Moody – The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life

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The secret must be told. Can you remember, the shout of triumph your soul gave, when you first became acquainted with the Lord Jesus, and had a glimpse of His mighty saving power?... And yet, to many, how different had been their real experience. This is not a theological book,' Hannah Whitall Smith's opening words set the stage for what has become an enduring work on the secret to satisfaction, even happiness, in Christ. The problem, according to Smith: 'Christ is believed in, talked about, and served, but He is not known as the soul's actual and very life . . . revealing Himself there continually in His beauty.' So what's the secret? Filled with poignant illustrations, Smith's work poses both the questions and the answers, promising that 'the soul that has taken hold of this secret has found the key that will unlock the whole treasure house of God.'

God's Side & Man's Side – The Scripturalness of This Life – The Life Defined – How to Enter In – Difficulties Concerning Consecration – Difficulties Concerning Faith – Difficulties Concerning the Will – Is God In Everything? – Growth – Service – Difficulties Concerning Guidance – Concerning Temptation – Failures – Doubts – Practical Results in the Daily Walk & Conversation – The Joy of Obedience – Oneness with Christ – "Although" & "Yet," A Lesson in the Interior Life – Kings & Their Kingdoms; Or, How to Reign in the Interior Life – The Chariots of God – Concerning the Life of Divine Union in Its Practical Aspects – "God with Us"; Or, The One Hundred & Thirty–Ninth Psalm

Though her life was difficult, Hannah Whitall Smith's message was joyful. In the Christian's Secret of a Happy Life, she writes, "Jesus came to save you fully now, in this life, from the power and dominion of sin, and to deliver you altogether." Passionate and practical, Whitall Smith's classic of the Holiness movement focuses not on human effort but on simple, stubborn faith in the Savior and Sanctifier of the soul.

"Our part is the trusting," she writes. "It is His to accomplish the results."