CHAPTER VII.

Womanhood in the Time of the Saviour’s Nativity.

AN ANGEL BY THE ALTAR OF INCENSE--HIS MESSAGE--AN ISRAELITISH HOME--IN THE SPIRIT OF ELIJAH--THE DESERT TEACHER--THE ANNUNCIATION--THE VISIT OF MARY TO ELIZABETH--MARY’S MAGNIFICAT--JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM--THE NATIVITY--HOME LIFE IN NAZARETH--AFTER SCENES IN MARY’S LIFE--HER RESIDENCE AND DEATH AT EPHESUS--THE PROPHETESS ANNA--HER WAITING FOR REDEMPTION IN JERUSALEM--THE LESSON OF HER PURE AND BEAUTIFUL LIFE. 162-189