The Twig was bent the tree inclined and so his heart and soul and mind Found it too hard a thing to do who wrote this line?

• A. Elizabeth Scott Stam
• B. Martha Snell Nicholson
• C. Washington Irving
• D. Enos Billings

Answer: (B)

The line comes from a poet whose work centers on faith, obedience, and the intimate struggles of trusting God. The image of a twig bending to show how a person yields to God’s will, followed by the admission that such submission is hard, is a hallmark of Martha Snell Nicholson’s devotional poetry. She often uses simple, nature-based imagery to depict the tension between human weakness and spiritual surrender, making this line a natural fit for her voice. The other writers listed are known for different kinds of writing—fiction or nondevotional prose—so their styles wouldn’t typically produce this particular meditation on obedience.