ive
that little is left for me to speak of in words of praise.

Let our Bible women study the pages of this book containing the record
of her toil in the vineyard, and note the fruits thereof for over a
quarter of a century; for no work purely imaginative in its character
ever outrivalled it in intensity of interest, especially to those who
have the salvation of the unregenerate at heart. To our children and
co-workers and successors we earnestly commend it; praying that the
Divine blessing may accompany its circulation and perusal in our own
and other lands until He shall come whose right it is to reign.

With these few prefatory remarks, with no claim to literary excellence,
and a prayer for the blessing of the Holy Spirit, I commit this
imperfect production to the perusal of all co-workers in the vineyard
of the Lord.

I also sincerely trust that it will be acceptable to every evangelical
denomination, where the love of the Great Creator, and the advancing
perfection of human life predominates over all forms of sin and
superstition.

DUNCAN M. YOUNG.

NEW YORK, August 18, 1887.

CONTENTS.

JAMES KNOWLES.

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CHAPTER I.

Brief Sketch of the Life of James Knowles, 15

CHAPTER II.

Correspondence and Covenants, 24

CHAPTER III.

Scripture Texts, 29

CHAPTER IV.

The Last Hours, 38

CHAPTER V.

The Dead Who Die in the Lord, 46

CHAPTER VI.

A Brief Historical Sketch of the Allen Street Presbyterian Church, 70

MATILDA KNOWLES.

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CHAPTER VII.

Brief Memoir of Matilda Knowles, 85

CHAPTER VIII.

The Value of Prayer, 89

CHAPTER IX.

The Story of William the Consumptive, 94

CHAPTER X.

Sowing and Reaping, 105

CHAPTER XI.

Daily Missionary Work, 113

CHAPTER XII.

Destitution and Reformation, 120

CHAPTER XIII.

Her Faithfulness in Little Things, 125

CHAPTER XIV.

The Powe