Lilias Trotter, the artist who became a missionary in Algeria, draws spiritual lessons from the life cycle of plants: the falling of the flower, the loosened grasp of the seed-vessel, the death that sets free new life. Her short meditations argue that surrender is the gate of fruitfulness in the Christian life.
A brief, lyrical devotional classic by a woman Ruskin once urged to devote her life to art. Download the free EPUB.