The story of Grace Raymond, titled also The Evil and Cure of A Passionate Temper, is the touching story of a young girl who possessed a sharp temper and a tendency to be harsh. Grace comes to realize, after causing her sister injury, that allowing anger to rule in her heart was harming herself as well as others, and would only grow, leading to worse and worse outbursts of anger and animosity.

Through the influence of a kind teacher, Grace learns the way of salvation in Christ, and who can save her from her sin, so that she becomes an exemplary model of patience and longsuffering, to her family and all her friends.