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CONTENTS
[The selections are marked A, B, C, D to indicate the grade of difficulty; the most advanced are indicated by A, the least advanced by D.]
TALES FROM THE BIBLE AND THE TALMUD
PAGE
1. THE MAKING OF MAN... SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 21
2. MERCY'S REPLY
.ANONYMOUS
A.
B.
23
....ANONYMOUS 36
39
B. 9. NIMRUD AND THE GNAT. ....SIR EDWIN ARNOLD
B. 10. ABRAHAM AND HIS GODS.
LORD HOUGHTON (RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES) 40
B. II. HYMN
JAMES MONTGOMERY 42
B. 12. THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
LUCRETIA DAVIDSON
A. 13. HAGAR IN THE WILDERNESS.
43
NATHANIEL P. WILLIS 44
A. 14. THE SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM.
NATHANIEL P. WILLIS 48
.SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 52
. CHARLES SWAIN 54
A. 15. ABRAHAM'S OFFENCE...
A. 16. THE TENT OF ABRAHAM.
A. 17. THE STORY OF REBEKAH.THOMAS M. ARMSTRONG 57
VICTOR HUGO
.SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 74
A. 22. MOSES AND THE ANGEL.
A. 23. WHY THE FACE OF MOSES SHONE.
GEORGE ALEXANDER KOHUT 76
A. 24. THE SHEPHERD LEADER OF THE NILE.
RABBI JOSEPH LEISER 79
B. 25. MOSES IN THE DESERT. ..JAMES MONTGOMERY 82
A. 26. THE SEVENTH PLAGUE OF Egypt.. GEORGE CROLY 83
A. 27. THE DESTROYING Angel... .ANONYMOUS 86
B. 28. THE EXIT FROM EGYPTIAN BOndage.
THOMAS MOORE 91
B. 29. THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH..JOHN RUSKIN 90
A. 30. MIRIAM'S SONG....
A. 31. MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI.
LORD HOUGHTON (RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES) 92
B. 32. THE ARMY OF ISRAEL AT THE FOOT OF
GOTTFRIED VON HERDER 95
.ALFRED DE VIGNY 97
.JESSIE G. M'CARTEE 98
.FRANK FOXCROFT 100
...DUFFIELD OSBORNE 102
A. 37. THE FALL OF JERICHO...
A. 38. DEBORAH'S SONG....ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER IIO
A. 39. JEPHTHAH'S DAUGHTER..NATHANIEL P. WILLIS III
A. 40. THE HEBREW MOTHER. .....FELICIA D. HEMANS 115
A. 41. SAUL AND DAVID... JAMES GRAHAME 119
A. 42. SONG OF TRIUMPH. .HANNAH MORE 120
B. 43. SONG OF VICTORY FOR THE DEATH OF GOLIATH.
LUCRETIA DAVIDSON 121
A. 44. THE Meeting of DaviD AND JONATHAN.
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS 122
A. 45. DAVID'S LAMENT.....ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER 124
A. 46. DAVID AND JONATHAN. ......LUCRETIA DAVIDSON 125
A. 47. THE LAMENTATION Of David over SAUL AND
JONATHAN
.GEORGE SANDYS 126
A. 48. THE PARABLE OF NATHAN AND DAVID.
GEORGE PEELE 128
A. 49. DAVID'S GRIEF FOR HIS CHILD......ANONYMOUS 130
A. 50. THE Death of ABSALOM. NATHANIEL P. WILLIS 135
A. 51. RIZPAH
B. 52. THE SONG OF DAVID.
JOHN READE 139
.CHRISTOPHER SMART 141
A. 53. DAVID'S THREE MIGHTY ONES.
HENRY FRANCIS LYTE 142
A. 54. THE END OF KING DAVID...
