Sentence:  ... it is a sad case when the truly godly, who are cordial <WSD>sympathizers</WSD>, and earnest intercessours in the straits of a Nation, are stricken dumb in a day of calamity ... 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A person who has, shows or expresses sympathy (with another person or people); a person who enters into the feelings of another.