| 单词 | chosen people |
| 例句 | As Great Britain’s self-confidence grew, its people began more and more to identify with God’s chosen people, the Israelites of the Old Testament, whose destiny the British were more than happy to appropriate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I felt such intense pride at that point, not as an African, but as a Xhosa; I felt like one of the chosen people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Those segments were then shown, with the sound turned off, to a group of randomly chosen people, who were asked to rate the facial expressions of each newscaster in each segment. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If our hearts were feet, they'd surely kick somebody! the other infinity We are the chosen people, our grandmother tells us. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He emphasized the historical achievements of Africa and Africans, and noted how foolish it was for whites to see themselves as a chosen people and an intrinsically superior race. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jews are children of Israel, God's first chosen people. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The policy was supported by the Dutch Reform Church, which furnished apartheid with its religious underpinnings by suggesting that Afrikaners were God’s chosen people and that blacks were a subservient species. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When it comes to style, Doonan said, gays are the chosen people. Simon Doonan dishes on French chicks, straight men 2012-01-11T20:29:45Z Like most Poles, he is a Catholic; like many, he’s no fan of the chosen people. In Darkness: How a Swindler Became a Schindler 2012-02-09T16:59:24Z Will Nordenholt ultimately save his chosen people from this global biological catastrophe? Review | The 1923 novel ‘Nordenholt’s Million’ explores issues unnervingly familiar in the Trump-covid era 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z This was the crux of the prosperity gospel — God did not intend for His chosen people to suffer, but rather to have plenty, to be full, to be spiritually and materially rich. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z I advance like the chosen people.After a few hours, I reach that disconcerting point where neither coast is visible: neither on the Argentine side, nor the Uruguayan. The Mistake by Martín Kohan, translated by Nick Caistor 2013-03-19T13:00:01Z The Babylonian exile served as a crucible, forcing the Israelites to rethink their relationship to Yahweh, reassess their standing as a chosen people and rewrite their history. Frederick Douglass, July 4th, and remembering Babylon in America 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z It is set to Debussy’s music by the same name, which was inspired by a fifth-century Brittany legend about a cathedral visible at sunrise to a few chosen people living within a godless society. Dance Review: Lim?n?s Spiritual Heights and Depths 2011-06-09T22:42:37Z In retrospect, I don’t think it was the Jewishness of the film that spoke to my father; as he plainly told me, “Personally I do not believe they are the chosen people.” After a lifelong estrangement, a daughter tries to connect with her deceased father 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z “The ‘chosen people’ must become the ‘choosing people,’” he writes. American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z But as I started studying and getting older, I was like, 'What do you mean we’re the chosen people?' 'A way for me to honor them': artist Jaime Scholnick on her Gaza images 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z "I think the danger is not belonging — it's not being one of the chosen people." "Bama Rush": The 7 biggest revelations from Max's University of Alabama sorority rush documentary 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z "If you're God's chosen people, why is there nothing but war and death over there? Look around, you're in the desert! "I mean, have you been to Barbados or Hawaii? Palestinian comic wrestles with current events in Mideast 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z In past years the art was generally produced by emerging or little-known artists, but Ms. Hickey has chosen people who, although young, have had some kind of professional recognition. Inside Art: The Guggenheim Will Open ?Picasso Black and White? 2011-10-13T22:33:51Z Rev. Collier’s Church of God’s Chosen is affiliated with the racist, anti-Semitic Christian Identity movement, which claims Jews are “the devil’s spawn,” and whites the true biblical chosen people. Church denies black couple 2012-07-31T19:52:00Z Mr. Laurents once described writers as “the chosen people” and said he was happiest when sitting alone and putting his “daydreams and fantasies down on paper.” Arthur Laurents, Playwright and Director on Broadway, Dies at 93 2011-05-06T04:27:34Z Because we think we’re the chosen people, we can do this to others.' 'A way for me to honor them': artist Jaime Scholnick on her Gaza images 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z That really deeply serves this concept that my people are the chosen people, and everybody else is trying to mess us up. "We have been here before": Heather Cox Richardson on how to save our republic 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Some Christians support Israel due to Old Testament writings that Jews are God’s chosen people and that Israel is their rightful homeland. Support for Israel becomes a top issue for Iowa evangelicals key to the first Republican caucuses 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z His assistants undergo such a rigorous selection process that a former bodyguard once called them “a caste of chosen people.” After Armed Rebellion, Putin Tries to Reinforce His Defenses 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z Christian Identity followers believe white people are God’s chosen people. Michigan prisons ordered to allow faith group that believes in race separation 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z The ONS ran a regular survey through the pandemic: testing randomly chosen people in order to estimate the number of people who had the virus. Covid inquiry: The UK pandemic in numbers 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z In contrast, early Judaism developed the belief that Yahweh was deeply invested in the actions of His chosen people both as a group and as individuals, regardless of their social station. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The concept of a final judgment was also appealing to Judeans, who held that they were not only God’s chosen people but also persecuted by the forces of evil. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z And we can cherish this finite time we’ve got on the planet with our most chosen of chosen people. Perspective | The beauty of friendships in parenthood 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z “They must cast away centuries-old notions of themselves as God’s chosen people,” he wrote. George Herring, scholar of U.S. diplomacy and Vietnam War, dies at 86 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z “What Hebrew Israelite-ism does so well is it says not only is racism wrong — not only are Blacks not subhuman, as racism claims — but Blacks are actually the chosen people.” Everyone is cutting ties with Kanye West. For church leaders, it's not that simple 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z He casts himself and his followers as God's chosen people who must take back the country, and erroneously claims the 2020 election was stolen. US midterm elections: The key governor races to watch 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The claims of antisemitism and who are the original chosen people of God, we go into these religious conversations and it’s a big no-no. Kyrie Irving not apologizing for posting about film linked to antisemitism 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Gutting and then reshaping the workforce through rehiring chosen people is a huge part of Musk’s ambitions, according to interviews and documents. Documents detail plans to gut Twitter’s workforce 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z There were farmers, he recalled, who regarded Jews as God’s chosen people and asked his grandfather to bless their children in Hebrew. Eli Evans, ‘poet laureate’ of the Jews of the South, dies at 85 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Satan, they believed, had stirred up the Pueblo to take arms against God’s chosen people—the Spanish—but the Spanish, and their God, had prevailed in the end. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Suppose that a sample of 15 randomly chosen people were put on a special weight-loss diet. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z “Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people,” he declared, “whose breasts he has made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Then he went through his painful presidency, a single term only, which made him even more bitter: "There is no special Providence for us. We are not a chosen people that I know of." Think American democracy is ending? You're not alone 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Segal said some members of the Black Hebrew Israelite movement see themselves as the true “chosen people,” and believe that Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans are the true descendants of the 12 Tribes of Israel. Jewish leaders condemn ‘hurtful’ words by Nick Cannon 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z In 1783 Jefferson wrote, “Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever he had a chosen people.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Killers or victims, there are no chosen people. A Twenty-Four-Thousand-Mile Walk Across Human History 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z If God had further work for his chosen people, they must find it in America. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Tubman believed that African Americans were a specially chosen people, engaged in their own Exodus from oppression. Opinion | In opposing Harriet Tubman, Trump has messed with the wrong woman 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Jews, the archbishop said, think of themselves as “God’s chosen people, and think they should be in charge.” Ukraine’s Newly Elected President Is Jewish. So Is Its Prime Minister. Not All Jews There Are Pleased. 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Eckstein found — and sought to cultivate — support among evangelicals moved by a literal interpretation of the Bible holding that Jews were God’s chosen people. Yechiel Eckstein, rabbi who rallied support for Israel among evangelicals, dies at 67 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Fleury had apparently chosen people with large social media followings or ones involved in political activism, attempting to gain notoriety from the harassment. Instagram "troll" charged with taunting and threatening the families of Parkland shooting victims 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z They group people instead based on what they call nations, believing that there are 12 tribes among God’s chosen people. Hebrew Israelites See Divine Intervention in Lincoln Memorial Confrontation 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z A group of black men who belong to an obscure group called the Hebrew Israelites preaching that they are the true chosen people. A breakdown of the confrontation between Kentucky teens, a Native American elder and Hebrew Israelites 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z So were the Hebrew Israelites, who believe African Americans are God’s chosen people and the real descendants of the Hebrews of the Bible. A tribal elder and a high school junior stood face to face, and the world reacted 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z “But he identifies with them because that is what he was born into, not because they are the chosen people.” Einstein’s ‘God Letter,’ a Viral Missive From 1954 2018-12-02T05:00:00Z As for whether this divergence will ultimately be, as they say, good for the Jews — well, that’s a question this Gentile columnist leaves to the chosen people to debate. Opinion | The Jewish Crossroads 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z After much wandering, these chosen people settled in the British Isles, where they took the name “Anglo-Saxon.” Right’s attack on birthright citizenship: A new front in the battle for the Constitution 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Hasidic Jews in Jerusalem considered themselves the true chosen people and spewed hatred for the less religious. Opinion | Charlottesville, the Confederacy and confronting racism 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Instead, he’s largely chosen people who have come to him offering to serve. Sununu looks outside government for top department posts 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z We talked about friendship, how our small families mean that our friends are our main source of support, our non-blood-related chosen people. We found out we had something unusual in common on our first date 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z "We were taught that we were being persecuted because we were God's chosen people and that the world outside didn't understand us," she says. Anna LeBaron: How I escaped my father's murderous polygamous cult - BBC News 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z He deplored the Jews’ claim that God had made a covenant with them exclusively—that they were a chosen people. A Language to Unite Humankind 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Under the proposal, the governor would have chosen people to fill those vacancies. Kansas House reconsiders changing judicial selection process 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Are Americans the chosen people who must suffer and die from bad healthcare, non-living wages and lack of hope? Don’t Trust Anyone Over 30, Except Bernie Sanders 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “While affirming salvation through an explicit or even implicit faith in Christ, the Church does not question the continued love of God for the chosen people of Israel.” Pope Francis embrace of Christianity’s ‘elder brother’ Judaism impacts all regardless of faith 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z They believed they were a chosen people, that their immigration was the literal will of God. 'Saints & Strangers' and 'Pilgrims' make clear Thanksgiving's thorny origins 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z For them, his openness to the honest and sincere faith of many men and women who were not part of God’s chosen people seemed intolerable. Read Pope Francis' Homily at His Final Mass in the U.S. 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z Instead of spending small amounts of time with a lot of people, spend more time with a smaller number of carefully chosen people. 7 Ways Introverts Can Master Networking Skills 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z Many evangelical Christians in the US view Israel as the modern iteration of the Old Testament Israelites designated as God’s chosen people. Mike Huckabee declares West Bank to be part of Israel during settlement visit 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Related: Huckabee defends claim that Iran deal will 'march Israelis to oven door' Many evangelical Christians in the US view Israel as the modern iteration of the Old Testament Israelites designated as God’s chosen people. Huckabee headed to Israel to discuss nuclear deal: Iran 'not to be trusted' 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z “There is no reason for Cubans to be the chosen people of U.S. immigration policy, with automatic admission, residency and financial benefits, regardless of need or circumstance,” he said. The Cuban government and anti-Castro lawmakers both want this to change 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z “That’s important because this Cabinet will work for the next five years, and we want the chosen people to be clean figures, hence our consultations with the KPK and the PPATK.” Jokowi's Compromise Cabinet 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Many Jewish settlers say they want to live on the lands they believe were granted to them as God’s chosen people. In West Bank, Palestinians gird for settler attacks on olive trees I am often even ashamed of Israel, particularly when I witness evidence of its cruel military colonisation, with its weak and defenceless victims who are not part of the “chosen people”. Shlomo Sand: ‘I wish to resign and cease considering myself a Jew’ 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z Posing for the cameras amid artfully chosen people and props is something presidents do every day. An overriding need for immigration reform now “I read the part of the Bible that said the Jews are God’s chosen people.” Rick Perry’s ‘Groundhog Day’ 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z This was God’s new way to save God’s chosen people. Sermon Series: "Getting Smashed for Jesus" 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z These believers viewed the natives as a “chosen people” and descendants of major players in their faith’s signature scripture, the Book of Mormon. LDS essay examines Mormons, vigilante violence 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Here, then, the reader will please to notice, was the final settlement as it regards the Jews being the chosen people of God. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Read the solemn arraignment of the “chosen people” by the prophet, recorded in Ezek. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z But Jacob was not merely a man and a brother, he was one of God’s chosen people, and one who had been honored by God’s prenatal selection. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z One of the chosen people, who was condemned to be hanged, was brought to the gallows, and was just on the point of being turned off, when a reprieve arrived. Ever Heard This? Over Three Hundred Good Stories 2012-03-21T02:00:33.730Z It had no share in the Divine polity framed for the chosen people; the outward mark of its uncircumcision was a true symbol of its irreligion and debasement. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z An ambitious leader and legislator could, without much difficulty, soon establish them firmly in the conviction that they were Jehovah’s chosen people. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z That which we read in the first chapter of Genesis is not an account dictated by God himself, the possession of which was the exclusive privilege of the chosen people. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z And this is God’s anointed king, the chief one of God’s chosen people. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z And, indeed, it is plain that if he had approved it, he would have given it to his chosen people at first. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z The chosen people of God were destined solely to be the prey of the priesthood; to satiate their avarice and ambition; and to become the instrument and victim of their passions. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z After an absence of many years, having given up, to all appearance, any interest in human affairs, Jehovah turns his attention to Abram and his family, and adopts them as his chosen people. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z If the Is´ra-el-ites had been prosperous and happy in E´gypt they would have remained there, and the destiny of the chosen people would have been forgotten. Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers 2012-03-01T03:00:24.783Z IT ought to be pleasant work to present sketches of God’s chosen people. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z The Protestant inhabitants of Wexford, whose lives for the last week or so had resembled those of the chosen people by the waters of Babylon, must instantly be relieved, he gurgled. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z But it is said that the Jews by their opposition deserved to be rejected; that the views of providence were changed; and that God no longer wished his chosen people should be converted. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The Bible record states, that Moses was ordered to ascend the mount, on private business with the Lord, and to leave Aaron in charge of his chosen people till his return. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z During this period the chosen people were ruled by kings; hence this is named the Regal Administration. Outline Studies in the Old Testament for Bible Teachers 2012-03-01T03:00:24.783Z He believed that man could become the property of man—that it was right for his chosen people to deal in human flesh—to buy and sell mothers and babes. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z He was not one of "the chosen people." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z Those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of God, if ever He had a chosen people, whose breasts He has made His peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington 2012-02-11T03:03:55.693Z At that moment Jehovah is said to have given support to his chosen people, by causing a hail-storm to descend, and more were slain by the hail than fell by the sword. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The sun rose and set simply for the benefit of "God's chosen people." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z He denounced the chosen people of God as a "generation of vipers." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z And yet, according to Christ, he was far more charitable than the Levites—the priests of Jehovah, the highest of "the chosen people." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z And yet Rome conquered the world, including the chosen people of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z If the mighty works had been done in behalf of God’s chosen people, which are recorded, it is impossible to believe that they should have been forgotten or disregarded. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Think of the egotism of the ancient Jews, who imagined that they were "the chosen people"—the only ones in whom God took the slightest interest! The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z But Jehovah permitted his chosen people to hold the captives they took in war or purchased from the heathen as servants for life. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z This he knew would be the effect of his government, of his education of his chosen people. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z "INSPIRED" WAR If the Bible be true, God commanded his chosen people to destroy men simply for the crime of defending their native land. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 2 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:51.557Z Under whatever form of government they lived, they strayed from his commands, and in spite of his watchfulness, his chosen people would worship strange gods, for which offence they were punished. