INTRODUCTION TO THE QUEEN OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. THE QUEEN'S PORTRAIT.
CHAPTER II. THE PILGRIM, CRUSADER AND VIRGIN.
CHAPTER III. ARMAGEDDON; THE KEY AND SICKLE.
CHAPTER IV. SIR CHARLEROY; THE SOLDIER OF FORTUNE AND KNIGHT OF SAINT MARY.
CHAPTER V. NAZARETH.
CHAPTER VI. THE FUGITIVES.
CHAPTER VII. ICHABOD.
CHAPTER VIII. FROM JERICHO TO JORDAN.
CHAPTER IX. THE FEAST OF THE ROSE.
CHAPTER X. AFTER EVE, ESTHER OR MARY?
CHAPTER XI. THE FEAST OF PURIM.
CHAPTER XII. ASTARTE OR MARY?
CHAPTER XIII. FROM RAMOTH GILEAD TO DAMASCUS
CHAPTER XIV. THE THEATER OF GIANTS.
CHAPTER XV. THE REVELS OF MEN AND RITES OF THEIR GODDESSES.
CHAPTER XVI. A BATTLE OF GIANTS AT BOZRAH.
CHAPTER XVII. RIZPAH, THE ANCIENT "MOTHER OF SORROWS."
CHAPTER XVIII. THE QUEEN PROCLAIMED IN THE GIANT CITY.
CHAPTER XIX. THE QUEEN'S CHILDHOOD.
CHAPTER XX. THE WEDDING, THE BIRTH AND THE FLIGHT.
CHAPTER XXI. THE QUEEN WITH HER FAMILY IN EGYPT.
CHAPTER XXII. THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE MISERERE AND THE EASTER ANTHEM.
CHAPTER XXIV. A HEROINE'S PILGRIMAGE.
CHAPTER XXV. CONSOLATRIX AFFLICTORUM.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE WEDDING AT CANA.
CHAPTER XXVII. "THE STAR OF THE SEA."
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE QUEEN IN THE VALLEY OF SORROWS.
CHAPTER XXIX. TWO DEAD HEARTS UNITING TWO LIVING ONES
CHAPTER XXX. THE "KNIGHT OF ST. MARY" AND RIZPAH AT THE GRAVE OF THEIR SONS.
CHAPTER XXXI. THE ROSE, QUEEN OF HEARTS IN THE GIANT CITY
CHAPTER XXXII. THE QUEEN AND THE GRAIL SEEKERS.
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE HOSPITALER'S ORATION.
CHAPTER XXXIV. MEMORIALS AT BOZRAH.
CHAPTER XXXV. THE SISTERS OF BETHANY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE QUEEN OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE CORONATION OF THE QUEEN.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE "LIGHT OF THE HAREM" IN "THE TEMPLE OF ALLEGORY."
CHAPTER XXXIX. CROWN JEWELS.
CHAPTER XL. THE QUEEN'S VISION OF THE "AGE OF GOLD AND FIRE."
CHAPTER XLI. A CHIME AND A DIRGE AT CHRISTMAS TIME.
CHAPTER XLII. THE MOTHER OF SORROWS TRIUMPHANT AT LAST
CHAPTER XLIII. A COFFIN FULL OF FLOWERS AND A GIRDLE WITH WINGS.
FOOTNOTES
By Frederick Goodall.
MARY AND THE INFANT SAVIOUR.
MARY:
THE
QUEEN OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID
AND
MOTHER OF JESUS.
THE STORY OF HER LIFE.
Gabriel.—“Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee:
Blessed art thou among women.”
Mary.—“All generations shall call me blessed.”
BY
Rev. A. STEWART WALSH, D.D.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
Rev. T. DE WITT TALMAGE, D.D.
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STORY OF A LIFE
MOST
BEAUTIFUL, BENEFICENT, AND INSPIRING
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BY THE AUTHOR.