Dickens was devoutly [[Christian]] and wrote ''The Life of Our Lord'' for children, but felt he had to keep his [[faith]] and book private by prohibiting the publication of this work until the last of his children ultimately passed away,<ref name="CH">https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/faith-behind-the-famous-charles-dickens</ref> Dickens wrote in his last will and testament, dated May 12, 1869: “I commit my soul to the mercy of [[God]] through our [[Lord]] and Saviour [[Jesus]] Christ, and I exhort my dear children humbly to try to guide themselves by the teaching of the [[New Testament]] in its broad spirit, and to put no faith in any man’s narrow construction of its letter here or there.”<ref name="CH"/> | Dickens was devoutly [[Christian]] and wrote ''The Life of Our Lord'' for children, but felt he had to keep his [[faith]] and book private by prohibiting the publication of this work until the last of his children ultimately passed away,<ref name="CH">https://christianhistoryinstitute.org/magazine/article/faith-behind-the-famous-charles-dickens</ref> Dickens wrote in his last will and testament, dated May 12, 1869: “I commit my soul to the mercy of [[God]] through our [[Lord]] and Saviour [[Jesus]] Christ, and I exhort my dear children humbly to try to guide themselves by the teaching of the [[New Testament]] in its broad spirit, and to put no faith in any man’s narrow construction of its letter here or there.”<ref name="CH"/> |