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z He issued his command to that effect, coupled with threats of pain and death, but his chosen people failed to respond. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Is it reasonable to believe that a good God would assist his chosen people to exterminate or enslave his other children? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z He wished to civilize his chosen people, and it was therefore necessary for him to destroy the heathen. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z According to that Holy Book, Jehovah was a believer in witchcraft, and said to his chosen people: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z As for the poor Jews, no curse ever fell so heavy on mortals as fell on them, in consequence of their considering themselves God’s chosen people, and other nations treating them as such. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z No wonder they had rather be the slaves of Pharaoh than the chosen people of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z He knew that while other nations had advanced in art and science, his chosen people were savage still. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z They must have been an exceedingly brave people to contend so many years with the chosen people of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z The history of his chosen people is an example of this. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 2012-02-04T03:00:16.007Z But when it is recorded as making a part of God’s dealings with his chosen people, it is shocking to all our ideas of Infinite Wisdom, Power, and Goodness. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z So God concluded to make the greatest possible sacrifice—to shed his own blood, that is to say, to have it shed by his chosen people. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It survived, not only among the chosen people, but even among the nations of heathendom, disfigured much, 'tis true, but with its ancient beauty never wholly destroyed. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z Was God driven to madness by the conduct of his chosen people? The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Thus to the priests, who undertook the task of writing down the tradition, the nation appeared as a chosen people from the beginning, to whom their god had early given his blessing. The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) 2012-01-28T03:00:28.213Z The smallest deviation of his chosen people in the performance of some trifling ceremony, would at times call down the most horrid chastisements on both the innocent and the guilty. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Above all they stood in the eyes of their generation for chosen people who saw things differently from others. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z He taught that the captives were the property of the captors and directed his chosen people to kill, to enslave, or to pollute. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z This was done for the good of his chosen people. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z As the result, in part, of these repeated calamities, "the Lord's chosen people" were literally broken up. The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors Or, Christianity Before Christ 2012-01-19T03:00:18.027Z “Because they believe themselves to be God’s chosen people, and that all other nations must become subject to them.” A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z The Scripture predictions of future happiness for the Jews, will as surely be fulfilled, as those have been, which foretold the miseries that have fallen upon the once chosen people of God. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z These frightful passages, like coiled adders, were in the hearts of Jehovah's chosen people when they crucified "the Sinless Man." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z He who overwhelmed a world with water, certainly could have made a few brooks, cool and babbling, to follow his chosen people through all their jour- neying. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z A darker moment in the history of the chosen people could not be found, nor a more hopeless prospect, to all seeming, for the carrying out the promises made to Abraham and his seed. Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom 2012-01-11T03:00:30.173Z Jesus commenced his mission more like a hermit than as a messenger of peace; to God’s chosen people. A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion 2012-04-06T02:00:26.317Z Then Stephen spake of the cruel treatment endured by the Children of Israel; and how, in His own appointed time, God had wonderfully preserved the infant Moses to be the deliverer of His chosen people. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z Yet the Jews are still spoken of as God's chosen people, and the Psalmist as a man after God's own heart. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z He knew also that the Egyptians would oppress his chosen people for two hundred and fifteen years, that they would upon the back of toil inflict the lash. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z It should also be noted that, in the theology of the prophets, the object of Jehovah's love is not the individual as a moral being, but the chosen people. Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z The Jews and Samaritans, though divided on some things, were alike the chosen people of God, and the promises made to one were made to both. The Christ Of Paul Or, The Enigmas of Christianity 2011-12-24T03:08:04.237Z Let us ever bear this in mind, and not provoke God by our sins, to punish us as He punished the descendants of His chosen people, the Children of Israel. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z They were a grand people, the Jews—God’s own chosen people. Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z I presume it was on account of the burning of that roll that the king of Babylon destroyed the chosen people of God. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z Why, if He lived, did he suffer scoundrels to call themselves His chosen people, and mock Him by their chattering prayers and mumblings all the time that they lived only to oppress the poor. The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant 2011-11-27T03:00:11.777Z So says Professor Bruce, and it would be true enough if the Bible were not put forward as a divine book, or if it ever reprehended the infamies of God's chosen people. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z The giving of the Law, Ceremonial and Political, as well as Moral, established the chosen people of God, as a Church and Nation. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z We find that Jehovah, speaking to his chosen people, assured them that their bondmen and bondmaids must be "of the heathen that were round about them." Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs 2011-11-24T03:00:41.267Z If the bible be true, God commanded his chosen people to destroy men simply for the crime of defending their native land. Mistakes of Moses 2011-11-24T03:00:39.887Z I do not believe that God has now, or ever has had, a separate and chosen people, peculiarly "His own," and, consequently, that there are none to whom the term "the elect" can apply. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z They were evidently near of kin to the chosen people. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z The benefits of Christ's teaching and miracles, were at first to be offered to the Jews, the chosen people of God; and this woman, being a Gentile, had no claim to share them. "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) 2012-01-13T03:00:12.913Z Taken in itself, this statement was no worse than so many statements made in political speeches; all peoples like to be told and to believe that they are a chosen people. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z How to turn an election cycle rallying cry into a reality In the beginning—before the beginning, really—Americans have thought of themselves as exceptional, as the new chosen people of God. Are Americans Really Exceptional? 2011-11-21T12:00:52Z In neither case can the Jews establish a title to be the "chosen people of God" in any sense of the words. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z These desert tribes were the chosen people of God; their prophets spoke under divine inspiration; yet even Jeremiah, in denouncing Moab, cries: "Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood." The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z It is impossible, therefore, to enter into anything like a detailed account of their work among their chosen people, interesting as that would be. White Fire 2011-11-21T03:00:15.067Z Let Thomas take to himself from me that so I engage on behalf of his chosen people! The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II 2011-11-18T03:00:26.730Z This sense that we are the new Israel, a chosen people, is among the most ancient and most potent of American ideas. Are Americans Really Exceptional? 2011-11-21T12:00:52Z He called us His chosen people," Eleazar continued, suffering Marsyas to take his hand unnoticed, "even the appointed people, the marked people! Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z If they even treated us as if we were lepers, they could not prevent us from being God's chosen people. The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. III (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors 2011-10-25T02:00:26.667Z It is God speaking to his chosen people, about to take possession of the promised land, instructing them concerning their polity and conduct in their new home and relations. Old Wine and New Occasional Discourses 2011-10-20T02:00:26.230Z It is their privilege to share, if they will, in all the blessings promised to the chosen people. Elias An Epic of the Ages 2011-10-13T02:00:41.923Z If they delight to style themselves the chosen people, the meaning of that phrase, so often misunderstood, is purely symbolical. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z They have made me a member of God's chosen people. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z But the French are the chosen people of the new religion, the first gospels and dogmas were penned in their language. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z Moses comes, and leads out of Egypt the chosen people to prepare the way for the expected Messiah. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays Second Edition; with Additions 2011-09-17T02:00:31.747Z Both groups are famously insular, and tend to regard themselves as chosen peoples. Pastrami Egg Rolls and the Jewish Love of Chinese Food 2011-09-14T09:00:00Z The marriage tie was held so sacred that it was freely used by the prophets to describe the relations between the Deity and the chosen people. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Let us prove that we are worthy of being called the 'chosen people of God.' The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z May we not find a great truth in the very position in which God placed His chosen people? Thoughts for the Quiet Hour 2011-09-03T02:00:17.117Z I shall make it my own, my chosen people, and give to them and to their children's children forever the land of Borneo.' The Argus Pheasant 2011-08-27T02:00:20.160Z No longer will the chosen people be the tail of nations, but the head of all nations. