Word: messiahs
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During the service the choir sang the following pieces: Anthem, It came upon the mid-night clear. - Sullivan; Anthem, The people that walked in darkness. - (from the Messiah); Anthem, The star that now is shining. - Oliver King. Soloist, Mr. Heinrich Meyn...
...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...
...Hellenistic. In Matthew's writing we find a genealogy of Christ, extending back as far as David and Abraham. Later there are statements which are fulfillments of ancient prophecies, and all through his writings Matthew is intend in showing to the Jews that Christ is the long-looked-for Messiah...
...Messiah who should lead Judea on to the position that was then held by Rome. The Jews thoroughly hated Rome and had a firm conviction that their Messiah would be a king of war to lift them above their rival. It was into this world of violent passion that the calm character of Christ came, Dr. Herford advised a careful study of this interesting history, recommending Haustath's New Testament Times...
...would only consent to come into real contact with Christianity it would have the effect of an electric battery, establishing a complete sovereignty in their thought, interest, and being. The choir sang the anthems, "It came upon the midnight clear," by Sullivan; "Thus said the Lord," from the Messiah, sung by Mr. Richardson, of Boston, and Gounod's "Nazareth...