THE present volume is a translation from the Danish language of one of
Rev. Mr. Gravengaard's books which in its original form has attained
a success among Danes in the United States and Americans of Danish
descent which is quite unprecedented in the annals of Danish immigrant
literature, secular and religious. The book has passed through two
large editions and has even found wide reading in far-off Denmark.
The work of rendering this volume into English has been a source of
unlimited joy because of the clarity of the author's message; the form
in which he has clothed his thoughts, and the immediate humanistic
touch evident from beginning to end. It is the hope of the translator
that an equal measure of satisfaction and delight may accrue to the
public who now for the first time may enjoy the opportunity of becoming
familiar with Mr. Gravengaard's writings in the language of the United
States.