Word: jews
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...invigorating him with the energy of a new life. In this verse, however, the author is thinking of the shedding, not the use of blood after its being shed. He has in mind the self-sacrificing of men for the life of others, - Esther interposing herself to save the Jews, or the engineer standing by his engine as it rushes on to certain destruction. This spark of heroic fire which is in men is God-like; and Jew or Christian, Mohammedan or Pagan, who can look death in the face and say, "Where, O grave, are thy plagues," is victor...
...this epistle Paul makes two statements of our relation to God; first that we shall know God, and then, correcting himself, that we shall be known of God. Greek and Jew alike are the sons of God, and God has put his spirit in them. First, Paul as the theologian tells us that we have this spirit because we have come to know God, that the more we learn, the better we know how to appreciate Him. He then seems to feel that there is something more, that back of all this knowledge or ignorance there is a fund...
...Persian and Jew," by John Rathbone Oliver follows "The Latin Play." It is an exposition of Omar Khayyam's theory of existence as shown in his great poem, the "Rubaiyat"; and the author draws attention to the errors in this doctrine by comparison with that of Isaiah, whom we may regard as the antithesis of Omar in ethical teaching. The article is very well written...
...first prize in the Clark competion in oratory at Hamilton College has been awarded to Gregory Rosenblum of Nijini Norgorod, Russia, whose subject was "The Jew in Russia...
...Brooke Herford preached in Appleton Chapel last evening on the world which surrounded Christ's early years. The Jews, long oppressed and maddened by the Roman rule were still clinging to their expectation of a Messiah; a king who was to overthrow the oppressor and give Jerusalem the supreme power. But at the time of Christ's birth, cruelty and bloodshed were constantly increasing, with Herod as their chief agent. The fact that the slaughter of the innocents is not noticed in secular history is significant of his career. No notice of the massacre of a few babies could...