The Poorhouse Waif and His Divine Teacher: A True Story

Until the sixth year of Edwins life he never heard that he had ever had a father a mother or a home other than the place in which he was then living. He knew only that he existed and that from day to day there were many things happening about him some of which he enjoyed but a great many of which were distasteful to him. But all that took place he quietly endured thinking that it was the best that there was in life for him. -from Life in the Almshouse This 1919 work is the true story of Edwin a saintly orphan who starts life the child of a wayward mother and later perseveres through privation temptations of evil and superstition and the doubt of his fellows to come to know love and serve God. A classic of religious inspiration thats long been out of print it will comfort and encourage those who discover it anew today. ISABEL C. BYRUM also wrote How John Became a Man (1909) and The Pilots Voice (1916).