Two prisoners, carefully guarded, were brought down to the shore, one was an old woman with white hair, the other was a young and beautiful girl.

Two stakes were driven into the sand, one close to the approaching sea, the other much nearer to the shore.

The old woman was tied to the stake nearest to the sea, and the young girl to the other.

The tide was out when they were taken there, but they were told that, unless they would deny the Master whom they loved, unless they would renounce the truth of God, there they must remain, until the high tide had covered them, and life was extinct.
The old woman was questioned by her murderers.

Would she renounce her Lord?
Never; she could not deny the faith of Christ.