Word: isaiah
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...sermon which had been attributed to Saint Augustine since the fifth century. In this sermon St. Augustine represents nine Hebrew prophets and three Gentiles Nebuchadnezzar, Virgil and a Sibyl as reasoning with the Jews in an effort to persuade them that Jesus was the Messiah. In the play Isaiah, Daniel, the Sibyl and Aaron in turn speak their prophecies and then intone a chant...
...this interesting prelude had to be cut to a bare outline. Much or all of the humor in the disputes would be lost on a modern audience and the broadly humorous Balaam could for obvious resons not be introduced. Nevertheless, the five characters who remained of the Prophet Play, Isaiah Aaron, the Sibyl, the High Priest and St. Augustine, ably acted as they were, gave a sufficiently vivid impression of this characteristically German portion of the miracle...
...cast follows: Isaiah H.C. Fox '28 Aaron M.L. Bell '29 Sibyl Helen Chandler High Priest G.K. Bishop '27 Saint Augustine G.G. Ackerson '27 Mary Helen Lewis First Angel Rhodita Edwards Elizabeth Grace Michelman Joseph C.C. Wooley '29 First King Murray Pease '26 Second King D.W. Moreland '28 Third King F.K. Smith '29 First Messenger Charles Hicks '27 Second Messenger W.D. McKerrow '28 Herod D.L. Dickson '27 First Shepherd Charles Iseatherbee '29 Second Shepherd James Pales '28 Third Shepherd L.J. Schrelber '27 Devil D.F. Robinson '26 Second Angel Mary Caperton Third Angel Constance Templeton Fourth Angle Helen Goodrich Choristers M.M. Stevenson...
...cast announced by Robinson is as follows: Isaiah H. C. Fox '28 Aaroa M. L. Bell '29 Sibyle Helen Chandler High Priest G. K. Bishop '27 St. Augustine G. G. Bishop '27 Mary Helen Lewis First Angel Rhodita Edwards Elizabeth Grace Michelman Joseph C. C. Woolley '29 First King Murray Pease '26 Second King D. W. Moreland '28 Third King F. Kent Smith '29 First Messenger Charles Hicks '29 Second Messenger W. A. MeCausland '29 Herod A. L. Dickson '27 First Shepherd Charles Leatherbee '29 Second Shepherd James Pates '28 Devil D. F. Robinson '26 Second Angel Mary Coperton Third...
...bookplate, in Greek, is pasted at the foot of the title page and is dated 1633, indicating that it was printed while he was still in residence in the University of Cambridge. The Bible was presented to the Library in 1841 by the Misses Dunster, daughters of Rev. Isaiah Dunster, of the class of 1741, a great grandson of Henry Dunster, the first president of the College. Another volume of age and significance is called 'New England's First Fruits', 1643, which contains the first printed account of the foundation of the College and the first mention in print...