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SINCLAIB, BOOKSELLER, STATIOITEK, BOQKBU^DE^^ & POINTER, SBvi3i|^'*8 Bank Block, John Stveet. 18&9. p^ Sic:^^. McMtficl's JUDAS KEAOCABJEUS. JUDAS MACCABEUS. SIMON, HIS BROTHER. CHARACTERS REPRESENTED. I AJl'SRAEUTISH MESSENGER. tSRAELITiSH MEN £ WOMEN* AKGUMENT. ^^*7*i?'T^v ™®''i*^'*^^ ^*°'' *^® ^«a*^ of Mattathias, (the father of Judas Maccabeus aDd Simon,) by whom the Jewish people had been roused to resist the cruelties and oppressions of Antiochus Epi. phwies, the Synan ^ng, in his attempt to suppress their religion and liberties—The divine favor in- voked.--Juda8 recognised as leader—Appeal to the patriotism of the people, and their response— The value of hberty— Preparations for war— Fiims trust in God, and heroic resolve to conquer Part II— Celebration of the victories gained over the armies of Apollonics the Governor of Samaria, and Seron the Deputy Governor of Ccelesyria ; and the valour of Judas.— Renewal of war by a division .' €' -4 ^jjQ "■n. OVERTURE. SCENE!^iH(wit«. Israelites, Men and Women^ lamenting the death of Mattathias, Father of JuDAS Maccabeus. CHORUS. Mourn, ye afflicted children, the remains Of captive Judah, mourn in solemn stridns, Your sanguine hopesof liberty give o'er; Your hero, friend, and father is no more. REGIT. — Israelitish Man. Well may your sorrows, brethren, flow In all th' expressive signs of woe ; Your softer garments tear, And squalid sackcloth wear. Your drooping heads with ashes strew. And with the flowing tear your cheeks bedew.^ Israelitish Woman, Daughters, let your distressful cries And loud lament ascend the skies ; Your tender bosoms beat, and tear With hands remorseless,your dishevell'dhair : For pale and breathless, Mattathias lies, Sad emblem of his country*s miseries. DUET. From this dread scene, these adverse pow'rs Ah ! whither shall we fly 1 O Solyma, thy boasted tow'rs I — 4 — CHORUS, For Sion lamentation make With words that weep a^d tears that speak. REGIT.— iSmo». Not vain is all this storm of grief, To went our sorrows gives relief. Wretched indeed ; but let not. Judah's race Their ruin, with desponding i^rms embrace. Distractful doubt, and desperation, 111 become the Chosen Nation, Chosen by the great I AM, Tha Lord of flosts, who, still' the same, We trust will give attentive ear To the sincerity of pray Y* AlB'.r-^I^raeUtish Woman, Pious orgies, pious airs. Decent sorrow, decent pray *r a Will to the Lord ascend, and move His pity, and regain Hia love. CHORUS. Father, whose Almighty pow'r The heav'ns, and earth, and seas adoret The hearts of Judah, Thy dejighti^. In one defensive band unite, And grant a leader bold and br&ye,. If not to conquer, born, to ssive. REGIT. Accompanied. — Simon, 1 feel the Deity within, Whp,*the bright Cherubim betweeWt,, His radiant glory, erst display 'di. To Israel's distressful pray'r He hath vouohsaf d a graciqui^. ej^. And points out Maccabeus to their aid Judas shall set the captive free, And lead us on to victory. AIR. Arn^, arm, ye brave ; a noble cause, The cause of Heav'n your zeal demands ; In defence of your nation, religion, and laws, The Almighty Jehovah will strengthen your hands. CHORUS. We come, we come, in bright array, Judah, thy sceptre to obey. Tis well, my friends; with transport I behold The spirit of our fathers, famed of old For their exploits in war ; — Oh, may their fire With active courage you, their sons, inspire ; As when the mighty Joshua fought, And those amazing wonders wrought. Stood still, obedient to his voice, the sun. Till kings he had destroy'd, and kingdoms teon. AIR. Call forth thy pow'rs, my soul, and dare The conflict of unequal war : Great is the glory of the conquering sword That triumphs in sweet liberty restored. nEQIT.