"The question is not whether you ever gave yourself to God, but whether you are His now."
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p. 278. (January 20, 1843)
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Elizabeth Prentiss
Elizabeth Payson Prentiss (26 October 1818 – 13 August 1878) was an author, well known for her hymn "More Love to Thee, O Christ" and the didactic story Stepping Heavenward (1869).
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