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 God
of All Comfort
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our
tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by
the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
(2
Corinthians 1:3-4)
Hannah
Whitall Smith
ISBN: 978-0-88270-103-5
Format: Softcover,
tpb
Pages: 272
Price: $13.99
In the Introduction to her book, Hannah Whitall Smith gives her reason for
writing this book: "I was once talking on the subject of religion with an
intelligent agnostic, whom I very much wished to influence, and after listening
to me politely for a little while, he said, 'Well, madam, all I have to say is
this. If you Christians want to make us agnostics inclined to look into your
religion, you must try to be more comfortable in the possession of it
yourselves. The Christians I meet seem to me to be the very most uncomfortable
people anywhere around. They seem to carry their religion as a man carries a
headache. He does not want to get rid of his head, but at the same time it is
very uncomfortable to have it. And I for one do not care to have that sort of
religion.'
"This was a lesson I have never forgotten, and it is the primary cause of my
writing this book. . . . I want, therefore, to show as best I can the grounds
there are in the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ for that deep and lasting
peace and comfort of soul, which nothing earthly can disturb, and which is
declared to be the portion of those who embrace it."
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