Events in her own life were disappointing and discouraging.
Friends in whom she had trusted failed in that faithfulness and helpfulness which one has a right to expect from one's friends.

There was a succession of unhappy experiences, through several years, all tending to hurt her heart-life.

As the result of all this, she has become embittered and hardened, not only against those who have wronged her and treated her unjustly, but even against God.

So long has she yielded to these feelings that her whole life has been bent down from its upward, Godward look into settled despondency.

God has altogether faded out of her soul's vision, and she thinks of him only as unkind and unjust.