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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I thought that prattling boys and girls Would fill this empty room; That my rich heart would gather flowers From childhood's opening bloom.<p>One child and two green graves are mine, This is God's gift to me; A bleeding, fainting, broken heart— This is my gift to Thee.
You cannot prove to yourself that you love God by examining your feelings towards Him. They are indefinite and they fluctuate. But just so far as you obey Him, just so far, depend upon it, you love Him.
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.
Much of my experience of life has cost me a great price and I wish to use it for strengthening and comforting other souls.
The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss (1882)