Mountain Breezes

These poems bear repeated reading, as they seem new each time they are read. Amy Carmichael knew her Lord, and her spiritual experience with Christ shines out from every page. I carried two of these poems around with me years ago as a teenager, and was thrilled to find them in this collection. I would give this product 6 stars if possible.

I've appreciated this book ... so I got it for a friend battling cancer. Amy Carmichaell knew adversity ... and knew her Lord!

If you're looking for strong Christian poetry that isn't sappy or self-pitying, that doesn't dwell on the situation but stands on the vital life-giving truths of the Word of God, this is it. She writes from places of sadness, sorrow, loss, confusion, sickness, and always stands to praise and worship the only true and worthy One. She is unabashed in her Christianity, she doesn't try to turn poetry into a romantic ode, she looks worldly reality right in the eye, calls it what it is, then looks at the higher spiritual reality and casts down all imaginations that would cause fear or dread. Bracing.

My only complaint is that its paperback, because this is the kind of book that I don't think I'll ever stop opening. Perhaps I'll get it rebound or something.

It is a sad fact that many of Amy Carmichael's most moving poems are now found only in volumes long out of print. To remedy this situation is one of the goals of this publication. To make more accessible the many bits of poetry - usually untitled in situ - scattered throughout her various works of prose is another. But above all, we the editors wish to more adequtely display both the depth and breath of her saintly insights. For though they span nearly 55 years of her remarkable life, they are timeless. Some of these 568 poems may strike the careful reader as (to use Amy's words) "not perfected" - but we are convinced they are a mere minority. (Can every sentiment of even the greatest muse be graded above average?) Most of her verses we find to be not only mature but truly discerning and stirring to the spirit. Some we regard as genuine masterpieces, both as to form and content - and we trust you come to the same conclusion. Much effort has been taken to title the poems and to group them by theme, so as to increase their helpfulness to the heart yearning for a closer walk with Christ. Accordingly, we have divided them under seven major heads: Worship, Petition, Surrender, Ministry, Wartime, Encouragement, and Yourthful Thoughts. Many of the poems, of course, overflow the bounds of their designated category - for who can contain the zephyrs which sweep refreshingly across a mountanous terrain? And such are these "mountain breezes." It is our desire and hope that the Spirit who moved the heart of His servant to express herself in these vibrant stanzas will captivate your heart and mind also as you enter into the cascade of these inspring minds. Robert Delancy Elmor Rogers Joann Longton ---from book's Preface