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Title of Book: Finding Anna By Christine Schaub
Spafford looked down the street, and what he saw and heard in that brief moment was enough to propel him into action. He grabbed his valise off his desk, fastened it, and turned to McDaid.
"We must go. Now.”
McDaid never slowed. “Just a few more documents.”
Spafford stopped him with a viselike grip on his upper arm. “The sidewalks are on fire and people are stampeding in the street. We are in danger here.”
As if in emphasis, a ball of flame burst through the window, scattering little pockets of fire across the room, igniting stacks of papers. McDaid slammed and locked the safe, then grabbed his valise, and the two men dashed out the door and down the stairs.
At street level, the scene was pure chaos. The door had burst open and flames from the sidewalk licked at the frame. In the street, panic-stricken people pushed and shoved, screaming children crushed behind their parents, and everywhere cinders fell like snowflakes, lighting new fires.
Spafford took one look and pushed McDaid back into the hallway. He was shouting now, the street noise and roar of collapsing buildings deafening. “You must get to Anna if I cannot. And I will do the same with Dora. Lake View may be too close to the forest to be spared. Go to the north beach in Lincoln Park. Anna knows the place. I will find her there” McDaid nodded. “God be with you.” The partners and friends clasped hands and locked eyes now red from smoke. Excerpt from Finding Anna It is 1871, and the Great Fire that hungrily devoured Chicago leaving it stunned and weeping starts a chain of events in the life of Horatio Spafford that will lead him to pen what will later become the well-known hymn It Is Well With My Soul. As Spafford flees his crumbling office building, he is at once left in financial ruin. Standing knee-deep in ash that was once a thriving city, Horatio sees God in a way he has never before. However, as the exciting process of rebuilding overpowers him, he loses sight of the One that miraculously saved him from the flames. What of the love of his life and the mother of his four young daughters? What of Anna? How does a marriage survive such a tragedy? Or does it at all? As Spafford helps restore Chicago to its former glory, Anna is left alone to gather the scattered pieces of their former life and marriage. As she ponders the hopelessly broken vessel of her existence, she takes off her apron, lays down her kitchen towel, and quietly begins to pack. Can Horatio’s heart find its way back to her? Before the question can be answered, one more tragedy befalls this weak union. But this one far surpasses any before experienced, its magnitude greater than any mere human can come to grips with. This time, it is more than mere neglegence that separates husband and wife. It is a raging ocean. The first book in the Music of the Heart series, Finding Anna begins with a resounding bang and ends with a sniff and a sob. What happens between is the true story of God’s working in the life of one man that impacted the world with ink and quill. Christine Schaub has done a superb job of captivating the reader with one of the best openings I have ever read. I was at once enthralled and remained just so until the last page was turned, the last tear was wiped, and these godly heroes were sadly left in the annals of time. Never again will the words or the tune of It Is Well With My Soul leave my lips without being accompanied by thoughts of the workings of our great God and Savior in the lives of his creation. More importantly—in mine. “Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul! It is well, it is well, with my soul!” |