-^Israelitish Woman. To Heaven's Almighty* King we kneel. For blessings on this eAcmplary zeal. Bless him, Jehovah, bless him, and once more To Thy own Israel libertv restore^ — 6 — AIR. Liberty, thou choicest treasure, Seat of virtue, source of pleasure ; Life without thee knows no blessing, No endearment worth caressing. AIR* [Come ever smiling liberty. And with thee bring thy jocund train ; For thee we pant and sigh, for thee With whom eternal pleasures reign.] UEGlT^-^Israelitish Men. [O Judas, may these noble views inspire All Israel with thy true heroic fire.] AIR * fTis liberty ! dear liberty alone I That gives fresh beauty to the sun ; That bids all nature look more gay. And lovely life with pleasure steal away.J DUET.* [Come ever-smiling liberty. And with thee bring thy jocund train ; For thee we pant, and sigh for thee, With whom eternal pleasures reign.] CHORUS. Lead on, lead on, Judah disdains The galling load of hostile chains. REGIT.— Jw^a5. So wiird my Father, now at rest In the eternal mansions of the blest, AU those Airs, &c., marked thus * are usually omitted. , "Can ye behold,** said he, " the miseries "In which the long insulted Judah lies ? "Can ye behold their dire distress, **And not, at least, attempt redress 1 ** Then faintly, with expiring breath, "Eesolve, my Sons, on liberty or death." Accompanied, We come, see, thy sons prepare The rough habiliments of war, With hearts intrepid and revengeful hands, To execute, Sire, thy dread commands. SEMI.OHO»US.^,,/ Disdainful of danger, we'll rush on the foe, That Thy pow'r, Jehovah, all nations may know. REGIT.*— Jk^a*. [Ambition ! if e'er honour was thine aim, The glorious cause gives sanction to thy claim.J AIR.* [No unhallow'd desire our breasts shall inspire, Nor lust of unbounded power ; But peace to obtain, free peace let us gain, And conquest shall ask no more.J B^ECIT.— Judas. Haste we, my brethren, haste we to the field, Dependent on the Lord, our strength, and shield. CHORUS. Hear us, Lord, on Thee we call, Resolv'd on conquest, or a gbrious fall. )d. SCENE— TA« same. The IsRAELiTfes cMrating the return ofJimASfrom ^ne vtctoTiBs over A^OLLornvs and Smo^. . CHORUM, I^irn is the foe ; so fell Thy foes, Lord, Where warlike Jud«s ^iedls his righteot^ sword. lit^mT.^^TsrtteUtish Mdn. [Vic&ious hero 1 fame shall tell, With her last breath, H W A'pollonius fell ; And all Sae^aria fled, by thee piir^tied VVhile thy resistless prowess dealt around With their own leadw^s sword the deathful St^' «^;^augh^ Serein, Syria's boast, iBefore thee ffell, with his untimbem'd host.J f So rapid thy course ds, Not numberless forces Withstand thy aH-oonquering Ssword ; Though nations surround thee, No power shall confound thee, liU freedom again be restored.] REGIT. — Israelkisk Womat,. Well may we hope our freedom to receive, Such sweet transporting joys thy actions give. DUET AND OHORUS. Sion now her head shall raise, Tune your harps to song of praise. -9- REGIT. — Israelitish IVbman. letetern^i' honours crown his name, Judas, first Worthy in the rolls or fame ; Say, " He put on the breast.plate as a giant, "And girt his warlike harness about him. **In his acts he was like a lion, "And like a lion's whelp roaring for his prey," AIR. From mighty kings he took the spoil, And with his acts made Judah smile. Judah rejoiceth in his name, And triumphs in her hero's fame. DUET AND CHORUS. Hail, hail Judea, happy land ! Salvation prospers in his hand, REGIT.*— J«Ja5. IThanks'to my brethren : but look up to Heav'n ! To Heav'n let all glory and all praise be giv'n ; To Heav'h give your applause, nor add the second cause, As once your fathers did in Midian, Saying, *'The sword of God and Gideon." It was the Lord that for his Israel fought, And this our wonderful salvation wrought."] AIR.