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Jewish publication society of America, 1911 - Anthologies - 444 pages

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Contents

THE SEVENTH PLAGUE OF EGYPT GEORGE CROLY
83
THE DESTROYING Angel ANONYMOUS
86
THE EXIT FROM EGYPTIAN BONDAGE
88
LUCRETIA DAVIDSON
89
THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH JOHN RUSKIN
90
MIRIAMS SONG THOMAS MOORE
91
MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI
92
LORD HOUGHTON RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES
93
THE ARMY OF ISRAEL AT THE FOOT OF MOUNT SINAI LUCRETIA DAVIDSON
94
MOSES and the WORM
95
JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON HERDER
96
MOSES ALFRED DE VIGNY
97
THE DEATH OF MOSES JESSIE G MCARTEE
98
JERICHO FRANK FOXCROFT
100
THE FALL OF JERICHO Duffield OSBORNE
102
DEBORAHS SONG ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER IIO A 39 JEPHTHAHS DAUGHTER NATHANIEL P WILLIS III
115
SAUL AND DAVID JAMES GRAHAME
119
SONG OF TRIUMPH HANNAH MORE
120
SONG OF VICTORY FOR the Death of GOLIATH LUCRETIA DAVIDSON
121
THE MEETING OF DAVID AND JONATHAN
122
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
124
DAVID AND JONATHAN LUCRETIA DAVIDSON
125
THE LAMENTATION of David OVER SAUL
126
JONATHAN GEORGE SANDYS
127
THE PARABLE OF NATHAN AND DAVID
128
GEORGE PEELE
129
DAVIDS GRIEF FOR HIS CHILD ANONYMOUS
130
THE DEATH OF ABSALOM NATHANIEL P WILLIS
135
RIZPAH JOHN READE
139
THE SONG OF DAVID CHRISTOPHER SMART
141
DAVIDS THREE MIGHTY ONES
142
HENRY FRANCIS LYTE
144
THE END OF King David
145
SOLOMON AND HIS SAGES
154
LORD HOUGHTON RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES
161
THE SHUNAMMITE NATHANIEL P WILLIS
167
GOOD TIDINGS TO ZION
174
HELIODORUS IN THE TEMPLE FELICIA D HEMANS
186
PSALM I
193
HENRY FRANCIS LYTE
210
PSALM CXLV SIR ROBERT GRANT
215
PSALM CXLVIII SIR THOMAS BROWNE
217
PSALM CXLVIII GEORGE WITHER
219
THE HOLY DAYS
221
THE HEBREWS FRIDAY NIGHT ISRAEL ZANGWILL
223
THE DAY OF REST RABBI GUSTAV GOTTHEIL
225
SABBATH THOUGHTS GRACE AGUILAR
226
THE HOPE OF NATIONS A PASSOVER HYMN
227
FROM THE HEBREW
228
THE HEAVENLY LIGHT SHABUOTH
229
MAX MEYERHARDT
230
ROSH HASHANAH PENINA MOÏSE
231
THE TWO VOICES MEDITATION For the New YEAR PENINA MOÏSE
232
KOL NIDRA RABBI JOSEPH LEISER
233
YOM KIPPUR FROM THE HEBREW
237
YOM KIPPUR Rabbi GUSTAV GOTTHEIL
238
HYMN FOR TABERNACLES
239
ELEAZAR BEN JACOB KALIR
240
THE FEAST OF LIGHTS EMMA LAZARUS
241
CHANUKAH RABBI LOUIS STERN
243
CHANUKAH RABBI LOUIS STERN
245
CHANUKAH PENINA MOÏSE
246
MISCELLANEOUS
249
IN EXILE EMMA LAZARUS
251
THE RABBI AND THE CRIPPLE GEORGE ALEXANDER KOHUT
253
ON OCEANS BOSOM MORRIS ROSENFELD
259
HYMN TO THE DEITY REBECCA HYNEMAN
263
BE IT so PENINA MOÏSE
264
WHERE IS GOD? ANONYMOUS
278
GOD WHOM SHALL I COMPARE TO THEE?
