Posted in Enoch Roden's Training by Hesba Stretton

This book has been a real tear-jerker all the way through. There have been perils and trials and sweet times in the LORD. I think it is a hard thing to read about their being so poor and losing family members and friends as they did.

The whole family was blessed to unknowingly find a benefactor who was living in Australia. Though he was not relates to Enoch's family, the LORD had providentially set it up that Lucy's uncle would want to take care of the entire family. It was a good thing that Esther had given up the salver as she did, for it was the salvation for them several years later.

I was happy to read that Enoch surely did fulfill Granny's wishes in his first sermon. There had been much immaturity and other obstacles to Enoch's becoming a minister so it seemed, but in the end we find that God was working it all out for his best, in his time, and Enoch does mature and become the man God had been leading him to be all the time.

This was a wonderful book for the whole family, but I believe it was especially important for young men to read. To see the ways that Enoch reacted and to read his thoughts as a young man will make a profound impact on a young man of any age. To go through his struggles with his own integrity and heart is something that a young man will feel from within this book. I loved how his Granny was such a profound Biblical influence, and I know that is true in my sons' lives. Grandma plays a big part. Each time my mom leaves the house, even to walk the 100' to her own little shoppe, Caleb runs to the door, flings it open and runs out saying, "Gwanma, Gwanma, I fogot my kiss!".
This was a truly precious book, and I look forward to reading it again with our boys when they all get a bit older!

blessings~

This ends our book, Enoch Roden's Training, and we will not be choosing another book at this time. I would encourage you to look into the other Lamplighter books available and purchase them for your own library if at all possible. They may seem a little pricey, but for the stories and the hard cover cloth covers, I think they are an investment you will want to make!
Though I won't be here at HSBLC, you can find me at my personal blog, Walking Therein. Also, visit Feelin' Feminine, voted Best Teen Group Blog in the Home School Blog Awards.