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Like his relations to the chosen people and to mankind in general, the relations of the Deity to the external world were described in accordance with the demands of the Ethical Law. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z My exclusive faith in the chosen people was shaken by these studies. The Jew 2011-10-06T02:00:34.840Z They were a chosen people—a peculiar generation. Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:10.740Z They claimed to be a chosen people under special divine direction. The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It 2011-07-21T02:00:23.213Z They were a proud, a boasting people, defying God and hating His chosen people. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z Not a word of Moses and the Prophets, of the historical fulfilment of ancient prediction, of the temple worship, of the chosen people. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z The periods are externally indicated by the successive names by which the chosen people were called—Hebrews, Israelites, Jews. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z In the Old Testament times God was giving His chosen people as much of His law as they could understand. What and Where is God? A Human Answer to the Deep Religious Cry of the Modern Soul 2011-07-03T02:00:08.347Z The Great Spirit had stamped with approval the triumph of his chosen people, the Lenape. Legends of The Kaw The Folk-Lore of the Indians of the Kansas River Valley 2011-07-01T02:00:16.500Z But the thirty-sixth chapter, where God no longer saith "make you a new heart," but promises to give a new heart to His people, awaits, as regards God's chosen people, its fulfilment. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z It is hardly to be wondered that they should consider themselves to be the chosen people of God, after such astonishing successes. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z The aim of this little book is to present the outlines of that remarkable history of the chosen people. Studies in Old Testament History 2011-06-17T02:00:16.420Z His sermon was all about some folks called the Amalekites, and a chap called Agag, and that the Lord’s chosen people must hew to pieces all folks who weren’t chosen. The White Hecatomb And other Stories 2011-06-15T02:00:22.103Z Those remotest people, away off in the darkness and cold of the circumference, were once the chosen people of God, his church, occupying the centre, immediately under the down-falling rays of the Divine Sun. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z They have ceased to persecute us, they have taken down the stones of the Ghetto walls, but still we are taught to despise them; still we try to think ourselves the chosen people. The Ghetto A Drama in Four Acts 2011-06-04T02:00:13.903Z In the strange, exclamation point-laden netherworld of online restaurant reviewing, the Elite are a chosen people. Yelp's Online Reviewing Mafia 2011-06-02T21:00:03Z If the Israelites had been prosperous and happy in Egypt they would have remained there, and the destiny of the chosen people would have been forgotten. Studies in Old Testament History 2011-06-17T02:00:16.420Z God was very unfortunate in his choice; his chosen people are the first to forget him, or to doubt and deny his power. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z Yet this is the life of God's anointed king, the chief one of God's chosen people. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z ‘Why,’ he asks, ‘were the p. 188Jews selected as the chosen people of God?’ The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z And as such it became liable to abuse; thus Hosea rebukes the chosen people for practising similar divinations. Curious Myths of the Middle Ages 2011-05-19T02:00:06.517Z Other commentators suppose, that these kings of the chosen people of God were content with casting their children into the flames, but that they were not burned to death. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" 2011-03-31T02:00:21.443Z If God is the ruler and ordainer of all things, he must have ruled and ordained that his chosen people should be ill-treated by Pharaoh, whom God must have created for that very purpose. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z It is pleasant work to present to the reader sketches of God's chosen people. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z The Church was heir to the chosen people; it was an historic and political institution, with a destiny in this world, in which all her children should share, and for which they should fight. Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe 2011-03-20T02:00:33.357Z In other words, the divine origin of the Mosaic "system" is demonstrated, because Moses did not teach to the chosen people the doctrine of a future life beyond the grave. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z In that sense, the Church consists of God's chosen people—chosen because of their willingness to obey. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z It is strange that he should seek to kill the very man whom he had selected to lead his chosen people out of Egypt. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z But Jacob was not a man and a brother, he was one of God's chosen people, and one who had been honored by God's prenatal selection. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z God, he taught, was no bargainer; there were no chosen people and no favourites in the Kingdom of Heaven. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Since God desired the speedy multiplication of the chosen people after the patriarchal era, polygamy was not repugnant to nature among the Jews of that period. Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities 2011-02-24T03:00:54.237Z Can any history wear a more human appearance than that of the rise and growth of the chosen people to whom I have just referred? An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z These are God's chosen people, men of the tribe of Benjamin, people whom God has visited personally, men for whom he has slaughtered the unfortunate Canaanites by thousands, and yet so horribly, basely depraved. The Bible: what it is 2011-05-31T02:00:29.687Z A swollen stream, dammed at moments while chosen people are permitted to walk dry-shod across, bears on its restless bosom the freight of curiosity and pride and favor. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z He declares that the chosen people have been chosen for the plaything of the fates, fed with illusions and windy conceit, and rewarded for their fidelity with torture and persecution. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Education has become the fetish of the day and the shibboleth by which the Philistine is recognized from the chosen people of culture and refinement. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Or again, let us reflect on the ethical vicissitudes of the chosen people. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z The Jews, as we know, had come to think that it was the creator of the world, the God of the universe, who had taken them for his chosen people. Character and Opinion in the United States 2010-12-20T17:12:15.253Z The English worship the God of the Jews, that God Who commanded His chosen people to exterminate their enemies, and spare neither man, woman, or child, and Whom they call awful God. English Pharisees and French Crocodiles and Other Anglo-French Typical Characters 2010-12-20T17:12:04.833Z What hath He done for His chosen people for their centuries of anguish and martyrdom? Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Those who rejected and crucified Christ, are thenceforward rejected from being God's chosen people. An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming I have searched carefully, and I fail to find anything to his credit beyond the fact that he procreated the Lord's chosen people. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise The conviction that they were the chosen people of God was as unshaken as in the ancient time. Stories of the Olden Time (Historical Series—Book IV Part I) The Lord had risen to fight for His chosen people, the dour and stubborn Puritan, and the stronghold of the idolaters was laid low. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical Now we maintain that, according to the narrative before us, these servants were a part of the chosen people of God, and sharers in His Covenant with Abraham. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 Thus, selecting the Jews to be God's chosen people, and putting his words in the mouth of the prophet, are said to be planting the heavens and laying the foundation of the earth. An Amicable Controversy with a Jewish Rabbi, on The Messiah's Coming Following the history of the chosen people from Jacob to Joshua, one is in a constant state of wonder at the divine selection. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise Morning and evening On the day of the great Festival The High Priest of Beauty wears his jewelled breastplate, And the chosen people, blinded by its glory, Bow down and worship. Acanthus and Wild Grape Frankie thought this Canaan was the pleasant land which God promised to his chosen people. Little Frankie on a Journey They had all received the rite of circumcision, and circumcision was the mark of the chosen people; it was the sign of God's Covenant. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 No model men were the chosen people of ancient times, nor the saints of apostolic days. Misread Passage of Scriptures Yet they are a chosen people—a people apart—a race that remains a race, and does not perish. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise To claim the title of "the chosen people?" The Dramatic Works of G. E. Lessing Miss Sara Sampson, Philotas, Emilia Galotti, Nathan the Wise The divine voice was uttering a heartfelt lament over the unfaithfulness of the chosen people. Five Young Men Messages of Yesterday for the Young Men of To-day We have seen that, according to the Divine command, their descendants would all receive the rite of circumcision, and be reckoned among the chosen people of God. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 Clothed in heavenly majesty, Many a miracle and sign, In thy Father’s name divine, Manifested forth thy might In the chosen people’s sight. Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion The abb� Casgrain devoted a life-time to making the French-Canadians appear as the chosen people of new-world history; but, though an able advocate, he spoilt a really good case by trying to prove too much. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" On the contrary, the Angel of the covenant established through Moses is not a ministering servant, sent forth to minister on the chosen people. The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews This truth was needed in Old Testament times to save God's chosen people from falling back into dark immoral forms of nature worship which possessed the kindred people from whom they had been called out. Some Essentials of Religion "I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this, his almost chosen people, for perpetuating the object of that great struggle." The Bible Story The wanderings of Israel through the wilderness and its entrance to the promised land were regarded as God's work for His chosen people. Jewish Theology At that time when the foreign prince was so enamored of his chosen people he understood how to become a Hungarian and so, with the help of the nations, became strong and powerful. The Golden Age in Transylvania When he is writing to the Corinthians, he finds it in the moral warnings—the warnings of divine judgement upon the chosen people—of which the history is full. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition They were proud of their divine law and of belonging to the chosen people, the children of Abraham and Moses. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. I A Practical Exposition It follows that conquest with extermination or servitude was a judgment of God, which he appointed his chosen people to execute. Three Prize Essays on American Slavery All the nations are under His guidance, while Israel, His chosen people, points to the kingdom of God which is to embrace them all. Jewish Theology These people were the chosen people of God, and their voice was lifted to God their Father for deliverance from all the wrongs which they suffered. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul For if God had really rejected His chosen people, He had broken His word in so doing. St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition For the son of Jewish parents was born a member of the chosen people. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition Why then were not the Pagans the Lord's chosen people instead of the children of Israel? Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions Being a Comparison of the Old and New Testament Myths and Miracles with those of the Heathen Nations of Antiquity Considering also their Origin and Meaning Would the laws of the Pentateuch be any less divine if it should be proved that they were the product of the experience of the chosen people from the time of Moses to the exile? The Christian View of the Old Testament Genesis The book of beginnings—the creation; the fall of man; the beginnings of the chosen people. Training the Teacher But if Israel has thus by her own fault fallen from her high estate, are we then to suppose that God has simply rejected His own chosen people? St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, Vol. II A Practical Exposition Tune their harps anew, And put a new song in their mouths for Thee, And make Thy chosen people joyful in Thy love. Kept for the Master's Use Jahveh, from a tutelary god, had indeed become the national divinity of a chosen people. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal Inspiration, the special divine providence over Israel, God's interference in the history of the chosen people, would stand out as prominently as ever if every claim of the higher criticism should be proved true. The Christian View of the Old Testament Exodus The story of the going out of the chosen people from Egypt to Canaan, with an account of God's dealings with his people in guiding them into national life. Training the Teacher The chosen people, the Hebrews, were polygamists from the time of Lamech, evidently with the approval of the Deity. Modern marriage and how to bear it Ye are a chosen people, whose God is—what? Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 The Israelites were the chosen people because of blood ties. The Colored Girl Beautiful In the Hebrew account we find ourselves in an atmosphere of ethical monotheism that is unknown apart from the chosen people. The Christian View of the Old Testament During this period we see that so long as God's chosen people obey him they prosper, while as soon as they disobey disasters begin to multiply. Training the Teacher One of its mainsprings is the nationalist spirit, the mystical cult of nationality, of the chosen people; the sacred egoism of the fatherland. The Forerunners A choosing, hence the "chosen people" of God. The Church Handy Dictionary That the religion of these several nations had one common origin, and that the priests and prophets of God's chosen people had many imitators among other nations, there is abundant proof. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 He lived and died a believer in the faith of his fathers, the Hebrew religion; and was buried with the solemn ceremonies practiced by the ancient chosen people. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. Never again would God's chosen people willingly worship false gods; their troubles had cured them once for all of that sin. The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World We keep, breed, kill and eat a variety of animals for our own selfish purposes, and yet some persons still have the audacity to say that we are "chosen people," "God's children," "divine beings." Tyranny of God It thus became the occasion of the giving of praise and thanksgiving to God for thus proclaiming the Gospel to the Gentile world as well as to the Jews, His chosen people. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia We were sadly in need of garments, so we entered, and were at once met by a very oily, suave specimen of the chosen people. Gold He confronts them with several awful examples selected from the very Church, from Israel the chosen people of God. Epistle Sermons, Vol. III Trinity Sunday to Advent He will make Jerusalem the greatest and richest city in the whole earth; all other nations will bow down before us, acknowledging that the Jews alone are the chosen people of God.' The Bible in its Making The most Wonderful Book in the World Some say that man is Nature's best product, that the earth was made for us, that we are particularly selected by God, and that a certain race is his chosen people. Tyranny of God Here is an appeal to the inborn sense of equity which still lingered in the heart of the chosen people. The Message and the Man: Some Essentials of Effective Preaching God's chosen people came of a good stock, although they turned out such a bad lot. Bible Romances First Series Where is the pith that filled these arms when I fought for my chosen people? Arrows of Freethought One of these deals with the Sabbath laws of the chosen people, and we propose to cull from it a few curious illustrations of Jewish superstitions. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) He believed that immortality was the natural lot of all the chosen people who kept the Law, and would be reached, not through sacraments or secret knowledge, but through the resurrection at the last day. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity “Often the strength of the Evil One is a stupendous force for his chosen people,” agreed Don Diego. The Flute of the Gods From this crime sprang Moab and Ammon, the founders of two nations who became for many centuries the most implacable enemies of God's chosen people. Bible Romances First Series It was to the chosen people God gave these careful directions––commands, if you like to call them––to help them be what a chosen people ought to be. Cloudy Jewel The reason that the Jewish people have claimed that they were "God's chosen people" is because, in their symbolism of the ark of the Covenant, all Israel was grouped under the tabernacle. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Jerusalem is the centre of the picture and the Jewish nation stands in the foreground of it as the chosen people of the God of all the world. History of Religion A Sketch of Primitive Religious Beliefs and Practices, and of the Origin and Character of the Great Systems Perhaps there was, indeed, "a mission of Israel," perhaps they were indeed God's "chosen people." Dreamers of the Ghetto A woman's honor was a very trivial thing to God's chosen people. Bible Romances First Series We have no such prejudices, worthy only of the dark ages, against 'God's chosen people,' 'the descendants of the patriarchs and prophets,' and the 'countrywomen of the mother of our Lord.' The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It is, I believe, a singular fact, that the Jews, “the chosen people of God,” have a special immunity from the disease, being less predisposed than other races. The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses Before the battle, the Protestant preachers, in earnest sermons, had compared Henry with David at the head of the Lord's chosen people. Henry IV, Makers of History "In the name of Christ I denounce this devil's mockery of the Lord's chosen people," thundered the Dominican. Dreamers of the Ghetto But it was necessary that they should have another, in order that God's chosen people, the Jews, might be derived from a purer stock than Cain's. Bible Romances First Series We assume that we are the chosen people, and we neglect the virtues which alone would justify our election. England and Germany Jacob was selected to be father of the chosen people because he had the qualities required for his work. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors The Messiah was the Sun of Righteousness; the chosen people, the Church, was as the moon, which derives her light from Him. The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture The idea that we are the chosen people imposes on us heavy duties, and duties only.... Gems (?) of German Thought God commanded this, and his chosen people executed it Could Jericho have been treated worse if the Devil himself had planned the fight, and the vilest fiends from hell had conducted it? Bible Romances First Series Slavery was really established and sanctioned by Divine authority among even God's chosen people, the favored children of Israel. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors The Greeks also were a chosen people—chosen to develop the idea of beauty, as the Jews that of religion. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors God separated Israel from the world to be his own chosen people. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity An immense self-assurance, partly reposing on the notion of being in a special sense God's chosen people, gives to these claims a certain inward foundation. Gems (?) of German Thought Two hundred and fifteen years after the arrival of Israel in Egypt, God's chosen people had fallen into slavery. Bible Romances First Series We are God's chosen people, the banner carriers of civilization. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. It is equally absurd to say that American slavery differs in form or principle from that of the chosen people. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The Passover supper was not the mere custom of eating supper, but was an ordinance peculiar to the Jewish nation, and served to distinguish them as God's own chosen people. The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity All praise to the Providence that has given his chosen people into such keeping as the Lord Oliver's! The Buccaneer A Tale If so, they were unfit to be the chosen people of God. Bible Romances First Series Lord, we are sorely tried; the enemies of thy chosen people are waxing stronger and stronger. Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. They were not ordained and commanded by God for the benefit of his chosen people and mankind, as the purchase and holding of bond-men and bond-maids were. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject And how his careful tending of his sheep prepared him for that higher care which he was to take of God's chosen people! Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young Jews were the ancient people of God, the "chosen people," whose history is recorded in the Old Testament Scriptures. History of Education We should be glad to know that this little book has a large circulation among Gentiles as well as among the "chosen people." Jewish Literature and Other Essays If thou canst, thou wilt whisper the secret of our nation to one of thy chosen people, that they may have means whereby to fight thy battles.’ Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines Their real offense was, in enslaving the chosen people; and their sentence was a repetition of the old command, to make slaves of the heathen round about. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Those over whom he had been called to rule were the chosen people of God. Little Folks (July 1884) A Magazine for the Young He applied to Christ all that the Old Testament had revealed with regard to the dealings of God with his chosen people. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions We are a superior race—a chosen people. The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American Answer in the second chapter of Genesis and no where else; and the same week on which the manna fell, the weekly Sabbath was revived among or with God's chosen people. The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign 1847 edition And all this took place by the direction of God to his chosen people. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject We have sought to place this Hebrew luniolatry beyond dispute, because so many Christians have supposed that "the chosen people" lived in unclouded light, and "the uncovenanted heathen" in outer and utter darkness. Moon Lore "The Rock that followed" the chosen people through the wilderness and gave them drink "was Christ." A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions Another member of the family of Shem was called—namely, Abraham, from whom came God’s chosen people—Israel and the Jews. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 And we Jews, the chosen people, the princes, were sitting in the palace and enjoying the pleasures of life. Jewish Children Has God ingrafted hereditary slavery upon the constitution of government he condescended to give to his chosen people—that people, among whom he promised to dwell, and that he required to be holy? Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject After having in the flood exhibited His righteous judgment against sin, He calls Abraham to be the father of a chosen people. Holy in Christ Thoughts on the Calling of God's Children to be Holy as He is Holy It mattered not that the heathen nations were as guilty, vile, and corrupt as the chosen people. Memories of Bethany Science and the Bible are interlocked in this building; they agree, they testify for the same God, yet they witness to the same Christ, the Providence and history of His chosen people. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Is it a trifle to be God's chosen people? Jewish Children It is admitted by the inventors of these devices, that God expressly permitted his chosen people to buy and hold slaves. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Nay, in His confabulations with His chosen people, does not the Creator of the Universe Himself take every opportunity of impressing on those Hebrews His importance, His power, His glory? More Trivia "I can make no claim on the God of Israel on behalf of one who has sworn to destroy all the descendants of His chosen people," he said. Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends The re-settlement of Palestine by God’s chosen people, the Lost Tribes, no one can deny who reads and believes the Bible. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 My heart was glad for the happy chosen people. Jewish Children Again, the divine Law-giver, in guarding the property right in slaves among his chosen people, sanctions principles which may work the separation of man and wife, father and children. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject In one respect the Jews are really a "chosen people." Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 Did not God nourish his chosen people with manna in the desert? The Huguenots in France The main idea I wish to convey in this book, is that God is conducting His Providence through His ancient chosen people, Israel, whom I believe are found in the Saxon race. The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 God's chosen people—according to themselves—did not annihilate the Philistines, not even with the help of the Ark of the Covenant. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915 In one word, you, my chosen people, may degrade "rational, accountable, and immortal beings" to the "rank of brutes." Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject The history of more than a thousand years of God's special favor and guardian care, manifested to the chosen people, was open to the eye of Jesus. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Things we've got to do alone, or with very few and very carefully chosen people to help. The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel The marked and peculiar countenances of the once "chosen people" vary, in color at least, wherever they are seen over the world, although uninfluenced by any admixture of alien blood. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) In her Message to the Philadelphian Society she reports a curious vision from heaven which assures her that the Quakers are not God's chosen people. Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries The Hebrews were God's chosen people, and were the only nation on earth which worshiped the only living and true God. . . . . Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Yet they claim to have the truth, and to be the chosen people of God. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan Like the infant Moses lying in the ark of bulrushes on the waters of the Nile he represents the future of the chosen people; but will some princess passing by perchance see him? Spontaneous Activity in Education Of course God's chosen people are not like unguided Greeks or Romans; and yet human beings are much the same in all times and places. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. But we are not God's chosen people, not his instruments to punish Canaanites, and we will not follow them when they retreat to their barren Northern homes. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy I will not let salvation be limited to a few chosen people. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Then the message of salvation, no longer restricted to the chosen people, was given to the world. The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan I say there is nothing unlike the rest of mankind in the character or conduct of the chosen people; the difference solely is in God's dealings with them. Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VIII (of 8) May these heathen idolaters be all confounded, and the chosen people of Adonai be brought home in peace! Earl Hubert's Daughter The Polishing of the Pearl - A Tale of the 13th Century He still retains a sincere and primitive piety, but his belief that he is a member of the chosen people has sometimes tended to antinomianism rather than to strict morality. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899 He has no chosen people; but here and there a race or nation becomes a respecter of God and hence lives the life of a chosen people. In Tune with the Infinite or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty Then it spoke of the heathen being driven out and the chosen people planted; afflicted by God's disfavor, the forefathers held the territory, and the generation extant would yet rout its enemies. Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War They were content to shine in his reflected glory, and they dispersed at a late hour feeling that they had been tacitly set apart—a chosen people. The Lady Doc And addressing the motley gathering of poor whites and small planters before him as the "chosen people of God," he urged them to press on in the mad course their state had taken. Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time "Who are the chosen people of the good old German God?" The Blot on the Kaiser's 'Scutcheon Allah had turned the hearts of the great white men and rescued his chosen people in the hour of imminent danger. The Philippine Islands Their martyrdom was as powerless to avert the doom of the chosen people as the bursting of the foam-flakes on the sand is to arrest the rush of the returning tide. King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth There had been several dispersions in the history of the chosen people, to Assyria under Shalmaneser, to Babylon and Egypt in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, and to Rome under Pompeius. The Books of the New Testament The national development of the ancient Hebrews was undoubtedly promoted by their sense of being the chosen people, of possessing exclusively the law of Jehovah. Human Traits and their Social Significance They are as near 'God's chosen people' as any I have ever seen. Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police Answer, in the second chapter of Genesis and no where else; and the same week on which the manna fell, the weekly Sabbath was revived among or with God's chosen people. The Seventh Day Sabbath, a Perpetual Sign, from the Beginning to the Entering into the Gates of the Holy City, According to the Commandment Man has read his racial pride into God; nations have thought themselves his chosen people above all his other children because they seemed so to themselves. Christianity and Progress God had forbidden him to go and curse the chosen people of God, but Balaam, moved by covetousness, and eager for honours from the king, started on his way to go. The Village Pulpit, Volume II. Trinity to Advent A Complete Course of 66 Short Sermons, or Full Sermon Outlines for Each Sunday, and Some Chief Holy Days of the Christian Year The world will also be enlightened as to what constitutes the claim of the Hebrews to be considered a "chosen people." The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria They were given by the divine mind, in infinite love, to promote the highest good of this chosen people. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View They were men of ability and conviction—"a chosen company of men, picked out ... by no human contrivance, but by a strange contrivance of God," to be the leaders of a chosen people. Beginnings of the American People They are like the sound of the trumpet blown before the walls of Jericho, or the Psalms of David denouncing woe upon the enemies of God's chosen people. Brief History of English and American Literature God still held happiness in reserve for his chosen people. Rabbi and Priest A Story We are reminded that twelve centuries have passed away since the Prophet's chosen people conquered the Iberian Peninsula. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People God withheld his chosen people from taking possession of the promised land until "their iniquity was full" and the divine sentence of condemnation had been pronounced against them. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View A chosen people is really a choosing people. Chosen Peoples Being the First "Arthur Davis Memorial Lecture" delivered before the Jewish Historical Society at University College on Easter-Passover Sunday, 1918/5678 A particular law-giver must be commissioned to declare to the chosen people the will of the Supernatural God. What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular It appeared as though God had turned his face from his chosen people. Rabbi and Priest A Story The goddess was, indeed, in some ways representative of what was best in her chosen people; but she was not a mere symbol of its character and its greatness. Religion and Art in Ancient Greece They were to be rooted out of the land and utterly destroyed for their sins, and their land given to the chosen people. