElroy.

Fire Hymns Five songs of the great conflagration "Pity the Homeless, or Burnt Out," by James R. Murray. "Passing through the Fire," by George F. Root. "Lost and Saved," by George F. Root. "From the Ruins Our City Shall Rise," by George F. Root. "The Billow of Fire," by P.P. Bliss.