The God of All Comfort - Softcover

Smith, Hannah Whitall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1546479295 ISBN 13: 9781546479291

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Comfort is a word seldom associated with religious faith by those who are not Christians. Doesn’t religion make people uncomfortable with its demands? Isn’t life more comfortable when we just live the way we want? Who needs to worry about a judgmental God watching our every move? Even the word Jesus is enough to cause people to squirm in their seats. However, for many Christians the words Jesus and comfort are inextricably linked. In her classic work, God of All Comfort, Hannah Whitall Smith describes why faith in the Christian God leads to a comfort and joy that cannot be found elsewhere. Without Christ, life is little more than living through doubt, fear, and anxiety. In her inspirational work, Smith reminds the reader of the reality of God’s promises to his people. With Christ, doubt, fear, and anxiety are obsolete feelings. Hanna was raised in a strict Quaker home and was given to morbid introspection that found little relief until her marriage to Robert Piersall Smith in 1851. They were both converted under Plymouth Brethren influence in 1858 and in 1867 had a new experience of faith that propelled them on a speaking tour of the United States and Europe. Their "Higher Christian Life" meetings in England were exceedingly popular, partly because of D. L. Moody's success there. They remained in England due to Robert's declining health and observed the founding of the Keswick Convention in 1874, an outgrowth of their conferences. Trouble followed, however. Robert began to entertain notions of spiritual wifery, was criticized, and eventually claimed to be a Buddhist. Hannah was the author of the spiritual classic, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (1875) and later developed ideas on the final restitution of all things, diverted herself into social causes and writing. She produced The Unselfishness of God and How I Discovered It in 1903. A year later she was stricken with arthritis. Although confined to a wheelchair and in much pain, she maintained an optimistic spiritual outlook until her death.

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Book Description

Abridged and updated for today’s reader, this late nineteenth-century study—now available in a deluxe, leather-like binding—reminds Christians of God’s many promises of comfort, help, and love. Addressing His powerful names, His role as shepherd and dwelling place, and His complete sufficiency for human needs, it shows that anxiety, fear, and insecurity are unnecessary feelings for Christians.

 

 

From the Back Cover

In this message of strength and encouragement for everyone living the life of faith, Hannah Whitall Smith
shows how you can become better acquainted with God and experience all that He has for you. She also discusses how you can...
* Gain joy and peace in your life
* Discover the character of God
* Trust God Completely with your life.
* Transform your life into one of unwavering faith
*Remove all fear from your life
*Have all your needs supplied
*Allow God to fight for you

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1546479295
• ISBN 13: 9781546479291
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 170