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

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A. 1. THE MAKING OF Man......SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 21

B. 2. MERCY'S REPLY

.ANONYMOUS 23

B. 3. THE FIRST SUNSET SEEN BY ADAM.

THE TALMUD 24

A. 4. THE LEGEND OF THE DEAD LAMBS.

ROBERT, EARL OF LYTTON 24

A.
5. CAIN

.VICTOR HUGO 28

A. 6. METHUSELAH

ANONYMOUS 30

A. 7. THE SONG OF LAMECH. .ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH 32

A. 8. THE DELUGE

....ANONYMOUS 36

B. 9. NIMRUD AND THE GNAT. .SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 39

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 43

A. 13. HAGAR IN THE WILDERNESS.

NATHANIEL P. WILLIS 44

A. 14. THE SACRIFICE OF ABRAHAM.

NATHANIEL P. WILLIS 48

A. 15. ABRAHAM'S OFFENCE. SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 52

A. 16. THE TENT OF ABRAHAM. CHARLES SWAIN 54

A. 17. THE STORY OF REBEKAH.THOMAS M. ARMSTRONG 57

B. 18. JACOB'S PILLOW..

.Jacob G. ASCHER 60

A. 19. JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN..CHARLES J. WELLS 62

A. 20. JACOB

.ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH 66

A. 21. MOSES ON THE NILE.

VICTOR HUGO 70

A. 22. MOSES AND THE ANGEL. .SIR EDWIN ARNOLD 74

A. 23. WHY THE FACE OF Moses SHONE.

GEORGE ALEXANDER KOHUT 76

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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.

LUCRETIA DAVIDSON 88

B. 29. THE DESTRUCTION OF PHARAOH..John Ruskin 90

A. 30. MIRIAM's Song..

.THOMAS MOORE 91

A. 31. MOSES ON MOUNT SINAI.

LORD HOUGHTON (RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES) 92

B. 32. THE ARMY OF ISRAEL AT THE FOOT OF

MOUNT SINAI..

.LUCRETIA DAVIDSON 94

A. 33. MOSES AND THE WORM.

JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON HERDER 95

B. 34. MOSES

.ALFRED DE VIGNY 97

A. 35. THE DEATH OF MOSES. JESSIE G. M'CARTEE 98

B. 36. JERICHO

..FRANK FOXCROFT 100

A. 37. THE FALL OF JERICHO. .DUFFIELD OSBORNE 102

A. 38. DEBORAH's Song.... ROBERT STEPHEN HAWKER 110

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

..John READE 139

B. 52. THE SONG OF DAVID........CHRISTOPHER SMART 141

A. 53. DAVID'S THREE Mighty ONES.

HENRY FRANCIS LYTE 142

A. 54. THE END OF KING DAVID.. .ANONYMOUS 145

A. 55. DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL.

.EDWARD IRVING 147

A. 56. SOLOMON AND His Sages.

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 I6I

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

HENRY HART MILMAN 172

B. 65. GOOD TIDINGS TO ZION. .THOMAS KELLEY 175

B. 66. HABAKKUK'S PRAYER. 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. .MINNIE L. SELLERS 179

A. 70. BELSHAZZAR

GEORGE CROLY 184

A. 71. HELIODORUS IN THE TEMPLE. FELICIA D. HEMANS 186

THE PSALTER

A. 72. PSALM I

.SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 193

B. 73. PSALM IV

... MRS. FOLLEN 194

A. 74. PSALM XIII

.FRANCIS DAVISON 195

B. 75. PSALM XXIII

..JOSEPH ADDISON 196

A. 76. PSALM XXV

Rev. GEORGE BURGESS 197

B. 77. PSALM XXIX

.MRS. FOLLEN 199

B. 78. PSALM XLII

MRS. FOLLEN 200

B. 79. PSALM LXI

MRS. FOLLEN 201

A. 80. PSALM LXVI

GEORGE SANDYS 202

B. 81. PSALM XC

MRS. FOLLEN 204

A. 82. PSALM XCII

.GEORGE SANDYS 205

B. 83. PSALM XCIII

. Mrs. FOLLEN 207

B. 84. PSALM C

.TATE AND BRADY 208

A. 85. PSALM CIII

.HENRY FRANCIS LYTE 209

B. 86. PSALM CXIV

.THOMAS CAREW 210

B. 87. PSALM CXXII .RABBI HENRY S. JACOBS 211

B. 88. PSALM CXXXVII .Fitz-GREENE HALLECK 212

B. 89. PSALM CXXXIX MARGARET M, DAVIDSON 213

B. 90. PSALM CXLV...

B. 91. PSALM CXLVIII

B. 92. PSALM CXLVIII

A. 93. PSALM CXLVIII

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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

