_JEPHTHAH_
‘Jephthah the Gileadite.’
Judges 11:1
I. ONE THING IS PLAIN ON THE SURFACE OF THE HISTORY: JEPHTHAH WAS
NEITHER A GODLESS NOR A SELFISH MAN.—Not godless, for we find in the
brief annals of his life more copious recognition of God than in the
case of most of the other judges; and not s... [ Continue Reading ]
_JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER_
‘Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one
of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and
I cannot go back.’
Judges 11:35
There are few names better known in history than Jephthah’s; and the
allied arts of painting and poetry... [ Continue Reading ]