A Grief Sanctified: Through Sorrow to Eternal Hope: Including Richard Baxter's Timeless Memoir of His Wife's Life and Death

by Richard Baxter, Baxter Packer, J.I. Packer

Book Overview

Their love story is not one of fairy tales. It is one of faithfulness from the beginning through to its tragic ending.

Richard and Margaret Baxter had been married only nineteen years before she died at age forty-five. A prominent pastor and prolific author, Baxter sought consolation and relief the only true way he knew- in Scripture with his discipline of writing. Within days he produced a lover's tribute to his mate and a pastor's celebration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581344406
• ISBN13: 9781581344400
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Crossway
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Single men & women: Buy this book!

As a single man ready to marry, this book opened my eyes to the dangers and delights of marriage. As soon as Baxter warns about vices that are peculiar to marriage, he describes the wonders of Christian intimacy in marriage. Very encouraging!