The Bible Story

Chapter 47

What lines of Psalm 80 (91 S.A.) underlie Elizabeth Barrett Browning"s, "The Measure,"

stanza 2? 501 S.A.

What lines in Psalm 86 (98 S.A.) are beautifully used by Tennyson in the verse quoted from "Rizpah"? 502 S.A.

What lines in Psalm 87 (100 S.A.) furnished the motto for Augustine"s great work, "The City of G.o.d"? 502 S.A.

What well-known tune derived its name from the number of the Psalm which was used with it? 116,503 S.A.

Story Suggested by the Bible

Can you name a popular modern story that has its inspiration in "The Wise Men"? 41 L.J.

Read the following stories from the volume, "The Life of Jesus," with your reading of Van d.y.k.e"s beautiful story, "The Other Wise Man," and note the interesting correspondence. Alternate Van d.y.k.e"s story with THE BIBLE STORY and read as follows:--

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_The Other Wise Man_

The Sign in the Sky By the Waters of Babylon

THE BIBLE STORY The Wise Men, 41 L.J.

_The Other Wise Man_ For the Sake of a Little Child

THE BIBLE STORY A Journey to the Land of the Pharaohs, 45 L.J.

_The Other Wise Man_ In the Hidden Way of Sorrow

THE BIBLE STORY The Crucifixion, 281 L.J.

_The Other Wise Man_ A Pearl of Great Price

Book t.i.tles Taken from the Bible

The fact that many books of every style and content bear names taken from the Bible and develop themes suggested by the Bible is a tribute to the beauty and picturesqueness of Bible diction and indicates the extensive scope of its writings. What would you expect the theme of each of the following books to be, judging by the thought which the t.i.tles suggest?

"The Inside of the Cup" Winston Churchill

"The Fruit of the Tree" Edith Wharton

"All the Days of My Life" Margaret Sangster

"From My Youth Up" Amelia Barr

"t.i.tus" Florence Morse Kingsley

"Following the Star" Florence Barclay

"Barabbas" Marie Corelli

"The Yoke" Elizabeth Miller

"The Wages of Sin" M. S. Harrison

"The Sins of the Father" Bertha M. Clay

"The Eternal City" Hall Caine

"A Voice in the Wilderness" Grace Livingston Hill Lutz

"The Thirteenth Commandment" Rupert Hughes

"The Hands of Esau" Margaret Deland

"A Certain Rich Man" William Allen White

"The Promised Land" Mary Antin

"Prince of the House of David" J. H. Ingraham

"The Far Country" Winston Churchill

"Unleavened Bread" Robert Grant

"Judas Iscariot" L. N. Andrew

"These Twain" Arnold Bennett

"The Good Shepherd" John Roland

"Prodigals and Sons" John Ayscough

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"The Lost Boy" Henry Van d.y.k.e

"G.o.d"s Remnants" Samuel Gordon

"The Foolish Virgin" Thomas Dixon

"The Heritage of Cain" Isabel Ostrander

"Behold the Woman" T. Everett Horre

"If Any Man Sin" H. A. Cody

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