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HANNAH HURNARD 1905-1990, author, lecturer, and former missionary to Palestine, is best know for her book Hind's Feet On High Places, an allegory of a Christian's spiritual pilgrimage towards true freedom in the Lord Jesus Christ. Christian readers will be disappointed to learn that Eagle's Wings reveals Miss Hurnard's radical departure from sound scriptural doctrine.
Hannah Hurnard was raised in a strong Christian (Quaker) family. Despite the faith of her parents, as a child, Hannah found Quaker meetings unutterably dull, and hated Sunday. She was never able to “feel God” when she prayed, as her parents, and other Quakers did. Unlike them, she did not enjoy reading the Bible. As she matured, she began to entertain doubts about Christianity. She never saw her prayers answered, and began to wonder if God was even there.
At 19, Hannah became a Christian. Hannah realized that God was calling for a sacrifice—and that the sacrifice was her life. God wanted her mouth for His use—stuttering and all. Hannah could think of no greater hell than having to speak publicly. She argued with God about it, but after realizing that she was already in hell without Him, Hannah finally surrendered her heart---and at once her heart was filled with peace and joy.
God received the sacrifice of Hannah’s mouth and used it for His glory. He took away her stuttering, so that she was able to share the gospel with others clearly. The Bible she once hated became and treasure and a delight. Though she continued to wrestle with a spirit of fear, Hannah found deliverance as she continued to follow the Lord in obedience. Later, she was to write the best selling, “Hind’s Feet in High Places” as a result of her experiences with the Lord. She went to Israel as a missionary to the Jews in 1932, and lived there through the war for independence in 1948. In Israel, she served as a housekeeper in a hospital--a kind of work she had detested before her surrender, but now loved.
While Hannah’s books have blessed and strengthened Christians all over the world, many are unaware that Hannah Hurnard began to preach universal salvation later in life. This caused a great deal of persecution in her life. While publishers continued to print “Hind’s Feet” and other books, her name was smeared in evangelical circles. To this day, her books which share her testimony and reasons for believing in universal salvation are rare and very difficult to find.
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