he might expose herself,
but she could not help the infant. They carried it away. She was almost
insane with grief. The soldiers, going back from the house, met the
father, but he was not identified. They, being bewildered on the moor,
compelled him to be their guide. He saw the child, but did not recognize
it as his own. The officer, ashamed of the cruel deed, ordered the man
who had carried off the babe to take it back to the house. He galloped
off and laid it again in the crib. The mother quickly clasped it to her
bosom. That night the father returned. Telling of his adventures, he
mentioned the babe he had seen with the soldiers. The mother, bursting
into tears, arose and laying the infant in his arms said, "This is the
babe you saw."

The young people are the hope of the Church. The congregation whose
young people are loyal to Christ and true to the Covenant is greatly
blessed of God. The Covenant embraces children, claims their allegiance,
calls for their service, honors them with responsibilities, and lays at
their feet the privileges and beatitudes of the kingdom of heaven.

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POINTS FOR THE CLASS.

1. Does the Covenant of the fathers include posterity?

2. How did the children suffer in the persecution?

3. Describe the case of Andrew Forsyth.

4. How did Bessie Willison meet her trials?

5. Tell about the little children of a persecuted town.

6. Describe the cruelty done to the babe of Mr. and Mrs. Gibson.

7. What may the Church expect, when her young people are true?

XLIII.

THE COVENANTERS' BIBLE.

The Covenanters dearly loved the Bible. They esteemed it very highly for
the sake of God, its Author. They believed in its inspiration,
genuineness, infallibility, majesty, and power. The Bible inspired? Yes,
the Covenanters had no troublesome thoughts on that question. The Holy
Spirit, in their estimation, was the source of that Book; the contents
were all His own. He produced every sentence, formed every clause, chose
every word found in the original Hebrew and Greek Scriptures, and filled
all brimful and overflowing with God's own meaning. He did all this
through the men who were employed as the inspired writers. The
Covenanters believed in the verbal and plenary inspiration of the Bible.

They discovered also a second inspiration. The Holy Spirit inspires the
devout reader. He opens the heart to receive the Scriptures, and He
opens the Scriptu