CHAPTER XXII.—THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS.

Rizpah dreading heresy yet charmed by the story of the “Girl Wife”—“Behold my mother and brethren”—Christ’s message to his widowed mother—The “Church of the Terror”—Rizpah’s vision of “Glad Tidings.” Rizpah of Bozrah allured from Rizpah of Gibeah—A hot-chase after an old love—The sword that pierced Mary—The shadow of the cross horrifies Rizpah—The faith of the Nazarene denounced—Miriamne driven from home by her mother. Page 322