| We have included this amazing autobiography in the Revival Library, not for its revival content, for it has none, but rather for its devotional value. Although Madame Guyon lived and died in the Catholic church her shining life and writings won her both Catholic and Protestant admirers in France, Germany, Holland and England during her lifetime. Subsequently thousands have been drawn into a closer relationship with God by reading of her deep devotion to God recorded in her autobiography. In describing her writing she said, "My earnest wish is to paint in true colours the goodness of God to me, and the depth of my own ingratitude." This perception of God's great grace, coupled with an acute awareness of her own sinful state, forms the heart of this story. The original work is in the public domain and this electronic version was prepared for the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at http://www.ccel.org which is an absolute feast of Christian etexts! Plese pay them a visit. You will be enriched by their huge downloadable library of Christian etexts. We are grateful to Harry Plantinga for allowing us to place this great work in the Revival Library. |  |