A Sevenfold Trouble

Pansy (1841 - 1930), Grace Livingston Hill (1865 - 1947) et al.

This story is an honest record of what we, who are all writers, and all very intimate friends, have seen and heard as we looked on at the lives of certain people in whom we are deeply interested. We used to talk about these people when we sat together after the day's work was done.

"They don't understand one another," said one of the ministers, "else there wouldn't be much trouble."

"I think the little girl means better than she is supposed to," said Grace.

"And I know the two boys are not half so mean as they are made out to be," declared Paranete.

"They are like a great many people in this world," interposed the other minister, "working at cross purposes; making failures of their lives, just because they do not try to put themselves in one another's places."

"Making failures, also, because they are trying to carry their own burdens without the help of the only real Helper," said one of the ladies.

"O, yes! of course," spoke out both ministers; "that is really the foundation source of their troubles, as of most others."

Said Faye Huntington: "Let's write a book about them! One that will help others, as well as them. We can tell their story, but tell it in such a way that they won't even recognize themselves; they will only know that it fits, somehow, and helps." (Summary taken from the preface)

Genre(s): Christian Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface TriciaG
00:04:09
Play 01 An Unhappy Household, by Pansy TriciaG
00:12:34
Play 02 Frenzy and Remorse, by C. M. L. TriciaG
00:13:28
Play 03 Calm After the Storm, by Faye Huntington TriciaG
00:15:46
Play 04 A Trip West, by Paranete TriciaG
00:18:47
Play 05 A Black Friday, by Grace Livingston TriciaG
00:18:58
Play 06 The Return Journey, by G. R. A. TriciaG
00:16:58
Play 07 Aunt Cornelia, by Mrs. C. M. Livingston TriciaG
00:26:13
Play 08 A Resolution that Failed, by Pansy TriciaG
00:21:41
Play 09 At the Seashore, by Faye Huntington TriciaG
00:16:13
Play 10 New Help, by Paranete TriciaG
00:14:23
Play 11 An Important Step, by C. M. L. TriciaG
00:10:45
Play 12 Forgotten Resolves, by Grace Livingston TriciaG
00:19:19
Play 13 A New Difficulty, by Mrs. C. M. Livingston TriciaG
00:26:11
Play 14 Nothing Satisfies, by Faye Huntington TriciaG
00:21:48
Play 15 An Unexpected Meeting, by G. R. A. TriciaG
00:17:18
Play 16 A Reconciliation, by Pansy TriciaG
00:23:09
Play 17 New Things to Think of, by Grace Livingston TriciaG
00:15:20
Play 18 The True Reason, by Paranete TriciaG
00:20:15
Play 19 A Revelation, by C. M. L. TriciaG
00:16:14
Play 20 Unexpected Company, by G. R. A. TriciaG
00:23:41
Play 21 Little Interferences, by Faye Huntington TriciaG
00:28:12
Play 22 A Decision, by Mrs. C. M. Livingston TriciaG
00:20:16
Play 23 A Happy Birthday, by Mrs. C. M. Livingston TriciaG
00:25:01
Play 24 A Wonderful Day, by Grace Livingston TriciaG
00:19:11
Play 25 The Berry Girl, by Mrs. C. M. Livingston TriciaG
00:20:59
Play 26 "Aunt Polly", by G. R. A. TriciaG
00:18:50
Play 27 Expected Company, by Paranete TriciaG
00:20:05
Play 28 Like the Other Morning, by Pansy TriciaG
00:22:33