readers, and 154 exhorters. This, too, was in a time of distress the
conditions were unfavorable, the opposition was very strong. How account
for the success? "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith
the Lord."

[Illustration: KNOX ADMINISTERING THE LORD'S SUPPER.

John Knox led the Church in the great struggle for pure doctrine and
worship. The vain heart of man is ever inventing additions and
variations in the services of God's house. Many devices had been thrust
upon the early Church of Scotland. Here we see this servant of Christ,
in the administration of the Lord's Supper, giving the people the bread
and the cup as Jesus directed.]

The Church contended for the supremacy of the Lord Jesus Christ, even
unto death.

The Church pursued unswervingly the course marked out for her in the
Word of God, in doctrine, worship, and discipline, not troubled at the
cost nor fearing results.

The Church refused to be guided by human wisdom or temporizing methods,
either to win numbers or gain favor, depending for success upon the
wisdom that cometh from above.

The Church sought to glorify God with simplicity of faith, holiness of
life, purity of worship, and loyalty to the Lord Jesus Christ. Hence the
invincible energy, the wonderful achievements, the magnificent
victories, and the amazing increase. Would not the Church of Christ take
on like activities, proportions, and strength, by following the same