The Christians Secret of a Happy Life (Paperback)

~ (Author) "NO THOUGHTFUL PERSON CAN QUESTION THE FACT that, for the most part, the Christian life, as it is generally lived, is not entirely a happy..." (more)
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This modern Christian classic finds in God's promises the certainty, serenity, and confidence that can take a Christian through the toughest challenge with joy.

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Hannah Whitall Smith's Christian classic, abridged and updated for the modern reader. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Revell (March 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800780078
• ISBN-13: 978-0800780074
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,118,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Christians Secret to a Happy Life is a Christian Classic, April 29, 2000

By	Richard Goodrich (Cash, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read it 22 years ago in my first Sunday School class after becoming a Christian. Now, I am using it to teach an adult Sunday School Class. My son, a Bible student at Criswell in Dallas has also found it to be extremely accurate doctrinally. It is an inspiring book that SHOWS us that the "deeper walk" is simply the walk God intended for His children to have in the first place. The chapters on the WILL and avoiding LEGALISM are wonderful in guiding God's children into the wonderful truth in God's Word. Serving and knowing God as H.W.S. indicates is a liberting experience! Matt 11:28-30

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Devotional Classics of Christianity, March 29, 1999

By	Cameron B. Clark (Bristow, Virginia United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (Paperback)

I've read Hannah's book twice and the chapter "Is God in Everything?" several more times. This book is thoroughly biblical, very helpful, and highly recommended for new Christians. She wisely distinguishes between internal temptations and sin (something I remember struggling with as a new Christian - and I didn't have this book, unfortunately) and shares with the greatest of Christian mystics the truth revealed in the chapter "Is God In Everything?" I put this book right up there with "Abandonment to Divine Providence" by Jean-Pierre de Caussade, "Centuries of Meditations" by Thomas Traherne, and "A Testament of Devotion" by Thomas Kelly. The latter book is another Quaker classic. - Brad Clark

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very encouraging book, February 11, 2004

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This review is from: Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (Mass Market Paperback)

I highly recommend this book. I read it while stationed in Iraq and it encouraged me very much in that situation. It is thoroughly orthodox in its theology and praxis and has nothing to do with modern "psycho-babble" as one other reviewer mistakenly suggested. The book was written over 100 years ago. If it was written today the author most likely would use the term "joyful life" in the title rather than "happy life", but it's clear that her meaning is a happiness that comes from the Lord and is not based on circumstances (which nowadays we would probably call "joy"). Mrs. Smith's secrets to the happy/joyful Christian life are: surrendering all to the Lord, trusting implicitly in the Lord, and immediate obedience to Him. Hard to be more orthodox than that. She gives many anecdotal stories to help the reader understand how much God loves us and how surrender, trust, and obedience result in our abiding more deeply in Christ and consequently having joy in all circumstances.