A young girl of Eritrea is brutally persecuted in prisons for 16 years. Also a visit to old Rome, and one Chrysanthes, who endured similar troubles centuries earlier.

Combatting sin. A convicting session today, as always with Gurnall.

The excellency of the power of holiness. Especially noteworthy in this passage is Gurnall's comments about his 17th-century England which sound remarkably akin to my 21st-century America. Unholy Christians, take note, You may well be the cause for the gathering wrath which may soon engulf this nation!

How God wants HIs people to be holy! And how Satan wants God's people to be unholy!

Introduction to the breastplate of righteousness.

There is absolutely no reason why anyone should hate Jesus Christ. But they did. And they do.

Nurretin is the object of a "wrong number", but only wrong in the eyes of men. Also, the beginnings of missionary William Carey's calling in old India.

Back to the Islands. And a post-script by his brother. Final in the series.

2nd piece of armor begins: breastplate of righteousness. Gurnall defines "righteousness": legal, imputed, imparted.

Speaking for the new ship in Ireland, Scotland, and England, Paton meets up with some of God's finest of that age, including Muller and Spurgeon, who donated to his cause.