CONTENTS

STORIES
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[I][Joseph and his Brethren][5]
[II][The Witness of Balaam to Israel][32]
[III][The Crowning of Abimelech][43]
[IV][Samson's Wedding Feast][49]
[V][The Expedition against Elisha][53]
[VI][The Dream of the Tree cut down][55]
[ VII][Belshazzar's Feast][60]

ORATORY
[I][The Oration of Moses at the Rehearsal of the Blessing and the Curse][67]
[II][A Discourse on Immortality and the Covenant with Death][75]
[III][Isaiah: The Great Arraignment][84]
[IV][Isaiah: The Covenant with Death][87]
[V][Isaiah: The Utter Destruction and the Great Restoration][90]
[VI][Ezekiel: The Sword of the Lord][93]

[VII][Ezekiel: Wreck of the Goodly Ship Tyre][98]
[VIII][Prophetic Sentences (from Jeremiah)][101]

WISDOM
[Wisdom Brevities][107]
Essays
[i][Wisdom's Way with her Children][112]
[ii][Prosperity and Adversity are from the Lord][113]
[iii][Against Gossip][114]
[iv][On the Tongue][115]
[v][Choice of Company][116]
[vi][The Wisdom of Business and the Wisdom of Leisure][120]
[vi][Life as a Joy shadowed by the Judgment (with a Sonnet: The Coming of the Evil Days][123]
Sonnets
[i][The Sluggard][125]
[ii][The Mourning for the Fool][126]
[iii][The Two Paths][126]
[iv][The Creator has made Wisdom the Supreme Prize][127]
[v][Watchfulness of Lips and Heart][129]
[vi][Wisdom and the Fear of the Lord][130]
[vii][Wisdom and the Strange Woman][132]


LYRICS
[I][An Elegy of a Broken Heart][141]
[II][The Creator's Joy in his Creation][143]
[III][Song of Moses and Miriam][149]
[IV][Deborah's Song][152]
[V][David's Lament][158]
[VI][David's Song of Victory][160]
[VII][The Bride's Reminiscences: a Lyric Idyl][165]
[VIII][Jeremiah: The Battle of Carchemish][168]
[IX][A Song of Zion Redeemed (from the Isaiahan Rhapsody)][170]
[X][Isaiah: Doom of Babylon][175]
[XI][Nahum: Doom of Nineveh][182]

RHAPSODY
[I][Jeremiah: Rhapsody of the Drought][193]
[II][Habakkuk: Rhapsody of the Chaldeans][200]
[III][Joel: Rhapsody of the Locust Plague][209]
[IV][Jeremiah: The Hurt of the Daughter of my People (A Rhapsodic Discourse)][222]

[V][The Lord's Controversy before the Mountains (A Dramatic Morceau)][226]
[VI][Prelude to the Rhapsody of Zion Redeemed][228]
[ VII][Zion Awakened (Vision III of the Rhapsody of Zion Redeemed)][231]