Book Review: Hinds' Feet On High Places

Book Review

Hinds’ Feet On High Places
By: Hannah Hurnard
Review by: Roy Hershberger

Things which she had thought dark and terrible and which had made her tremble as she looked up from the Valley because they had seemed so alien to any part of the Realm of Love, were now seen to be but parts of a great and wonderful whole. They were so altered and modified that as she saw what they extended into, she wondered at having been so blind and stupid at having had such false ideas about them.
She began to understand quite clearly that truth cannot be understood from books alone or by any written works, but only by personal growth and development in understanding, and that things written even in the Book of Books can be astonishingly misunderstood while one still lives on the low levels of spiritual experience and on the wrong side of the grave on the mountains. [emphasis mine]
She perceived that no one who finds herself up on the slopes of the Kingdom of Love can possibly dogmatise about what is seen there, because it is only then that she comprehends how small a part of the glorious whole she sees. All she can do is to gasp with wonder, awe, and thanksgiving, and to long with all her heart to go higher and to see and understand more. [Quote taken from page 208 of Hinds' Feet On High Places]

In the tradition of Pilgrims Progress Hannah Hurnard weaves a beautiful tapestry of allegorical truth. A rare gem in modern “Christian” literature, Hinds’ Feet On High Places will both delight and sober as one learns to understand the significance of the grave on the mountains.
     How does one receive hinds’ feet that are powerfully quickened to leap over the mountains of adversity? Through a journey of hardship, and grief that eventually leads us to the end of ourselves, even to the most difficult and painful experience of all, the joyful death of our selfish human nature and to the total surrender of our stubborn will to the Great Shepherd.
     To those only beginning the journey a view of the mountains ahead can be terrifying to behold, but it is only because we see them from such a low altitude. Anyone hoping to find the desires of their heart must learn to trust the Great Shepherd to lead them over the steep pinnacles, across great deserts, down through misty valleys, and at last up to the high places were they can catch a glimpse of the Kingdom of Love.
     This is a powerful story that shows in a unique and beautiful way how to stop being motivated by fear and discover what it means to walk by faith. Oh the joy to find freedom from the fear of men and circumstance and to be driven only by a pure and real love.

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