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View The idea of reliving the life of the "chosen people," as depicted in the Old Testament, showed itself in various ways, amongst others by the notorious edict establishing polygamy. German Culture Past and Present Second, that God gave the earth to his chosen people. Watch Yourself Go By This hope was ever the anchor which preserved the chosen people when the storms of misfortune threatened to destroy them. Rabbi and Priest A Story Was it for this that Israel was called to be God's chosen people—this—that they should toil and starve and be spit upon by heathen dogs? The Coming of the King He has dealt with us, as my text tells you He dealt with the Jews, His chosen people of old, as He deals with every soul of man on whom He sets His love. True Words for Brave Men O my country, my chosen people, and my sacred creed! why do we live, why act? Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity The colonists believed that they had been fighting the battles of God's chosen people. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 Even the chosen people of God are then and there denounced as having abandoned Him. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Anyway, so far as I can, I mean to give the chosen people a chance. Gallipoli Diary, Volume I You are indeed the chosen people of God, you are above all the races of the earth! Paris Talks The high priest and his attendant Levites proclaimed the unity and the omnipotence of the God of Israel, and the sympathetic responses of his conquering and chosen people reechoed over the plain. Alroy The Prince Of The Captivity He shall conquer the East and the West, and shall glorify His chosen people the Jews. Bahá’u’lláh and the New Era Let them work hard and suffer as the chosen people suffered for several centuries.’ The History of a Lie 'The Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion' "It is time you begin to show some sign that you are God's chosen people," he cried out. Men Called Him Master He shall fulfil the law of the Prophets, He shall conquer the East and the West, and shall glorify His chosen people the Jews. Paris Talks As God's covenant people are His chosen people, so must ours. The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation The Hebrews believed themselves to be exclusively the chosen people of God, who directly ruled over them himself by a theocratic government represented in their patriarchs, law givers, prophets, and kings. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life They are a peculiar people, a chosen people, a people set apart. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers And Pallas, when she planted her chosen people in Attica, knew well what she was doing. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series The whole economy of the old law, the whole history of the chosen people, tend to the same end—to maintain Jehovah upon His throne and to cast idols down. The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915 The same theory of the chosen people, of the direct divine governance and of Satanic meddling, was the foundation of both. The Age of the Reformation The Jews and the Christians are not the only chosen people of God; but all nations are his people, chosen in the degree of their harmony with his will. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life That is the curse we exceptional, chosen people have to bear. John Gabriel Borkman They believed that the God of the world, of the universe, was their God; that they were his chosen people. Our Unitarian Gospel They are the children of a chosen people. Fighting France It is boundless and free for all, and there are no "chosen people." Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul They were inhabited by a people specially abandoned to vices, and specially odious to the chosen people of God. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life Yet all this varying policy and every cruel edict advanced the designs of Jehovah and promoted the welfare of his chosen people. Notable Women of Olden Time But his mind dwelt fondly on thoughts of Abraham, Joseph, and the chosen people, and especially upon the Holy Family, as well as the monks of the desert. Life of Father Hecker Once I marvelled that a just God could order his chosen people to exterminate any race. Heralds of Empire Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieutenant to Pierre Radisson in the Northern Fur Trade Then came Jesus, the Nazarene, who told them that the "unknown God" was their Heavenly Father, not of a chosen people only, but of all the human race. Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul "I take heart anew, young man, for surely thou art not the spawn of the scarlet woman, but, verily, one of the chosen people of our own God." Prisoners of Chance The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen, Borderman, through His Love for a Lady of France But not to sit on the throne of Egypt had Jehovah raised this child of the chosen people from the death designed by their oppressor. Notable Women of Olden Time Oh, that this youthful mourner might now hear that voice of God to his chosen people, "Ye have compassed this mountain long enough—turn you northward." Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 Had not God his chosen people of old? The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters It is he who has gone out and possessed the land: the man of destiny, the type and impersonation of a chosen people. Modern Prose And Poetry; For Secondary Schools Edited With Notes, Study Helps, And Reading Lists Events were to prove that other financial operators were better informed than the chosen people, though p. 245to be sure their belief was displayed in a manner at once grotesque and painfully embarrassing. The Disentanglers The rite of circumcision made the boy a member of the nation which God had named His chosen people. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Month after month it stalked abroad, and year after year, until three years of want had afflicted the chosen people. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 —Thus they answered,—hoping, fearing, Some in faith, and doubting some, Till a trumpet-voice proclaiming, Said, "My chosen people, come!" The Discipline of War Nine Addresses on the Lessons of the War in Connection with Lent They had been taught, generation after generation, that they were the called and chosen people of God. Sermons at Rugby Even the dear and chosen people of God had departed from him—had forsaken his worship, and turned aside from his commands. Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is At the time of the foreign rule old men had spoken of the King and Saviour who was to make the chosen people great and mighty. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross Kenkenes was among the chosen people but not of them, partly because he was of the execrated race of the oppressors and partly because the most of Israel had nothing in common with the nobleman. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Sinai, and his finger that traces the commandments to rule the lives of his chosen people upon the tablets of stone intrusted to Moses the Seer. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope They call themselves God's chosen people, the instrument of Providence for the benefit of the whole universe. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? It closes the period of the monarchy and marks the destruction of the holy city and of the sanctuary and tells of the death agony of the nation of Israel, God's chosen people. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books But he was not an Arab nor an Amalekite; he was one of the chosen people. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross But the God of Israel hath appointed His hour and hath already descended into fellowship with His chosen people. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt God did not leave the Gentile nations without some glimpses of the truth which He had revealed so fully and brightly to His own chosen people. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood And addressing the motley gathering of poor whites and small-planters before him as the 'chosen people of God,' he urged them to press on in the mad course their State had chosen. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy Later the first born or oldest son became priests of the chosen people, Ex. The Bible Book by Book A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books The town which had once been the pride of the chosen people, now swarmed with Roman warriors, who filled the streets with noise and unruly conduct. I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross How long since thou wast full of wrath against the chosen people who wedded Egyptians and became of them? The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Like another chosen people, they have been conducted into the land of plenty, where they find themselves effectually marked and divided from mankind. English Satires "All these things may come to pass and not a hair of the heads of the chosen people be harmed," he assured her. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem The superficial student of rewards and punishments might well believe that none but God's chosen people could cause this horrible desert, after such triumphant fashion, to blossom like the rose. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 "Since that Feast of Tabernacles at Tiberias when I said that Mammon and desire of luxury had estranged the God of Abraham from the chosen people, and subjected them to Jupiter, they have hated me." I.N.R.I. A prisoner's Story of the Cross "For outside the sheltering neighborhood of the chosen people, the hand of the outraged God shall overtake Egypt and scorch her throat with thirst and make her veins congeal for want of water." The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Inspired by a sublime belief that they were the chosen people of God, no tyranny nor oppression could subdue their energies. The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest They are like the sound of the trumpet blown before the walls of Jericho, or the psalms of David denouncing woe upon the enemies of God's chosen people. Initial Studies in American Letters It was, however, a period of vast importance and the history of the chosen people may be traced from secular sources. The Bible Period by Period A Manual for the Study of the Bible by Periods Clearly, at a time when all the chosen people were Wandering Jews they would dance all they knew how. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales "Of a truth, the chosen people seem to follow me of late," he said to himself as he rambled up the valley. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Were not His chosen people accompanied by a pillar of fire to give light in the night season, and a cloud of thick darkness to prevent the Egyptians coming near them during the day? Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects The real chosen people," he said, "were the Greeks. Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch For, in the first place, the Israelites were a chosen people. A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 2 He had at last put himself beyond the mercy of the chosen people. The Tragedy of St. Helena Both mean the same, the One chosen of God, anointed by Him as the King and Leader of His chosen people, and through them of all the race. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel On the other hand the ideal so narrowly conceived was not in principle confined to a 'chosen people', or to one strain of blood. The Unity of Civilization Yet these savages were really the Jews, the chosen people of God. Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 In proof of the same general tendency we now turn to the history of the Israelites, the chosen people of God. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The Germans are the chosen people, the heirs of the promise, and let their enemies be scattered! A Student in Arms Second Series The first twelve chapters tell of Jesus coming to His own, His own nation, humanly, racially, His own chosen people. Quiet Talks on John's Gospel We are not God's, but Nature's chosen people, we Angles, and Saxons, and Normans, and Vikings, and the earth is our heritage. A Daughter of the Snows These were the education and discipline of the chosen people, preparing them as soil out of which the Messiah could spring. A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas He found the Almighty establishing the relation of master and servant among his own chosen people, and decreeing that certain persons might be servants forever, being, as he himself terms them 'an inheritance forever.' The Sable Cloud A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) God did not wish that the whole human race should forget Him, so He selected Abraham to be the father and head of one chosen people who should always worship the true God. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Shall we suppose that a miracle refused for the conversion of God's chosen people was sent on a vain errand to save the life of a profligate spendthrift? Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft True, mamma, and yet are they not still God's own chosen people? Elsie at Nantucket God will not use his saints and chosen people to punish you. John Knox and the Reformation Those who have entered into even a partial understanding and recognition of the One Life underlying, will find that they will be as the chosen people during the changes that are coming to the race. A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga Palestine—now called the Holy Land—in which country the Jews, up to that time God's chosen people, lived. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine The primary adoption of the chosen people depended on the grace of the Mediator, and Christ was always held forth to the holy fathers under the law as the object of their faith. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy He seemed to believe that we could send out 250,000 people, chosen people, per annum for the next ten years without harm to ourselves. Regeneration For in the chosen people of God “there is always mercy, yea even although God have pronounced a curse and malediction.” John Knox and the Reformation Instead of the response "And make Thy chosen people joyful," mindful of his change of locality he gave out with a strong nasal twang, "And make Thy Leck'ampton people joyful." The Parish Clerk Before the coming of Our Lord the Israelites, or God's chosen people, had three kinds of laws. Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine The scene changes, and again we have the picture of God's chosen people set in bright relief against the dark background of Protestantism and the still darker shades of papal apostasy. The Last Reformation From the early dawn of creation, Inspiration has foretold with certainty the great facts connected with the history of God's chosen people. The Revelation Explained His rare tenderness and genuine respect are for those of the race "that is the aristocracy of nature, the purest race, the chosen people." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 My informant remarks that the "chosen people" who were present became "joyful" to an unseemly degree, in spite of strenuous efforts to restrain their feelings. The Parish Clerk The prophet Isaiah begins his prophecy, by calling upon the heavens and the earth to witness the exceeding sinfulness of God's chosen people. Sermons to the Natural Man The symbols are drawn from Old Testament history, from the religious life of the Jews—God's chosen people in contrast with the uncircumcised Gentiles. The Last Reformation The book of life, in which the names of the faithful are often said to be inscribed, denotes that God knows all his chosen people. The Revelation Explained In Asia, too, a chosen people early made a revelation of the beautiful. Essays Æsthetical There was no longer any doubt in his mind that the Lord wished his chosen people to hear the truth before his servant Paul left Palestine for ever. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Backed by all of His omnipotence, He will be charged with the carrying out of His great plans for the chosen people and through them for the world. Quiet Talks about Jesus Their exodus was that of a chosen people who were at length to lay the everlasting foundations of God's kingdom upon earth. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty They were the chosen people, hitherto scattered, but now at last gathered together. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado The pious Jew must speed to Shool to show his eagerness and return slowly, as with reluctant feet, lest Satan draw the attention of the Holy One to the laches of His chosen people. Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People Shall these go down dead into their graves never to rise again, God's chosen people? The Brook Kerith A Syrian story Philistine must have originally meant, in the mind of those who invented the nickname, a strong, dogged, unenlightened opponent of the chosen people, of the children of the light. Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold In the previous as well as the following chapters the final judgment of Jehovah is pronounced upon the enemies of His chosen people. Satan God deals with his chosen people in judgment; but he says to men, Touch them at your peril! California Sketches, Second Series "Our Christ, Master of hosts, we call upon Thy chosen people the three blessings of the universe—peace, prosperity and plenty, and upon Strang, priest, king and prophet, the bounty of Thy power!" The Courage of Captain Plum God has not broken his promise to his chosen people. The Brook Kerith A Syrian story The seer saw thus, in the conquering hero, the Servant of God, raised up to restore the chosen people to their native country. The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible Their faith finds abundant authority in the Bible, in the example of God's chosen people. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 What were the abominations because of which the Canaanites were destroyed before Joshua, when compared with the abominations of the red savages whose lands they, another chosen people, should in their turn inherit? The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 The Lord repented that he had made man on earth and destroyed even his chosen people, all but Noah, because every imagination in the thoughts of man's heart "was only evil continually." Primitive Love and Love-Stories It is usual for Europeans to carry long sticks with them, for the express purpose of keeping off the chosen people. International Finance The poems deal with one theme, the destiny of the chosen people. The Makers and Teachers of Judaism What a pity a Stead had not been there, to protect the child-women of the Midianites and rebuke the Lord's chosen people as they deserved! Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 Such was the new Canaan, the land held in reserve by the Lord for His chosen people since the foundations of the world were laid. The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West Jesus Himself was of the House of David, and so God's promise to His chosen people was fulfilled. Wee Ones' Bible Stories Yes, we are slaves; that only thought haunts me; the chosen people of Jehovah in subjection to the idolatrous Roman. Gems Gathered in Haste A New Year's Gift for Sunday Schools The Mosaic law had severely proscribed all representations of the Deity; and that precept was firmly established in the principles and practice of the chosen people. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 But sacred history affords many illustrious examples of the more immediate interposition of the Deity in the government of his chosen people. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 This inflexible perseverance, which appeared so odious or so ridiculous to the ancient world, assumes a more awful character, since Providence has deigned to reveal to us the mysterious history of the chosen people. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 The chosen people were forbidden to eat 'the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind.' Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Milman, though a clergyman, treated the history of the chosen people in the light of modern knowledge of Oriental and especially of Semitic peoples. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom It is usual for Europeans to carry long sticks with them, for the express purpose of keeping off the chosen people. Eothen, or, Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East "He who could draw it from the rocks will not now abandon His own chosen people." A Study in Scarlet You speak truth, Philæmon," rejoined Anaxagoras: "Pallas Athenæ seems to have deserted her chosen people. Philothea A Grecian Romance It signified that He stood in a specially near relation to them as His chosen people. An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism After his death, the Lord raised up a succession of judges, remarkable for their uprightness and wisdom; but they found it impossible to keep the chosen people in the straight and narrow path. The Woman's Bible But the envious nations, desperate in their greed, banded together to defy our old German God, and destroy His chosen people. City of Endless Night Looking back, they could see the solitary watcher leaning upon his gun, and knew that they had passed the outlying post of the chosen people, and that freedom lay before them. A Study in Scarlet How could God allow the wicked and dissolute Romans to prosper and the chosen people to be oppressed? Josephus Were not the chosen people themselves overthrown and led into captivity? Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 They are the "chosen people" because when the soul sees with its spiritual insight as well as with its sensuous outsight, it can, if it will, choose between the two as guides. The Woman's Bible The God of the Hebrews declared them to be his chosen people. City of Endless Night We have seen that even as a warrior Jehovah was thought of as willing to bear his part of the burdens of the chosen people. Understanding the Scriptures To imagine that Azazel regardeth the long suffering and stedfastness of a chosen people with a pleasant eye," he said, "is to believe that the marrow of righteousness can exist in the carrion of deceit. The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish There was no profane vulgar in the chosen people. Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time All these uncanny tricks and delusions being forbidden shows that they were extensively practised by the chosen people, as well as by other nations. The Woman's Bible He may have believed that all the people of Palestine belonged to county families, and were therefore called the chosen people, but he never said so. The Heavenly Twins Whatever be the exact date of their advent, the much mooted and more fundamental question at once presents itself, Why were the Hebrews "the chosen people"? The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament |
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