The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life

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Wildside Press, 2009 - Religion - 184 pages
Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) was a lay speaker and author in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was also active in the Women's suffrage movement and the Temperance movement.

Born in Philadelphia, Smith was from a long line of prominent and influential Quakers in New Jersey. Hannah Tatum Whitall was the daughter of John Mickle Whitall and Mary Tatum Whitall. Her most famous ancestor was Ann Cooper Whitall.

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About the author (2009)

Author and speaker Hannah Whitall Smith (1832 1911) did not have

an easy life. Of her seven children, only three lived to adulthood. In

spite of, and perhaps because of, her unhappy circumstances, she was

able to advise Christians on how to find and keep the joy of the Lord in

A Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, her widely read and much loved

book of Christian Holiness theology. Constant themes in her writings

include the assurance of salvation and freedom from anxiety, as she

portrays the richness of God's love and His desire to relate to us as the

perfect Parent, Savior, Protector, and Friend. Hannah was also active in

the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

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