Overcoming temptation is a battle, and one’s attitude in the midst of battle is critical. In The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life, Hannah Whitall Smith stressed the importance of cheerfulness. It’s more than a gift or a blessing. It’s a weapon.
Hannah Whitall Smith published The Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life in 1875, at the height of her popularity as a speaker, along with her husband, in the Higher Life movement. It’s a good example of the preaching that was prevalent at the beginnings of the Keswick Convention in England and in the Holiness movement in America, with its emphasis on trusting God to develop and maintain personal holiness. Here are three lessons she taught about such trust.
