Marian Kingsley was never one to stand back and let others do the Lord's work. And when she meets some young children who are clearly poor and destitute, she's certain God wants her to take those children in hand. How could she have known her small act of kindness would meet with so much opposition in her small town?

But Marian is determined to make a difference in the children's lives, and she soon convinces a neighbor to help. Then another neighbor. Before long, Marian's influence has transformed a child, a family, a church and a town.

This unabridged version of the classic 1886 Christian novel includes a biography of the author.