(68 S.A.) been used? 499, 500 S.A.
On what occasions in English history has Psalm 51
(75 S.A.) been used? 500 S.A.
How was Psalm 68 (86 S.A.) used by the friends of
Savonarola at the crisis of his career? 500 S.A.
To what general use has Psalm 68 (86 S.A.) been put? 501 S.A.
What famous early English poem is full of allusions
to the Psalms? 502 S.A.
What lines in Psalm 90 (104 S.A.) make its place
in the burial service of the church of England
especially appropriate? 502 S.A.
Pick out the lines in Psalm 91 (106 S.A.) that
were, according to legend, repeated by Pope
Alexander as he set his foot on the neck of the
kneeling Emperor Barbarossa over whom he had
just triumphed. 502 S.A.
Find the line in Psalm 98 (108 S.A.) which was
used as a proof of the fixity of the earth by
the opposers of the Copernican theory. 502 S.A.
In what way was Psalm 117 (139 S.A.), the
shortest Psalm, used at the battle of Worcester? 504 S.A.
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What did Luther say of Psalm 118 (140 S.A.)? 504 S.A.
Name some of the uses that have been made of
Psalm 118 (140 S.A.) in celebrating success
and triumph. 504, 505 S.A.
To what use did the missionary, James Harrington,
put Psalm 121 (155 S.A.) and what did he name it? 505 S.A.
Find the lines in Psalm 144 (166, 167 S.A.) that
have often been used in England and France as a
motto on the face of sundials. 506 S.A.
The moral awakening of the world in our day is,
it is said, due in no small degree to the
rediscovery of the prophets of Israel. Isaiah is
the specialist on the great social problem of the
city, its sins, its volatile and vibrant life, its
opulence, and its pride. The principles which Isaiah
applied to the evils of his day are the principles
of our age and of all times. From a study of the
messages of Isaiah what can you say of his stand on
this question? 264-296 S.A.
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LIVING WITH THE BIBLE
The Bible is a mirror "in which each man sees the motions of his own
soul. Many of the Psalms express in exquisite words the kinship which
every thoughtful human heart craves to find with a supreme,
unchanging, loving God, who will be to him a
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