Word: queen
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...action of the play centers about the discovery of the concealed child as an off-spring of the line of David, his revelation to the faithful Jews by the High Priest, and the subsequent defeat and death of the queen Athalie. The plot is briefly as follows...
...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...
...Appleton Chapel last evening Dean Hodges of the Episcopal Theological School, read the Bible narrative on which Racine's "Athalie" is based, and briefly told the story of the movement which led to the overthrow of the tyrannical queen of Judah. Though the tragedy of Racine had a deep religious significance there were lessons to be drawn from a study of the purely religious aspect of the story. Dean Hodges called attention to the fact that the monks of the Dark Ages were the first to produce, as a means of conveying religious truth, the sacred plays of which "Athalie...
November 20. Saturday.Geological Excursion to the Queen's River Moraine and the Wickford Sandstone Gneisses in Rhode Island, conducted by Mr. J. B. Woodworth and Professor H. L. Smyth...
...Saturday.Geological Excursion to the Queen's River Moraine and the Wickford Sandstone Gneisses in Rhode Island, conducted by Mr. J. B. Woodworth and Professor H. L. Smyth...