[Illustration: 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. _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 door of this book. But I must not keep you standing too long on the threshold. The picture-gallery, the banqueting hall and the throne-room are inside. All the fascinations of romance are, by the able author, thrown around the facts of Mary’s life. Much-abused tradition is also called in for splendid service. The pen that the author wields is experienced, graceful, captivating, and multipotent. As perhaps no other book that was ever written, this one will show us woman as standing at the head of the world. It demonstrates in the life of Mary what woman was and what woman may be. Woman’s position in the world is higher than man’s; and although she has often been denied the right of suffrage, she always does vote and always will vote—by her influence; and her chief desire ought to be that she should have grace rightly to rule in the dominion which she has already won.