A children’s edition of an evangelical compilation, gathering short anecdotes meant to teach truthfulness, kindness, obedience and trust in God. A boy confesses to breaking his father’s jug, a child heroine acts bravely in New Brunswick, a stowaway and an infidel are converted, and several stories report healings and other answers to prayer as fact.
A document of popular American evangelical piety around 1900, of interest to historians of religion and childhood. Download the free EPUB.