Word: jehovah
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...play did not win the admiration it deserved, "Athalie," in fact was far ahead of its time, it was written for posterity. The protagonist never appears. The real hero is never seen, for that hero is Jehovah the God of the Hebrews working through the agency of the High Priest...
Joad, the High Priest, loyal to Jehovah and the house of David, devotes himself to the restoration of the ancient faith. Biding his time he steadily prepares for a revolution. In the seventh year of Athalie's reign things are ripe for a change. Joah, who has won over the queen's body-guard, makes them swear fidelity to the young king, now a child of seven...
...choir sang "Hearken unto Me," by A. Sullivan, and "O, Great Jehovah," by Mozart. D. M. Babcock '77, bass soloist in the New Old South Church, Boston, sang the refrain of the second an them and Handel's "Largo...
...feeling pervading the play, which is common to Moliere's Tartuffe and Shakspere's Hamlet, of an unknown presence which seems constantly to be exerting its supernatural influence upon the players but which seldom if ever appears. This mysterious power is the real hero of the play, it is Jehovah, the God of the Jews in Athalie. As we have seen in Phedre woman was Racine's chosen study, and here again in Athalie we find a wonderful picture of the imperious, strong-minded woman conquered by the iron hand of fate...
...choir sang the following anthems: "When God of Old" - Hall. "O Great Jehovah" - Mozart. "Trust in the Lord" - Handel. Soloist, Mr. D. M. Babcock, class...