I thought that prattling boys and girls Would fill this emp… - Elizabeth Prentiss

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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.

Elizabeth Prentiss

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About 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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Alexander Maclaren Charles Haddon Spurgeon Thérèse of Lisieux Teresa of Ávila John Newton

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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 longer I live the more conscious I am of human frailty, and of the constant, overwhelming need we all have of God's grace.

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

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