Crown of Thorns

Upon its pages he has poured out some of the sentiments of his own heartfelt experience knowing that they will find a response in theirs and hoping that the book may do a work of consolation and of healing. If it impresses upon any the general sentiment which it contains ?the sentiment of religious resignation and triumph in affliction; if it shall cause any tearful vision to take the Christian view of sorrow; if it shall teach any troubled soul to endure and hope; if it shall lead any weary spirit to the Fountain of consolation; in one word if it shall help any by Christ's strength to weave the thorns that wound them into a crown I shall be richly rewarded and I trust grateful to that God to whose service I dedicate this book invoking his blessing upon it." So Chapin explains his motivations in writing this remarkable work."