Aunt Jane's Hero

I loved this book! It reminds me a little of “Not My Will “ or of books by Grace Livingston Hill. But somehow deeper and more challenging to one’s own heart for being very closely friends with God to be His ambassador. Aunt Jane’s influence on many young people who loved her comes from the things she has been taught by her own life and friendship with Christ. And so her love makes her the one to whom they go for advice. She is able to point them to the right way or rather to the One who knows the right way Horace is the main focus from the beginning, and we see how he learns life’s lessons. Disappointments, affects of service in the Civil War and more change his focus to look to God. Then he comes to know another of Aunt Jane’s acquaintances and begins to wonder if this one was The One for him. There is another girl who also needs to grow and learn to take her eyes from ‘having ‘ to being contented. These two couples then continue to learn lessons from the Father as they come to difficulties, illnesses and poverty, yet also see that they are much better situated than some of the people around them. And so find ways to help the poor and influence young ones for God. This is worth reading even if you are not religious or close to God. If you can open your mind to read it to understand those who choose a different way of life, I am sure you will learn a great deal more than an old fashioned romantic book! The readers were good for the book.