When Adversity Comes

OUT of the personal experience of a sufferer, a man who because of accidental injuries has been bedfast for thirty-five years, this book has come. Here is a man who speaks the language of those who have suffered adversity—loss of health, bereavement, unexpected reverses, disappointed hopes, and many other calamities that happen to people.
The thoughts printed in this book are not theoretical. They were not born in the mind of one who was merely trying to be helpful to those less fortunate than he. Rather, they flow forth from the inmost soul of one who himself has had to wrestle with adversity. The point is that by the help of God he has mastered the calamity that came upon him in life. For that reason he is competent to give help to others.
(From the Preface)