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Sleep, baby, sleep!
Thy father's watching the sheep.
Thy mother's shaking the dreamland tree,
And down drops a little dream for thee.
Sleep, baby, sleep!

— Elizabeth Prentiss

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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)

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

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