* How vain is man who boasts in fight The valour of gigantic might, And dreams not that a hand unseen Directs and guides this weak machine.] Enter an Israelitish Messenger, REGIT. — Messenger, Judas, O my brethren ! — 10 — New scenes of bloody war In all their horrors rise. Prepare, prepare, Or soon we fall a sacrifice To great Antiochus : From th' Egyptian coast (Where Ptolomy hath Memphis and Pelusium lost) He sends the valiant Grorgias, and commands His proud victorious bands To root our Israel's strength, and to erase Ev'ry memorial of the sacred place. AIR AND CHORUS. Ah ! wretched, wretched Israel ! falPn how low, From joyods transport to desponding woe.^ Be comforted— Nor think these plagues are sent For your destruction, but for chastisement. Heav'n oft in meroy punisheth, that sin May feel its own demerits from within, And urge not utter ruin— Turn to God, And draw a blessing from His iron rod. AIR. The Lord worketh wonders His glory to raise, And still as He thunders, Is fearful in praise. REGIT.— /i^Ja*. My arms ! against this Gorgias will I go. The Idumean Governor shall know How vain, how ineflfective his design, While rage his leader, and Jehovah mine. ast lium is ow, sent — 11 — AIR. Sound an alarm — Your silver trumpets sound, And call the brave, and only brave around. Who listeth, follow : — To the field again — Justice, with courage, is a thousand men. CHORUS. We hear, we hear the pleasing dreadful call ; And follow thee to conquest : — If to fall, For laws, religion, liberty, we fall. '\Exit Judas with the Army, nEClT*Simon. [Enough ! to Heav'n we leave the rest. Such gen'rous ardour firing ev'ry breast, We may divide our cares. The field be thine, Judas, and the Sanctuary mine. For Sion, holy Sion, seat of God, In ruinous heaps is by thf heathen trod ; Such profanation calls for swift redress. If e'er in battle Israel hopes success.] AIR.* [With pious hearts, and brave as pious, O Sion, we thy call attend. Nor dread the nations that defy us, God our defender, God our friend.] nEGlT^'-Israelitish Man. I Ye worshippers of God ! )own, down with the polluted altars, down j Hurl Jupiter Olympus from his throne. Nor reverence Bacchus with his ivy crown And ivy wreathed rod ! Our fathers never knew him, or his hated crew. Or, knowing, scorn'd such idol vanities.] -16 'H Israelitish Woman, No more in Sibn let the virgin throng, Wild with delusion, pay their nightly song To Ashtoreth, yclep^d the Queen of Heav'n ; Hence to Phcenicia be the goddess driv'n ; Or be she, with her priests and pageants hurl'd To the remotest corner of the world ; Ne'er to delude us more with pious lies. AIR. Wise men, flatt'ring, may deceive you With their vain mysterious art ; Magic chftrms can ne'er relieve you Nor can heal the wounded heart, But true wisdom can relieve you, Godlike wisdom from above ; This alone can ne'er deceive you, This alone all peins remove. 'DV'^JV.— Israelitish Women. O never, never, bow we down To the rude stock, or sculptur'd stone : But ever worship Israel's God, Ever obedient to His awful nod. CHORUS. We never, never will bow down To the rude stock, or sculptur'd stone : We worship God, and God alone. -r 13 — SCENE I.-^Mount Simon. ISRAELITISH PRIESTS, <&C., haviflg TUCOUrU tht Sanctuary, Father of Heav'n, from Thy eternal throne, Look with an eye of blessing down, While we prepare with holy rites, To solemnize the Peast of Lights. And thus our grateful hearts employ, And in Thy prais^ This altar raise With carols of triumphant joy. REGIT. AccomANiRD. -^Israeliti^ Man. See, see you flames, that from the altar broke, In spiry streams pursue the trailing smoke; The fragrant incense mounts the yielding air, Sure presage that the Lord hath heard our pray 'r. REGIT.