279
JEHUDA HALEVI
281
NATURE PROCLAIMS A DEITY CHATEAUBRIAND
282
ON THE GLORY OF God THOMAS SHEPARD
283
THE EXISTENCE OF A GOD ANONYMOUS
284
THERE IS NO GOD SOPHIE M ALMONHENSLEY
286
THERE IS A GOD MARTIN LEHMAYER
287
THE HYMN OF NATURE SIR JOHN BOWRING
288
PRAISE TO NATURES GOD JAMES HOGG
289
ABOU BEN ADHEM LEIGH HUNT
290
ABRAM AND ZIMRI CLARENCE COOK
291
ONLY A JEW ANONYMOUS
296
THE PRINCESS AND THE RABBI W L GARDINER
299
HE DOETH HIS ALMS TO BE SEEN OF MEN ANONYMOUS
301
THE MORNING PSALM MARIANNE FARNINGHAM
303
SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE OF NORTH CAROLINA JACOB HENRY
305
THE SULTANS LESSON W R ALGER
310
SUSSKIND OF TRIMBERG RABBI JOSEPH LEISER
311
THE RABBIS DAUGHTER THE TALMUD
316
GIFTS EMMA LAZARUS
317
THE MERCY OF GOD MATTHEW RICHEY KNIGHT
319
A PRAYER ROBERT SOUTHEY
320
GOD IS GOOD MRS FOLLEN
321
THEY TELL ME EZEKIEL Leavitt
322
HEBREW CRADLE SONG EZEKIEL Leavitt
323
A PSALM OF LIFE HENRY W LONGFELLOW
325
CHARITY Deborah KLEINERT JANOWITZ
327
THE MYSTIC TIE MAX MEYERHARDT
328
PRAISE YE THE LORD A 157 THE SOUL PENINA MOÏSE
329
DEBORAH KLEINERT JANOWITZ
330
OUR EVERLASTING FRIEND A 161 REST B 162 PROVIDENCE B 163 LIVE NOT TO YOURSELVES B 164 WE PRAISE THEE O Lord MAX ...
334
GEORGE HERBERT
335
WILLIAM COWPER
336
REV JAMES TODD
339
Richard Mant
340
THE PRAYERS OF ALL LIVING CREATURES
341
FROM AN OLD JEWISH CANTICLE
343
ANN TAYLOR
344
EVENING HYMN FOR A CHILD JOHN PIERPONT
345
WE THANK THEE B 171 MISUNDERSTOOD B 172 APPEARANCES C 173 DUTY ANONYMOUS
347
JOHN WESTALL
351
TRUST IN GOD AND DO THE RIGHT NORMAN MACLEOD
352
THERES WORK ENOUGH TO DO ANONYMOUS
353
BE TRUE C 177 THE ELIXIR B 178 OUR OWN A 179 THE UPRIGHT MAN B 180 THE ANSWER B 181 OPPORTUNITY ANONYMOUS
354
GEORGE HERBERT
357
FRANCIS BACON
358
DSCHELADEDDIN
360
EDWARD ROWLAND SILL
361
B 183
362
RANSOM ADELAIDE ANN PROCTOR
363
A NAME IN THE SAND HANNAH FLAGG GOULD
364
DIFFERENT MINDS RICHARD CHEVENIX TRENCH
365
SUPPOSE C 189 EVERY LITTLE HELPS C 190 SUPPOSE LYDIA H SIGOURNEY
366
ANONYMOUS
368
PHOEBE CARY
370
ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL
371
THE CREATION CECIL F ALEXANDER
372
FORBEARANCE
373
THE Call of the FLOWERS AND BIRDS
383
NOTHING IS LOST
391
REGINALD HEBER
397
GOD
409
OURSELVES
415
CONSCIENCE
422
PEACE
428
INDEX TO AUTHORS
435
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