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It is a religion of principle that God wants from us, not one of mere feeling.

— Elizabeth Prentiss Stepping Heavenward (1869)

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No truth can be said to be seen as it is until it is seen in its relation to all other truths. In this relation only is it true.

The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss (1882)

Some of His children must go into the furnace to testify that the Son of God is there with them.

The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss (1882)

It sweetens every bit of work to think that I am doing it in humble, far-off, yet real imitation of Jesus.

Stepping Heavenward (1869)

The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now.

Stepping Heavenward (1869)

You cannot will to possess the spirit of Christ; that must come as His gift, but you can choose to study His life, and to imitate it.

Stepping Heavenward (1869)

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