sters, and daughters beam with
devotion to Christ and His Covenant; when their voice is resonant with
holy courage in the Lord's cause; when their lives are sublime with
deeds of heroic faith; then will the Church become "beautiful as the
morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army
with banners." Jesus said unto her, "O woman, great is thy faith; be it
unto thee even as thou wilt."

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POINTS FOR THE CLASS.

1. In what spirit did the women endure the persecution?

2. Give an incident in courtship.

3. Describe the loyalty of Mrs. Welch, both to her husband and to the
Covenant.

4. Relate Mrs. Guthrie's spirited advice to her husband.

5. Tell about Mrs. Paton.

6. What were some of the difficulties faced by Lady Rothes?

7. Describe the service of devotion by Lady Graden to Robert Baillie.

8. How is the Church dependent on woman, for spirited and successful
work?

XLII.

YOUNG LIFE UNDER PERSECUTION.

When the shepherd is smitten, the sheep will be scattered. When the
father is persecuted, the family will suffer, the mother and children
cannot escape. The fire that enfolds the oak with a sheet of flame will
not pause at the more beautiful maple or the flowering shrubs.

God's Covenant with the fathers included mothers, sons, and daughters.
It also embraced future generations. "The promise is unto you, and to
your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord
our God shall call." The Covenant of our fathers was their acceptance of
God's promise on His own terms. The terms were these: unswerving
fidelity to His truth, and steadfastness in His service. They who were
true in spirit, honest at heart, firm in purpose, and consistent in
life, were able to enter into the deep, broad, marvelous meaning of the
Covenant. The secret of the Lord was with them. The Holy Spirit came
upon them with power, shed light, gave strength, ministered comfort,
inspired hope, produced courage, wrought wonders. In their presence the
wilderness blossomed as the rose; gardens sprang up in the solitary
places; the apple tree bore fruit in the woods. The Lord Jesus Christ
was with them in the rich abundance and wonderful variety of His grace;
they dwelt in the heavenly places; glory covered the ground whereon they
trod.

The children of the Covenanters, being included in the Covenant,
suffered with their parents in the persecution, and rece