Hannah Whitall Smith

Hannah Whitall Smith was the author of the famed A Christian’s Secret of a Happy Life (1875). She was an influential author of “higher life” and “holiness” movements. Her books have been published by dozens of publishers over the years, most notable among them are: Moody, Revell, Zondervan, Word, Spire, Broadman & Holman, Barbour, Whitaker, Guideposts, Asbury, Ballantine, Grosset & Dunlap.

Remarkably, Smith would come to see and embrace the salvation of all. She included a description of this journey and understanding in her autobiography published in 1903 by Fleming H. Revell, The Unselfishness of God and How I Discovered It.

Not surprisingly, her autobiography would subsequently be republished, but with her accounts of coming to the conviction of the salvation of all having been removed.