Comfortable Troubles (Elizabeth Prentiss)

Comfortable Troubles

Lucy is so close to her family that it would break her heart to be separated from them. Yet if she is to regain her health, she must leave her loved ones, along with the many responsibilities she fulfills, and try to rest. With Lucy’s journey come new trials. On more than one occasion you will want to rescue her and give Miss Prigott a piece of your mind!

While many would buckle under daily oppression, Lucy becomes stronger. She is encouraged by her mother’s teaching, “Almost anyone can run away from temptation. It is far nobler, and requires a higher degree of strength, to meet and conquer it.” With a determined spirit Lucy regains more than just her health.

Character themes in this story: selflessness and selfishness, temptation and resisting sin.

Formerly titled “The Flower of the Family”, this is one of many Elizabeth Prentiss favorites, including:

• Stepping Heavenward
• Aunt Jane’s Hero
• Little Susy Stories
• Little Threads
• The Little Preacher

Contents

1. Comfortable Troubles
2. Trouble Bearing Fruit
3. Homely Discipline
4. Arthur
5. Baby Number Two
6. Sorrow at Night, Joy in the Morning
7. The Uncle’s Visit
8. New Scenes and New Friends
9. A Glimpse at Society
10. The Sixteenth Birthday
11. Good Intentions, If not Good Works
12. The Consequences of a Prescription
13. The Storm Before the Calm
14. Cases of Conscience
15. The Seaside
16. Life at School
17. The Holidays
18. Lucy in Trouble
19. A Visit from Miss Prigott, and What it Led to
20. Every Life has its Romance
21. A Not Agreeable Surprise
22. Shows the Clouds Dispersing
23. Resolve
24. A Relief
25. A Shadow
26. The Broken Circle
27. A New Home

About the Lamplighter Rare Collector’s Series 

Lamplighter stories are much more than good and wholesome reading for the family.  The inspiring role models found in Lamplighter books show a child that outward compliance alone will not carry a child through the stresses and disappointments soon to be faced in adolescence and adulthood, nor are they a substitute for faith in Christ.  As we learn of perseverance, courage, loyalty, humility, these are qualities to emulate and pursue, but as children read in stories of others like them trying their best and falling short, they will powerfully learn their need for the gospel.  Though life is often not easy, we can be confident that each disappointment and trial is designed by a loving God for our good.

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