The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life for Today

Plot

Hannah Whitall Smith was prompted to write this book when an agnostic said to her, "You Christians seem to have a religion that makes you miserable. You are like a man with a headache. He doesn't want to get rid of his head, but it hurts him to keep it."Stung by that criticism, this Quaker housewife realized for the first time that the Christian faith was meant to make its followers happy, not miserable. "Then and there," she said, "I began to ask the Lord to show me the secret of a happy Christian life"... My hope and prayer is that this paraphrase will make Hannah's book even more practical, personal, and applicable to living as a Christian in today's world. - CATHERINE JACKSON