The Chosen People

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"God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things."-Heb. i, l,

"Yes; so it was ere Jesus came-

Alternate then His Altar flame

Blazed up and died away,

And Silence took her torn with Song,

And Solitude with the fair throng

That owned the festal day;

For in earth's daily circuit then

Only one border

Reflected to the Seraphs' ken,

Heaven's light and order.

But now to the revolving sphere

We point and Say, No desert here,

No waste so dark and lone

But to the hour of sacrifice

Comes daily in its turn, and lies

In light beneath the Throne.

Each point of time, from morn till eve.

From eve to morning,

The shrine doth from the Spouse receive

Praise and adorning."-Lyra Innocentium.

FIFTH EDITION.

In drawing up this little book, at the request of several friends, the Author has been chiefly guided by experience of what children require to be told, in order to come to an intelligent perception of the scope of the Scripture narrative treated historically. Since a general view can hardly be obtained without brevity, many events have been omitted in the earlier part, and those only touched upon which have a peculiar significance in tracing the gradual preparation for the work of Redemption; and though one great object has been the illustration of Prophecy, the course of types has been passed over, lest the plain narrative should be confused, since types are rather subjects of devotional contemplation than of history, and they should be perfectly comprehended as facts, before being treated as allegorical.

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