Glimpses #136. A Hunger for Holiness; The Anguish and Joy of Amanda Smith
Product Code: GLM136
Format: 4-page bulletin insert
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Product Description: "I will pray once more," said Amanda to herself, "and if there is any such thing as salvation, I am determined to have it this afternoon or die." It was Tuesday, the 17th of March, 1856. She finished her ironing, set the dinner table and went to the cellar to pray.
She half-expected that the family would find her dead. After all, she had prayed for years without peace. "I cannot remember the time from my earliest childhood that I did not want to be a Christian and would often pray alone," she wrote. But she found no assurance of acceptance with God. She envied wind, sun and moon, because they obeyed God, whereas she had often disobeyed. In her superstition, she even asked them to carry prayers to Jesus.
