THE FALL OF JERICHO 95 RUTH, THE FAITHFUL FRIEND 108 THE BEAUTIFUL ABIGAIL MEETING DAVID 121 SOLOMON’S MERCHANT SHIPS 130 THE QUEEN OF SHEBA 133 HADASSAH IN THE PERSIAN COURT 153 ESTHER PLEADING FOR HER PEOPLE 157 THE ANGEL’S MESSAGE 164 THE MINISTRY AT EPHESUS 181 ANNA, THE PROPHETESS 185 CHRIST AND WOMANHOOD 193 THE NOONTIDE HOUR AT JACOB’S WELL 198 THE UNINVITED GUEST 208 SEEKING THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD 237 THE CITY BY THE ANGHISTA 253 CORINTH, THE GATE OF THE PELOPONNESUS 260 INTRODUCTORY. It has long been in our mind to write this book, in which we seek to set forth the beautiful lives of representative women of the Bible. There has been much written about prophets, kings and priests, about our Lord and His Apostles, about scenes, of different types of character, customs and manners of Oriental life, but so far as we know, nothing has been written about the womanhood of the Bible. We believe a study of these lovely Princesses of God will be both profitable and instructive. That we may have a suitable background for our pen pictures of these Daughters in Israel, and also, by way of contrast, show what the Bible has done for womanhood, let us briefly take a glance into countries where the Bible has been a sealed book, for the position of women among the Hebrews has always afforded a pleasing contrast with that of their heathen sisters. The position of Jewish women is just what we would expect among a people who were indebted for their laws to the Creator. It has always been Satan’s shrewdest trick to degrade motherhood, and to cause her to be treated with contempt, knowing that she it is who stands at the fountain head of the race, and her hand always shapes the life and forms the civilization, hence the universal oppression of womanhood in all heathen lands.