Hannah Whitall Smith--believer, rebel, realist--faced life as she found it, and she found it good. She took God's promises literally, tested them, and found them true. She stepped out of conjecture into certainty, and the shadows of life disappeared. Here she reveals how to make unhappiness and uncertainty give way to serenity and confidence in every day of life. It's impossible to measure the influence of this powerful Classic. This work remain in print and is widely read, which shouldn't surprise us. Hannah Whitall Smith (1832-1911) was a Quaker who wrote this gem of a book in 1875. It became a worldwide bestseller