A. 55. DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL.
A. 56. SOLOMON AND HIS Sages..
.ANONYMOUS 145
.EDWARD IRVING 147
.ANONYMOUS 154
B. 57. SOLOMON AND THE SOWER.. FRIEDRICH RUECKERT 156
A. 58. SOLOMON AND THE ANT......SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 157
B. 59. SOLOMON AND THE Ants.
LORD HOUGHTON (RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES) 159
A. 60. SOLOMON'S SIGNET..... ....SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 161
A. 61. ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS. ..JAMES GRAHAME 166
A. 62. THE SHUNAMMITE......NATHANIEL P. WILLIS 167
B. 63. THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB. LORD BYRON 171
A. 64. SONG OF THE JEWS IN THE BABYLONIAN
CAPTIVITY
B. 65. GOOD TIDINGS TO ZION.
B. 66. HABAKKUK'S PRAYER.
HENRY HART MILMAN 172
THOMAS KELLEY 175
..WILLIAM BROOME 176
B. 67. HYMN OF PRAISE.....Anna LETITIA BARBAULD 176
B. 68. RUTH'S ANSWER TO NAOMI..LUCRETIA DAVIDSON 178
A. 69. BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.
A. 70. BELSHAZZAR
.MINNIE L. SELLERS 179
.GEORGE CROLY 184
A. 71. HELIODORUS IN THE TEMPLE. FELICIA D. HEMANS 186
A. 72. PSALM I
THE PSALTER
B. 73. PSALM IV
A. 74. PSALM XIII
B. 75. PSALM XXIII
A. 76. PSALM XXV.
B. 77. PSALM XXIX
B. 78. PSALM XLII
B. 79. PSALM LXI
A. 80. PSALM LXVI
B. 81. PSALM XC
A. 82. PSALM XCII
B. 83. PSALM XCIII
B. 84. PSALM C
A. 85. PSALM CIII
B. 86. PSALM CXIV
B. 87. PSALM CXXII
B. 88. PSALM CXXXVII
B. 89. PSALM CXXXIX
.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 193
.MRS. FOLLEN 194
.FRANCIS DAVISON 195
JOSEPH ADDISON 196
.REV. GEORGE BURGESS 197
MRS. FOLLEN 199
.MRS. FOLLEN 200
.MRS. FOLLEN 201
GEORGE SANDYS 202
MRS. FOLLEN 204
.GEORGE SANDYS 205
.MRS. FOLLEN 207
TATE AND BRADY 208
.HENRY FRANCIS LYTE 209
THOMAS CAREW 210
.RABBI HENRY S. JACOBS 211
.FITZ-GREENE HALLECK 212
.. MARGARET M. DAVIDSON 213
B. 90. PSALM CXLV
B. 91. PSALM CXLVIII
B. 92. PSALM CXLVIII
A. 93. PSALM CXLVIII
.SIR ROBERT GRANT 215
SIR THOMAS BROWNE 217
.REV. GEORGE BURGESS 217
..GEORGE WITHER 219
THE HOLY DAYS
A. 94. THE HEBREW'S FRIDAY NIGHT. ISRAEL Zangwill 223
B. 95. THE Day of Rest..... RABBI GUSTAV GOTTHEIL 225
B. 96. SABBATH THOUGHTS
A. 97. SEDER-NIGHT
A. 98. THE HOPE OF NATIONS.
A. 99. HYMN FOR PENTECOST.
B. 100. THE HEAVENLY LIGHT,
B. IOI. SHABUOTH
A. 102. ROSH HASHANAH.
.GRACE AGUILAR 226
.ISRAEL ZANGWILL 226
A PASSOVER HYMN.
FROM THE HEBREW 227
..JEHUDA HALEVI 228
SHABUOTH.
MAX MEYERHARDT 229
.RABBI JAMES K. GUTHEIM 230
PENINA MOÏSE 231
B. 103. THE TWO VOICES. MEDITATION FOR THE NEW
YEAR
A. 104. KOL NIDRA.
A. 105. YOM KIPPUR.
B. 106. YOM KIPPUR.
....PENINA MOÏSE 232
.RABBI JOSEPH LEISER 233
.FROM THE HEBREW 237
.RABBI GUSTAV GOTTHEIL 238
A. 118. O MY CREATOR, WHEN THY MIGHT.
B. 119. LIFELONG PRAISE
CHRISTIAN F. GELLERT 265
.PENINA MOÏSE 267