Hannah Hurnard writes "How deeply we who love the Lord of Love and desire to follow him long for the power to surmount all difficulties and tests and conflicts in life in the same exultant and triumphant way. To learn the secret of victorious living has been the heart's desire of those in every generation who love the Lord." Her allegorical masterpiece, in the tradition of "The Pilgrim's Progress," describes a journey from salvation to spiritual maturity.