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Title: The Chosen People A Compendium Of Sacred And Church
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Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge
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THE CHOSEN PEOPLE
A COMPENDIUM OF SACRED AND CHURCH HISTORY FOR
SCHOOL-CHILDREN.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFE."
"God, who at sundry times and in diverse manners spake in time past
unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us
by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things."--Heb. i, l,
"Yes; so it was ere Jesus came-- Alternate then His Altar flame Blazed
up and died away, And Silence took her torn with Song, And Solitude
with the fair throng That owned the festal day; For in earth's daily
circuit then Only one border Reflected to the Seraphs' ken, Heaven's
light and order.
But now to the revolving sphere We point and Say, No desert here, No
waste so dark and lone But to the hour of sacrifice Comes daily in its
turn, and lies In light beneath the Throne. Each point of time, from
morn till eve. From eve to morning, The shrine doth from the Spouse
receive Praise and adorning."--Lyra Innocentium.
FIFTH EDITION.
PREFACE.

In drawing up this little book, at the request of several friends, the
Author has been chiefly guided by experience of what children require
to be told, in order to come to an intelligent perception of the scope of
the Scripture narrative treated historically. Since a general view can
hardly be obtained without brevity, many events have been omitted in
the earlier part, and those only touched upon which have a peculiar
significance in tracing the gradual preparation for the work of
Redemption; and though one great object has been the illustration of
Prophecy, the course of types has been passed over, lest the plain
narrative should be confused, since types are rather subjects of
devotional contemplation than of history, and they should be perfectly
comprehended as facts, before being treated as allegorical.
The next portion is little save an abridgement from Prideaux's
Connexion, taken in connection with the conclusions drawn by modern
discoveries, as detailed in Mr. G. Rawlinson's valuable edition of
Herodotus. It is hoped that by thus filling up the interval between the
New and Old Testaments, that children may thus be fairly able to
understand what they read in the Gospels of the Roman dominion, the
relation to Herod, the mutual hatred of the Pharisees and Sadducees,
and the enmity to the Samaritans.
The concluding lessons are offered with great diffidence, and with
many doubts whether the absence of detail may not prevent them from
being easily remembered; but it has been felt important that the
connection of the actual Church with that of the Apostles and Martyrs,
should be made evident to the general mind, and the present condition
of the Church accounted for. The choice of subjects has been very
difficult; but it is hoped that those selected may be those most needful
to be known as evidence that our present Church has every claim to the
promise of Him Who will abide with her for ever.
If older and more critical persons than those for whom the little work is
intended should cast an eye over it, the author hopes that they will bear
in mind how the need of being both brief and clear is apt to render
statements apparently bolder, and sometimes harsher, than where there
is room for qualification or argument; and that they will not always

accuse the work of unthinking boldness of assertion, where the