Hannah Smith’s Preface
Hannah Smith's Preface
The object of the present series of Bible Readings is to bring out, as far as possible, the common sense teaching of the Bible in regard to every-day religion. In preparing these Studies I have aimed not so much to get at the doctrinal truths of our religion, as at the every-day practical common sense principles. How to live a Christ-like life in the midst of an un-Christ-like world; how to have inward peace in the midst of outward turmoil; how to see the hand of God in every-day matters, and how to accept the homely details of His will; how to be seated in heavenly places when in the drawing-room, or the kitchen, or the nursery, or the schoolroom, or the shop; when entertaining friends, or darning stockings, or selling goods, or managing affairs -- how, in short, to apply the principles of our faith to our weekday lives as well as to our Sunday lives -- this is the object of these Studies.
In sending out this series of Bible Studies, therefore, I can only pray that the same Holy Spirit that inspired the Bible may enable us to lay hold of its truest meaning, as this meaning affects our every-day and common-place lives.