Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus: The Story of Her LifeWalsh, A. Stewart (Alexander Stewart)
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Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus: The Story of Her Life
Walsh, A. Stewart (Alexander Stewart)
Biographical fiction; Christian fiction; Christian women saints -- Fiction; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Fiction
The Missioners at Bethany—The site of the Home of
Jesus—Miriamne’s ideal society—The miracle age—A home, not a
throne, the place of Ascension—Will Jesus so return?—The angel
bivouac. Page 522
CHAPTER XXXVI.—THE QUEEN OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID.
The Knight’s Pentecost—In the upper room of Joseph of
Arimathæa—Mary’s title and realm—Luke, the word-painter—The
smoke side and the fire side of Pentecost. Page 529
CHAPTER XXXVII.—THE CORONATION OF THE QUEEN.
The Hospitaler deemed a prophet at Bethany. The legitimacy of
Jesus as the “son of David” assured through His mother—“The
reign of blood”—First born—Pagan Rome made sponsor for Mary’s
son—Doomsday books and royal charters. Page 538
CHAPTER XXXVIII.—THE “LIGHT OF THE HAREM” IN THE “TEMPLE OF
ALLEGORY.”
The old church at Bethany—A dedication—The wonders of
symbolism—Idolatry and Mariolatry. Page 548
CHAPTER XXXIX.—CROWN JEWELS.
The Hospitaler warns the Missioners of the Sheik of Jerusalem’s
designs—The son of Azrael—Immunity purchased—The wedding of
Beulah, Nourahmal’s grand-daughter to a Jewish convert—The
wedding address—Juno-Moneta—Crown jewels of maidens and
mothers—Mary sounding the depths of woman’s miseries—A
malediction for lust—“Knights of the White Cross”—The lost
woman dreaming of how it seems to have a mother’s arms
infolding her—The Virgin’s potent example. Page 568
CHAPTER XL.—THE QUEEN’S VISION OF THE AGE OF GOLD AND FIRE.
Nourahmal wed to the Druse camel-driver—the Druse converted—The
Hospitaler’s message—Ezekiel prophecies fulfilled at Olivet—The
“Mother’s pillow”—Gabriel, the “Angel of Mothers and of
Victories.” Page 581
CHAPTER XLI.—A CHIME AND A DIRGE AT CHRISTMAS-TIME.
“Motherhood priced”—“Thou shalt be saved in
child-bearing”—Sylvan gods of Rome—“The Miriamites,”—“In
Rama, weeping and great mourning”—Joachim’s bleating lamb
slain—Woman’s supreme hour—Maternity’s crucifixion—“The
Cæsarian Section”—The ebbing tide and the stranded wreck,
at midnight. Page 595
CHAPTER XLII.—THE MOTHER OF SORROWS TRIUMPHANT AT LAST.
The funeral of Miriamne—The Hospitaler tells the traditions of
Mary’s death and assumption—What the Druse convert said to his
camel—“The beatings of mighty wings”—The tomb of Miriamne in
Gethsemane. Page 611
CHAPTER XLIII.—A COFFIN FULL OF FLOWERS, AND A GIRDLE WITH
WINGS.
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