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...Lyman Abbott h.'90, preacher to the University, spoke before the Menorah Society in Phillips Brooks House last night on "The Political Institutions of the Ancient Hebrews...
...government of the Hebrews, said Dr. Abbott, was far in advance of the times, and forms a large basis for American institutions. The main features of the ancient Jewish government were the division of authority into legislative, judicial, and executive bodies; the existence of two representative bodies, the Great Congregation and the Council of Elders; the first constitutional king known to history; freedom of speech; free industrial education provided by law; and an established church, to which membership and support were optional. The Levitical Code was regulative, not mandatory. It did not require worship, but prescribed absolute forms for those...
...MENORAH SOCIETY. "The Political Institutions of the Ancient Hebrews." Dr. Lyman Abbott. Parlor, Phillips Brooks House...
...Abbott was graduated from New York University in 1853, and was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1860. He is editor-in-chief of the Outlook, and has been engaged in other editorial work. He is also the author of "Jesus of Nazareth," "Illustrated Commentary on the New Testament," "The Life of Christ," "Life and Letters of Paul," "The Personality of God," and many other books relating to the life of Christ...
...MORNING PRAYERS. Rev. Lyman Abbott, D.D. Appleton Chapel...