A Year of Blessings - Our New Book

Our newest book. 

The Legacy of Home Presents our newest book as part of our Classic Book reprint collection. It is a daily devotional from the 1800's: "A Year of Blessings and a Blessed Year" by Rose Porter.

How the book was found:

During one of our recent medical trips, in early December, we stopped in an antique shop.  This was on our way through a rural town in Vermont. I wanted to browse around and enjoy looking at all the treasures from long ago. I did not expect to buy anything.

{Inside the antique shop.}

Then we entered a room full of vintage books.  It was a quiet room with many bookcases. There were a great many interesting volumes, but nothing that really caught my attention until I saw a little, faded book. The title simply said: "A Year of Blessings."  It was published in the 1800's by a company with which I was familiar.  After investigating further, it was decided that this book needed to come home with me.  I watched as the store clerk carefully wrapped it in a beautiful bag and then I put it safely aside until we arrived back at home.

My intention was to transcribe the entire contents, reformat, redesign, and bring this book back into print. It took a great many hours of typing and a great deal of work to get this project finished. I wanted to have it ready for the first of the new year. I am now greatly relieved (and exhausted) to have it ready and available!

This book was originally published in 1885.

Our new edition:

I have added some special features to our new edition. These include:

- Photographs of inside the original copy. 

- A preface by Mrs. White

- All Scripture is from the KJV Bible.

- I have added one of four illustrated mottoes at the beginning of each month. These are from the 1800's by Currier and Ives.

Details:

The book contains a devotion for each day in the year. These are focused on blessings.  There is a Scripture and then a quote from a variety of sources, including Spurgeon, Alexander, and Kempis.

There are 220 pages. It is a paperback edition with a beautiful winter scene on the cover from Currier and Ives.

Here is a sample page from inside our edition:

Sample pages from January.

The book is now ready for sale:

~ Daily Devotional ~

"A Year of Blessings and a Blessed Year: The Legacy of Home Press Classic Edition" by Rose Porter.

220 pages, paperback. (5 x 8)

ISBN: 978-1-956616-37-8

I hope you are blessed and inspired by the daily readings!

Any help you can offer with getting the word out about our new book would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Blessings
Mrs. White

From the Archives - 

God's precious care of our lives (Includes a story about Mrs. Charles Spurgeon) - All of God's Children Have Shoes.

Peaceful old time Living - Quiet Duties of Home.  

Beautiful Summer days at home (and living on a "Walton's Budget") - Old Time Homemaking. 

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