BEFORE THE QUEEN by Mrs. M. L. W. Towle

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 6, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 18.

BEFORE THE QUEEN.

By Mrs. M. L. W. Towle

BY MRS. M. L. W. TOWLE.

[When the late Phillips Brooks was in London he was commanded to preach before the queen. Some one asked him if he was afraid to preach before her majesty, when he made the following characteristic reply: "No, I have preached before my mother."]

WHEN asked if he was afraid to preach In the presence of another, And she a queen, he quickly replied, "I have preached before my mother."

Tribute of love from a noble son To the memory of his mother, Whose presence he found an audience More royal than any other.

—The Occident.