...GRACE AGUILAR 226

A. 97. SEDER-Night

.ISRAEL ZANGWILL 226

A. 98. The HOPE OF NATIONS. A PASSOVER HYMN.

FROM THE HEBREW 227

A. 99. HYMN FOR PENTECOST. .JEHUDA HALEVI 228

B. 100. THE HEAVENLY LIGHT, SHABUOTH.

Max MEYERHARDT 229

B. 101. SHABUOTH

RABBI JAMES K. GUTHEIM 230

A. 102. Rosh HASHANAH.

...PENINA Moïse 231

B. 103. The Two VOICES. MEDITATION FOR THE NEW

YEAR

PENINA Moïse 232

A. 104. KOL NIDRA.

.RABBI JOSEPH LEISER 233

A. 105. Yom KIPPUR.

.FROM THE HEBREW 237

B. 106. Yom KIPPUR.

.RABBI GUSTAV GOTTHEIL 238

A. 107. HYMN FOR TABERNACLES.

ELEAZAR BEN Jacob KALIR 239

A. 108. HARVEST HYMN. .. .. .. John HAMPDEN GURNEY 240

B. 109. THE FEAST OF Lights. ...EMMA LAZARUS 241

B. 110. CHANUKAH

.RABBI Louis STERN 243

B. III. CHANUKAH

RABBI Louis STERN 245

B. 112. CHANUKAH

PENINA Moïse 246

MISCELLANEOUS

A. 113. IN EXILE ...

...EMMA LAZARUS 251

A. 114. THE RABBI AND THE CRIPPLE.

GEORGE ALEXANDER KOHUT 253

A. 115. ON OCEAN's Bosom.... .MORRIS ROSENFELD 259

A. 116. HYMN TO THE DEITY. .REBECCA HYNEMAN 263

B. 117. BE IT so.

.... PENINA MOÏSE 264

A. 118. O MY CREATOR, WHEN Thy Might.

CHRISTIAN F. GELLERT 265

B. 119. LIFELONG PRAISE

.PENINA Moïse 267

C. 120. GOD Is Love..

Sir John BOWRING 268

B. 121. THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. ...ALEXANDER POPE 269

A. 122. THE LORD IS NIGH. .REBECCA HYNEMAN 270

A. 123. THE REWARD OF CHARITY.

GEORGE ALEXANDER KOHUT 271

A. 124. MY KING .

MOSES BEN NACHMAN 273

A. 125. SANCTIFICATION.

.JOSEPH IBN ABITUR 275

B. 126. WHERE IS GOD?.

..ANONYMOUS 278

A. 127. GOD, WHOM SHALL I COMPARE TO THEE?

JEHUDA HALEVI 279

B. 128. NATURE PROCLAIMS A DEITY....CHATEAUBRIAND 282

B. 129. ON THE GLORY OF GOD.... .THOMAS SHEPARD 283

A. 130. THE EXISTENCE OF A GOD... .ANONYMOUS 284

B. 131. THERE Is No GOD..SOPHIE M. ALMON-HENSLEY 286

B. 132. THERE IS A GOD...

. Martin LEHMAYER 287

A. 133. THE HYMN OF NATURE. .Sir John BOWRING 288

B. 134. PRAISE TO NATURE'S GOD.

.JAMES Hogg 289

B. 135. ABOU BEN ADHEM.

..LEIGH HUNT 290

A. 136. ABRAM AND ZIMRI.

.CLARENCE COOK 291

B. 137. ONLY A JEW.

.ANONYMOUS 294

A. 138. A HEBREW TALE.... ..Lydia H. SIGOURNEY 296

B. 139. THE PRINCESS AND THE RABBI.. W. L. GARDINER 299

B. 140. He Doeth His ALMS TO BE SEEN OF MEN.

ANONYMOUS 301

A. 141. The MORNING PSALM. MARIANNE FARNINGHAM 303

A. 142. SPEECH DELIVERED BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE

OF NORTH CAROLINA.

JACOB HENRY 305

B. 143. THE SULTAN'S LESSON.

.W. R. ALGER 310

A. 144. SUSSKIND OF TRIMBERG. .RABBI JOSEPH LEISER 311

B. 145. THE RABBI'S DAUGHTER.

.The TALMUD 316

A. 146. GIFTS

EMMA LAZARUS 317

B. 147. THE MERCY OF GOD..MATTHEW RICHEY KNIGHT 319

B. 148. A PRAYER.

.ROBERT SOUTHEY 320

C. 149. God Is Good.

.Mrs. FOLLEN 320

C. 150. THE GOODNESS OF GOD..John HAMPDEN GURNEY 321

B. 151. THEY TELL ME....

. EZEKIEL LEAyitt 322

A. 152. HEBREW CRADLE SONG. EZEKIEL LEAVITT 323

B. 153. A PSALM OF LIFE. HENRY W. LONGFELLOW 325

A. 154. CHARITY.... .DEBORAH KLEINERT JANOWITZ 327

B. 155. THE Mystic TIE.

Max MEYERHARDT 328