— J^ro^Zti?^^ Woman. grant it, Heav'B, that our long woes may cease, And Judah*s daughters taste the calm of peace j Sons, brothers, 'husbands, so bewail no more, Tortur'd at home, or havock u in the war. AIR. So shall the lute and harp awake, And sprightly voiqe sweet descant run, Seraphic melody to make* In the pujce strajps gjf Vfe^fi^'fi Spn. — . 14 — REGIT.* — Israelitish Messenger, [From Capharsalama, on eagle wings I fly. With tidings of impetuous joy ! Came Lysias, with his host array'd In coat of mail ! their massy shield. Of gold and brass flash'd lightning o'er the fields, While the huge tow'r-back'd elephant display'd A horrid front ; but Judas, undismayed. Met, fought, and vanquished all the rageful train, Yet more, Nicanor lies with thousands slain ; The blasphemous Nicanor, who defied The liviLg God, and in his wanton pride A public monument ordained Of victories yet ungained. But lo ! the conqueror comes ; and on his spear, To dissipate all fear. He bears th^ vaunter's head and hand. That threatened desolation to the land.] SOENE II. — Near Jerusalem, Israelitish Youths and Maidens meeting Judas on his return from the victory over NiCANOR. SEMI-CHORUS. Sec the conquering hero comes, Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; Sports prepare, the laurel bring, Songs of triumph to him sing: See the godlike youth advance, Breathe the flutes and lead the dance ; Myrtle wreaths and roses twine, To deck the hero's brow divine. CHORUS. See the conquering hero come? Sound the trumpets, beat the drums ; the % kin, ar, on ,• — 15 — ?nnli'P/f^"*'?« 'anrels bring. Songs oftriumph to him sing. A MARCH-SOLO and CHORUS To Cwn%^°^' ""^ ^'^^ «ff«°«ons raise To crown this conquest with anmeasu^'l praise [Sweet^flow the strains that strilre my feasted Angels might stoop from Heav'n to hear The comely song we sing " To Israel's Lord and KinV S"*P«»''« awhile: due obsequies preDar« To those, who bravely fell i„Ur! ^^"' To Eleazar special tribute pay; To Z^^fir^'' -f,^. troops he cut his way The deep-stabb'd monster, Triumph'd in a glorious death.] AIR.» rWith honour let desert be crown'd The trumpet ne'er in yain shall sound But all attentive to alarms ^' The willing nationsfly to arms, Of hrDra'^'r"^"^'"^' '''"^theprize ui nappy earth, or far more happy skies.J SCENE m.~J„^iZiZ,, a Puhlir Plac» tador to Rome. ^moag- TTr^Xi tk "'•' *'y"""J'uien.— I'eace and lihArfv . From the great Senate of Imperial RomeV ^ ' — 16 — With a firm league of amity, I come. Rome, whatever nation dare insult us more, Will rouse, in our defence, her Veteran pow'r, And stretch her vengeful arm by land or sea,^^ *' To curb the prouj, and set the injur'd free/' GHORUS. To our great God be all the honour giv'n, That gra^teful hearts can send from earth to heav'n. UBQlT.—IsraelUish Wom^n, Again to earth let gratitude descend, Praiseworthy is our hero and our friend : Come my fair daughters, choicest art bestow* To weave a chaplet for the victor's brow ; And in your songs for ever be confessed The valour that preserved, the power that bless d^ Bless'd you with hours, that scatter as they fly. Soft, quiet, gentle love, and bountless joy. BVET.'—lsraelitish Women. lovely peace, with plenty crowned. Come spread thy blessings all around. Let fleecy flocks the hills adorn, And valleys smile with wavy corn, Let the shrill trumpet cease, nor other sound But nature's songsters wake the cheerful morn. AIR. — Simon, Rejoice, Judah, and in songs divine. 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