The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life

Name: The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life
Author: Hannah Whitall Smith

Hannah Whitall Smith (1832–1911) was an American Quaker-born writer and speaker of the Holiness and Higher Life movements. Converted to an earnest evangelical faith, she spoke at conventions in America and England and wrote with unusual warmth about trust in God. Her best-known book, The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life (1875) — held in our library — remains a widely loved guide to the life of faith.

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First published: 1875
Category: Holiness
Length: 79k words · about 5 hours
Chapters: 23
Modernized version: In the reader: the Original, the Modernized text in present-day English, or both side by side. On average, the Modernized text keeps about 89% of the original wording.
Narration: 🎧 Fable · British English

About this book

Hannah Whitall Smith's account of the happy Christian life, first published in 1875. Smith describes the life of surrender and rest — ceasing from anxious self-effort and trusting God to work in and through the believer — in the warm, practical style of a letter to a friend. It became one of the most widely read devotional books of its century.