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.
BY
Rev. A. STEWART WALSH, D.D.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
Rev. T. DE WITT TALMAGE, D.D.
ILLUSTRATED.
PUBLISHED EXCLUSIVELY BY
A. S. GRAY & CO.
SUCCESSORS TO
Central Publishing House and Keystone Publishing Co.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
1889.
COPYRIGHT BY H. S. ALLEN,
1886.
COPYRIGHT OWNED BY
A. S. GRAY.
1889.
ARGYLE PRESS,
Printing and Bookbinding,
265 & 267 CHERRY ST., N. Y.
TO WOMANKIND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
THIS
STORY OF A LIFE
MOST
BEAUTIFUL, BENEFICENT, AND INSPIRING
Is Dedicated
BY THE AUTHOR.
INTRODUCTION TO
THE QUEEN OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
By Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D.D.
I have been asked to open the front doorof this book. But I must not keep youstanding too long on the threshold. Thepicture-gallery, the banqueting hall andthe throne-room are inside. All the fascinationsof romance are, by the able author, thrown aroundthe facts of Mary’s life. Much-abused tradition isalso called in for splendid service. The pen thatthe author wields is experienced, graceful, captivating,and multipotent. As perhaps no other bookthat was ever written, this one will show us woman asstanding at the head of the world. It demonstrates inthe life of Mary what woman was and what womanmay be. Woman’s position in the world is higherthan man’