Katharine’s Yesterday

1895 • Lothrop Publishing Company

This short story collection, whose long title is “Katharine’s Yesterday and Other Christian Endeavor Stories”, is one of Grace’s earliest published in book form. She wrote for numerous Christian publications in her early career and this volume collects stories written for Christian Endeavor’s weekly publication.

• Introductory Chapter – One Day
• Katharine’s Yesterday
• Christian Endeavor Leaven
• Some Peculiar People in Our Society
• How Adelaide Went to the Convention
• Why Adelaide Stayed Home from the Convention
• John Chamberlain’s Easter Coat
• They Might, But They Didn’t
• Pledge-Makers and Pledge-Breakers
• An Old Missionary Meeting
• Some Carols for the Lord
• “Because of the Pharisees”
• “For Whom Christ Died”
• “Living Epistles”
• The Unknown God
• Under the Window
• The Minister’s Bonnet

Nearly a century later reprints of the original with a few stories missing

Katharine’s Yesterday

• Katharine’s Yesterday
• An Excuse for Christ (Originally Christian Endeavor Leaven)
• John Chamberlain’s Easter Coat
• A Voice Unheard (Originally They Might, But They Didn’t)
• The Pledge (Originally Pledge-Makers and Pledge-Breakers)
• A Missionary Meeting (Originally An Old Missionary Meeting)
• Some Carols for the Lord
• The Praise of Men (Originally “Because of the Pharisees”)
• The Love Gift (Originally The Minister’s Bonnet)
• “Living Epistles”
• The Unknown God
• Under the Window

Katharine’s Yesterday

1984 • Tyndale House Cameo Series #3
ISBN 0-8423-2029-6

• Katharine’s Yesterday
• An Excuse for Christ (Originally Christian Endeavor Leaven)
• John Chamberlain’s Easter Coat
• A Voice Unheard (Originally They Might, But They Didn’t)
• The Pledge (Originally Pledge-Makers and Pledge-Breakers)
• A Missionary Meeting (Originally An Old Missionary Meeting)
• Some Carols for the Lord
• The Praise of Men (Originally “Because of the Pharisees”)

Christian Endeavor Stories, Volume 2

1992 • Amereon House (publishing division of Amereon, Ltd.)
A new edition was reprinted in 2012

• Katharine’s Yesterday
• An Excuse for Christ (Originally Christian Endeavor Leaven)
• John Chamberlain’s Easter Coat
• A Voice Unheard (Originally They Might, But They Didn’t)
• The Pledge (Originally Pledge-Makers and Pledge-Breakers)
• A Missionary Meeting (Originally An Old Missionary Meeting)
• Some Carols for the Lord
• The Praise of Men (Originally “Because of the Pharisees”)
• The Love Gift (Originally The Minister’s Bonnet)
• “Living Epistles”
• The Unknown God
• Under the Window

Other stories from the original “Katharine’s Yesterday” appeared in other collections: