Word: jeremiahs
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...Palestine. King Solomon had created an Israelitish state, but he turned apostate. God's judgment on his sins was that the kingdom should be rent into Israel on the north and Judah on the south. Some good kings followed Solomon, and the great Prophets Elijah Elisha, Isaiah and Jeremiah thundered God's words at the children of Israel. But the age was full of such bad characters as Jezebel, Jeroboam, Ahab and Manasseh...
According to Jewish tradition, Jeremiah himself wrote the history of this period in the Old Testament's two Books of Kings. A theocratic account emphasizing God's participation in the affairs of his children, Kings has had little corroboration in the findings of modern archeologists. Along with most other Old Testament books, it was challenged a few decades ago by the development of "higher criticism," which held that such histories were written centuries after the events took place, or at least were copies of copies of old histories. But last week diggers in Palestine found something that seemed...
...Died. Jeremiah Smith Jr., 65, Boston lawyer, financial savior of Hungary as League of Nations Commissioner General in 1924-26; in Cambridge, Mass. Unknown and at first distrusted by Hungarians, he stabilized currency, controlled revenues, floated a $50,000,000 loan. Given 30 months to put Hungary on her feet, he balanced the budget in six months, rolled up a $15,000,000 surplus in a year. He declined decorations and $60,000, which went instead to establish scholarships for Hungarian students...
...death of Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Harvard has lost one of its warmest and finest friends. He possessed a remarkable mind combined with an unusual modesty which often prevented his achievements from being widely known...
Funeral services will be held on Friday for Jeremiah Smith, Jr. '92, member of the Corporation and an associate of Winthrop House, who died last Tuesday at his home at 4 Berkeley Street, Cambridge...