'Amour' is defined in Chambers Dictionary as a 'Love-affair'! Martha Snell Nicholson was born in Nance County, Nebraska. She was a godly Christian woman, who knew what it meant to praise her Lord in the midst of physical and emotional suffering. For more than thirty-five years she endured almost constant pain, increasing weakness and helplessness from four incurable diseases that held her confined to her bed. In spite of her pain and suffering, she was not given to self-pity or dwelling on her suffering. Instead, she focused on her Saviour. Strong in her faith and radiating beauty and cheerfulness, she loved people and her Lord. As a result, she wrote Christian poetry of which this poem is one notable example.